• Power Systems
• Electricity Markets
• AI and Machine Learning applications for the grid
• Second-life Batteries
• EV charging station planning for Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicle Electrification
• Mathematical Optimization

MS Thesis

“Frequency control in isolated power systems with high penetration of wind power”

(Designed an inertial and droop controller for a type IV wind turbine to provide an inertia response in a microgrid in case of a contingency. Modeled a VSWT wind turbine in Simulink and aggregated it to model a wind farm. The results showed an improved frequency control through contribution of wind turbines).

Publications

1.  Haghighi, R., Hassan, A., Bui, V. H., Hussain, A., & Su, W. (2025). Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Optimization of Second-Life Battery Utilization in Electric Vehicles Charging Stations. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.03412.  (Link)

2. Li, R., Hassan, A., Gupte, N., Su, W., & Zhou, X. (2023). Degradation Prediction and Cost Optimization of Second-Life Battery Used for Energy Arbitrage and Peak-Shaving in an Electric Grid. Energies, 16(17), 6200. (Link) 

3.  A Hassan;Khan, S.A;R Li.;Su,W.;X. Zhou;Wang, M.;Wang B. Second-Life Batteries: A Review on Power Grid Applications, Degradation Mechanisms, and Power Electronics Interface Architectures. Batteries 2023 (Link)

4.  Beg, OA.; Khan, AA.; Rehman, W.; Hassan, A. “Review of AI-based Cyber attack Detection and Mitigation in Microgrids”Title. Journal Energies 2023 (Link)

5.  S Mohammadi, R Haghighi, A Hassan, Wencong Su, VH Bui, M Wang "Fast Accurate Phasor Estimation in Less than One Cycle using Neural Networks",IEEE ICCA 2024 (Link)

6.  Hassan, A., Altin, M, Bing¨ol, F. (2020). Inertia and Droop Controller for a Modern Variable Speed Wind Turbine to Provide Frequency Control in a Microgrid. Politeknik Dergisi, 23 (3), 771-777. DOI: 10.2339/politeknik.581228 Energies, 16(17), 6200. (Link)

7.  Hassan, A., Wang, B., Hong, W., Su, W. (2025). Distribution System Stability Analysis: Impact of Medium and Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Integration. IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC 2025) (under review).