Mohammadreza Aghaei
About
Mohammadreza Aghaei received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 2016. He joined Fraunhofer ISE as visiting scholar in 2015. He was a Postdoctoral Scientist at Fraunhofer ISE and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB)-PVcomB, Germany, in 2017 and 2018, respectively. He has been joined to the Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering (INATECH), Solar Energy Engineering at the University of Freiburg, as a Senior Lecturer and Professor since 2017. Later, he also fulfilled another two years postdoc in the Design of Sustainable Energy Systems Group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), in the Netherlands. He was involved in several national and EU-funded research projects dealing with energy systems, energy flexibility, solar photovoltaics, and smart/autonomous technology. He is also an IEEE senior member.
Currently, he is working as a senior scientist at the Smart Buildings and Infrastructure group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Norway. He is also the coordinator of an EU Horizon 2020 project “COLLECTiEF” - Collective Intelligence for Energy Flexibility.
He authored numerous publications in internationally refereed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. His main research interests include Smart building/grid, Photovoltaics, Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Transition, Energy Flexibility, Autonomous Monitoring, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Twin.
Publications
2024
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Nedaei, Amir;
Eskandari, Aref;
Milimonfared, Jafar;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Fault resistance estimation for line-line fault in photovoltaic arrays using regression-based dense neural network.
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Academic article
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Hosseini, Mohammad;
Erba, Silvia;
Hajialigol, Parisa;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Moazami, Amin;
Nik, Vahid M..
(2024)
Enhancing climate resilience in buildings using Collective Intelligence: A pilot study on a Norwegian elderly care center.
Energy and Buildings
Academic article
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Prasshanth, C.V.;
Venkatesh, S. Naveen;
Sugumaran, V.;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Enhancing photovoltaic module fault diagnosis: Leveraging unmanned aerial vehicles and autoencoders in machine learning.
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
Academic article
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S, Naveen Venkatesh;
Sripada, Divya;
V, Sugumaran;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Detection of visual faults in photovoltaic modules using a stacking ensemble approach.
Heliyon
Academic article
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Campodonico Avendano, Italo Aldo;
Andersen, Kamilla Heimar;
Erba, Silvia;
Moazami, Amin;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Najafi, Behzad.
(2024)
A novel framework for assessing the smartness and the smart readiness level in highly electrified non-residential buildings: A Norwegian case study.
Energy and Buildings
Academic article
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Najafi, Pouyan;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Real options analysis of seawater desalination with solar photovoltaic energy systems: A least-squares stochastic perspective.
Desalination
Academic article
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Eskandari, Aref;
Nedaei, Amir;
Milimonfared, Jafar;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
A multilayer integrative approach for diagnosis, classification and severity detection of electrical faults in photovoltaic arrays.
Expert Systems With Applications
Academic article
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Sridharan, Naveen Venkatesh;
Vaithiyanathan, Sugumaran;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Voting based ensemble for detecting visual faults in photovoltaic modules using AlexNet features.
Energy Reports
Academic article
2023
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Oliveira, Aline Kirsten Vidal de;
Bracht, Matheus Körbes;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Rüther, Ricardo.
(2023)
Automatic fault detection of utility-scale photovoltaic solar generators applying aerial infrared thermography and orthomosaicking.
Solar Energy
Academic article
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Daher, Daha Hassan;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Quansah, David Ato;
Adaramola, Muyiwa S.;
Parvin, Parviz;
Ménézo, Christophe.
(2023)
Multi-pronged degradation analysis of a PV power plant after 9.5 years of operation under hot desert climatic conditions
.
Progress in Photovoltaics
Academic article
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Zefri, Yahya;
Sebari, Imane;
Hajji, Hicham;
Aniba, Ghassane;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2023)
A layer-2 solution for inspecting large-scale photovoltaic arrays through aerial LWIR multiview photogrammetry and deep learning: A hybrid data-centric and model-centric approach.
