Founder and Principal Investigator (PI)

Dr. Ali M. Bazzi, Associate Professor

PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
ME in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
BE in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

 

 

 

PhD Students

Abbas Hassan

MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shahed University, Iran
Current research topic: Loss minimization techniques in power electronics
Research interests: Electric drives (induction motor control ), dc-dc converters (interleaved topologies and multi-input topologies), MPPT algorithms for dc-dc converters in PV systems

 

 

Vahe Seferian

ME in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
BE in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Current research topic: fault prognosis and early failure prediction of power electronics systems in electric vehicles
Research interests: Power electronics and applications, fault prognosis of power electronics systems, control of electric motor drives and efficient implementation of algorithms in embedded systems with applications related to power converters and drives

 

Hani Sadek (Co-advised with Prof. Chaaban)

MS in Energy Studies, American University of Beirut
BE in Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut
Current research topic: Micro Wind Turbines Optimization
Research interests: Power and energy systems

 

 

ME/MS Students

Abdallah Nasser Eldeen

ME student in Electrical Engineering
Masters in Microwave Engineering,  Lebanese University (Hadath), Lebanon
Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Lebanese University (Hadath), Lebanon
Current research topic: Fault impact on electrical microgrids
Research interests: Renewable energy, electrical microgrids, power systems, power electronics

 

Alumni

Leila Chebbo

Dual Masters degree in Engineering Management and Energy Studies
BE in Electric Power and Machines Engineering , Beirut Arab University, Lebanon [Named three times on the honor list (ranked 2nd)]
Research topic: Price-Based Demand Side Management in Lebanon
Research interests: Energy and optimization

Nour Baalbaki

MS in Energy Studies
BS Electrical Engineering, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Research topic: Optimal renewable energy site selection using GIS

 

Ali Brieteh

BE student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research project: Hybrid and electric transportation

Hasan Abdel-Kader Hammoud

BE Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering [All-time on the Dean’s Honor List]
Research project: Ripple Correlation Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking (RCC for MPPT)  &  Electric Vehicle Simulator Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)
Research interests : Power Electronics , Control Systems, Machine Learning for Electronics and Control

 

Hussein Jaffal

BE student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research project: Hybrid and electric transportation

 

Ali Hallal

Research Assistant
BE in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Research topic: Power electronics prognosis and early failure detection
Research interests: Power electronics, renewable energy systems, RF and wireless power harvesting