Research & engineering

Projects

From first-principles models to controllers, hardware, and power-system studies. Browse the complete archive by year or find work in a particular research area.

2026

2 projects

Transmission-system study workflow for operational planning and renewable integration.

Illustration

Research study

Transmission Planning & Renewable Integration

Built an IEEE 39-bus PSS/E study, integrated a 250 MW renewable plant, and automated power-flow, N-1 contingency, and P-Q analysis in Python. The supplied CV lists wider contingency and voltage/VAr studies as extensions.

Power SystemsPSS®EPython

May 2026 – Present

Conceptual comparison of grid-following and grid-forming converter behavior under grid disturbances.

Illustration

Simulation study

Grid-Following vs Grid-Forming Dynamics

Modeled a droop-based grid-forming three-phase voltage-source inverter in PSCAD and compared grid-following and grid-forming behavior under weak-grid and disturbance conditions.

Power SystemsPower ElectronicsPSCAD

Apr 2026 – May 2026

2025

3 projects

High-gain converter PCB and power-stage design developed for a scalable switched-inductor topology.

Hardware development

Scalable Step-Up DC-DC Converter

Designed a scalable series-parallel switched-inductor high-gain converter, a 1 kW PCB for approximately 40–400 V conversion, and a closed-loop voltage controller based on small-signal analysis.

Power ElectronicsHardwarePCB Design

2025–2026

Rewound stator used to convert a conventional three-phase machine into a five-phase experimental machine.

Machine design

Reconfiguration to a Five-Phase Machine

Reconstructed the original machine geometry in Ansys Motor-CAD, designed a five-phase fractional-slot winding, optimized conductor sharing and slot fill, and rewound the stator for multiphase-drive experiments.

Electric MachinesHardwareAnsys Motor-CAD

Apr 2025 – Jun 2025

Experimental five-phase induction-machine drive platform used for controller development and validation.

Experimental research

Control of Multiphase Induction Machines

Developed and experimentally evaluated RFOC, direct torque control, and model-predictive flux control for a 1.4 kW five-phase induction-machine platform, including reduced-CMV and harmonic-suppression strategies.

Electric MachinesPower ElectronicsHardware

Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

2024

2 projects

Representative normal and faulted operating data used for diagnosis and localization.

Experimental research

Fault Diagnosis of Multiphase Electrical Drives Using Machine Learning

Developed neural-network models to detect and localize open-switch and open-phase faults in five-phase induction drives using simulation data and experimental validation on a laboratory prototype.

Machine LearningElectric MachinesMATLAB

Aug 2024 – Dec 2024

Five-phase machine and load in the laboratory drive platform

Master's thesis

Master's Thesis: Multiphase Drive Fault Diagnosis

M.Sc. research at Khalifa University combining a rotor-field-oriented five-phase induction-machine model, a 1.4 kW experimental drive platform, and machine-learning methods for open-switch and open-phase fault diagnosis.

Electric MachinesMachine LearningHardware

M.Sc. completed May 2024

2023

5 projects

LSTM prediction and target traces reproduced from the forecasting report; the vertical scale is the scale used in that report.

Team project

Global Solar Irradiance Forecasting

Compared MLP, RNN, LSTM, LSTM-RNN and bidirectional LSTM architectures for day-ahead GHI forecasting using multi-year NREL meteorological and irradiance time-series data.

Machine LearningPower SystemsPython

Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

Constrained optimization of bifacial PV orientation using meteorological data.

Illustration

Academic project

Bifacial PV Tilt-Angle Optimization

Formulated a constrained COBYLA optimization for bifacial PV tilt and azimuth using meteorological data and irradiance models, then compared energy and economic performance in PVSyst.

Power SystemsOptimizationCOBYLA

Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

Simulink model architecture reproduced from Figure 8 of the dynamic-modeling report.

Academic project

Dynamic Modeling of Five-Phase Induction Machine

Derived the five-phase dq/dqxy transformation, stator and rotor voltage/flux equations, and implemented the resulting model in MATLAB/Simulink for fault simulation and dataset generation.

Electric MachinesControlMATLAB/Simulink

Jan 2023 – Aug 2023

Tomato test image and SegNet overlay reproduced from the project report.

Team project

Semantic Segmentation of Crops

Built and labeled a self-developed tomato, capsicum and chili image dataset and compared U-Net, SegNet and FCN variants for semantic segmentation in natural farm environments.

Machine LearningU-NetSegNet

Jan 2023 – Apr 2023

Fisheye sky-image examples reproduced from the original project report.

Academic project

PV Output Prediction Using Sky Images

Paired fisheye sky images with one-minute PV output measurements and compared VGG16, transfer learning, ResNet and custom CNN regressors for solar-power estimation under sunny and cloudy conditions.

Machine LearningPower SystemsCNN

Jan 2023 – Aug 2023

2022

2 projects

Inverter and LCL-filter plant schematic reproduced in the supplied Linear Systems report; the original reference is listed there.

Course project

State Feedback Control of a Grid-Connected Inverter

Derived a state-space model of an LCL-filtered grid-connected voltage-source inverter, checked controllability and observability, and designed full-state feedback plus an observer for current tracking and resonance damping.

Power ElectronicsControlPower Systems

Oct 2022 – Dec 2022

Nominal-input simulation results reproduced from the boost-converter coursework.

Course project

Boost Converter Small-Signal Control

Used state-space averaging and linearization to derive the small-signal boost-converter model, tuned a PI controller in MATLAB Control System Designer, and tested regulation over wide input-voltage and load variations.

Power ElectronicsControlSmall-Signal Modeling

Fall 2022

Projects are grouped by their documented period; the thesis appears in its completion year. Cards show the available dates, with source reports linked on each page.

Projects

2026

Transmission Planning & Renewable Integration

Grid-Following vs Grid-Forming Dynamics

2025

Scalable Step-Up DC-DC Converter

Reconfiguration to a Five-Phase Machine

Control of Multiphase Induction Machines

2024

Fault Diagnosis of Multiphase Electrical Drives Using Machine Learning

Master's Thesis: Multiphase Drive Fault Diagnosis

2023

Global Solar Irradiance Forecasting

Bifacial PV Tilt-Angle Optimization

Dynamic Modeling of Five-Phase Induction Machine

Semantic Segmentation of Crops

PV Output Prediction Using Sky Images

2022

State Feedback Control of a Grid-Connected Inverter

Boost Converter Small-Signal Control

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