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Ilhan received the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering in 2009 from École Polytechnique affiliated with Université de Montréal, Canada. He has 20 years of academic and industrial experience in different fields of electric power and energy systems gained in North America, Europe, and Asia.  

Ilhan’s career highlights include breakthrough contributions to scientific simulation tools and development of planning, control, and modeling solutions for large-scale grid integration of renewables. The range of modeling solutions is from steady state to electromagnetic transients. He has accomplished research and grid-consulting projects that cover design, rigorous mathematical modeling, analysis, and experimental characterization. Con Edison of New York, National Grid in the UK, New York Power Authority and RTE in France are among the organizations that he has had collaborations with.  

The overall impact of his research goes beyond scientific databases; the resulting technological applications support thousands of practicing engineers and researchers in their daily work.  Professional grade tool developers such as CYME, OPAL-RT, EMTP, ASPEN and Siemens PSS-CAPE adopted his solutions.

Under contract to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA, Ilhan has been the principal investigator of the research project on the impact of renewables on system protection since 2014.

He is an editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery and associate editor of Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy jointly published by IEEE and State Grid China. He is a guest editor of the special issue of IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion on the Analysis and Control for Grid-Forming Renewable Power Generations.

He is a registered professional engineer in the Province of Québec.

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Montreal