General Chair

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Prof. Ahmed Al-Durra (IEEE Senior Member)
Khalifa Univevrsity, UAE

Prof. Ahmed Al-Durra received his BSc, MSc, and PhD in ECE from Ohio State University in 2005, 2007, and 2010, respectively (with Summa Cum laude in all three degrees). He joined the Electrical Engineering Department at the Petroleum Institute (PI), UAE, as an Assistant Professor in 2010; he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2015. Since 2020, he is a Professor at the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department, Khalifa University, UAE. His research interests are applications of control and estimation theory on power systems stability, micro and smart grids, renewable energy systems and integration, and process control. He is now the Associate Provost for Research in Khalifa University.

Dr. Al-Durra has accomplished and has been working on several research projects at international and national levels (exceeding 25M USD). He is the head of the Energy Systems, Control & Optimization Lab at ADRIC and the Industry Engagement Theme lead for the Advanced Power & Energy Center. He has one US patent, one edited book, 12 book chapters, and over 280 scientific articles in top-tier journals and refereed international conference proceedings. He has supervised/co-supervised over 30 PhD/Master students. He is an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy and IEEE Power Engineering Letters, and Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IET Renewable Power Generation, and IET Generation Transmission & Distribution. In 2014, he obtained the PI Research & Scholarship Award for Junior Faculty, and he was elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior Member. He was awarded the UAE Pioneers Award – UAE Scientists (2018), and he is the winner of the prestigious Khalifa Award for Education - Distinguished University Professor in Scientific Research (2018-2019). He was awarded the Faculty Research Excellence Award-Khalifa University, 2020.