The Petroleum Institute - Electrical Engineering

	ADCO Engineers motivate potential EE Students November 19, 2009
	Organized jointly with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers /Power and Energy Society (IEEE/PES), the Electrical Engineering Department held a major event at the Petroleum Institute (PI) in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the IEEE/PES. The event included the fall 2009 IEEE/PES Executive Committee meeting, held for the first time outside North America, as well as technical tutorials, and seminars on women in engineering by Distinguished IEEE/PES Lecturers. Click here to visit the website for the event. October 28, 2009
	Three EE faculty members (Dr. Lana El Chaar, Dr. Abdul Rahiman Beig, Dr. Lisa Lamont) have recently received major PI-Excellence Awards at the PI 2009 Commencement Celebration. Read more.
	The Electrical Engineering Department has received initial accreditation for its Master of Science degree program in Electrical Engineering. Click here to learn more about Graduate Studies in Electrical Engineering at the PI. September 17, 2009
	Celebrating Electrical Engineering May 20, 2009
	Freshmen Seminar by ADCO Guest Speaker April 29, 2009
	EE participates in the PI International Earth Day April 22, 2009
	Electrical Engineering Advisory Board hold its first meeting April 13, 2009
	Dr. Majid Poshtan, Assistant Professor, the Electrical Engineering Department, and Mr. Mohamed Ghazi, a PI-EE graduate, have received the 2009 ADCO Paper Award for their paper on “Intelligent Distributed Autonomous Electric Energy System for UAE”. March 23, 2009
	The EE Department has established new labs for research and teaching. These are the Power Electronics/Power Quality/Electric Drives lab, the High Voltage Lab, and the Real-time Power System Simulator Lab. February 15, 2009
	EE at the PI Open Day February 14, 2009
	STEPS Presentation by guests from ADMA-OPCO February 12, 2009
	IEEE Registration at Arzanah Campus February 12, 2009
	The EE Department has received external funding for the research project “Mitigation of Power Quality Problems of the Variable Speed Drives for National Drilling Company System (NDC)”. Click here to visit the Ongoing Research/Industry Projects at the EE Department. January 15, 2009