The development of faster circuit-based simulation tools allows to expand their application range from the fast electromagnetic transients (EMTs) into the slower electromechanical transients. The computational kernel used for circuit-based simulation of power systems, can be applied to create a unified environment for studying a wide range of power system phenomena.

There are several important challenges. The challenges include fast initialization of inverter-based resources from unbalanced load-flow solution, modeling of renewable energy sources and computational speed. Other aspects, such as frequency domain analysis techniques using time-domain solutions are discussed.

An important factor is data management through advanced graphical user interface and development of benchmarks for research and illustration of various problems that might be encountered in modern power systems.

From 1987 to 2004 he worked at IREQ (Hydro-Québec) on research and development activities related to the simulation and analysis of electromagnetic transients.

In December 2004 he joined the faculty of electrical engineering at Polytechnique Montréal.

Jean Mahseredjian is the creator and lead developer of a software for the simulation of electromagnetic transients (EMTP®).

His current research activities are related to the computation of power system transients for large-scale power systems.