Dr. Md Shahin Alam

Biography

Dr. Md Shahin Alam is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Illinois State University. Before joining Illinois State, he served as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western Illinois University, Quad Cities, IL, USA. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Oakland University, MI, USA, in 2021 and his M.E. in Electrical Engineering from McNeese State University, LA, USA, in 2017. As a graduate student, he was a research and teaching assistant from 2015 to 2021 at both universities. He also earned a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from RUET, Bangladesh, in 2009. He has instructed approximately 23 different courses over the past nine years. He researched several topics related to optimization in the planning and operation of power distribution systems. These include but are not limited to energy management, renewable energy, energy storage, and electric vehicle integration in smart grids, remote communities, and isolated microgrids. He has authored over 30 research papers for journals and conferences. He is an IEEE member.