Expert Systems With Applications
Academic article
-
Li, Yang;
Dai, Ningyi;
Van Sark, Wilfried G. J. H. M.;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Malara, Giovanni;
Henriques, João C. C..
(2023)
Editorial: Rising stars in energy research: 2022.
Frontiers in Energy Research
Editorial
2022
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Venkatesh, S.Naveen;
Jeyavadhanam, B.Rebecca;
Moradi, Amirmohammad;
Esmailifar, Sayyed Majid;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Sugumaran, V.
(2022)
Automatic detection of visual faults on photovoltaic modules using deep ensemble learning network.
Energy Reports
Academic article
-
Eskandari, Aref;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Milimonfared, Jafar;
Nedaei, Amir.
(2022)
A weighted ensemble learning-based autonomous fault diagnosis method for photovoltaic systems using genetic algorithm.
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
Academic article
-
Sizkouhi, A.M. Moradi;
Esmailifar, S.M.;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Karimkhani, M..
(2022)
RoboPV: An integrated software package for autonomous aerial monitoring of large scale PV plants.
Energy Conversion and Management
Academic article
-
de Oliveira, Aline Kirsten Vidal;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Rüther, Ricardo.
(2022)
Automatic Inspection of Photovoltaic Power Plants Using Aerial Infrared Thermography: A Review.
Energies
Academic literature review
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Measured power conversion efficiencies of bifacial luminescent solar concentrator photovoltaic devices of the mosaic series.
Progress in Photovoltaics
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Fairbrother, A.;
Gok, A.;
Ahmad, S.;
Kazim, S.;
Lobato, K..
(2022)
Review of degradation and failure phenomena in photovoltaic modules.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Academic literature review
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Simulations of Luminescent Solar Concentrator Bifacial Photovoltaic Mosaic Devices Containing Four Different Organic Luminophores.
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Academic article
-
Emamian, Masoud;
Eskandari, Aref;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Nedaei, Amir;
Sizkouhi, Amirmohammad Moradi;
Milimonfared, Jafar.
(2022)
Cloud Computing and IoT Based Intelligent Monitoring System for Photovoltaic Plants Using Machine Learning Techniques.
Energies
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Review of technology specific degradation in c-Si, CdTe, CIGS, dye sensitised, organic and perovskite solar cells in photovoltaic modules; understanding how reliability improvements in mature technologies can enhance emerging technologies.
Progress in Photovoltaics
Academic literature review
-
Nik, Y. Rezaei;
Reyhani, A.;
Farjami-Shayeteh, S.;
Mortazavi, S.Z.;
Taherkhani, A.;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
High-performance CsGeBr<inf>3</inf> perovskite/ WS<inf>2</inf> Nano-Flakes Field-Effect Transistor at high temperature.
Optical materials (Amsterdam)
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Autonomous Monitoring and Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems.
Energies
Editorial
-
Niazi, Azadeh;
Parvin, Parviz;
Jafargholi, Amir;
Basam , Mohammad;
Khodabakhshi, Zahra;
Bavali, Ali.
(2022)
Discrimination of Normal and Cancerous Human Skin Tissues Based on Laser-Induced Spectral Shift Fluorescence Microscopy.
Research Square
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Bifacial Photovoltaic Technology: Recent Advancements, Simulation and Performance Measurement.
IntechOpen
Chapter
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Solar Radiation - Measurements, Modeling and Forecasting for Photovoltaic Solar Energy Applications.
IntechOpen
IntechOpen
Popular scientific book
2021
-
Nikpay, Maryam Alsadat;
Mortazavi, Seyedeh Zahra;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Elahi, Seyed Mohammad;
Reyhani, Ali.
(2021)
Prospect of single and coupled heterojunction solar cells based on n-MoS2 and n-WS2 .
Materials Science & Engineering: B. Solid-state Materials for Advanced Technology
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2021)
A deep convolutional encoder-decoder architecture for autonomous fault detection of PV plants using multi-copters.
Solar Energy
Academic article
2020
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2020)
Line-line fault detection and classification for photovoltaic systems using ensemble learning model based on I-V characteristics.
Solar Energy
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2020)
Fault Detection and Classification for Photovoltaic Systems Based on Hierarchical Classification and Machine Learning Technique.
IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print)
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2020)
Aerial infrared thermography for low-cost and fast fault detection in utility-scale PV power plants.
Solar Energy
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Nedaei, Amir;
Eskandari, Aref;
Milimonfared, Jafar;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Fault resistance estimation for line-line fault in photovoltaic arrays using regression-based dense neural network.
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Academic article
-
Hosseini, Mohammad;
Erba, Silvia;
Hajialigol, Parisa;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Moazami, Amin;
Nik, Vahid M..
(2024)
Enhancing climate resilience in buildings using Collective Intelligence: A pilot study on a Norwegian elderly care center.
Energy and Buildings
Academic article
-
Prasshanth, C.V.;
Venkatesh, S. Naveen;
Sugumaran, V.;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Enhancing photovoltaic module fault diagnosis: Leveraging unmanned aerial vehicles and autoencoders in machine learning.
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
Academic article
-
S, Naveen Venkatesh;
Sripada, Divya;
V, Sugumaran;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Detection of visual faults in photovoltaic modules using a stacking ensemble approach.
Heliyon
Academic article
-
Campodonico Avendano, Italo Aldo;
Andersen, Kamilla Heimar;
Erba, Silvia;
Moazami, Amin;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Najafi, Behzad.
(2024)
A novel framework for assessing the smartness and the smart readiness level in highly electrified non-residential buildings: A Norwegian case study.
Energy and Buildings
Academic article
-
Najafi, Pouyan;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Real options analysis of seawater desalination with solar photovoltaic energy systems: A least-squares stochastic perspective.
Desalination
Academic article
-
Eskandari, Aref;
Nedaei, Amir;
Milimonfared, Jafar;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
A multilayer integrative approach for diagnosis, classification and severity detection of electrical faults in photovoltaic arrays.
Expert Systems With Applications
Academic article
-
Sridharan, Naveen Venkatesh;
Vaithiyanathan, Sugumaran;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2024)
Voting based ensemble for detecting visual faults in photovoltaic modules using AlexNet features.
Energy Reports
Academic article
-
Oliveira, Aline Kirsten Vidal de;
Bracht, Matheus Körbes;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Rüther, Ricardo.
(2023)
Automatic fault detection of utility-scale photovoltaic solar generators applying aerial infrared thermography and orthomosaicking.
Solar Energy
Academic article
-
Daher, Daha Hassan;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Quansah, David Ato;
Adaramola, Muyiwa S.;
Parvin, Parviz;
Ménézo, Christophe.
(2023)
Multi-pronged degradation analysis of a PV power plant after 9.5 years of operation under hot desert climatic conditions
.
Progress in Photovoltaics
Academic article
-
Zefri, Yahya;
Sebari, Imane;
Hajji, Hicham;
Aniba, Ghassane;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2023)
A layer-2 solution for inspecting large-scale photovoltaic arrays through aerial LWIR multiview photogrammetry and deep learning: A hybrid data-centric and model-centric approach.
Expert Systems With Applications
Academic article
-
Li, Yang;
Dai, Ningyi;
Van Sark, Wilfried G. J. H. M.;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Malara, Giovanni;
Henriques, João C. C..
(2023)
Editorial: Rising stars in energy research: 2022.
Frontiers in Energy Research
Editorial
-
Venkatesh, S.Naveen;
Jeyavadhanam, B.Rebecca;
Moradi, Amirmohammad;
Esmailifar, Sayyed Majid;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Sugumaran, V.
(2022)
Automatic detection of visual faults on photovoltaic modules using deep ensemble learning network.
