MOHAMMAD SHAHIDEHPOUR, PhD, is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Director of the Electric Power and Power Electronics Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he has served in various administrative positions, including Dean of the Graduate College and Associate Vice President for research. He has over twenty years of experience as a consultant to the electric power industry. He is the author of more than 250 technical papers as well as three books on power system optimization and energy scheduling. Dr. Shahidehpour is a Fellow of IEEE. YAO...