Professor Khaled Ahmed

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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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 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: 12 have graduated, and 8 are ongoing.

I with my collaborators published over 180 technical papers in refereed journals and conferences, 1 book, 1 book chapter, and a patent (PCT/GB2017/051364). Total citations of 6566 and h-index of 33.

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 TechnologyEC link

Publications:

Text Book: High Voltage Direct Current Transmission: Converters, Systems and DC Grids

Patent: (WO2017199016) DC/DC CONVERTER FOR HIGH POWER DC GRIDS 

IEEE Xplore

Google Scholar

Talks:

How to electrify UKCS oil and gas platforms?

 

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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

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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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Professor Khaled Ahmed
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email: khaled.ahmed@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2516