Energy Reports
Academic article
-
Eskandari, Aref;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Milimonfared, Jafar;
Nedaei, Amir.
(2022)
A weighted ensemble learning-based autonomous fault diagnosis method for photovoltaic systems using genetic algorithm.
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
Academic article
-
Sizkouhi, A.M. Moradi;
Esmailifar, S.M.;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Karimkhani, M..
(2022)
RoboPV: An integrated software package for autonomous aerial monitoring of large scale PV plants.
Energy Conversion and Management
Academic article
-
de Oliveira, Aline Kirsten Vidal;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Rüther, Ricardo.
(2022)
Automatic Inspection of Photovoltaic Power Plants Using Aerial Infrared Thermography: A Review.
Energies
Academic literature review
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Measured power conversion efficiencies of bifacial luminescent solar concentrator photovoltaic devices of the mosaic series.
Progress in Photovoltaics
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Fairbrother, A.;
Gok, A.;
Ahmad, S.;
Kazim, S.;
Lobato, K..
(2022)
Review of degradation and failure phenomena in photovoltaic modules.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Academic literature review
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Simulations of Luminescent Solar Concentrator Bifacial Photovoltaic Mosaic Devices Containing Four Different Organic Luminophores.
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Academic article
-
Emamian, Masoud;
Eskandari, Aref;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Nedaei, Amir;
Sizkouhi, Amirmohammad Moradi;
Milimonfared, Jafar.
(2022)
Cloud Computing and IoT Based Intelligent Monitoring System for Photovoltaic Plants Using Machine Learning Techniques.
Energies
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Review of technology specific degradation in c-Si, CdTe, CIGS, dye sensitised, organic and perovskite solar cells in photovoltaic modules; understanding how reliability improvements in mature technologies can enhance emerging technologies.
Progress in Photovoltaics
Academic literature review
-
Nik, Y. Rezaei;
Reyhani, A.;
Farjami-Shayeteh, S.;
Mortazavi, S.Z.;
Taherkhani, A.;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
High-performance CsGeBr<inf>3</inf> perovskite/ WS<inf>2</inf> Nano-Flakes Field-Effect Transistor at high temperature.
Optical materials (Amsterdam)
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Autonomous Monitoring and Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems.
Energies
Editorial
-
Niazi, Azadeh;
Parvin, Parviz;
Jafargholi, Amir;
Basam , Mohammad;
Khodabakhshi, Zahra;
Bavali, Ali.
(2022)
Discrimination of Normal and Cancerous Human Skin Tissues Based on Laser-Induced Spectral Shift Fluorescence Microscopy.
Research Square
Academic article
-
Nikpay, Maryam Alsadat;
Mortazavi, Seyedeh Zahra;
Aghaei, Mohammadreza;
Elahi, Seyed Mohammad;
Reyhani, Ali.
(2021)
Prospect of single and coupled heterojunction solar cells based on n-MoS2 and n-WS2 .
Materials Science & Engineering: B. Solid-state Materials for Advanced Technology
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2021)
A deep convolutional encoder-decoder architecture for autonomous fault detection of PV plants using multi-copters.
Solar Energy
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2020)
Line-line fault detection and classification for photovoltaic systems using ensemble learning model based on I-V characteristics.
Solar Energy
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2020)
Fault Detection and Classification for Photovoltaic Systems Based on Hierarchical Classification and Machine Learning Technique.
IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print)
Academic article
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2020)
Aerial infrared thermography for low-cost and fast fault detection in utility-scale PV power plants.
Solar Energy
Academic article
Books
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Solar Radiation - Measurements, Modeling and Forecasting for Photovoltaic Solar Energy Applications.
IntechOpen
IntechOpen
Popular scientific book
Part of book/report
-
Aghaei, Mohammadreza.
(2022)
Bifacial Photovoltaic Technology: Recent Advancements, Simulation and Performance Measurement.
IntechOpen
Chapter