Cars driving through blacked out city
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Academic experts available to comment on:

Spain and Portugal Power Outage

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts on this topic:


Hossein Bonakdari (English & French)

Associate professor, Civil engineering, Faculty of Engineering

[email protected](he is currently on CET: EST + 6 hours)

Professor Bonakdari can provide commentary on the significant impacts of the outages, particularly on critical infrastructure, including water distribution systems, transportation networks, telecommunications systems, and public services.


Javad Fattahi (English only)

Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering

[email protected]

Professor Fattahi can discuss the impact of extreme natural events on electrical infrastructure, and the threats and opportunities of AI for preventive and prescriptive contingency planning in electrical grids.