Modernization of Electric Power Systems: Energy Efficiency and Power Quality

Ahmed Faheem Zobaa, Ph.D., is a Reader in power systems, an MSc Course Director, and a Full Member of the Institute of Energy Futures at Brunel University London. He has been a member of the faculty at Cairo University since 2003 and has been a Full Professor there since 2013. From 2007 to 2010, he was a Senior Lecturer in renewable energy at the University of Exeter. He received BSc (Hons), MSc, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Power and Machines from Cairo University in 1992, 1997, and 2002, respectively. His main areas of expertise are power quality, (marine) renewable energy, smart grids, energy efficiency, and lighting applications. Dr. Zobaa is an Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, Technology and Economics of Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy, and the International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education. He is an Editorial Board member, Editor, Associate Editor, and Editorial Advisory Board member for many international journals. He is a registered Chartered Engineer, Chartered Energy Engineer, European Engineer, and International Professional Engineer. He is also a registered member of the Engineering Council UK, Egypt Syndicate of Engineers, and the Egyptian Society of Engineers. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of UK, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Energy Institute of U.K., the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Royal Society of Arts, the African Academy of Science, and the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors, and a senior member of the IEEE. He is also a member of the International Solar Energy Society, the European Power Electronics and Drives Association, and the IEEE Standards Association.
Shady H. E. Abdel Aleem, Ph.D., received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Power and Machines from the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Egypt, in 2002, and the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, in 2010 and 2013 respectively. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Valley Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Science Valley Academy, Qalubia, Egypt. He is the Vice Dean for Community & Environmental Services. Since September 2019, he is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, College of Engineering and Technology, Smart Village Campus, where he teaches power quality energy efficiency, wind energy, and energy conversion courses. He is also a consultant of power quality studies with ETA Electric Company, Egypt. His research interests include harmonic problems in power systems, power quality, renewable energy, smart grid, energy efficiency, optimization, green energy, and economics. Dr. Shady is the author or co-author of 160 plus journal and conference papers and18 plus book chapters and is the editor of eight books. He was awarded the State Encouragement Award in Engineering Sciences in 2017 from Egypt. He was also awarded the medal of distinction from the first class of the Egyptian State Award in 2020. Dr. Shady is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET). He is an Editor/Guest Editor/Associate Editor for the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, Vehicle Dynamics, IET Journal of Engineering, Energies, Sustainability, Technology and Economics of Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy, and others.

Ahmed Faheem Zobaa博士是倫敦布魯內爾大學能源未來研究所的電力系統讀者、碩士課程主任和全體成員。他自2003年起在開羅大學擔任教職員，並於2013年成為該校的全職教授。從2007年到2010年，他在埃克塞特大學擔任可再生能源的高級講師。他分別於1992年、1997年和2002年從開羅大學獲得電力與機械的學士、碩士和博士學位。他的主要專業領域包括電力品質、（海洋）可再生能源、智能電網、能源效率和照明應用。Zobaa博士是《國際可再生能源技術期刊》、《智能電網和可持續能源的技術與經濟》和《國際電機工程教育期刊》的主編。他還是許多國際期刊的編輯委員會成員、編輯、副編輯和編輯顧問委員會成員。他是註冊的特許工程師、特許能源工程師、歐洲工程師和國際專業工程師。他還是英國工程委員會、埃及工程師協會和埃及工程師協會的註冊會員。他是英國高等教育學院的高級研究員，英國工程技術學會、英國能源學會、特許建築服務工程師學會、機械工程師學會、皇家藝術學會、非洲科學院和特許教育評估師學會的會士，以及IEEE的高級會員。他還是國際太陽能學會、歐洲功率電子和驅動協會和IEEE標準協會的成員。

Shady H. E. Abdel Aleem博士於2002年和2010年分別從埃及赫爾旺大學和開羅大學獲得電力與機械的學士、碩士和博士學位。他是埃及科學與技術學院瓦利高等工程技術學院電氣工程與電子學系的副教授，也是社區與環境服務的副院長。自2019年9月起，他還是阿拉伯科學、技術和海事運輸學院工程與技術學院智慧村校區的兼職副教授，教授電力品質、能源效率、風能和能源轉換課程。他還是埃及ETA電力公司的電力品質研究顧問。他的研究興趣包括電力系統中的諧波問題、電力品質、可再生能源、智能電網、能源效率、優化、綠色能源和經濟學。Shady博士是160多篇期刊和會議論文的作者或合著者，以及18多本書的編輯。他於2017年獲得埃及工程科學的國家鼓勵獎。他還於2020年獲得埃及國家獎的一等獎章。Shady博士是IEEE的高級會員和工程技術學會的成員。他是《國際可再生能源技術期刊》、《車輛動力學》、《IET工程期刊》、《能源》、《可持續性》、《智能電網和可持續能源的技術與經濟》等期刊的編輯/客座編輯/副編輯。