Yasser Mohamed, PhD, P.Eng, FIEEE, FAAIA

Area of Study / Keywords

Power electronic converters Microgrids Renewable energy systems Smart grids Energy Systems

About

Yasser Abdel-Rady I.  Mohamed was born in Cairo, Egypt, in November 1977. He received the B.Sc. (with honors) and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo, in 2000 and 2004, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2008. From 2002 to 2006, he was a Research Engineer in the Aerospace Industry; from May 2006 to October 2008, he was a research and teaching assistant in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo; and from January 2009 to August 2009, he was a Post-Doctoral-Fellow at the University of Waterloo. He was an Assistant Professor from 2009 to 2013, an Associate Professor from 2013 to 2017, and a Full Professor since 2017, all with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. His highly cited research focuses on modeling, analysis, stability, control, and optimization of power electronic converters and systems, active distribution systems, and microgrids; grid integration of distributed and renewable energy resources and energy storage; development of artificial intelligence technologies for smart grids; and electric machines drives. Dr. Mohamed has participated in many industrial research and development projects and activities for Hydro One Networks, Natural Resources Canada, ABB, Valeo, Virelec automation, and Qualsys Engco., and consulted for the electrical industry. 

Dr. Mohamed is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); an Elected Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA); and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. From 2016 to 2023, he was an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, and IEEE Power Engineering Letters. In addition, he was a Guest Editor and Coordinator of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Special Issue on Distributed Generation and Microgrids and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics from 2007 to 2019. He also serves as a reviewer for the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), MITACS Canada, the European Science Foundation, and other international funding agencies. Dr. Mohamed is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Alberta.  

Research

Research Areas

• Modeling, analysis, stability, control, and optimization  of power electronic converters and systems with applications to distributed and renewable generation, energy storage, microgrids, converter-fed networks and motor drives
• Planning, operation, analysis, and control of microgrids, active distribution systems, and smart grids
• Grid integration of distributed and renewable energy resources (e.g., wind and photovoltaic) and energy storage with an emphasis on system dynamics, control, power quality and protection
• Analysis and control of dc and hybrid ac/dc power networks
• Development of artificial intelligence technologies for smart grids

ECE 209 - Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering

Physical concepts of passive circuit elements, Kirchhoff's laws and DC circuit equations. Energy concepts, time domain analysis of AC circuits. Impedance, complex numbers and phasor algebra. AC power concepts, resonance, three phase circuits, introduction to machines. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 209, E E 239, ECE 202, or E E 240, unless approved by the Department.

ECE 332 - Electric Machines

Principles of electromagnetic force and torque in rotating machinery. Simple AC and DC machines. Induction motor theory. Practical aspects of induction motor use: characteristics, standards, starting, variable speed operation. Synchronous machine theory and characteristics. Fractional HP motor theory. Safety in electrical environments. Prerequisite: ECE 330 or E E 330 or consent of Department. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 332 or E E 332.

ECE 636 - Dynamics and Controls of Voltage-Source Converters

Power circuit topologies and energy conversion principles, Large/small-signal and harmonic models, Current and voltage controls (PI, resonant, predictive, sliding mode, etc.), Energy/power control and management, Grid-synchronization and fault-ride-through techniques, Observer-theory applications, Robust and adaptive control techniques, applications in Distributed Generation (DG), Micro-grids, DSTATCOM, Active Power Filter (APF), HVDC-light, etc.

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