Mehdi Babaei

Mehdi Babaei is an accomplished Principal Power System Engineer at APD Engineering since June 2020, with previous roles as Senior Power System Engineer and Power System Engineer, specializing in load flow, short circuit analysis, protection coordination, and various power system studies. Concurrently, Mehdi serves as a Senior Planning Engineer on secondment at Western Power, focusing on grid transformation and conducting stability studies and compliance assessments. Prior experience includes a decade at Faraniroo Engineering Company as a Senior Design Engineer for Substation Primary, overseeing project outlines, design document reviews, and coordination among engineering disciplines. Mehdi holds a PhD in Electrical Power System Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Curtin University, as well as a B.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology.