Jubaer Ahmed
jubaer ahmed

Dr Jubaer Ahmed BSc, PhD, CPEng, IntPE (APEC)

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  J.Ahmed@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr. Jubaer Ahmed is currently working as a lecturer (Assistant Prof.) in School of Engineering and Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, UK. He obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Technology, Malaysia (UTM) in 2016 and BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2012.

From 2016-2021, he worked in Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) as a Senior Lecturer and was the program leader for Electrical & Electronic Engineering in 2019-2020. He successfully led the program for accreditation exercise in 2019 under Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) Malaysia and enhanced lab facilities for Electrical Power System. He also served the faculty and the University as the Research Education Advisor, member of Faculty research committee, Staff Recreation Committee (SRC), Student progress review committee & IEEE R-10 subcommittee.

In research, he has developed expertise in Photovoltaic (PV) System design that includes designing MPPT control algorithms for PV operation, PV module connection scheme, PV integration to the grids and optimize energy efficiency. He carried out about 15 research projects which contributed to develop control algorithms for PV DC-DC converter, mathematical models for PV operation, PV module connection schemes and other innovation in peripheral fields. These contributions were published in over 60 International journals and conferences including prestigious IEEE Transactions. According to Google scholar, his articles are cited over 2000 times and his current h-index is 17. He has received the best paper award from Applied Energy Journal in 2018. He was also featured among the top 2% research scientist in the world, ranking published by Stanford University in 2020-2023.

Dr Jubaer is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and APEC IntPE under Engineers Australia. He is also a member of IEEE, IET and BEM.

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Modified Series-Parallel Photovoltaic Configuration to Enhance Efficiency under Partial Shading

Journal Article
Ahmed, J., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., & Tajuddin, M. F. N. (2019)
Modified Series-Parallel Photovoltaic Configuration to Enhance Efficiency under Partial Shading. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 11(3), 207-215. https://doi.org/10.30880/ijie.+2019.11.03.021
Partial shading is a phenomenon where photovoltaics (PV) array experiences irregular level of irradiances. Such mismatch can cause a significant reduction in power yield. To m...

Comprehensive Review on Appropriate Sizing and Optimization Technique of Hybrid PV-Wind System

Conference Proceeding
Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., Yii, S., Ahmad, J., & Tabassum, M. (2018)
Comprehensive Review on Appropriate Sizing and Optimization Technique of Hybrid PV-Wind System. In 2018 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2018.8566269
The energy consumption is increasing at an alarming rate due to the growth of world population. Hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) is becoming more trending as the sources ...

Mitigating the effect of partial shading by triple-tied configuration of PV modules

Conference Proceeding
Kho, C. T. K., Ahmed, J., Then, Y. L., & Kermadi, M. (2018)
Mitigating the effect of partial shading by triple-tied configuration of PV modules. In 2018 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC) (532-537). https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2018.8566375
Partial shading is the phenomenon, which occurs when PV modules receive irregular irradiance on a PV array. Due to that, shaded PV modules are bypassed by diodes and significa...

A Game-Based Approach for Hemiplegia Lower Limb Rehabilitation

Conference Proceeding
Gian, K. S. M., Then, Y. L., Tay, F. S., Ahmed, J., & Vithanawasam, C. K. (2018)
A Game-Based Approach for Hemiplegia Lower Limb Rehabilitation. In 2018 2nd International Conference on BioSignal Analysis, Processing and Systems (ICBAPS) (103-108). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBAPS.2018.8527417
Hemiplegia is paralysis which occurs on one half of the body. Rehabilitation for hemiplegic patients, in order to prevent muscle degeneration from prolonged under-usage, can b...

An effective hybrid maximum power point tracker of photovoltaic arrays for complex partial shading conditions

Journal Article
Kermadi, M., Salam, Z., Ahmed, J., & Berkouk, E. M. (2019)
An effective hybrid maximum power point tracker of photovoltaic arrays for complex partial shading conditions. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(9), 6990-7000. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2877202
This paper proposes an improved maximum power point tracker (MPPT) for photovoltaic (PV) system. The scheme is a hybrid between the adaptive perturb and observe and particle s...

An experimental study of the amphibious robot inspired by biological duck foot

Conference Proceeding
Kashem, S. B. A., Jawed, S., Ahmed, J., & Iqbal, A. (2018)
An experimental study of the amphibious robot inspired by biological duck foot. In 2018 IEEE 12th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG 2018). https://doi.org/10.1109/CPE.2018.8372507
A lot of issues are faced in the exploration due to complexity of terrain and/or unexpected environment, due to which many places are left unmapped. The aim of this project is...

An enhanced adaptive P&O MPPT for fast and efficient tracking under varying environmental conditions

Journal Article
Ahmed, J., & Salam, Z. (2018)
An enhanced adaptive P&O MPPT for fast and efficient tracking under varying environmental conditions. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 9(3), 1487-1496. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSTE.2018.2791968
This paper proposes an enhanced adaptive perturb and observe (EA-P&O) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm for the photovoltaic system. The objective is to mitigate t...

Tea leaves moisture prediction using one-port monopole sensor

Conference Proceeding
Ling, J., Then, Y., You, K., Ahmed, J., & Zaidel, D. (2017)
Tea leaves moisture prediction using one-port monopole sensor. In 2017 IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) (654-657). https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2017.8251531
This paper presents the application of using a coaxial monopole sensor for determining and formulating the relationship between the reflection coefficient and the moisture con...

A comprehensive review on PV configurations to maximize power under partial shading

Conference Proceeding
Kho, C. T. K., Ahmed, J., Kashem, S., & Then, Y. L. (2017)
A comprehensive review on PV configurations to maximize power under partial shading. In TENCON 2017 - 2017 IEEE Region 10 Conference (763-768). https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2017.8227962
Partial shading is the condition where PV array experiences different level of irradiances on it which results significant reduction in output power. To handle that issue, PV ...

An accurate method for MPPT to detect the partial shading occurrence in a PV system

Journal Article
Ahmed, J., & Salam, Z. (2017)
An accurate method for MPPT to detect the partial shading occurrence in a PV system. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 13(5), 2151-2161. https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2017.2703079
This paper proposes an accurate detection scheme that effectively differentiates the partial shading from the uniform change of irradiance. By doing so, it avoids the unnecess...

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