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News & Activities

 

 

Student Participation in National/International Competitions
EE Students win 1st place the International Honeywell student competition
July 22, 2010
EE students win several awards at the 5th IEEE UAE Student Day
May 08, 2010
PI EE students win at the Renewable Energy Competition at Al-Ain (UAEU)
May 01, 2010
EE Students participate in the prestigious competition: “Made-In-Arab-World”, held in Cairo
October 2, 2009
PI-EE Projects win at the 4th IEEE UAE Student Day
May 2, 2009
EE Students win First Place at the 2008 International Honeywell student competition in Berlin, Germany
October 30, 2008
EE Students secure prizes at the 3rd IEEE UAE Student Day
May 4, 2008
EE Students compete at the 2nd IEEE UAE Student Day
May 5, 2007
EE Juniors secure the first IEEE award for the Petroleum Institute at the 1st IEEE UAE Student Day
May 4, 2006

 

Field Trips
EE women students visit the Umm Al-Nar power station
December 9, 2009
EE women students visit the 2009 Abu Dhabi Power and Energy Exhibition
October 12, 2009
Visit to Abu Dhabi Cable Factory
March 4, 2009
EE students visit an electric motor and generator maintenance and repair plant
November 30, 2008
EE Students take the trip to the Emirates Transformers & Switchgear Factory
April 16, 2008
EE Students visit a solar cell manufacturing plant in Al-Fujairah
December 8, 2007
EE Students visit a Transformer Factory
June 7, 2007
EE Students learn about practical transformers in a visit to Emirates Transformers & Switchgear Limited
November 28, 2005

 

Community Outreach
EE women students visit the Abu Dhabi “Future Center” for the physically challenged
April 28, 2009
EE Students promote  “Energy Saving” to school students
April 28, 2009
EE Women Students give back to the community through the Emirates Family Foundation
April 30, 2008
EE Students reach out to the community through the “Electrical Engineers Help Save Lives” project
April 30, 2008
EE Faculty and Students Visit the Gulf Autism Centre in Abu Dhabi
May 2, 2006

 

General
EE Students deliver presentations at the International Earth Day Celebrations
April 22, 2010
PI-EE Student team give progress presentation on their Automated Photovoltaic Self-Cleaning and Bird Deterring System
February, 2010
EE Women attend the 5th IEEE GCC Conference in Kuwait
March 17-19, 2009
Visit to the National Federal Council
November 19, 2008
PI EE Alumni honored by ADCO for being integrated in the company and declared operational in record time
October 31, 2007
EE women students attend the Women’s Forum and Their Role in the Community – Dubai, UAE
October 21-22, 2007
Electrical Engineering students relate their Summer Internship experience to faculty
August 28, 2007
Junior Electrical Engineering Students Design a Vacuum Distillation Pilot Plant
May 29, 2006

EE Students attend an IEEE seminar in Dubai on Microelectronics and Optoelectronics
January 30, 2006

 

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Student Publication and Research Activity
Conference Publications
Al-Ameri, O., Serhan, M., Lamont, L., El-Chaar, L., “Variable Electronic Load for Testing PV Performance,” Applied Solar Energy, May 2010.
Al-Dhaheri, S., Lamont, L., El-Chaar, L., Al-Ameri, O., “Automated Design for Boosting Photovoltaic (PV) Performance Offshore,” to be presented at the IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, April 2010.
T. Al Hanai, R. Bani Hashim, L. El Chaar and L. Lamont, “Study of a 900 W, Thin-film, Amorphous Silicon PV System in a Dusty Environment”, to be presented at the International Conference on renewable Energy: Generation and Application, Al Ain, UAE, March 2010.
Mohandes, B., El-Chaar, L., Lamont, L., “Application Study of 500W Photovoltaic (PV) System in the UAE,” Applied Solar Energy Journal, vol. 45, n . 4, pp. 242-247, December, 2009.
Mohammad Azzam, Mohamad Tamer Chaklab, Saif Al Dhaheri, Wail Al Habri and Youssef Lotfy Abdel Magid, Lisa Lamont and Sayed Faisal; "The Design of PID Controller For Power System Stabilization Using Particle Swarm Optimization," Proceedings of The International Conference Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems, Sharjah, Nov 2009, UAE.
Al-Qubaisi, E., Al-Ameri, M., Al-Obaidi, A., Rabia, M., Chaar, L., Lamont, L., "Microcontroller Based Dust Cleaning System for a Standalone Photovoltaic System," Power and Energy Conversion Systems (EPECS'09), Sharjah, UAE, Nov 2009.
Ahmed Al-Azizi, Abdulla Al Awadhi, Yousef Bani Hammad, “Energy-Saving Devices,”  Proceedings of the 2nd International Energy 2030 Conference, UAE.
Abdullah Al Naqbi, Saif AlDhaheri, Abdullah Rashid, and Abdualziz Al Suwwidi, “Energy Saving Light Bulbs,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Energy 2030 Conference, UAE.
Mohamed G. Balfaqih and Majid Poshtan “Intelligent Distributed Autonomous Electric Energy System for UAE,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Energy 2030 Conference, UAE.
Nabeel Al-Afifi and Majid Poshtan, “Critical Clearing Time for Wind Driven Generator,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Energy 2030 Conference, UAE.
Khalid Al-Jaafari and Majid Poshtan had their paper “Power Swing and Stability of Wind Turbine Generators,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Energy 2030 Conference, UAE.
Journals
Mohandes, B., El-Chaar, L., Lamont, L., “Application Study of 500W Photovoltaic (PV) System in the UAE,” accepted Applied Solar Energy.
Al-Ameri, O., Serhan, M., Lamont, L., El-Chaar, L., “Variable Electronic Load for Testing PV Performance,” accepted Applied Solar Energy.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Oubay Imad Esbel, “Neural Network Modeling for Wind in UAE.”
Baraa Mohamed Chams Al Din Mohandes, “Modeling PV performance using Simulink.”
Mohamad Tamer Chaklab, “Neural Network Modeling for Solar in UAE.”
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