power systems

Leveraging Power Systems’ Modularity to support Resiliency Against Synthetic Cyber Disasters

Dr. Salam Baniahmed, Technical Manager, Veloce Energy

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The fact of power systems’ criticality to national security mandates continuous attention to the worst-case disruption scenarios. In a cyber world, grid modernization efforts have been hindered by cyber-related concerns. This webinar sheds some light on resiliency achievement by utilizing the modular cyber-physical nature of power systems, from an electron in a battery to a digital bit in the internet abyss.

Summer Internships at SENTRY

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SENTRY lab hosted three Saudi Summer Internship Students from US universities to collaborate on our current research projects.

5th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies

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Otavio Jose Dezem Bertozzi Junior had an honor to attend the 5th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST Conference 2022), held on 5-7 of September in Eindhoven. Otavio presented his very first first-author paper entitled “Optimal Gain-scheduled POD for Power Systems with Hybrid HVDC Links”, co-authored with Harold Chamorro, Omar Kotb, Eduardo Prieto Araujo, and his PhD advisor Shehab Ahmed. With a great technical program and top-notch keynote speakers, this was a fantastic opportunity for Otavio to expand his network and get to know researchers and their

IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Middle East 2023

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Maha Alsabban had the pleasure to attend the IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Middle East (ISGT-ME 2023) held on 12-15 March at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The aim of the IEEE-ISGT-ME Conference is to provide an international forum for experts to promote, share, and discuss innovations and developments in the field of smart grid technologies and applications. Maha presented her first-author paper entitled “Analysis and Verification of Islanding Detection Techniques for Grid Integrated PV Systems”, as part of her Masters Thesis research work co-authored with Otavio Jose Dezem

Yang Gao

Yang is an ECE Ph.D. student in the Secure Next Generation Resilient Systems Lab (SENTRY) under the supervision of Professor Charalambos Konstantinou at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education Profile M.Sc. in Electrical Power Systems Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China

Otavio Bertozzi

Research Interests Control systems and power systems engineering. Modeling, simulation, analysis and design of solutions applied to power system stability and control. Optimal and data-driven approaches to the integration of renewable energy resources. Education Profile M.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2020 ​B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Unesp, Bauru, Brazil, 2019 Professional Profile 2017-2018: xDSL Interoperability Testing Intern, Intel Corporation, Munich, Germany 2015: Summer Intern, Rohde & Schwarz Reference Laboratory (BME HVT), Budapest, Hungary
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Gustavo Soares Valentim

Dissemination Development of a Modular Open Source Power Electronics Didactic Platform L. Koleff et al. 2019 IEEE 15th Brazilian Power Electronics Conference and 5th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (COBEP/SPEC), 2019

Gokul Krishnan S

PhD student at KAUST who works in grid design and control using HIL and RCP systems like RTDS, Opal-RT, Speedgoat, Typhoon and dSPACE.

Ahmad Bin Afzal

Afzal received his B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology in 2023. He is an ECE Master's student in the Secure Next Generation Resilient Systems Lab (SENTRY) under the supervision of Professor Charalambos Konstantinou at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education Profile Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.