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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Electrical Engineering Department

Assistant Professor

Ali T. Al-Awami

 

List of Publications

 
Patent
   
  M. A. H. Abdelhafiz, O. Hammi, A. Zerguine, and A. T. Al-Awami,“Memory Polynomial Based Digital Predistorter,” Issued by USPO on Oct 13, 2015, patent # US14/284362.  
   
  A. T. Al-Awami and G. M. A. Akhtar, ‘Communication-free charging management of electric vehicles under distribution grid constraints,’ Issued by USPO on April 11, 2017, US14/641249
   
   
   
Book Chapters
   
[B-04] Ali T. Al-Awami,  M. A. El-Sharkawi, ‘Stochastic Dispatch of Power Grids with High Penetration of Wind Power Using Pareto Optimization’, Wind Power Systems: Applications of Computational Intelligence, Edited by Lingfeng Wang, Chanan Singh, and Andrew Kusiak, Springer, 2010.
   
[B-03] M. Sarfraz and Ali T. Al-Awami, ‘Object Recognition using Particle Swarm Optimization on Moment Descriptors', Applications in Soft Computing – Advances in Intelligent and Soft computing, Edited by J. Mehnen, M. Koppen, A. Saad, and A. Tiwari, Springer, 2009.
   
[B-02] Ali T. Al-Awami, M. A. Abido, and Y. L. Abdel-Magid, “Application of PSO to Design UPFC-Based Stabilizers”, Swarm Intelligence: Focus on Ant and Particle Swarm Optimization, Book edited by: Felix T. S. Chan and ManojKumar Tiwari, ISBN 978-3-902613-09-7, pp. 532, December 2007, Itech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria, Chapter 14, pp. 235-262.
   
[B-01] M. Sarfraz and Ali T. Al-Awami, ‘Object Recognition using Particle Swarm Optimization on Fourier Descriptors', Soft computing in Industrial Applications – Recent Trends, Edited by A. Saad, K. Dahal, M. Sarfraz, and R. Roy, Springer, 2007.
   

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Journal Publications

[J-19]

A. Aldik , A. T. Al-Awami, E. Sortomme, A. Muqbel, and M. Shahidehpour, "A Planning Model for Electric Vehicle Aggregators Providing Ancillary Services," IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 70685-70697,  2018. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2880443

 
[J-18] A. A. Al-Shaikhi, A. H. Khan, A. T. Al-Awami, and A. Zerguine, "A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Technique for Adaptive Equalization," Arab J Sci Eng, 2018 (available online), https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-018-3387-8
 
[J-17] Samy Faddel, A. Aldeek, Ali T. Al-Awami, Eric Sortomme, Zakariya Al-Hamouz, "Ancillary Services Bidding for Uncertain Bidirectional V2G Using Fuzzy Linear Programming," Energy, vol. 160, 2018, pp. 986-995, ISSN 0360-5442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.07.091
 
[J-16] S. Faddel, Ali T. Al-Awami, and O. Mohammed, “Charge Control and Operation of Electric Vehicles in Power Grids: A Review,” Energies, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 701, Mar. 2018. doi:10.3390/en11040701.  
 
[J-15] Mansur Aliyu, Ghassan Hassan, Syed A. Said, Muhammad U. Siddiqui, Ali T. Al-Awami, Ibrahim M. Elamin, “A review of solar-powered water pumping systems,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 87, 2018, pp. 61-76, ISSN 1364-0321, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.02.010
 
[J-14] Mustafa S. Al-Swaiti, Ali T. Al-Awami, Mohammad Waqas Khalid, “Co-optimized trading of wind-thermal-pumped storage system in energy and regulation markets,” Energy, vol. 138, Nov. 2017, pp. 991-1005, ISSN 0360-5442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.07.101
 
[J-13] E. Areed, M. A. Abido, and A. T. Al-Awami, “Switching Model Analysis and Implementation of Electric Spring for Voltage Regulation in Smart Grids,” to appear in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution (2017), doi: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2017.0704
   
[J-12] A. T. Al-Awami, Nemer A. Amleh, and Ammar Muqbel, “Optimal Demand Response Bidding and Pricing Mechanism with Fuzzy Optimization: Application for a Virtual Power Plant,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial applications (Early Access, 2017), doi: 10.1109/TIA.2017.2723338
   
[J-11] S. Faddel Gamal, Ali T. Al-Awami and M. A. abido, “Fuzzy Optimization for the Operation of Electric Vehicle Parking Lots,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 145, April 2017, pp. 166-174.
   
