Engr. Dr. Muhammad Ali was born in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1991. He received BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Sarhad University of Science and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China in 2019. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology Mardan (UETM). To his credit, he has numerous National/International research publications. His research interests include ac-dc power converters, flexible ac transmission systems, power quality control, smart grid, and renewable energy systems etc.
Contact Info:
Email Address: ali@uetmardan.edu.pk
Tel: (+92) 3459150270
Research Assistant (01/09/2017-01/06/2019)
State Energy Smart Grid Centre R&D., Shanghai (China)
Research Analyst (01/01/2017-01/01/2019)
Tianman Energy Technology Co., Limited, Changzhou (China)
Teaching Assistant (01/10/2016-15/01/2019)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University., Shanghai (China)
Visiting Faculty (01/03/2014-01/03/2015)
Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology., Peshawar (Pakistan)
Director Design & Installation (03/01/2014-30/08/2015)
EnerTech Engineering Pvt Ltd., Peshawar (Pakistan)
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
My research is focused on bidirectional asymmetric hybrid modular multilevel AC-DC converter for single-phase and three-phase medium voltage applications.
Journal Publications
Conference Proceedings
Patent
( A three-phase bidirectional power conversion device and its control method )
Research Projects
During my Doctoral studies, I worked on asymmetrical hybrid multilevel converter (AHMC) for lower-medium voltage front-end converter applications. My role was a researcher, designer and content writer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed novel control approach for newly devised single-phase AHMC topology and provided comparative analysis with other relevant existing converter topologies. To validate the project in practice, we also built a laboratory prototype which comprise of control and power boards. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is published in IET Power Electronics journal (SCI).
During my Doctoral studies, I worked on series active filter design based on asymmetrical hybrid modular multilevel converter (AHMMC). My role was a researcher, designer and content writer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed systematic control approach for newly devised AHMMC topology and provided comparative analysis with other relevant existing converter topologies. To validate the project in practice, we also built a laboratory prototype which comprise of control and power boards. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is published in Electronics journal (SCI).
During my Doctoral studies, I worked on bidirectional three-phase grid-tied converter. My role was a researcher, designer and content writer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed and analyzed a hybrid modular control (HMC) technique to operate the newly devised three-phase AHMMC. Besides, a comparative analysis of the proposed three-phase AHMMC with existing converters and modulation techniques have been carried out. Finally, the study extends to a three-phase AHMMC under grid fault scenarios and proposes a control algorithm that deals with the fault ride-through capability of the proposed grid-tied converter. To validate the project in practice, we also built a laboratory prototype which comprise of control and power boards. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (SCI).
During my Doctoral studies, I worked on symmetric flying capacitor multilevel inverter for grid-tied application. My role was a researcher and hardware developer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed symmetric flying capacitor five-level multilevel inverter (SFC-MLI) for grid-connected application and the idea of SFC-MLI for grid-connected reactive power control application (statcom) has been presented. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is published in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (SCI).
During my Doctoral studies, I worked on parallel feedforward compensation of LCL grid connected inverter. My role was a researcher and hardware developer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed an alternative technique based on parallel feedforward compensation (PFC) method to achieve damping by adding a damping gain parallel with LCL filter. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is published in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (SCI).