by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Feb 28, 2025 | Graduate Students, Thesis Defense
REAPER Lab congratulates Ms. Nabila ElBeheriy for successfully defending her MS thesis entitled, “ Noninvasive Detection of Incipient PV Module Failure from Moisture Ingress.” Ms. ElBeheiry’s research studied the detection of moisture ingress in solar photovoltaic...
by ReaperLab | Mar 12, 2024 | Graduate Students, Patent, Research Projects
The REAPERlab is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Balog (Professor and lab Director), Mr. Moustafa Raslan (former MS Student of the Texas A&M University Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering), and Dr. Ibrahim Karaman (Professor and Department Head of the...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Oct 11, 2023 | Career, Graduate Students, Graduation
REAPER Lab congratulates Ms.Fatima Al-Janahi for successfully defending her MS thesis, “Characterizing Photovoltaic System Arc-Faults.” Ms. Al-Janahi’s research studied the electrical characteristics of arcs in photovoltaic dc systems. She developed a...
by ReaperLab | Feb 21, 2025 | Award, Graduate Students, Publication, Researchers
The REAPERlab congratulates Ms. Shukri for her for wining First Place in the Spring 2025 Texas A&M University Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Graduate Poster Event, held on February 21, 2025. Her poster, titled “An Open-Access Library of Electrical...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Apr 29, 2024 | Career, Graduate Students
The REAPER Lab congratulates Ph.D. student Ms. Sawsan Shukri for passing her preliminary examination. His research pertains to applications of machine learning to photovoltaic systems. Sawsan received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University at...
by ReaperLab | Jun 12, 2024 | Award, Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, Publication, Research Scientist, Researchers
The REAPERlab congratulates Ms. Shukri on her Best Poster Award. Ph.D. candidate Ms. Sawsan Shukri presented a poster on her research paper entitled “A Library of Electrical Arc Signatures for the Development of PV Arc Fault Detection Techniques” at the 52nd...
by ReaperLab | Jan 8, 2024 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, PELS, Publication, Research Scientist, Researchers
Assistant research scientist Dr. Morcos Metry presented his paper titled “Online Weight Factor Tuning for MPC Regulated Power Quality Compensators” at the IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE2024) oral presentation session in...
by ReaperLab | Jan 8, 2024 | Collaborator, Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, PELS, Publication, Researchers, Undergraduate Students
Masters student Fatima AL-Janahi presented her paper co-authored with PhD student Ms. Sawsan Shukri and undergraduate students Ms. L. Al-Huneidi, and Mr. A. Al-Shammary entitled “An Automated Testbed for PV Arcs Analysis” at the IEEE 4th International Conference on...
by ReaperLab | Nov 2, 2023 | Collaborator, Conference, IEEE, Papers, PELS, Publication, Research Scientist, Researchers
Assistant research scientist Dr. Morcos Metry presented his paper, co-written with Dr. Wesam Rohouma, titled “Load Characterization Tuning Strategy to Reduce Switching Losses in Power Quality Compensators” at the IEEE Energy Conversion and Congress Exhibition oral...
by ReaperLab | Oct 31, 2023 | Collaborator, Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, PELS, Publication, Research Scientist, Researchers
Dr. Wesam Rohouma delivered his post-journal presentation, co-authored with Dr. Morcos Metry, Dr. Aaqib Peerzada, and Dr. Miroslav Begovic, titled “Analysis of the Capacitor-Less D-STATCOM for Voltage Profile Improvement in Distribution Network with High PV...