[J-10] Ali T. Al-Awami, E. Sortomme, G. M. Asim Akhtar and S. Faddel, "A Voltage-Based Controller for an Electric-Vehicle Charger," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 4185-4196, June 2016.
   
[J-09]

Ali T. Al-Awami, M. A. H. Ansari, and B. J. Bennett, “A New Stochastic Dynamic Economic Dispatch for Grids with Significant Wind Using Mixed Gaussian Distribution,” Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 545-553, February 2016.

   
[J-08] M. Ansari, A. T. Al-Awami, E. Sortomme, and M. A. Abido, "Coordinated Bidding of Ancillary Services for Vehicle-to-Grid Using Fuzzy Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2015, pp 261-270.
   
[J-07] A. H. Abdelhafiz, O. Hammi, A. Zerguine, A. T. Al-Awami, and F. M. Ghannouchi, "A PSO Based Memory Polynomial Predistorter With Embedded Dimension Estimation," IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol. 59, no. 4, December 2013, pp 665-673.
   
[J-06] Ali T. Al-Awami, E. Sortomme, 'Coordinating Vehicle-to-Grid Services with Energy Trading', IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid – Special Issue on Transportation Electrification and Vehicle-to-Grid Applications, vol. 3, no. 1, March 2012, pp 453-462.
   
[J-05] Ali T. Al-Awami, M. A. El-Sharkawi, 'Coordinated Trading of Wind and Thermal Energy', IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 2, no. 3, July 2011, pp 277-287.
   
[J-04] A. T. Al-Awami, A. Zerguine, L. Cheded, A. Zidori, and W. Saif, 'A New Modified Particle Swarm optimization Algorithm for Adaptive Equalization’, Digital Signal Processing, vol. 21, no. 2, March 2011, pp. 195-207.
   
[J-03] Ali T. Al-Awami, Y. L. Abdel-Magid, M. A. Abido, 'A Particle-Swarm-Based Approach of Power System Stability Enhancement with Unified Power Flow Controller', International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 29, Issue 3, March 2007, pp. 251-259.
   
[J-02] Ali T. Al-Awami, Y. L. Abdel-Magid, M. A. Abido, 'Simultaneous Stabilization of Power System Using UPFC-Based Controllers', Electric Power Components and Systems, Sept 2006, Vol. 34, No. 9, pp. 941 – 959.
   
[J-01] Ali T. Al-Awami, M. A. Abido, Y. L. Abdel-Magid, 'A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Robust FACTS Stabilizers for power System Stability Enhancement', The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Oct 2008, Vol. 33, No. 2B, pp. 519 – 526.
   

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Conference Publications
[C-37]

Ahmed Abdelmoaty, W. Mesbah, and A. T. Al-Awami, “Incentive-Based Game Theoretic Approach for Wind Power Balancing Using Electric Vehicles,” IEEE-GCC conference, Manama, Bahrain, May 2017. 

   
[C-36]

Ibrahem Hussein and A. T. Al-Awami, “Reliability Assessment of Sustainable Photovoltaic- Electric Vehicles System,” IEEE-GCC conference, Manama, Bahrain, May 2017. 

   
[C-35]

S. Shafiq, U. Akram, A. T. A. Awami, and M. Al-Muhaini, "Reliability evaluation and economic assessment of micro-grid with V2G electric vehicles coordination," 2016 Saudi Arabia Smart Grid (SASG), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2016, pp. 1-7.

   
[C-34]

M. S. Javaid, Numan Saeed, A. T. Al-Awami, and Zorays Khalid, "Stochastic versus Robus Optimization of Wind-hydro Power Plant’s Operational Strategy," 19th International Multi-topic Conference (INMIC), Pakistan, Dec. 5-6, 2016.

