by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Nov 3, 2020 | Career, Graduate Students, Graduation
REAPER Lab congratulates Dr. Lance Alpuerto for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation, “Non-Planar Photovoltaic Surfaces: Modeling, Optimization, and Application.” His research investigated the application of flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV)...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Dec 13, 2019 | Graduate Students, Graduation
Mr. Moustafa Raslan received his M.S. degree in interdisciplinary engineering in December 2019. His thesis entitled “Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Switch (SMAAS)” studied the feasibility of using shape memory alloy as a mechanism for actuating an electrical switch. He...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | May 7, 2020 | Graduate Students, Graduation
Dr. Morcos Metry received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. His dissertation entitled “Model Predictive Control Methods for Photovoltaic Electrical Energy Conversion Systems” studied the theory of finite control set model predictive control (MPC) and the...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | May 7, 2020 | Graduation, Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate students Mr. Seif ElGazer, Mr. Abdelrahman Amer, and Ms. Nabila Elbeheiry graduated each their B.S. in electrical engineering. As a research team, they have been a part of the REAPER lab over the last year and conducted innovative research in load...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Nov 13, 2019 | Career, Graduate Students, Graduation
REAPER Lab congratulates Dr. Morcos Metry for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation, “Model Predictive Control Methods for Photovoltaic Electrical Energy Conversion Systems.” Dr. Metry’s research studied the theory of finite control set model predictive...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Oct 9, 2019 | Career, Graduate Students, Graduation
REAPER Lab congratulates Mr. Moustafa Raslan for successfully defending his MS thesis, “Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Switch (SMAAS).” Mr. Raslan’s research studied the feasibility of using shape memory alloy as a mechanism for actuating an electrical switch. He...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | May 12, 2018 | Graduate Students, Graduation
Dr. Mosa Mosa received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. His doctoral research involved model predictive control of quasi z-sourced inverters. Dr. Shunlong Xiao received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. His doctoral research involved control of...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Dec 15, 2017 | Graduation, Undergraduate Students
Ms. Rawdha Ameen graduated with her B.S. in electrical engineering. She has been an undergraduate research assistant in the REAPER lab for the last year and has made valuable contributions to many projects including developing a photovoltaic i-v curve tracer and an...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | May 9, 2019 | Graduation, Undergraduate Students
Ms. Sawsan Shukri graduated with her B.S. in electrical engineering. She has been an undergraduate research assistant in the REAPER lab and has made valuable contributions to our electrical arc generator testbed for arc-fault detector...
by ReaperLab | Dec 18, 2015 | Graduate Students, Graduation
REAPER Lab congratulates Dr. Mohammad Shadmand (PhD) on the occasion of his graduation from Texas A&M University and the REAPER Lab.