Alumni

All the students graduated from Energy Systems Research Laboratory believe, ” Engineering is Imagineering”. All the graduates from Energy Systems Research Laboratory have implemented the technologies in power systems and electromagnetic field computation which were just a mere imagination when they started working on it.

We wish all the knowledge which they have earned by working in Energy Systems Research Laboratory shall help them in all their future endeavors. We Wish them Good Luck.!!

LIST OF ALUMNI STUDENTS WORKED IN ENERGY SYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY:

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Mohammad Abdullah Azeem

Mohammed Abdullah Azeem

Azeem worked as Network Administrator at Energy Systems Research Laboratory for two years. His work in ESRL includes:

1. Reported to the Lab Director, supervising one resource.
2. Managed design, development and support of multiple web sites.
3. Responsible further for Server (System, IIS) Support by adding Roles & Features as well as configured Cisco routers (WRSV4400N) for better connectivity.
4. Involved in development of ActionScripts for Flash modules as per requirement.
5. Supported Content Management Products (Drupal, WordPress) for update of web content.

6. Successfully designed, developed and hosted multiple web sites – conference registration, uploading papers & billing, 4 websites on Content Management and a Local Network Website for managing Journal papers list.

Azeem also worked as a webmaster for IEEE Miami Section Website which includes responsibilities like

  • Primarily engaged in web based solution/portal/site development and support.
  • Responsible for maintaining the website and updating content.
  • Involved in Design and Development of new web solutions/site/portal as per business requirements.

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Mr. Andres Rayes

Andres Rayes

Mr.Andres worked at Energy Systems Research laboratory, Studying the behavior of electrical components at high frequency, in order to design a power converter which operates at optimal conditions.

His research at ESRL includes:
1. Design and implementation of a fast response dynamic load
2. Analysis of the electromagnetic spectrum on various electrical devices
3. Study on inductor and transformer design
4. Development of printed circuit boards design
5. Hydroelectric Simulated Power Plant
6. Examination of EMI in Naval Vessels

Mr Andres tells that “This experience has made me realize that to become a true professional one must be dedicated and passionate about one’s work.  At times, I thought I wouldn’t be able to come through with a task, but with the guidance of my mentors I have been able to complete assignments that once I thought were unachievable. I have been able to learn deal about power electronics in great detail. From the functional diagram of an isolation circuit, to the complex code applied in inductor design. I was able to acquire these skills by learning and understanding the process and methods used for the design at hand. I have been able to explain the research and experiments I have conducted in a manner in which multidisciplinary majors can relate to and understand the study and the progress being accomplished.”

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Mr.Daniel Monsalve

Daniel Monsalve

Mr.Daniel is currently working at Research in Motion as a Hardware Wireless Designer

This is some of his experience at RIM:
1. Worked on verification and testing of Blackberry prototypes to ensure that the product meet all subsystem level specifications.
2. Tested SMPS and LDO characterization focusing on output voltage ripple, load and line regulation, transient response and power up sequence. USB Situational Testing performed to verify USB performance in various end-user scenarios.
3. Collected data on prototypes and assisted in analyzing results to ensure overall battery life performance. Characterized charge and discharge profiles of battery with various sources. Verification of charge initiation and termination points, charge current and battery voltage limits for constant current and constant voltage phases.
4. Designed breakout board for SD card to facilitate efficient evaluation of SD card interface of prototypes.
5. Tested Wi-Fi and Bluetooth RF sub-systems in order to guarantee compliance with specifications such as IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, FCC Part 15, and Bluetooth v2.1. Tests included: Rx sensitivity, Tx power levels, and others. Assisted in verification testing, desense testing, and troubleshooting of other RF sub-systems such as GSM, and WCDMA. Optimized Wi-Fi Power Amplifier by tuning various circuit elements in order to achieve satisfactory Tx power and EVM levels.

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Mr.Andrew Rosales

Andrew Rosales

 

Mr.Andrew Rosales works an Electrical Engineer in NAVSEA at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Andrew works in the field of RF engineering. His work includes shipboard testing and analysis of antenna, radar, and electronic warfare systems which provides insight and solutions to EMI and EMC problems on naval ships
Andrew worked on computational electromagnetics including modeling and finite element analysis on PWM motors as well as a coast guard ship in Energy Systems Research Laboratory.

Here is list of publications:

 

  • Andrew Rosales, Ali Sarikhani O. A. Mohammed , “Evaluation of Radiated EMI Due to High Frequency Switching in Pulse Width Modulated Motor Drives,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol.47, no.5, pp.1474-1477, May 2011. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5754734
  • Dr. Osama A. Mohammed, and Andrew Rosales, “Evaluation of Radiated EMI in Pulse Width Modulated Motor Drives Due to Switching Characteristics,” Electric Machines Technology Symposium , Philadelphia, PA, May 19-20 2010.

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Mr.Mohamed Elshaer

Mohamed Elshaer

 

Mr.Mohamed Elshaer works as a Lead Electrical Engineer at Delphi. Elshaer works on reviewing customer specifications, Design Power Electronics Electrical Hardware Products, Microprocessor Digital Core, analog and digital control logic and high voltage power supplies for DC/AC Inverters, DC/DC Converters, AC/DC Chargers and Battery Pack Monitoring Systems.

His work also deals with Performing worst case analysis and simulations to ensure compliance to customer requirements, Support product design reviews, Create and maintain schematic, Develop and maintain electrical DFMEA, Generate electrical information to ECAD for PCB layout and support ECAD designer, Create product verification plan and perform testing, Support EMC and validation testing, Utilize structured problem solving techniques for test failure resolution, Present product design, analysis and testing to customer. Here is list of publications by Elshaer while working in Energy Systems Research Laboratory:

  • Elshaer, M.; Mohamed, A.; Mohammed, O.; , “Smart optimal control of DC-DC boost converter in PV systems,” Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America (T&D-LA), 2010 IEEE/PES , vol., no., pp.403-410, 8-10 Nov. 2010.
  • Amin, Mahmoud; Elshaer, Mohamed; Mohammed, Osama , “DC Bus Voltage Control for PV Sources in a DC Distribution System Infrastructure,” IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, vol., no., 25-29 Jul. 2010.
  • Mohamed, M. Elshaer and O. Mohammed, “Reactive Power Compensation Control for Stand-Alone Synchronous Generator-Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems,” International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics, Phoenix, AZ, USA, vol., no., pp.3222-3227, Nov. 7-10, 2010.

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Mr.Wilder Saint-Hillaire

Wilder Saint-Hillaire

 

Mr.Wilder Saint-Hillaire works as an Instrumentation Engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft.

His work includes planning, development, design, and maintain instrumentation systems for one or more test programs to provide measurement data required by the Engineering Department and/or contractual obligations. Under direction of a Sr. Instrumentation Engineer, plan and design instrumentation systems and procedures to produce a wide range of data for evaluation programs.

His roles are to develop systems to obtain data utilizing existing or new equipment. Supervise the preparation, installation, check-out and operation of equipment and systems giving consideration to measurement range, required accuracy, and sensitivity. Determine calibration methods and standards and verify results. Serve as focal point for data base entry into a computerized instrumentation system.

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Mrs. Maria Gil Pilar

Maria Gil Pilar



Mrs. Maria Gil Pilar works as an Electronic Engineer in Beckman Coulter.

Mrs. Maria works on high-level language (VHDL) to design desired functionality for FPGA. Also to design a data acquisition system for a particle characterization system.
Her work also includes applying Lean Six Sigma methods to process capability of a manufacturing process to eliminate defects.

Maria has been an excellent student with a 4.0 GPA and she has innovative skills in her research.
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Mr.Humberto Lopez

Humberto Lopez

 

Mr.Humberto Lopez works an Electrical Engineering at Naval Sea Systems Command.

