About
Yasha Parvini is an associate professor at the Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering Department at OsloMet. He completed his MSc and BSc in Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology and the University of Tabriz, respectively. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in the area of Dynamic Systems and Controls from Clemson University in 2016. Prior to joining OsloMet, he held several positions as a scholar and faculty memeber at University of Michigan, Clemson, and University of Detroit Mercy.
In research, he thrives on educating PhD and Master students who learn to take the lead in developing new knowledge, disseminating, and applying the findings for the betterment of the society. During in class teaching his goal is to graduate cohorts of engineers that have a solid understanding of the theoretical and practical fundamentals of dynamic systems and controls.
Yasha’s research focuses on using data from real world experiments to understand and validate the dynamics of systems through modeling and identification techniques. This understanding is then utilized to perform advanced control techniques such as optimal control with objectives that can be tailored for any application. In the context of energy systems this approach leads to enhancing the energy efficiency and sustainability of the technology under study while the end goal is to minimize the negative environmental impacts. In the past few years, the application area of the research has been different energy storage technologies such as batteries and supercapacitors used in electrified and autonomous mobility sectors. Yasha’s research goals at OsloMet are to contribute and collaborate with other faculty to grow the university’s research footprint in renewable and sustainable energy systems as well as expand his research agenda to other applications such health and ocean ecosystems.
