Hassan Haes Alhelou, Ph.D

Biography

Dr. Hassan Haes Alhelou (Senior Member of IEEE) is currently a Senior Researcher with the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. In 2024, Dr. Alhelou is also with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Previously, He was with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin 4, Ireland between 2020-21, with Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Oman, and with Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Iran. He also was a faculty member with Tishreen University, SY.

Dr. Alhelou was listed in the Top 2% of scientists in the world by the Stanford University database in 2022 and included in the 2018 & 2019 Publons and Web of Science (WoS) list of the top 1% of best reviewers and researchers in the field of engineering and cross-fields over the world. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award from many journals, e.g., Energy Conversion and Management (ECM), ISA Transactions, and Applied Energy. He was the recipient of the Best Young Researcher in the Arab Student Forum Creative among 61 researchers from 16 countries at Alexandria University, Egypt, 2011. He also received the Excellent Paper Award 2021/2022 from IEEE CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems (SCI IF: 3.938; Q1). He regularly publishes in top-tier journals. His research papers received more than 4500 citations with an H-index of 36 and an i10-index of 100. He authored/edited 7 books published in reputed publishers such as Springer, IET, Wiley, Elsevier, and Taylor & Francis. He serves as an editor in a number of prestigious journals such as IEEE Systems Journal, Computers and Electrical Engineering (CAEE-Elsevier), IET Journal of Engineering, and Smart Cities. He has also performed more than 800 reviews for high prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Energy, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. Dr. Alhelou has participated in more than 15 international industrial projects over the globe and secured more than $1M funds. 

His major research interests are Power Systems, Power System Dynamics and Stability, Power System Cybersecurity, Power System Operation and Control, Dynamic State Estimation, Frequency Control, Smart Grids, and Practical Microgrids.

Recent Teaching Commitments

• ECE4053 (Undergraduate) - Unit Coordinator, Chief Examiner &Lecturer: Power system analysis, S2-2023

• ECE5153 (Postgraduate) - Unit Coordinator, Chief Examiner &Lecturer: Power system analysis, S2-2023

• ECE3051 (Undergraduate) - Unit Deputy Coordinator & Lecturer: Electrical energy systems, S1-2023

• ECE3051 (Undergraduate) - lecturer: Electrical energy systems, S1-2022

Prize

• Among the top 2% of the global scholars for the year 2022/2023

 Address: Room 351, Woodside Building, 20 Exhibition Walk, Monash Clayton Campus, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia 

Recent Activities:

Keynote Speaker, "Power system frequency control and cybersecurity " for UPES School of Engineering, 29 January 2022. Link

Keynote Speaker, "Stability and Cybersecurity of Power Systems with High Renewable Energy Shares from Frequency Control Perspective" in The 2021 2nd International Symposium on Automation, Information and Computing (ISAIC 2021). The conference will be held on December 03-06, 2021, Beijing Jiaotong University, China. Link

Keynote Speaker, "Power System Frequency Control and Security: Challenges and Opportunities" at IEEE Power & Energy Society, NIT Calicut Student Branch Chapter, 25 September 2021, India.  

Keynote Speaker, "Frequency Control and Security in Modern Power Systems: Challenges and Opportunities" in The 3rd of Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference, GPECOM2021. The conference will be held on October 05-08, 2021, Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Turkey. Link

Keynote Speaker, "Frequency control and security in future smart grids" at Faculty Development Program entitled "Smart grid monitoring and stability: a microgrid perspective”, Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering Vadakara, 24-28 July 2021, India.

Plenary Speaker, "Challenges Impact the Transition Towards the Smart Grids: Stability and Security Issues " at International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICREN2020), 25-27 November, 2020, Italy. 

Session Organizer and Chair IECON 2020, "the 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES)  (IECON 2020)" in October 18-21, 2020, at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore.