I received my BEng (Hons) degree and MSc in Electrical and control Engineering from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (Alexandria, Egypt) in 2005 and 2008 respectively. Following that, I received a scholarship from University of Strathclyde, funded by Aker Solutions Ltd, to pursue my PhD in subsea DC Distribution Systems for the oil and gas sector. I received my PhD degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK) in 2013.

I have over 19 years of teaching and research experience in the higher education sectors in Egypt and UK, in the areas of power electronics, renewable energy systems, smart grids, digital twins of power networks and high voltage dc transmission. Following my PhD, I worked as a postdoc research associate at University of Aberdeen (2013-2015) on EPSRC project EP/K006428/1 “DC Networks with DC‑DC Converters for Integration of Large Renewable Sources”. Following this, I worked as a Lecturer of Electrical Engineering at Robert Gordon University (2015-2017), before joining Glasgow Caledonian University as a Lecturer in 2017.

Currently, I am a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) and the Deputy Director of the Smart Technology Research Centre. I held the role of Programme Lead for MSc Electrical Power Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University from 2018 to 2023.

I led/co-led research projects with total funding awarded of £1.5M from UK government, European Commission, Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) and Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC). I collaborated with numerous industry partners including Scottish Power Energy Networks, TNEI Services Ltd, Verlume Ltd, Mocean Energy and Aker Solutions.

I have over 50 publications in refereed journals/conferences, 1 book, 2 book chapters, 1 patent (PCT/GB2017/051364) and a contribution to IEC Technical Report IEC TR 63363-1.

I have supervised/co-supervised 3 PhD students to completion and have 5 ongoing PhDs. I have also supervised 2 MPhil students.

I am senior member of IEEE, a member of the IET, Senior Fellow of Advance-HE, Associate Editor of IEEE Access Journal and an active member of the following International Cigre and IEC working groups:

• Cigre B4.91 Power Electronic Transformers
• IEC/TC115 JWG11 Performance of voltage sourced converter based high voltage direct current transmission systems
• IEC/TC 22/SC 22 F/WG44 Performance of power electronics transformer for flexible transmission and distribution system

Research areas

• High power DC/DC converters
• High voltage DC transmission
• Electrification of offshore oil and gas
• Grid integration of renewable energy systems
• Digital twins of distribution networks
• Fault pinpointing in underground cables
• Non technical losses in distribution networks

Graduated PhD students

• Yasen Harrye. Modular Dual Active Bridge DC/DC Converter for HVDC Applications. 2017. University of Aberdeen.
• Osama Hebala. Design and Analysis of Current Stress Minimisation Controllers in Multi Active Bridge DC/DC Converters. 2019. Robert Gordon University.
• Chukwuemeka Ibem. Fault Diagnosis of DFIG Converter used in Wind Energy Generation. 2024. Glasgow Caledonian University.

Current PhD supervision

• Obumneme Nwafor. Artificial intelligence for prediction of non-technical losses in electricity distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa. Glasgow Caledonian University.
• Abdel Mouneim Khemissat. Security analysis and mitigation of large-scale battery storage integration into the power grid. Glasgow Caledonian University.
• Saad Khan. Digital Twins for Future Distribution Networks with Data Driven Monitoring and Control. Glasgow Caledonian University.
• Mahmoud Alshahat. Pulsed-power for Cancer Treatment. Glasgow Caledonian University.
• Hammad Al-Khayari. Developing a strategic plan towards a Net-Zero goal for the Oil & Gas industries in the Sultanate of Oman. Glasgow Caledonian University.

• Glasgow Caledonian University and TNEI Services Limited (£179k, CI, Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), 2024-2026).
• A Digital Twin for Future Distribution Networks with Smart Meter Data Driven Monitoring and Control (£88k, PI, Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), 2022-2025)
• Sustainable Subsea Microgrid: Integrating Renewables and Energy Storage for a net-zero UKCS (£196k, PI, Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), 2022-2023)
• Training Hub of Renewable Energy Technologies for Sri Lanka/THREE-Lanka (€981k, CI, European Commission, 2021-2024).
• High Precision fault localisation in buried power cables based on wireless charging (£83k, PI, Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), 2019-2022)
• Wireless charging mobile scanner for high precision fault localisation in buried power cables: A feasibility study (£69k, PI, Network Innovation Allowance (NIA), 2019-2020)