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Faculty + Staff

Morteza
Nazari-Heris
Assistant Professor

Dr. Morteza Nazari-Heris is an Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering-Electrical and Lighting Systems at the Lawrence Technological University. Prior to joining Lawrence Tech, he worked as Graduate Research Assistant in Areas of National Need in the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University and earned his Ph.D. degree specializing in energy systems. During his graduate studies at Pennsylvania State University, he performed projects on future, flexible, equitable, and robust networks of charging stations for high adoption of electric vehicles, application of machine learning and deep learning methods to energy systems, and sustainable design of buildings with renewable energy sources and energy storage facilities. He has also obtained B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tabriz, where he worked on design and performance analysis of zero energy building, residential load energy management, and multi-carrier energy systems.

He has received several awards and fellowships, including outstanding national master student, outstanding graduate student award from Pennsylvania State University, selection among the top-rated applicants from the College of Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in recognition of the strength of academic record, and three Outstanding Thesis Awards. He was also selected among the top 2% researchers in the world based on a report published by Stanford University and Elsevier in 2021. He serves as an editor and reviewer for several journals and symposia and is an active member of professional communities like the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society for Engineering Education, Clean Energy Leadership Institute, and Young Professionals in Energy.

His main areas of interest are energy system operation, energy management, sustainability, zero-energy Buildings, electric vehicles, microgrids, multi-carrier energy systems, and energy storage technologies.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.