
Professor Khaled Ahmed
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
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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.
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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
- 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
- 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
- Novel model reference-based hybrid decoupling control of multiport-isolated DC-DC converter for hydrogen energy storage system integration
- Oyewole Oyedotun E, Abdelaziz Ali A, Abdelsalam Ibrahim, Bari Eugene, Ahmed Khaled H
- Journal of Energy Storage Vol 109 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.115175
- Integral-based inertia estimation method for power systems with high renewable integration
- Abouyehia Mohamed, Abdelaziz Yousef N, Egea-Àlvarez Agustí, Ahmed Khaled H
- 2024 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID) IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID) Vol 2024 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/egrid62045.2024.10842854
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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
- 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
- Unlocking Opportunities for DC Grids by DC-DC Fault Tolerant Converters
- Speaker
- 29/6/2021
- IEEE Access (Journal)
- Associate Editor
- 2021
- Alexandria Engineering Journal (Journal)
- Editor
- 2021
- How to Electrify UKCS Oil and Gas Platforms?
- Speaker
- 21/10/2020
Projects
- 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
- Off-grid EV Charging Infrastructure
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Bayram, I. Safak (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
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Contact
Professor
Khaled
Ahmed
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: khaled.ahmed@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2516