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Current lab members
Current lab members
PhD students
PhD students
Olapade Oludolapo Olagbemi
Topic: "Data-driven model reconstruction of power converters"
Country of origin: Nigeria
Pade's MS thesis developed at WMU Power lab:
Simulation of Transient Conditions in Vehicle-to-Grid Systems Fed from Plug-in Electric Vehicles
Saad Aljohani
Topic: "Statistical fault analysis of microgrids"
Country of origin: Saudi Arabia
MS students
MS students
None at present.
Undergraduate researchers
Undergraduate researchers
None at present.
Visiting Scholars
Visiting Scholars
None at present.
Former lab members
Former lab members
Postdoctoral fellows
Postdoctoral fellows
Ahmad Alshawawreh
Topic: " Transmission Line Fault Location Technology"
Country of origin: Jordan
More about Ahmad's work can be found here:
I-Corps: Customer Discovery for Transmission Line Fault Location Technology
PhD dissertation advisees
PhD dissertation advisees
Faraj Alyami, PhD, 2024
Dissertation: "Cosimulation Approach for High-Frequency Magnetic Component Modeling in DC-DC Converters"
Country of origin: Saudi Arabia
Current position: Faculty member at Najran University, Saudi Arabia
Fahad Alqahtani, PhD, 2023
Dissertation: "Wideband Parameter Estimation of Overhead Transmission Lines from Terminal Measurements"
Country of origin: Saudi Arabia
Hussein Al Ameri, PhD, 2022
Dissertation: "Frequency Domain Modeling and Optimal Parameter Tuning of Power Converters for Dynamic Analysis of the Grid Integration of Photovoltaic Systems"
Country of origin: Iraq
Current position: Faculty member at University of Baghdad, Iraq
Juan M. Villanueva Ramirez, PhD, 2021
Dissertation: "Optimized Insulation Design of Power Transformer Windings under Fast Front Pulses"
Country of origin: Mexico
Current position: Grid Code Compliance Analyst at ACCIONA Energia, Mexico
Ahmad Alshawawreh, PhD, 2020
Dissertation: "Fault Location in Transmission Systems Based On Frequency Domain Modeling and the Two-Dimensional Numerical Laplace Transform"
Country of origin: Jordan
Ghassan Abdul Bilal, PhD, 2019
Dissertation: "Network Equivalents Applied to Transient Analysis of Large Distribution Systems"
Country of origin: Iraq
Current position: Faculty member at University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
Yazid Al Kraimeen, PhD, 2019
Dissertation: "Parameter Determination and Modeling of Transformer Windings for Fast Transients Including Frequency Dependent Effects"
Country of origin: Jordan
Current position: Senior Staff R&D Engineer and Inverter-Based Resources Lead at Siemens, MI, USA
Mohammed Khalil Hussain, PhD, 2018
Dissertation: "Optimized Insulation and Filter Design of Rotating Machines Fed by Fast Front Pulses"
Country of origin: Iraq
Current position: Faculty member at University of Baghdad, Iraq
MS thesis advisees
MS thesis advisees
Mark Booge
Thesis: "Real Time Grid Connected DER Inverter Control Fault Ride Through Model in Accordance with IEEE 1547-2018 Standard"
Country of origin: USA
Current position: Black & Veatch, USA
Junior Sterling
Thesis: "Transformer Vulnerability to Geomagnetically Induced Currents Using Layered Soil Conductivity Models"
Country of origin: USA
Current position: Lead Project Engineer at Boeing, USA
Shadi Alshagarin, MS, 2022
Country of origin: Jordan
Current position: PhD Student at Michigan Tech, USA
Olapade Oludolapo Olagbemi, MS, 2021
Thesis: "Simulation of Transient Conditions in Vehicle-to-Grid Systems Fed from Plug-in Electric Vehicles"
Country of origin: Nigeria
Current position: PhD student at WMU, USA
Samir Alzekri, MS, 2016
Thesis: "Internal Fault Location in Transformer Windings"
Country of origin: Iraq
Last known position: Electrical Engineer at Basra Oil Company, Iraq
Hasan Jameel Ha Hasan, MS, 2016
Country of origin: Iraq
Graduate researchers
Graduate researchers
Daniel Nyakundi
Topic: "Transformer modeling for GIC"
Country of origin: Kenya
Last known position: Electrical Engineer at Walker Consultants, MI, USA
