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Faculty & Staff
- Ph.D.: University of Minnesota, July 1996.
- M.S.E.E.: University of Minnesota, June 1993.
- B.S.E. E.: University of Minnesota, June 1991.
During her studies she worked as a Design Engineer at Schott Power Inc. while her main work was to develop an efficient battery charger for the electric vehicle. In 1997 she moved to Lebanon where she became an assistant professor at Beirut Arab University and a Lecturer at the American University in Lebanon. In 2002, she joined the Business and Computer University College as the Chair of the Communication Engineering Department and became a senior Lecturer at the American University in Beirut. In August 2005, she joined the Electrical Engineering Department as Assistant Professor at the American University in Dubai, UAE.
Honors and Awards
- AUD Event Organizer Award, AUD 2007
- BCU 2003 Faculty Teaching Award
- Graduate Assistant Fellowship
- Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP).
Professional Service
- Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, Senior Member
- Society of Women Engineers, Member
- Solar Energy International , Member
- American society of Engineering Education, Member
- Lebanese Board of Engineering and Architecture, Member
- Honor Society of Engineers, Member
Research areas of Interest
- Photovoltaic systems and their integration with utility grids.
- Concentrated Solar power
- Wind Energy
Publictaions
- L. Chaar, A. Jamaleddine, F. Ajmal and H. Khan” Effect of Wind Blown Sand and Dust on PV Arrays Especially in UAE”, submitted to PSC 2008
- L. Chaar, “Introducation of Renewable Energy in the Curriculum”, submitted ASEE2008 Annual Conference and Exhibition
- Solar Power Conversion, Chapter 26 in The Power Electronic Handbook, 2nd edition, edited by Dr. Muhammad Rashid, Publisher: Elsevier Inc., October 2006.
- L. Chaar, M. Serhan, S. Karaki “ Simulation and Experimental Results” Maximum Power Tracker System of Photovoltaic Arrays: Simulation and Experiment, to be presented at US-UAE Workshop in power electronics and drives, American University of Sharjah, Dec. 13 – 15, 2005, Sharjah, UAE.
- M. Serhan, S. Karaki, L. Chaar, “ An Adaptive Perturb – and – Observe Maximum Power Point Tracking System of Photovoltaic Arrays”, presented at Proceedings of ISEC 2005 ASME International Solar Energy Conference August 6-12, 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Ted Brekken, Nitin Bhiwapurkar, Manoj Rathi, Ned Mohan, Chris Henze, Lana Moumneh, “Utility-Connected power Converter for maximizing Power Transfer from a photovoltaic source while drawing ripple-free current”, presented at the IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting, Italy, Oct. 2001.
- L. Chaar and F. Mabrouk, ‘Harmonic Disturbances in Lebanon’s Power Systems’, presented at the 1st Minia International Conference on Power Systems, Egypt, March 1999.
- L. Chaar, N. Mohan, G. Kammath, C. P. Henze, and J. Kolar, ‘Sinusoidal Current Rectification and Ripple Cancellation in a Very Wide Three Phase AC Input to Generate a Regulated DC Output’, presented at the PEDES 96 International Conference, New Delhi, India, Jan.1996.
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