   
[C-33]

Yahaya Afolabi Abass, Ali T. Al-Awami, and Taskin Jamal, "Integrating Automatic Generation Control and Economic Dispatch for Microgrid Real-Time Optimization," IEEE PES General Meeting, held in Boston, MA, USA, July 17-21, 2016.

   
[C-32]

Nemer Amleh and Ali T. Al-Awami, "Optimal Demand Response Bidding and Pricing Mechanism with Fuzzy Optimization: Application for a Virtual Power Plant," Clemson University's power Systems conference 2016, held in Clemson, SC, USA, March 8-11, 2016. [Won Best Paper Award]

   
[C-31]

Gussan Maaz Mufti, Mohsin Jamil, Danial Naeem, Muhammad Usman Mukhtiar, and Ali T. Al-Awami, " Performance Analysis of Parabolic Trough Collectors for Pakistan Using Mathematical and Computational Models," Clemson University's power Systems conference 2016, held in Clemson, SC, USA, March 8-11, 2016.

   
[C-30]

Samy Faddel, Ali T. Al-Awami, and M. A. Abido, “Real Time Digital Simulation of Voltage-Based Controller for Electric Vehicle Charging,” Clemson University's power Systems conference 2016, held in Clemson, SC, USA, March 8-11, 2016.

   
[C-29] M. Ijaz, M. F. Sahito, and A. T. Al-Awami, "Energy bidding in a day-ahead electricity market using fuzzy optimization," 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), pp.2388-2393, Seville, Spain, 17-19 March 2015
   
[C-28] M. Shafiullah and A. T. Al-Awami, "Maximizing the profit of a load aggregator by optimal scheduling of day ahead load with EVs," 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), pp.1342-1347, Seville, Spain, 17-19 March 2015
   
[C-27] A. Al-Deek and Ali T. Al-Awami, “Optimal Storage Sizing for Profit Maximization in a Market Environment,” Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2014.
   
[C-26] W. Khamphanchai, M. Pipattanasomporn, S. Rahman, and A. T. Al-Awami, “Impact of Electric Vehicles on Household Voltage Profiles and Possible Mitigation Approach,” Innovative Smart Grid Technologies – Europe conference, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2014
   
[C-25] G. M. Asim Akhtar, Ali T. Al-Awami, E. Sortomme, M. A. abido, and M. W. Ahmed, “Autonomous Electric Vehicle Charging Management over Real Time Digital Simulator”, IEEE PES General Meeting, National Harbor, MD, USA, July 2014.
   
[C-24] M.M. Atiqur Rahman, Ali T. Al-Awami, and A.H.M.A. Rahim, "Hydro-PV-Wind-Battery-Diesel Based Stand-Alone Hybrid Power System," International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology, April 2014.
   
[C-23] M. A. H. Ansari, Ali T. Al-Awami, and E. Sortomme, “Optimal Charging Strategies for Unidirectional Vehicle-to-grid using Fuzzy Uncertainties,” IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL, USA, 14-17 April 2014.
   
[C-22] M. W. Khalid and Ali T. Al-Awami, “Coordinated trading of solar and thermal energy including V2G services,” Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 24-27 November 2013. [Won Best Paper Prize]
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M. A. H. Ansari and Ali T. Al-Awami, “Wind Thermal Generation Scheduling with Fuzzy Genetic Optimization,” Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 24-27 November 2013.
   
[C-20] M. W. Khalid, Ali T. Al-Awami, and E. Sortomme, “Stochastic Programming based Bidding Strategy for V2G services”, IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies – Europe 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6-9 October 2013.
   
[C-19] Ali T. Al-Awami and E. Sortomme, “Electric Vehicle Charging Modulation Using Voltage Feedback Control”, IEEE PES General Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 2013.
   
[C-18] M. W. Khalid, Ali T. Al-Awami, “Coordinated trading of solar and thermal energy including Vehicle-to-Grid services,” 24th IASTED Modeling and Simulation Conference, Banff, Canada, 17- 19 July 2013.
   
[C-17] G. M. A. Akhtar, Ali T. Al-Awami, M. W. Khalid, “Coordinating Emission-aware Energy Trading with V2G Services”, IEEE EUROCON 2013, Zagreb, Croatia, 1-4 July 2013.
   
