AC Electric Machines: Practice Problems, Methods, and Solutions

Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Physics at the University of Central Oklahoma, OK, USA. Before that, he was also an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Montana Technological University, MT, USA, and the Engineering Technology Department at State University of New York, Buffalo State, NY, USA, during 2019-2022. He received his first M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering (Power System) from Tarbiat Modares University and Clemson University in 2011 and 2016, respectively, and his second M.Sc. degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2019. Moreover, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Sharif University of Technology during 2016-2017. As a professor, he has taught many courses and labs, including Power System Analysis, DC and AC Electric Machines, Feedback Control Systems Analysis and Design, Renewable Distributed Generation and Storage, Industrial Electronics, Analog Electronics, Electrical Circuits and Devices, AC Electrical Circuits Analysis, DC Electrical Circuits Analysis, Essentials of Electrical Engineering Technology, and Algebra and Calculus-Based Physics. Dr. Rahmani-Andebili has more than 200 single-author and first-author publications, including journal papers, conference papers, textbooks, books, and book chapters. He is an IEEE Senior Member and the permanent reviewer of many credible journals. His research areas include Smart Grid, Power System Operation and Planning, Integration of Renewables and Energy Storages into Power System, Energy Scheduling and Demand-Side Management, Plug-in Electric Vehicles, Distributed Generation, and Advanced Optimization Techniques in Power System Studies.