Project 1: Collaborative Research: RAPID: Wildfire Resilience on Hawaiian Islands: Risk-Aware EmergeNcy PArtial Microgrid Shutoff (OHANA)- Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (Fund awarded, UAA’s share: $39,999, total amount: $120,000). Lead PI: Ali Mehrizi-Sani, UAA’s PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Project time period: September 2024 - August 2025.
Project 2: Electric Vehicles in the Arctic (EVITA) - Interactions with Cold Weather, Microgrids, People, and Policy- Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (Fund awarded, UAA’s share: $1,549,999). PI: Jennifer Schmidt (UAA, ISER), Co-PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Project time period: January 2024 - December 2028.
Project 3: Incorporating Green Energy into Alaska Mariculture - Funding Agency: Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (Fund awarded, UAA’s share: $161,613, total amount: $599,916). PI: Chandler Kemp (UAF, Bristol Bay Campus), Co-PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali-UAA’s PI, Project time period: January 2024 - December 2028.
Project 4: RII Track-4: NSF: Advancing Resilient Microgrid Configurations Targeted to Rural and Island Communities- Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (Fund awarded: $100,876). PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Project time period: Feburary 2023 - January 2025.
Project 5: Foundations for Improving Resilience in the Energy Sector against Wildfires on Alaskan Lands (FIREWALL)- Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (Fund awarded, UAA’s share: $957,057, total amount: $2.82M). Lead PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Co-PIs: Micah Hahn (UAA, Department of Public Health), Matthew Berman (UAA, ISER), Sebastian Neumayer and others from George Washington University, Washington State University, and University of Alaska Fairbanks, Project time period: September 2022 - August 2026.
Project 6: NNA Planning: Electrical Vehicles in the Arctic (EVITA)- Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (Fund awarded, UAA’s share: $126,977). PI: Jennifer Schmidt (UAA, ISER), Co-PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Project time period: January 2022 - December 2023.
Project 7: NNA Track 2: Foundations for Improving Resilience in the Energy Sector against Wildfire on Alaskan Lands (FIREWALL)- Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (Fund awarded, UAA’s share: $125,000). Lead PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Co-PIs: Matthew Berman (UAA, ISER), Elizabeth Snyder and Micah Hahn (UAA, Department of Public Health), and others from George Washington University, Project time period: August 2020 - July 2024.
Project 8: Integrated renewable energy community microgrid transitions and energy sovereignty in remote communities in Alaska - Funding Agency: Subaward to University of Vermont and ACEP. (Fund awarded, UAA’s share: $25,093). PIs: Bindu Panikkar (UV) and Michelle Wilber (ACEP), Co-PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali- UAA’s PI, Project time period: September 22 - August 2025.
Project 9: Adaptive PV Array Reconfiguration for Optimal Power Extraction during Partial Shading Conditions, PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Funding Agency: NASA EPSCoR- Fund awarded: $61,236 (1:1 cost share), Project time period: January 2020 - May 2021.
Project 10: Determining Interdependencies in Critical Arctic Networks, PI: Sebastian Neumayer, Co-PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Funding Agency: ConocoPhillips Arctic Science and Engineering Endowment award (UAA)- Fund awarded: $58,738.00, Project time period: January 2019 - January 2020.
Project 11: Operating Photovoltaics in Arctic Environments: Potential Threats to Alaskan Power Systems, PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Co-PI: Ahmed AbuHussein and Matthew Kupilik, Funding Agency: ConocoPhillips Arctic Science and Engineering Endowment award (UAA)- Fund awarded: $67,080.00, Project time period: January 2019 - January 2020.
Project 12: Assessment and Readiness of Alaska DOT&PF on Deployment of Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) on Alaskan Roads, PI: V. Vasudevan, Co-PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Funding Agency: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities- Fund awarded: $40,004, Project time period: October 2019 - August 2020.