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 Reader in power electronics at the University of Strathclyde (PEDEC Group). I have over 18 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 £4.9 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. Projects involve significant national and international collaboration: e.g. EPSRC grant EP/K006428/1 (£734,786) ‘DC Networks with DC/DC Converters for Integration of Large Renewable Sources’ which includes the Universities of Aberdeen and Strathclyde, the China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).
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 18 PhD students: 10 have graduated, and 8 are ongoing.
I with my collaborators published over 150 technical papers in refereed journals and conferences, 1 book, 1 book chapter, and a patent (PCT/GB2017/051364). Total citations of 5160 and h-index of 28.
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 PEMD and ICRERA 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
IEEE Xplore
Google Scholar
Talks:
How to electrify UKCS oil and gas platforms?
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
- 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
- 9th IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA) 2020
- Chair
- 27/9/2020
More professional activities
Projects
- HVDC-based grid architectures for reliable and resilient WIdeSprEad hybrid AC/DC transmission systems
- Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Principal Investigator) Ahmed, Khaled (Co-investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
- Realising the value of offshore grid access for small pools
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2020
- High Speed, Magnet Free Traction Motors and Drives
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Williams, Barry (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2020
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Tait, James Gordon
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Tait, James Gordon (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2022
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind & Marine Energy Systems | Morris, Jennifer
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Morris, Jennifer (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2023
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Naraghipour, Kianoush
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Naraghipour, Kianoush (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 16-Jan-2022
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