Humberto has worked at Energy Systems Research Laboratory on designing and testing power electronic circuits as well as working on a wireless communication systems for Communication and Networking in Power Systems Test Bed.

Humberto was also Treasurer of HKN, Member of SHPE.

 

 

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Dr. Nyagi Abed

Dr. Nyadi Abed

 

Dr. Nagy Y. Abed, Principal Engineer, Nagy is in the Transmission Group w/in Quanta Technology. Nagy is a Skilled research engineer with doctorate in Electrical engineering. Dr. Abed has published a more than 43 articles and technical papers in Refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings. He is a senior member of IEEE and reviewer for IEEE transactions and conferences.

His areas of expertise are Electromagnetic Transient studies,Renewable Energy,Transmission system planning
Subsynchronous Oscillations (SSO), Stray voltage evaluation and mitigation, Power Quality, Facts Devices. Here is a list of few journals of Dr. Nagy while working in Energy Systems Research Laboratory:

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Dr.Shreerang Ganu

Dr.Shreerang Ganu

 

Dr. Ganu has worked on power, lighting and fire alarm design for commercial buildings, arc flash study, short circuit and load flow study and emergency power system design. Presently working with Puget Sound Energy as an Electrical Engineer II.

During his academic career, he has published more than 30 papers about electric machine and material modeling, machine analysis and faults, electromagnetic interference and electric drives.

Here is list of few journal papers he published while working in Energy Systems Research Laboratory:

  • Mohammed, O.A.; Ganu, S.; Abed, N.; Liu, S.; Liu, Z.; , “High frequency PM synchronous motor model determined by FE analysis,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.42, no.4, pp.1291-1294, April 2006  doi:10.1109/TMAG.2006.872412                                                                       URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1608450&isnumber=33780
  • Mohammed, O.A.; Abed, N.Y.; Ganu, S.; , “Modeling and Characterization of Induction Motor Internal Faults Using Finite-Element and Discrete Wavelet Transforms,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.42, no.10, pp.3434-3436, Oct. 2006. doi:10.1109/TMAG.2006.879091  URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1704651&isnumber=35967
  • Mohammed, O.A.; Ganu, S.; , “FE-Circuit Coupled Model of Electric Machines for Simulation and Evaluation of EMI Issues in Motor Drives,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.46, no.8, pp.3389-3392, Aug. 2010 doi:10.1109/TMAG.2010.2045746                                                    URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5512907&isnumber=551

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Dr. Ahmad Arshan Khan

Dr. Ahmad Arshan Khan

 

Dr.Khan is working as an eMotor Control Engineer at Chrysler. Dr.Khan has worked parameter optimization for noise and vibration reduction associated with position and speed sensorless control of permanent magnet machines at low speed.

Dr.Khan has worked on advancing the state of the art of position sensorless control at low speed.

Dr.Khan has published several papers while working in Energy Systems Research Laboratory. Here is a list of few papers :

 

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Nayeem Mohammad Abdullah

Nayeem Mohammad Abdullah

 

Mr.Nayeem is working as a Power Systems Model Engineer EMS-SCADA at VELCO.

Nayeem has worked on Power System Test Bed Modelling, Design and Implementation,Microgrid design using Wind, Solar and Fuel Cell resources,Wind Generator and Turbine Emulator modelling and Construction, Flywheel Design and Implementation,Load Modelling, Stability and Security Studies, Unit Commitment and Protection Techniques for Microgrids at Energy Systems Research Laboratory. List of his few papers is given below:

 

  • Mohammed, O.A.; Nayeem, M.A.; Kaviani, A.K.; , “A laboratory based microgrid and distributed generation infrastructure for studying connectivity issues to operational power systems,” Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE , vol., no., pp.1-6, 25-29 July 2010 doi: 10.1109/PES.2010.5589693   URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5589693&isnumber=5588047
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