Mohamed Shawky El Moursi

Mohamed Shawky El Moursi
Electrical Power Engineering Program
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Biography

Dr. Mohamed Shawky received the B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees in Electrical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt, in 1997 and 2002 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick (UNB), New Brunswick, Canada, in 2005. He worked at the agent of Siemens as designer engineer for photovoltaic system. He joined Mansoura University as research and teaching assistant in the Electrical Engineering Department and he involved in the consultant activities with external companies. He worked as research and teaching assistant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the UNB, Canada.
He joined McGill University for a Postdoctoral Fellow with the power electronics group. He joined Vestas Wind Systems working in the Technology R&D with the Wind Power Plant Group, (Head quarter office), Arhus, Denmark. He worked at Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, TRANSCO as Senior Study and Planning Engineer and seconded to assistant professor at Mansoura University. He is currently assistant professor in the Electrical Power Engineering Program at MIST and Visiting Professor at MIT, USA. Dr. Shawky was awarded the Expert and Key Employee benefits in Denmark.

Research Interest

Wind Turbine / Parks design and configuration Development.
Control Strategies for grid interface of large scale renewable energy sources (Wind/PV) Power Electronics, FACTS technologies and their applications in power system and renewable energy systems.
Grid interface topologies for transmission level interconnection.
Super-grid with HVDC interconnection.
Security and stability of the Transmission/Distribution Networks.
Micro Grid Design, Operation and Control. Power system modeling and control. Simulation models development (RMS, Dynamic and EMT) for power system and renewable energy sources.