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American Public Power Association’s DEED Fund Recipient: Pooria Dehghanian

Pooria Dehghanian, Ph.D. Student and Research Assistant at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Texas A&M University (TAMU), was awarded the 2021 Fall Student Research Grant for his project titled “Transformer Thermal Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Technique during Geomagnetic Disturbance.” This award for his project was voted unanimously to approve $5,000 R&D funding of the American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) program. His doctoral advisor is Thomas Overbye, Ph.D., Regents Professor, ECE TAMU.