Energy Policy & Security Associates was founded by Dr. Massoud Amin in an effort to continue his mission of powering progress. To do this, the EPS team consults on complex issues faced by critical infrastructure organizations in the areas of resilience, security, and policy.
Meet Dr. Amin
My mission is to enhance the quality of human life by ensuring that the critical lifeline systems we rely on are more dependable, resilient, and secure.
Throughout my professional career, I have made significant contributions in three primary areas:
- Defense networks and logistics systems
- Local to national interdependent critical infrastructure modernization, efficiency, security, and resilience
- Technology innovation/business/policy/regulatory foresight and strategy.
Over four decades, my research has covered a diverse range of activities, from helicopters to power grids. However, I have always focused on fundamental problems and underlying dynamics that exist in any system. I believe that electricity is the fundamental infrastructure that holds modern society together.
At the University of Minnesota, I directed the Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) from 2003 to 2018. I took on the role of Director and initiated a four-step plan to redefine TLI, which paved the way for future growth. TLI has become a world-class organization, producing significant talent and contributing to the region’s innovation and economic development.
Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, I served as the manager of mathematics and information sciences at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto. My strategic research in modeling, simulation, optimization, and adaptive control of national infrastructures for energy, telecom, transportation, and finance led to the development of smart grids and enhanced security for critical infrastructures. For my efforts, I received EPRI’s highest honor, the Chauncey Award, twice.
Following 9/11, while at EPRI, I directed all security-related R&D for U.S. utilities. I collaborated with a diverse range of stakeholders, including over 94% of North American utilities, utilities from 42 other nations, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), dozens of universities, and NGOs.
I have served as the Chair of the IEEE Smart Grid, the Texas Reliability Entity, the Midwest Reliability Organization, the Board on Infrastructure & Constructed Environment at the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and the Board on Mathematical Sciences & Applications at the National Academy of Sciences.
If you share similar goals and would like to collaborate, please contact me.
My one-page resume can be downloaded here:
More Background
My focus has been on enhancing resilience, security, and efficiency of complex systems, including aircraft, logistics & combat systems, smart cars & smart roads, cyber-physical security and applied systemic strategies to achieve executive and societal goals.
What’s my “why”?
Please see About Dr. Amin at the University of Minnesota for more on my background.
A shorter video about what ignited my passion for securing critical infrastructures and overcoming obstacles to our quality of life:
A longer video from my TedX talk with more details about my actual work can be found here: