Professor Khaled Ahmed
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I received my PhD degree in power electronics from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde in 2008. In 2011, following a period of employment as a Research Associate at Strathclyde, I was appointed as a Lecturer in Power Electronics at the University of Aberdeen, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2015. Currently, I am a Professor of power electronics and the Head of Power Electroincs, Drives, and Energy Conversion (PEDEC) reseach group at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. I have over 20 years of research experience in power electronics, electrical power engineering, renewable energy integration, distributed generation, solar energy systems, off-shore wind energy, DC/DC converters, smart grids, and HVDC.
I have won funding of £6.2 million as Primary and Co-Investigator on projects funded by EPSRC, the EU, the British Council, the Royal Society, Encompass, the Carnegie Trust, the Scottish Funding Council, the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, and industry.
I have extensive experience of working with industry, having collaborated with Aker Solutions, Proven, Technip Umbilicals Ltd, and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). I have also designed and delivered a continuing professional development (CPD) course on HVDC for the SSE HVDC technology engineering team.
I have supervised/co-supervised 20 PhD students: 15 have graduated, and 5 are ongoing.
I with my collaborators published over 190 technical papers in refereed journals and conferences, 1 book, 1 book chapter, and a patent (PCT/GB2017/051364). Total citations of 7269 and h-index of 37.
I am a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics Societies, IET member and Charted Engineer. I am a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA). I am a member of the international IET ACDC, IET PEMD and IEEE ICRERA, IEEE eGrid conference organising committees. I am an Associate Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society and the Elsevier Alexandria Engineering Journal.
Projects:
Smart Grid Technology, EC link
Publications:
Text Book: High Voltage Direct Current Transmission: Converters, Systems and DC Grids
Patent: (WO2017199016) DC/DC CONVERTER FOR HIGH POWER DC GRIDS
Talks:
How to electrify UKCS oil and gas platforms?
Area of Expertise
- Electrification for offshore Oil and Gas assets for future Energy Transition.
- Modular DC/DC converter for high power applications
- Grid-forming converters for future grids
- Parallel operation of inverter based distributed generation units in microgrids
- Distributed generation and microgrids for standalone and grid-connected applications
- Wind farm integration using power electronics
- Multilevel converters for high power application (FACTS & HVDC)
Qualifications
- IEEE Industrial and Power Electronics Societies, Senior Member.
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Member.
- Engineering Council UK, Registered Chartered Engineer.
- The Higher Education Academy, Senior Fellow.
- The Scottish Institute for Solar Energy Research (SISER), Member.
- The Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers, Member.
Publications
- Software and hardware-based decoupling control comparison of multiport-isolated DC-DC converters for hydrogen energy storage systems
- Oyewole Oyedotun E, Ahmed Khaled H
- 2024 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE) , pp. 1-5 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/isgteurope62998.2024.10863373
- Novel series-isolated-parallel wind farm DC collection system with new control strategies
- Abdelaziz Yousef N, Ahmed Khaled H
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TSTE.2025.3594050
- A novel fractional-order damping control method for enhancing synchronization in grid-forming converters
- Abouyehia Mohamed, Colak Ayse, Nasser Reem, Egea-Àlvarez Agustí, Ahmed Khaled H
- 13th IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid, icSmartGrid 2025 13th International Conference on Smart Grid, pp. 125-130 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/icsmartgrid66138.2025.11071790
- Evaluating inertia estimation methods in low-inertia power systems : a comprehensive review with analytic hierarchy process-based ranking
- Abouyehia Mohamed, Egea-Àlvarez Agustí, Ahmed Khaled H
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol 217 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.115794
- Hybrid IGBT/IGCT-based DC-hub for interconnection of VSC/LCC future DC networks
- Mansour Mohamed, Abdelaziz Yousef N, Aboushady Ahmed A, Alsokhiry Fahad, Ahmed Khaled H, Abdel-Khalik Ayman S, Abdulwhab Ahmed
- IET Power Electronics Vol 18 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1049/pel2.70049
- Novel frequency-domain inertia mapping and estimation in power systems using wavelet analysis
- Abouyehia Mohamed, Egea-Alvarez Agusti, Aphale Sumeet S, Ahmed Khaled H
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol 40, pp. 2557-2567 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tpwrs.2024.3469633
Research Interests
Research Topics
- Electrification for offshore assets and future Energy Transition.
- High power high voltage DC/DC converters
- Grid-forming converters for future grids
- Distributed generation and microgrids for standalone and grid-connected applications
- Wind farm integration using power electronics
- Resonant converters for high voltage high power systems
- Multilevel converters for high power application (FACTS & HVDC)
Research Grants
- Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Ltd, UK, ‘Circuit Optimisation for Multi-infeed HVDC Systems’, CI, 2012-2016.
- EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), ‘DC Networks with DC‑DC Converters for Integration of Large Renewable Sources’, CI, 2013-2016.
- Kick Start Award, Encompass project, ‘Coastal Solar Array’, PI, 2014.
- The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Research Grant, PI, 2015.
- Royal Society Research Grant, PI, 2015.
- British Council Researcher Link Workshop Grant, PI, 2015.
- Scottish Funding Council, ‘Micro Wind turbine’ PI, 2015.
- EU Project, ‘Smart Grid Technology’, PI, 2016-2019.
- Scottish Funding Council, ‘Modified Metal Detection Machine’ PI, 2016.
- Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) and Technip Umbilicals Ltd, ‘Load-Bearing MV Cable Termination for Umbilicals’, CI, 2017.
- KTP in collaboration with Ace Aquatec Ltd., ‘Fish Stunning Improvements’ PI, 2017-2019.
- Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), ‘Realising the Value of Offshore Grid Access for Small Pools’ PI, 2019-2020.
- Innovate UK, ‘High Speed, Magnet Free Traction Motors and Drives’, PI, 2019-2020.
- Iberdrola, ‘Design and testing of novel AC/DC microgrid control algorithms’, PI, 2019-2020.
- Rolls Royce Ltd., ‘Comparison of Power Electronics Converter System Options’, PI, 2019-2020.
- Iberdrola, ‘Distributed Generation Black Start’, PI, 2020.
Professional Activities
- 22nd IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission
- Chair
- 2025
- 13th International Conference on Smart Grid
- Chair
- 2025
- IEEE eGrid Concference
- Chair
- 2025
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (Journal)
- Associate Editor
- 2025
- The 19th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission
- Chair
- 1/3/2023
- Current-type Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Interface for Black Start Testing of Grid Forming Converter
- Contributor
- 19/10/2022
Projects
- Hydrogen Floating Powerhub - Feasibility Study
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Ahmed, Khaled (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Li, Shen (Co-investigator) Turan, Osman (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Multi-port DC-DC Converter for Future All-Electric Ships
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- SIF BLADE - Beta
- Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Principal Investigator) Ahmed, Khaled (Co-investigator) Dysko, Adam (Co-investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator) Alves, Rui (Research Co-investigator)
- Linked to 221702 and 231454
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- Hybrid generation load site control and grid code compliance
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Campos-Gaona, David (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Marine Vessels Onboard Charging Technologies
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- BLADE - Alpha phase
- Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Principal Investigator) Ahmed, Khaled (Co-investigator) Dysko, Adam (Co-investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator)
- Linked to project RKES 221702
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Contact
Professor
Khaled
Ahmed
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: khaled.ahmed@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2516