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Samieh Najjaran

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Samieh Najjaran

PhD Candidate
Department of Marine Technology

samieh.najjaran@ntnu.no
Professor Mørchs hus Tyholt, Trondheim
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Research topic:
Enabling zero-emission high-speed ferries along the coast of Norway.

My research is focused on the development of a model to calculate electric power and energy usage, incorporating an optimal energy management system for high-speed passenger vessels. This model, featuring a zero-emission electric power and propulsion system, is designed as a Python-based simulator aimed at reducing energy consumption and emissions while improving system efficiency by optimizing the operating conditions of each power source within the powertrain. The simulator will serve as an essential platform for study and performance analysis and will be integrated as a key component into the decision support tool developed for the ZEVS project.

Background:

  • MSc in Control Engineering from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
  • BSc in Control Engineering from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Semnan University 

Research interests: Energy management system, Hybrid Electric Power systems, Machine learning

Supervisor: Roger Skjetne

Co-supervisors: Sverre Steen, Mehdi Zadeh

Funding:

  • Research Council of Norway project 320659, "ZEVS: enabling Zero Emission passenger Vessel Services" (ZEVS, RCN).
  • Research Council of Norway project 01192740, "STEESMAT: Smart Transformer for Enhanced Efficiency and Sustainability in Maritime Transportation" (STEESMAT).

Coursework:

  1. TMR4240 - Marine Control Systems I.
  2. TMR4217 - Hydrodynamics for High-Speed Marine Vehicles.
  3. TMR4290 - Marine Electric and Hybrid Power and Propulsion Systems.
  4. MR8500 - PhD Topics in Marine Control and Hybrid Power Systems.
  5. MR8104 - Advanced Topics in Maritime Logistics and Fleet Planning.
  6. TMR11 - Fleet Scheduling and Supply Chains.
  7. IFEL8000 - Introduction to Research Methodology, Theory of Science and Ethics.
  8. Maritime Microgrids (Aalborg University).

Other Courses:

  1. NFUT0106 - Norwegian for Foreigners 1.
  2. NFUT0203 - Norwegian for Foreigners 2.

Competencies

  • Energy management system
  • Hybrid Electric Power System

Publications

Najjaran, S., Rahmani, Z. and Hassanzadeh, M., 2022. Fuzzy predictive control strategy for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles over multiple driving cycles. International Journal of Dynamics and Control, 10(3), pp.930-941.

Najjaran, S., Rahmani, Z. and Hassanzadeh, M., 2017. Energy management in order to reduce fuel consumption for parallel Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles based on fuzzy predictive control.

 

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2025

  • Najjaran, Samieh; Skjetne, Roger. (2025) Nested optimal energy scheduling and power allocation for zero-emission high-speed passenger vessels. Ocean Engineering
    Academic article

2024

  • Najjaran, Samieh; Skjetne, Roger. (2024) Multi-Horizon Model Predictive Control for Energy Management in Zero-Emission High-Speed Passenger Vessels. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
    Academic article

2023

  • Najjaran, Samieh; Skjetne, Roger; Godø, John Martin Kleven. (2023) Optimal Energy Management for Zero-Emission High-Speed Passenger Vessels . The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2022

  • Fjelldal, Steinar; Skjetne, Roger; Godø, John Martin Kleven; Najjaran, Samieh. (2022) Energy modelling and optimization for low- and zero-emission high speed passenger ferries. NTNU
    Masters thesis

Journal publications

  • Najjaran, Samieh; Skjetne, Roger. (2025) Nested optimal energy scheduling and power allocation for zero-emission high-speed passenger vessels. Ocean Engineering
    Academic article
  • Najjaran, Samieh; Skjetne, Roger. (2024) Multi-Horizon Model Predictive Control for Energy Management in Zero-Emission High-Speed Passenger Vessels. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Najjaran, Samieh; Skjetne, Roger; Godø, John Martin Kleven. (2023) Optimal Energy Management for Zero-Emission High-Speed Passenger Vessels . The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Fjelldal, Steinar; Skjetne, Roger; Godø, John Martin Kleven; Najjaran, Samieh. (2022) Energy modelling and optimization for low- and zero-emission high speed passenger ferries. NTNU
    Masters thesis

Outreach

2024

  • Lecture
    Najjaran, Samieh. (2024) Optimizing energy scheduling and power load sharing. Institute of Transport Economics ZEVS final conference , Forskningsparken, Oslo 2024-11-28 - 2024-11-28
  • Lecture
    Godø, John Martin Kleven; Najjaran, Samieh. (2024) Optimal energiutnytting av nullutslippshurtigbåter: Hva er praktisk mulig og kan hydrofoilteknologi utgjøre en forskjell?. Transportøkonomisk institutt ZEVS sluttkonferanse , Forskningsparken 2024-11-28 - 2024-11-28

2023

  • Lecture
    Najjaran, Samieh. (2023) Recent progress in onboard energy management: Optimizing energy scheduling and power load sharing. Institute of Transport Economics ZEVS workshop , Zoom 2023-12-04 - 2023-12-04
  • Lecture
    Najjaran, Samieh. (2023) Recent developments in optimization for onboard power and energy loadsharing . Institute of Transport Economics ZEVS workshop , Zoom 2023-01-27 - 2023-01-27

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