Electrical Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

Electrical Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

Omid beik

Assistant Professor

Dr. Omid Beik received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 2016. He was a Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Manchester, UK (2011-2012), a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (2016–2017), a Senior Engineer with Magna Powertrain Inc., Concord, Ontario, Canada (2017-2018), a Lead R&D Engineer with Mirus International Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada (2018-2019), a Senior Manager with Forte Mobility Co. Ltd., Aurora, Ontario, Canada (2020-2021), and an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) with the department of electrical and computer engineering at North Dakota State University (2021-2023), Fargo, ND, USA. He founded Enercs Inc., an early-state technology startup in Toronto, Canada that was specialized in research & development of state-of-the-art technologies in power electronics, electric machines, and drives for applications in renewable energy systems and electrification. Enercs Inc. held exclusive rights to a portfolio of patents and related inventions. Dr. Beik has authored the book ‘DC Wind Generation Systems, Design, Analysis, and Multiphase Turbine Technology’, Springer, 2020, and co-authored the books ‘Wind and Solar Power Systems: Design, Analysis, and Operation’, CRC Press, 2021, ‘Multiphase Hybrid Electric Machines: Applications for Electrified Powertrains’, Springer, 2021, and ‘Spacecraft Power Systems’ CRC Press, 2023. He has authored/co-authored a portfolio of peer-reviewed journal & conference papers and patents. Dr. Beik is a Senior Member of IEEE, and has served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and IEEE Power Engineering Letters, and Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification and IEEE Electrification eNewsletter. Dr. Beik has served in various roles in the organizing committee of IEEE/International conferences.

Education

  • Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, 2016

Research Areas

  • Power electronics
  • Renewable energy systems

Publications:

Books authored/co-authored

  1. Mukund R. Patel, Omid Beik, “Spacecraft Power Systems,” 2nd edition, CRC Press, to appear 2023.
  2. Mukund R. Patel, Omid Beik, “Wind and Solar Power Systems: Design, Analysis, and Operation,” 3rd edition, CRC Press, 2021.
  3. Ahmad S. Al-Adsani, Omid Beik, “Multiphase Hybrid Electric Machines: Applications for Electrified Powertrains,” Springer, 2021.
  4. Omid Beik, Ahmad S. Al-Adsani, “DC Wind Generation Systems: Design, Analysis and Multiphase Turbine Technology,” Springer, 2020.

Selected Journal Articles

  1. B. Saude, N. LaSart, J. Blair and O. Beik, “Microgrid-Based Wind and Solar Power Generation on Moon and Mars,” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 1329-1332, March 2023.
  2. Omid Beik, Ahmad S. Al-Adsani, “A Wind Turbine Generator Design and Optimization for DC Collector Grids,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 484-493, Feb. 2022.
  3. Omid Beik, Ahmad S. Al-Adsani, “Active and Passive Control of a Dual Rotor Wind Turbine Generator for DC Grids,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 1987-1995, 2021.
  4. Ahmad S. Al-Adsani, Michel E. AlSharidah, Omid Beik, “BLDC Motor Drives: A Single Hall Sensor Method and a 160º Commutation Strategy,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2025-2035, Sept. 2021.
  5. Omid Beik, Ahmad S. Al-Adsani, “Wind Turbine Multiphase Operational Trajectory in an All DC Wind Generation System,” IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 14, issue 15, pp. 2916 – 2923, Nov. 2020.
  6. Omid Beik, Ahmad S. Al-Adsani, “Parallel Nine-Phase Generator Control in a Medium Voltage DC Wind System,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 8112-8122, Oct. 2020.
  7. Omid Beik, “Design Optimization of a PM Motor: A Practical Approach for Mass Production,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 1849-1858, Dec. 2020.
  8. Omid Beik, “Operational Envelope of an Electric Transmission Auxiliary System,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 1513-1521, Sept. 2020.
  9. Apparao Dekka, Omid Beik, Mehdi Narimani, “Modulation and Voltage Balancing of a Five-Level Series-Connected Multilevel Inverter with Reduced Isolated DC Sources,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 8219-8230, Oct. 2020.
  10. Ahmad S. Al-Adsani, Ali Jurashi, Omid Beik, “ICE/HPM generator range extender for a series hybrid EV powertrain,” IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, vol. 10, issue 1

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