Department of
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty & Staff

Education

• Ph.D.: The Ohio State University, USA, 2010
• M.Sc.: The Ohio State University, USA, 2007
• B.Sc. (With Distinction and Summa Comma Laude): The Ohio State University, USA 2005

Dr. Ahmed Al-Durra graduated from Zayed Al-Awal Secondary School, Alain, UAE in June 2000 with a GPA of 97.9% (GPA in scientific subjects 99.5%). He was granted a full scholarship from the President’s Scholarship Office for distinguished students to study his bachelors in the USA where he achieved his B.Sc. Eng., M.Sc. Eng, and Ph.D. in 2005, 2007, 2010, respectively from The Ohio State University. He obtained the International Engineering Consortium Award for the best senior student in ECE 2005 as he graduated with Distinction and Summa Comma Laude (GPA 3.98/4.00). He was granted a full scholarship from ADNOC for distinguished scholar to study M.Sc. & Ph.D. 2006. He was invited as a guest speaker to the World Future Energy Summit in 2008 to present his work during his M. Sc. Eng. studies which was about the applications of nonlinear control theory to PEM fuel cell systems. During his Ph.D., he joined the Center of Automotive Research in OSU as a graduate research assistant, where he was granted a sponsorship from General Motors on “Feasibility Study of a Model-Based Estimation Methodology for Engine Cylinder Pressure Imbalance for Diesel Engine Combustion Control Applications.” His research interests are application of estimation and control theory in power system stability and control, energy storage system (ESS), and renewable energy systems.

Theses and Dissertations

• Ahmed Al-Durra, “Model-based estimation for in-cylinder pressure of advanced combustion engines”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2010.
• Ahmed Al-Durra, “Study of Nonlinear Control Schemes for an Automotive Traction PEM Fuel Cell System”, Masters. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2007.
• Ahmed Al-Durra, “ DORT Method and Selective Focusing of UWB Electromagnetic Wave”, Distinction thesis (Undergraduate), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2005.

Book Chapters

• Ahmed Al-Durra, Stephen Yurkovich and Yann Guezennec. “On the Control of Automotive Traction PEM Fuel Cell Systems,” in New Trends and Developments in Automotive System Engineering, Marcello Chiaberge, Ed. INTECH, ISBN: 978-953-307-517-4, Vienna, Austria, January 2011.
• S.M.Muyeen, A. Al. Durra, and J. Tamura, “Transmission of Bulk Power from DC-based Offshore Wind Farm to Grid through HVDC System” in Wind Energy Conversion System: Technology and Trends, Springer, Verlag, UK, November 2011.
H. Hasanien, and A. Al. Durra, “Grid Connection Scheme of a Variable Speed Wind Turbine Driven Switched Reluctance Generator” in Wind Energy Conversion System: Technology and Trends, Springer, Verlag, UK, November 2011.

Journal Articles

• S. M. Muyeen, A. Al-Durra, and J.Tamura, “Variable Speed Wind Turbine Generator System with Current Controlled Voltage Source Inverter,” Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 52, No. 7, pp. 2688–2694, July 2011.
• A. Al-Durra, M. Canova, and S. Yurkovich. "A Model-Based Methodology for Real-Time Estimation of Diesel Engine Cylinder Pressure." Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurements and Control, Vol 133, No. 3, 031005 (9 pages), May 2011.
• A. Al-Durra, S. Yurkovich, and Y. Guezennec, “Study of Nonlinear Control Schemes for an Automotive Traction PEM Fuel Cell System.” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol 35, No. 20, pages 11291-11307, October 2010.

International Conference Papers

• A. Sattar, A. Al-Durra, and S. M. Muyeen, “Real Time Implementation of STATCOM to Analyze Transient and Dynamic Characteristics of Wind Farm”, 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2011), Paper No. MD-021814, Melbourne, Australia, November 2011.
• M. Nahidul Ambia, A. Al-Durra, and S. M. Muyeen, “Centralized Power Control Strategy for AC-DC Hybrid Micro-Grid System using Multi-converter Scheme”, 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2011), Paper No. MD-011819, Melbourne, Australia, November 2011.
• G. Islam, A. Al-Durra, S. M. Muyeen, and J. Tamura “Low Voltage Ride Through Capability Enhancement of Grid Connected Large Scale Photovoltaic System”, 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2011), Paper No. MD-011347, Melbourne, Australia, November 2011.
• M. Shawon, A. Al-Durra, S. M. Muyeen, and J. Tamura “Stability Augmentation of Interconnected Offshore Wind and Marine Current Farms”, 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2011), Paper No. MF-011711, Melbourne, Australia, November 2011.
• A. Sattar, A. Al-Durra, and S. M. Muyeen, “Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of Wind Farm Integrated with STATCOM Using RTDS”, 11th International Conference IEEE EPQU 2011, Paper No.182, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2011.
• A. Al-Durra, M. Canova, and S. Yurkovich, “A Model-Based Methodology for Estimating Engine Cylinder Pressure Imbalance for Combustion Feedback Control Applications.” American Control Conference, WeB12.5, San Francisco, CA, United States, June 2011.
• A. Al-Durra, M. Canova, and S. Yurkovich, “Application of Extended Kalman Filter to On-Line Diesel Engine Cylinder Pressure Estimation.” Proceedings of the Dynamic System and Control Conference, 2523, Hollywood, CA, United States, Oct. 2009.
• A. Al-Durra, S. Yurkovich, and Y. Guezennec, “Gain-Scheduled Control for an Automotive Traction PEM Fuel Cell System.” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 42660, Seattle, WA, United States, Nov. 2007.

Scholarly Activities

• Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion.
• Reviewer for European Transactions on Electrical Power.
• Reviewer for International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
• Reviewer for IET Renewable Power Generation.
• Reviewer for journal of Applied Soft Computing.

Professional Membership

• Member, IEEE, USA.
• Member, ASME, USA.