Mohamed Shaaban Professor of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University,  University Rd., Minhsiung, Chiayi 621301, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Research Area: power system optimization, renewable energy grid integration, energy market, smart grid, active distribution network.

Mohamed Shaaban received his B.Sc. (Honors) and M.Sc. degrees from Suez Canal University, Egypt and his Ph.D. degree (all in Electrical Engineering) from the University of Hong Kong in 1990, 1996, and 2002 respectively. He held previous appointments at Suez Canal University and Port Said University, Egypt, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, University of Strathclyde, UK, as well as Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, and Universiti Malaya; Malaysia. He was a Visiting Professor at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA in 2007 and Tanta University, Egypt from 2020 till 2023. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. His current research interests include distributed power system optimization, generation scheduling, energy markets, microgrid operation, smart distribution grids, renewable energy integration, Blockchain and big data applications in energy systems. Dr. Shaaban is a Chartered Engineer, UK, a member of IET, and a Senior Member, IEEE.