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 10, 2020 | Conference, Graduate Students, IEEE, Papers, PELS
Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Morcos Metry, and Ph.D. Candidate Ms. Minjeong Kim presented their research on a closed-loop controller for the ripple port module integrated inverter at the twenty-first IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics on...
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 ReaperLab | Sep 29, 2020 | Graduate Students
Professor Balog and Dr. Zhan Wang were awarded US Patent 10,790,799 on September 29, 2020 for their invention entitled “Systems and Methods for Determining Arc Events Using Wavelet Decomposition and Support Vector Machines.” The patented technology was...
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, 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 | 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, 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
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 | 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...
