Ahmed M. A. Oteafy

Biography

Dr. Ahmed Oteafy is an Assistant Professor of electrical engineering at the College of Engineering, Alfaisal University. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Boise State University (2011). His B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees are both in Electrical Engineering from Kuwait University earned in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He is an active member of the IEEE and its Control Systems Society CSS since 2004. Dr. Oteafy's research and teaching interests are in control theory and applications, electric machines, power systems, and renewable energy systems. He is the founder and coordinator of Alfaisal Renewable Energy Group AREG. This is a multidisciplinary group that works in three dimensions of research, teaching, and spreading the know-how towards developing the field of renewable energy systems. In research, his publications to date include studying the Lyapunov stability of the Induction motor, developing parameter identification techniques for large generators, and developing nonlinear control techniques, namely, chaos control and sliding mode control. In teaching, he designs and teaches electrical engineering courses, especially, in the fields of renewable energy, power systems, control systems, and electronics. In addition, he supervises undergraduate student projects including a Capstone Design course in the field of Renewable Energy Systems. In addition, he supervises undergraduate student projects including a Capstone Design course in the field of Renewable Energy Systems.

Research Interest

Nonlinear Control Theory and Applications; Cha os control; Sliding - mode control; Lyapunov stability; Nonlinear least - squares estimation theory; Large synchronous generator and induction motor parameter estimation; electric machine dynamics and control.