Johnny Pimentel, MS, 2021
Topic: "Grid integration of solar energy"
Country of origin: Dominican Republic
Last known position: Senior Power System Engineer at Electric Power Engineers, Texas, USA
Carla Zorrilla, MS, 2021
Topic: "Grid integration of solar energy"
Country of origin: Dominican Republic
Last known position: Engineering Project Supervisor at Elevation Consulting SRL, Dominican Republic
Varsha Anumalasetti, independent research project, Spring 2017
Topic: "Development of tutorial COMSOL applications for the explanation of electromagnetic phenomena and computation of electrical parameters"
Country of origin: India
Vidyut Rajkotia, independent research project, Summer II 2016
Topic: “Simulation of wireless electricity in COMSOL”
Country of origin: India
Zhaotian Wang, independent research project, Fall 2015
Topic: "Simulation of electromagnetic transients on distribution networks using PSCAD and ATP"
Country of origin: China
Undergraduate researchers
Undergraduate researchers
Noah Braasch
Topic: "Cybersecurity testbed for DER-based power systems"
Country of origin: USA
Last known position: Technical Support Engineer at Radian Research Inc, USA
Isaac Bagley
Topic: HIL testbed for cybersecurity studies in PV systems
Country of origin: USA
Last known position: R&D Software Test Engineer at Stryker
Adebola Oke
Topic: Computational analysis of geomagnetically induced currents in power grids
Country of origin: Nigeria
Last known position: Electrical Engineer at Black & Veatch, USA
Cedric Gnamien
Topic: Cosimulation approach for transient analysis of DC-DC converters
Country of origin: Côte d'Ivoire
Last known position: MS Student at Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Visiting professors and scholars
Visiting professors and scholars
Dr. Erkan Dursun
Associate Professor at Marmara University
Country of origin: Turkey
Dr. Dursun's Google Scholar profile:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NgQlLf0AAAAJ&hl=en
J. Ramon Morales, visiting scholar from University of Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept-Dec 2016.
Topic: "Error pattern analysis of ground-impedance images for underground power cables"
Country of origin: Mexico
Last known position: Faculty member at Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Marcos E. Padilla, visiting scholar from University of Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept-Dec 2016.
Topic: "Numerical techniques for underground cable parameter estimation to calculate electromagnetic transient responses"
Country of origin: Mexico
Last known position: CENACE, Mexico
Jose J. Ruiz, visiting scholar from University of Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept-Dec 2016.
Topic: "Numerical techniques for underground cable parameter estimation to calculate electromagnetic transient responses"
Country of origin: Mexico
Last known position: CENACE, Mexico
Luis E. Moreno, visiting scholar from the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, Sept-Dec 2015.
Topic: "Modeling of grounding grids for fast transients"
Country of origin: Mexico
Leonardo Vergara, visiting scholar from the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, Sept-Dec 2015.
Topic: "Computation of transient profiles along transmission lines including non-linear conditions".
Country of origin: Mexico
Josue D. Mendoza, visiting scholar from the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, Sept-Dec 2015.
Topic: "Parameter computation of covered conductors from distribution lines"
Country of origin: Mexico
Jean Zuluaga, visiting scholar from CINVESTAV Guadalajara, Mexico, Aug-Sept 2015.
Topic: "Accuracy assessment of the numerical inversion of the Laplace Transform"
Country of origin: Colombia
Spring 2023 WMU Power Lab members. From left to right: Olapade Olagbemi, Adebola Oke, Faraj Alyami, Cedric Gnamien, Shadi Alshagarin, Fahad Alqahtani, Saad Aljohani, Pablo Gomez
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