Professional Activities
Short Courses - Coordinator
Fundamentals and Standards of Power System Reliability in Saudi Arabia
Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Principles, Contexts, Applications and Future Developments
Conference Organization
Conference Chair: 1st IEEE GCC SYP Congress, May 2017, Bahrain
Conference Vic-Chair: 2nd IEEE GCC SYP Congress, March 2019, Kuwait
Honorary Chair: 4th International Symposium on Advanced Electrical and Communication Technologies, Dec. 2021, Khobar
Steering Committee Member: 10th IEEE GCC Conference, March 2019, Kuwait
Steering Committee Member: 3rd Saudi Computer Society International Conference on Computer Applications & Information Security, March 2020, Riyadh
Organization Committee Member: Saudi Robotics Conference & Expo, March 2019, Jubail
Technical Committee Co-Chair: 2019 2nd International Conference on Computer Applications & Information Security (ICCAIS), March 2019, Riyadh
Scientific Technical Committee Member: 10th IEEE GCC Conference, March 2019, Kuwait
Session Chair: 9th IEEE GCC Conference, May 2017, Bahrain
Session Chair: 10th IEEE GCC Conference, March 2019, Kuwait
Technical Conference Attendance and Presentations
IEEE PES General Meeting, Washington DC, USA, July 2014
Presentation 1: A novel method for evaluating future power distribution system reliability
Presentation 2: Evaluating future power distribution System reliability including distributed generation
Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 2014
Presentation 1: Microgrids Reliability Assessment with Renewable Distributed Generation
Presentation 2: Reliability Analysis of Power Distribution Systems with Demand Side Management and Wind Energy
8th IEEE GCC Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, Feb. 2015
Presentation 1: Load Reliability Analysis Using ARMA Wind Speed Modeling
IEEE PES General Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, July 2015
Presentation 1: Modeling Wind Speed Using Probability Distribution Function, Markov and ARMA Models
2015 International Symposium on Smart Electric Distribution Systems and Technologies (EDST), Vienna, Austria, Sep. 2015
Presentation 1: Reliability Assessment of a Microgrid Distribution System with PV and Storage
Presentation 2: Reliability Assessment of Load Points Including Solar and Wind DGs
The 4th International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems, Sharjah, UAE, November 2015
Presentation 1: Reliability Analysis of the Secondary Grid Distribution Networks
Presentation 2: Evaluation of the Reliability of Wind Power Generation in a Passive Redundant System
Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2015.
Presentation: Reliability Assessment of a Practical Power System using Monte Carlo Simulation
Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2016.
Presentation 1: Impact of Demand Side Management on Reliability Performance of Distribution Network
Presentation 2: Reliability Evaluation and Economic Assessment of Micro-grid with V2G Electric Vehicles Coordination
9th IEEE GCC Conference & Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain, May 2017
Presentation 1: Financial Analysis of Improving the Reliability of Critical Power Distribution Networks
Presentation 2: Reliability Assessment of Residential Power Distribution Systems Including Cold Load Pickup Events
Presentation 3: Optimization of Market-Based Energy Bidding of a Virtual Power Plant Using Genetic Algorithm
Presentation 4: Impact of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology on the Reliability of Distribution Systems
IEEE PES General Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA July 2017
Presentation: The Impact of Seasonal ARMA Wind Speed Modeling on the Reliability of Power Distribution Systems
Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2018.
Presentation: Modelling of Microgrid Demands and Load Composition for Highly Reliable Systems
IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2018
Presentation: Smart Restoration for Improved Reliability of Microgrids with Renewable Energy Sources
Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2019.
Presentation 1: Design of a Reliable Smart Solar Home
Presentation 2: Post Fault Stability Pattern Recognition Using an Artificial Neural Network Based on the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm
Presentation 3: Reliability Analysis of the Economic Dispatch of Power System with Renewable Energy Using Differential Evolution Optimization
Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2017.
IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution, Denver, CO, USA, April 2018
The Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy), Phoenix, AZ, USA, June 2019
Technical Presentations
April 2014: Reliability Assessment of Future Power Distribution Systems, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA
Nov. 2015: Perfect Power Distribution Systems: When Outages Are Not an Option, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA
Feb. 2016: Experiences in creating excitement in the classroom through active learning techniques, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA
March 2016: Capstone Senior Design Project in the 5th CeGP Workshop on Seismic Data Processing and Interpretation, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA
Oct. 2016: Best Practices in Teaching, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA
April 2017: Solar Smart Home Project, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA
Nov. 2019: Microgrids and the Future of Power Distribution Systems, PMU, Khobar, KSA
Nov. 2019: Smart Grids: The Future of Electric Power Systems, Saudi Council of Engineers, Al-khafgi, KSA
Review of Technical Papers
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
IEEE Transaction on Smart Grids
IEEE Systems Journal
IEEE Access
IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy
IEEE Transactions on Reliability
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution Conferences
Development Workshops - Attended
Development of Energy Efficiency Curriculum in Saudi Universities, Saudi Energy Efficiency Center, 2015.
Service Learning, KFUPM, 2015
Learning Assistant Programs, KFUPM, 2014
Best practices in writing MCQ, Deanship of Academic Development, KFUPM, 2014.
Students Centered Learning, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2014.
Introduction to Blackboard 9.1, Deanship of Academic Development, KFUPM, 2014.
Graduate Admission, Deanship of Academic Development, KFUPM, 2013.
Grading, Deanship of Academic Development, KFUPM, 2013.
Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators, KFUPM and Babson College, KFUPM, 2013.
Teaching Professional Skills, Deanship of Academic Development, KFUPM, 2013.
Formal and Informal Cooperative Learning for Large Enrollment Classes, Deanship of Academic Development, KFUPM, 2013.
Preparing Future Faculty – Exploratory Phase, Graduate Collage, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2010 –2011.
The Ethics of Authorship, Graduate Collage, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2011.
The Core Virtues of Teaching Excellence, Graduate Collage, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2011.
Constructing Teaching Portfolios, Graduate Collage, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2011.
Technical Workshops - Attended
Applied Machine Learning for Intelligent Energy Systems, ACM, Phoenix, AZ, 2019.
Implementing Nuclear Training in KSA, K.A.Care, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2018.
The 6th CeGP Workshop on Seismic Data Processing and Interpretation, Georgia Tech, GA, 2017.
Electric Cars Standards, Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization, Riyadh, 2017.
The 5th CeGP Workshop on Seismic Data Processing and Interpretation, KFUPM, 2016.
The 2nd Workshop on SEC R&D Initiatives, SEN, Riyadh, 2016.
The Third Industry Workshop for the Competitive Electricity Market in Saudi Arabia, The electricity & cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA), Riyadh, 2014.
Second Workshop for the Competitive Electricity Market in Saudi Arabia, The electricity & cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA), Riyadh, 2014.
Energy Forecasting in the Smart Grid Era, IEEE GM 2014, National Harbor, MD, 2014.
Smart Distribution Systems, IEEE GM 2014, National Harbor, MD, 2014.
Power System Simulation Studies and Power Quality Studies to enhance Power System Reliability and Power Quality, DAR Engineering, Alkhobar, 2013.
Strategies for Energy Meters and Smart Grids in SA, The electricity & cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA), Riyadh, 2013.
Microgrids – Designing Their Role in Smart Grid, IEEE PES Power Systems Conference & Exposition, Phoenix, 2011.
Emerging Smart Grid: Improved Distribution Management System Incorporating Advanced Solutions, IEEE PES Power Systems Conference & Exposition, Phoenix, 2011.