ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute

The Petroleum Institute | Annual Report - Academic Year 2011 - 2012
3. EE senior students participated in the
exhibition held by GASCO in Khalifa complex
in Abu Dhabi. The aim of the exhibition was
to increase awareness of local knowledge
resources. A team of 4 students showcased
their ‘Autonomous Vacuum Cleaner’ and
‘Smart House’ projects in the exhibition.
4. IEEE student branch organized a number of
programs at the PI in April and May, including
the IEEE Sports Day, the IEEE Women in
Engineering (WIE) Fun Day, the IEEE WIE
LOCO Locals Stand-up Comedy Show, the
IEEE Robotics Competition and the IEEE
Best Research Paper Competition (Nuclear
Energy). The IEEE WIE student Chapter
donated some used computers to Zayed
Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care
& Special Needs.
V. Achievements and Awards
1. EE faculty Dr. Balanthi Abdul Rahiman Beig
received the best researcher award in the
2012 PI Annual Commencement celebration.
2. In May, EE students Ahmad Abdelrahman,
Basel Madi, Solaiman Hossam, and Hesham
Osama won the 1st prize for their project
‘Adaptive Vibration Energy Harvester’
which was supervised by Dr. Nader Vahdati,
and Dr. Lisa Lamont in the 3rd Engineering
Students Renewable Energy Competition
2012 (ESREC’2012) held by the Faculty of
Engineering at UAE University in May 5,
2012.
Research Projects
Legend: PI – Principal Investigator; Co-PI – Co-Principal Investigator
Project Title
Investigators
Design of optimal process-specific tuning rules for linear and
Igor Boiko
nonlinear PID controllers (PI)
Black Powder, Sources, Detection and Mitigation in Gas
Transmission and Distribution Systems (Gasco)
Mitigation of harmonic problems in the VSDs of NDC rigs
Design of improved active power filters for highly distorted
voltage conditions
Grid Integration of Large Scale Renewable Power in U.A.E
Considering Unfriendly Climate Events of the Region (PI)
Development of a PV Grid Connected Inverter for Smart grids
(CSM – PI)
Study on smoothing control strategy for wind/PV power
generation based on multi-types battery energy storage
systems (NSFC, China)
Accurate Estimation of the Partial Discharge Location on Power
Cable to Enhance the Cable Maintenance Strategy of ADNOC
(PI)
Mohamed Saeed Alshehhi (PI),
Ebrahim Al-Hajri, Lyes Khezzar,
Khaled Al-Wahedi, Ahmed Al
Durra, Mahmoud Meribout.
A. R. Beig (PI), Youssef Abdel
–Magid (Investigator), Khalifa
Hassan Al Hosani (Investigator)
A. R. Beig (PI), Youssef Abdel
–Magid (Co-PI)
Ahmed Al-Durra (PI) and S. M.
Muyeen (PI)
Ahmed Al-Durra, S. M. Muyeen,
Marcelo Godoy Simoes
S. M. Muyeen, Li, Xiangjun
Redy Mardiana
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