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Current lab members
Current lab members
PhD students
PhD students
Olapade Oludolapo Olagbemi
Topic: "Data-driven model reconstruction of power electronic 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
Junior Sterling
Topic: "Effects of Geomagnetically Induced Currents on Power Transformers"
Country of origin: USA
Thilina Dissanayakage
Topic: "FEM-based electrothermal design of HF transformers for EV technology"
Country of origin: Sri Lanka
Mark Booge
Topic: "Real-time cybersecurity testbed development for DER-based power systems"
Country of origin: USA
Undergraduate researchers
Undergraduate researchers
None at present.
Visiting Scholars
Visiting 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
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
Topic: "Cosimulation approach for the design of high frequency transformers"
Country of origin: Saudi Arabia
More about Faraj's research project can be found here:
Multiphysics cosimulation approach for optimal design of microgrid high frequency transformers
Fahad Alqahtani, PhD, 2023
Topic: "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
Juan M. Villanueva Ramirez, PhD, 2021
Dissertation: "Optimized Insulation Design of Power Transformer Windings under Fast Front Pulses"
Country of origin: 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: 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
Shadi Alshagarin, MS, 2022
Thesis: Physical implementation and hardware-in-the-loop testing of a transmission line fault location algorithm
Country of origin: Jordan
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
Samir Alzekri, MS, 2016
Thesis: "Internal Fault Location in Transformer Windings"
Country of origin: 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
Johnny Pimentel, MS, 2021
Topic: "Grid integration of solar energy"
Country of origin: Dominican Republic
Carla Zorrilla, MS, 2021
Topic: "Grid integration of solar energy"
Country of origin: 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
Isaac Bagley
Topic: HIL testbed for cybersecurity studies in PV systems
Country of origin: USA
Adebola Oke
Topic: Computational analysis of geomagnetically induced currents in power grids
Country of origin: Nigeria
Cedric Gnamien
Topic: Cosimulation approach for transient analysis of DC-DC converters
Country of origin: Côte d'Ivoire
Visiting scholars
Visiting scholars
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
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
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
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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