University of Dubai

Full-time · 3 yrs 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Leads research across power systems, energy storage and cyber-physical security, and has secured three research grants as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator.

• Principal Investigator — Health Monitoring and Cyber-Attack Immunity of an Electrified Vehicle’s Energy Storage System. Internal Grant, USD 30,000.
• Co-Principal Investigator — Energy Storage Technology-based DC Grid System: A Route to Power Line Communication. Interdisciplinary Research Grant, USD 55,000.
• Principal Investigator — Tests in Orbits with the MEONS Experiment. External Grant awarded by the UAE Space Agency, USD 1.5 million.

University of Johannesburg

Visiting Senior Researcher · Contract · Aug 2022 – Present · South Africa · Hybrid

Develops model prediction algorithms for data-injection attacks and analyses cyber-attacks on electric vehicles. Supervises master’s and doctoral theses in power systems and electric vehicles.

Higher Colleges of Technology

Assistant Professor · Full-time · Aug 2016 – Jul 2023 · Sharjah, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Taught across the electrical engineering curriculum, led capstone supervision, and secured major research and start-up funding.

Research grants

• Tests in Orbit — USD 1.5 million, microgravity and life in space (2019 onwards).
• DC-based Smart Grid — USD 55,000 (2019–2022).
• Vehicle-to-Grid Technology — USD 30,000 (2017–2021).

Start-up grants

• GITEX Future Stars, Best Emirati Startup — USD 10,000.
• Huawei, Seeds for the Future — USD 21,000.
• ASBSS, AVBCS and Key Riders, Higher Education Commission — USD 45,000.

Supervised 26 capstone design projects involving 62 undergraduates, spanning guidance, energy, tracking, automotive, traffic and quadcopter systems. Also prepared the ABET and CAA accreditation files, covering syllabi, teaching materials, assessment instruments, marking schemes, and course and student performance reports.

UAE Space Agency

Energy Specialist · Contract · Feb 2019 – Oct 2022 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

Consultant and energy specialist on the Tests in Orbits and Life in Space programmes, delivered in collaboration with NanoRacks. Evaluated, supervised and judged candidate projects, and assessed the feasibility of sustaining life in microgravity.

Khalifa University

Full-time · 2 yrs 10 mos · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Built prediction algorithms to strengthen grid resilience and health-monitoring schemes for lithium-ion battery packs. Developed architectures for electromechanical oscillation detection, along with a median-based expectation operator for capturing fast system dynamics and diagnosing faults in hybrid electric vehicles. Designed nonlinear and robust controllers for load frequency, oscillation damping and bad-data detection.

Contributed to NSF and Aramco research proposals in oil-well permeability classification, oscillation monitoring and hybrid electric vehicles. Supervised three master’s students in the PSRL research group and taught EPE 502, Dynamic Systems and Control, at graduate level. Delivered guest lectures at ABB, Aldar Headquarters and Masdar, and presented an accepted IEEE Transactions paper at the IEEE PES General Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Full-time · 6 yrs 1 mo · Dhahran, Saudi Arabia · On-site

As Research Fellow, worked on distributed asynchronous estimation and filtering, developed distributed fault-tolerant control architectures, and supervised two master’s students in the distributed control group.

As Lecturer, led four funded research projects: distributed estimation (DSR RG1105-1), interconnected systems (DSR IN00018), fault detection, isolation and prognosis within the Hybrid Soft Computing group (DSR IN101027), and fault diagnosis under a SABIC Fast Track project (SB100016). This work produced models for distributed network control estimation, reduced-order filters for estimating dynamic system states, and approximate estimation algorithms for leakage, controller, load and sensor faults.

On the teaching side, designed and delivered the Control Engineering Digital Systems Lab and taught the undergraduate Introduction to Technology course. Also supported the faculty recruitment committee in evaluating candidate research profiles and contributed to ABET accreditation and standards compliance.