by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Nov 10, 2020 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, PELS
Ph.D. student Ms. Minjeong Kim presented her paper entitled “Commutation Method for a Three-Phase Current-Sourced High-Frequency AC-link Inverter” at the twenty-first IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics on November 10, 2020. The workshop, which...
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 | Sep 25, 2020 | Career, Postdocs
The REAPERlab congratulates Dr. Wesam Rohouma for his recent appointment as an Assistant Professor at the College of North Atlantic Qatar. Dr. Rohoum joined the REAPERlab as a Post Doctoral research associate in 2017 and was promoted to Assistant Research Scientist....
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Aug 31, 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 featured in the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) Research Matters newsletter for their award-winning Undergraduate...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Jun 15, 2020 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, Undergraduate Students
Research Assistant Ms. Sawsan Shukri and Undergraduate student Mr. Safin Bayes presented their paper entitled, “Parameter Extraction Testbed to Optimize Interconnections of Non-Planar Photovoltaics” at the 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), held...
by Prof. Robert S. Balog | Jun 15, 2020 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate researchers Mr. Rahul Balamurugan, Ms. Fatima Al-Janahi, and Ms. Oumaima Bouhali presented a poster on their paper titled “Fourier Transform and Short-Time Fourier Transform Decomposition for Photovoltaic Arc Fault Detection” at the 47th IEEE...
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...
