Dr. Mohammad A. Abido

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Electrical Engineering Department

Distinguished University Professor

DR. MOHAMMAD ALI ABIDO

My Biography

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1992-1997, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
"Intelligent Techniques Approach to Power Systems Identification and Control"

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, 1986-1989, Menoufia University.
"Coordination and Utilization of Reactive Power Sources to Alleviate Bus Voltage Violations".

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, 1980-1985, Menoufia University

Employment

2008 - Present, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

2004 - 2008, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

1999 - 2003, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

1998 - Present, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University.

Summer 2003, Guest Scientist, Institute of Energy Sources, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univeristy, Germany.

Summer 2001, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada.

1997-1999, Research Associate, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

1992-1997, Lecturer, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

1989-1992, Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University.

1985-1989, Graduate Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University.

Honours and Awards

1. Undergraduate Fellowship, Menoufia University, 1980-1985

2. Award of Excellence, Menoufia University, 1980-1985

3. Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition, Menoufia University, 1985

4. Award of Excellence, Egyptian Engineering Society, 1985

5. Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition, Egyptian Engineering Society, 1985

6. Graduate Fellowship, Menoufia University, 1985-1989

7. Award of Excellence, Menoufia University, 1989

8. Peace Fellowship, USA, 1991

9. Postgraduate Fellowship, KFUPM, 1992-1997

10. Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition, IEEE TEM, KFUPM, 1997

11. Postdoctoral Fellowship, KFUPM, 1997-1998

12. KFUPM Travel Support in 1997 to attend American Control conference ACC’97, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and IEEE International Conference On Neural Networks, IEEE ICNN'97, Houston, Texas, USA.

13. Student Travel Support, IEEE International Conference On Neural Networks, IEEE ICNN'97, June 1997, Houston, Texas, USA.

14. Outstanding Teaching and Advising Nominee, EE Dept., KFUPM, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

15. Letter of Appreciation for excellent work done and timely completion of the University Project "Robust design of power system stabilizers for multimachine power systems using intelligent search algorithms," Project # EE/POWER SYSTEMS/212, Deanship of Scientific Research, KFUPM, 2001.

16. Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition, IEEE TEM, KFUPM, 2001

17. Study and Research Visit Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Summer 2001.

18. Excellence in Research Award, KFUPM, 2002.

19. Letter of Appreciation for excellent work done and timely completion of the Fast Track Project "Power system stability enhancement via coordinated design of PSS and FACTS-based stabilizers," Fast Track Research Project # FT/2000-25, Deanship of Scientific Research, KFUPM, 2002.

20. Study and Research Visit Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany, summer 2003.

21. IEEE/IAS First Prize Paper Award for the paper “Development and Implementation of a Hybrid Intelligent Controller for Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives” presented in the 37th IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, IAS-2002, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, October 13-17, 2002. The certificate and the financial prize have been awarded at the 38th IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, IAS-2003, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, October 12-16, 2003 by the Industrial Automation and Control Committee (IACC) of IEEE/IAS.

22. Letter of Appreciation for excellent work done and timely completion of the Fast Track Project "Multiobjective Environmental/Economic Power Dispatch Using Evolutionary Algorithms," Fast Track Research Project # FT/2001-19, Deanship of Scientific Research, KFUPM, 2003.

23. Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition, The 2nd IEEE GCC Conference, Manama, Bahrain, November 23-25, 2004.

24. Funded Research Projects Award, College of Engineering Sciences, KFUPM, June 2005.

25. Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers in Engineering Sciences, Amman, Jordan, December 2005.

26. Letter of Appreciation for winning Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers in Engineering Sciences, College of Engineering Sciences, KFUPM, November 2005.

27. Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition for Successful Delivering “FACTS Technology Development and Applications”, Short Course, Deanship of Educational Services, Continuing Education Program, KFUPM, December 31, 2005 – January 4, 2006.

28. Letter of Appreciation for contributing in evaluating the applications of “Excellence in research Award for Academic Year 2005-2006”, Deanship of Scientific Research, KFUPM, March 2006.

29. Study and Research Visit Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany, summer 2006.

30. Letter of Appreciation for excellent work done and timely completion of the KFUPM University Funded Project "Power Systems Stability Enhancement Using Unified Power Flow Controllers," KFUPM Internal Funded Project # EE/POWER/282, Deanship of Scientific Research, KFUPM, 2006.

31. Best Applied Research Award for the paper “Power System Stability in Deregulated Environment,” Presented in The 15th GCC-CIGRE, Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 28–30, 2006, pp. 147-152. The certificate and the financial prize have been awarded GCC-CIGRE.

32. Excellence in Research Award, KFUPM, 2007.

33. Best Research Project Award, KFUPM, 2007 (First of the first time of the Award)

34. Honorable Mention for the paper “Two-Level of Nondominated Solutions Approach To Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization,” Presented in the 2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO’2007, 7 - 11 July 2007, London, UK.

35. Letter of Appreciation for contributing in evaluating the applications of “Excellence in research Award for Academic Year 2007-2008”, Deanship of Scientific Research, KFUPM, April 2008.

36. Letter of Appreciation for Active Contribution and Participation in ABET Department Committee, College of Engineering Sciences, KFUPM, November 2008.

37. Letter of Appreciation for contributing in evaluating the applications of “Excellence in research Award for Academic Year 2008-2009”, Deanship of Scientific Research, KFUPM, April 2009.

38. Excellence in Academic Advising Award, KFUPM, 2009.

39. Excellence in Teaching Award, KFUPM, 2010.

40. Best Research Project Award, KFUPM, 2011

Professional Memberships

1. Member of the Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers, USA [IEEE]

2. Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, UK [IEE]

3. Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, USA

4. Member of the IEEE Task Force on “The Need to Assess Higher Order Terms for Small Signal (Modal) Analysis”

5. Member of the GCC CIGRE Study Committees, Work Group 4 (WG 4-2), “Power System Dynamics,”

6. Member of the Saudi Scientific Society for Electrical Engineers (SSSEE)

7. Member of the Saudi Engineering Council (SEC)

8. Member of the Arab Research Institute of Science and Engineering (ARISE)

9. Member of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF)

10. Member of the Egyptian Engineering Society