by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Jun 15, 2020 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, Undergraduate Students
Recently graduated BSc. students Mr. Abdelrahman Amer, Mr. Seif Elgazar, and Ms. Nabila ElBeheiry presented their paper entitled “A Techno-Economic Study of Rooftop Grid-Connected Photovoltaic-Energy Storage Systems in Qatar” at the 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Jun 15, 2020 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, Researchers
Dr. Wesam Rohouma presented a paper co-authored with Dr. Robert Balog, Ph.D. student Mr. Aaqib Ahmad Peerzada, and Dr. Miroslav M. Begovic entitled “Parallel Operation of Capacitor-less D-STATCOM to Allow More Penetration of Photovoltaic Systems in Distribution...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | May 8, 2020 | Award, Undergraduate Students
Texas A&M University at Qatar undergraduate students Fatima Al-Janahi ’20 and Rahul Balamuruga ’20 mentored by Dr. Robert S. Balog have been awarded the Texas A&M University Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) Outstanding Thesis Award for STEM. Photovoltaic...
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 | Feb 26, 2020 | Meetings, Seminar / Talk, Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate students Ms. Fatima Al-Janahi and Mr. Rahul Balamurugan presented their research on characterizing electrical arc in photovoltaic energy systems at the Undergraduate Research Scholars Symposium in College Station, Tx USA The team developed a...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Feb 7, 2020 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers
Ph.D. student Ms. Minjeong Kim presented her paper entitled “A PWM Method for Single-Phase Current-Sourced High Frequency AC Link Inverter” at the 2020 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference in College Station, Tx USA The paper proposes a new pulse width modulation...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Feb 6, 2020 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers
Ph.D. student Mr. Lance Alpuerto presented his paper entitled “Comparing Connection Topologies of PV Integrated Curved Roof Tile for Improved Performance” at the 4th IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC) in College Station, Tx USA. Partial shaded conditions...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Feb 4, 2020 | Meetings, Seminar / Talk, Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate students Mr. Seif ElGazer, Mr. Abdelrahman Amer, and Ms. Nabila Elbeheiry present their senior design project at the I AM QF conference which commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Qatar Foundation in Doha, Qatar. Senior design is meant to be a...
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...