[C-16] G. M. Asim Akhtar and Ali T. Al-Awami, "Emission-aware energy trading by coordinating thermal & wind power generation," 2013 Fourth International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG), Istanbul, Turkey, 13-17 May 2013.
   
[C-15] S.H. Arastu, A. Zerguine, M. O. Bin Saeed, A. T. Al-Awami, "Cooperative parameter estimation using PSO in ad-hoc WSN," 2012 Proceedings of the 20th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 27-31 Aug. 2012.
   
[C-14]

S. Ghannam, B. Al-Shahrani, A. Essa, F. Al-Dubaikel, A.T. Al-Awami (co-author), 'On Saudi Aramco's Efforts in Renewable Energy Sources and the Smart Grid', Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Middle East 2011, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2011.

   
[C-13]

E. Sortomme, A.T. Al-Awami, M. A. El-Sharkawi, 'Multi-Objective Optimization for Wind Energy Integration', IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference, April 2010.

   
[C-12]

A. T. Al-Awami, M. A. El-Sharkawi, 'Statistical Characterization of Wind Power Output for a Given Winf Power Forecast', North American Power Symposium, October 2009.

   
[C-11]

A. T. Al-Awami, E. Sortomme, M. A. El-Sharkawi, 'Optimizing Economic/Environmental Dispatch with Wind and Thermal Units', IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, July 2009.

   
[C-10]

Ali T. Al-Awami, M. A. El-Sharkawi, 'Feedback-Control-Based Optimal Power Flow for Real-Time Operation', IEEE Power System Conference and Exposition 2009 (PSCE2009), Seattle, March 2009.

   
[C-09]

A. T. Al-Awami, W. Saif, A. Zerguine, A. Zidori, and L. Cheded , ‘A New Modified Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Linear and Nonlinear Adaptive Equalization', International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, Sharjah, U.A.E., Feb. 2007.

   
[C-08]

M. Sarfraz and Ali T. Al-Awami, ‘Arabic Character Recognition Using Particle Swarm Optimization with Selected and Weighted Moment Invariants', International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, Sharjah, U.A.E., Feb. 2007.

   
[C-07]

M. Sarfraz and Ali T. Al-Awami, ‘Object Recognition Using Particle Swarm Optimization on Fourier Descriptors', 11th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications WSC11, Sept 11Oct 6, 2006.

   
[C-06]

M. A. Abido, A. T. Al-Awami, Y. L. Abdel-Magid, ‘Analysis and Design of UPFC Damping Stabilizers for Power System Stability Enhancement', IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Montreal, Canada, Vol. 3, July, 2006, pp. 2040-2045.

   
[C-05]

M. A. Abido, Ali T. Al-Awami, Y. L. Abdel-Magid, 'Power System Stability Enhancement Using Simultaneous Design of Damping Controllers and Internal Controllers of a Unified Power Flow Controller', 2006 IEEE PES General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, June 2006, pages: 8.      

   
[C-04] Ali T. Al-Awami, M. A. Abido, Y. L. Abdel-Magid, 'Power System Stability Enhancement Using Unified Power Flow Controllers', 3nd Industrial Electrical and Electronics GCC Conference, IEEE-GCC3, Manama, Bahrain, March 2006.
   
[C-03] Ali T. Al-Awami, Y. L. Abdel-Magid, M. A. Abido, 'Simultaneous Stabilization of Power Systems Equipped with Unified Power Flow Controller Using Particle Swarm', 15th Power Systems Computation Conference, PSCC'05, Liège, Belgium, Aug. 2005.
 

 

[C-02] Ali T. Al-Awami, Y. L. Abdel-Magid, M. A. Abido, 'Particle-Swarm-Based Robust Coordinated Design of PSS and SVC-Based Stabilizer', Proceedings of 2nd IEEE-GCC Industrial Electrical and Electronics Conference, Manama, Bahrain, Nov, 2004, pp 55-60.
   
[C-01] Ali T. Al-Awami, Youssef. L. Abdel-Magid, M. A. Abido, 'Particle-Swarm-Based Robust Coordinated Design of PSS and SVC-Based Stabilizer', 2nd IEEE-GCC Industrial Electrical and Electronics Conference, Manama, Bahrain, Nov 2004, pp 55-60.
   

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