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Dr Saghir Ahmad

Dr Saghir Ahmad

Associate Professor

Area of Interest: Power System Stability & Control

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • PhD Electrical Engineering, 2018, COMSATS University Islamabad,
    Abbottabad Campus
  • MS Electrical Engineering, 2011, University of Engineering &
    Technology Taxila, Pakistan
  • BS Electrical Engineering, 1998, NWFP University of Engineering
    & Technology, Pakistan

Profile / Bio

  • Jan. 2007 till now: Assistant Professor ,
    Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering , COMSATS Institute of
    Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Feb. 2005 till Jan. 2007: Lecturer , Department of Electrical
    & Computer Engineering , COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,
    Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • July 2004 to Feb 2005, Executive Engineer, System
    & Project Engineeing, Islamabad
  • Nov 2001 to July 2004, Executive Engineer, Siemens
    Pakistan Engineering Co. Ltd. Islamabad

Research Interests

  • Power system stability
  • High voltage DC transmission
  • Flexible AC transmission systems
  • Renewable Energy resources

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=94" title="Engr. Saima Ali">S.Ali</a>,Affaq Qamar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>, Yanjin Hou,Walied Alfraidi Sliding-mode integrated MPC for distributed secondary frequency/voltage control and tertiary-level optimal power-dispatch under cyber-attacks in microgrids, Energy Reports, 2026
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=94" title="Engr. Saima Ali">S.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,Affaq Qamar, Attack resilient stochastic DMPC based distributed secondary control for islanded AC microgrids with distributed tertiary-level optimal-dispatch, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2026
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=94" title="Engr. Saima Ali">S.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,Zahid Ullah Resilient Secondary Distributed Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Microgrid Against Cyber Threats, IET Renewable Power Generation, 2025
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a> Energy management system and control of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle charging stations in a grid-connected microgrid, Energies, 2024
5. Tayyab Ashfaq ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,Basharat Ullah,Fahad R. Albogamy Automatic Generation Control in Renewables-Integrated Multi-Area Power Systems: A Comparative Control Analysis, Sustainability, 2024
6. Raheel Chan Zab Mughal,Ahmed Mohammed Saleh,Usman Nawaz,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,Muhammad Waseem A novel FFA-GWO-based optimization paradigm for solving adynamic economic emission dispatch in power plants, IET Renewable Power Generation, 2023
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a> A Finite-Time Robust Distributed Cooperative Secondary Control Protocol for Droop-Based Islanded AC Microgrids, Energies, 19 May 2021 , 2021
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a> Legendre-Wavelet embedded NeuroFuzzy feedback linearization based control scheme for PHEVs charging station in a microgrid, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Apr 2021, 2021
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a> RBF neural network based backstepping terminal sliding mode MPPT control technique for PV system, Plos one, Apr 2021, 2021
10. Muhammad Awais ,Mohsin Jamil,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a> Feedback-Linearization-Based Fuel-Cell Adaptive-Control Paradigm in a Microgrid Using a Wavelet-Entrenched NeuroFuzzy Framework, Energies, 2021
11. Ameen Ullah,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,Qudrat Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a> Variable gain high order sliding mode control approaches for PMSG based variable speed wind energy conversion system, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 2020
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=640" title="Dr.Uzair Khan">Uzair Khan</a> Neuro-Adaptive Backstepping Integral Sliding Mode Control Design for Nonlinear Wind Energy Conversion System, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2020
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a> Nonlinear adaptive NeuroFuzzy feedback linearization based MPPT control schemes for photovoltaic system in microgrid, Plos one. 2020 Jun 30, 2020
14. Kamran Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,Qudrat Khan,Shafaat Ullah,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,Fazal Wahab Karam,Naghmash Robust Integral Backstepping Based Nonlinear MPPT Control for a PV System, Energies, 2019
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=94" title="Engr. Saima Ali">S.Ali</a> Adaptive Feedback Linearization Based NeuroFuzzy Maximum Power Point Tracking for a Photovoltaic System, Energies, 9 March 2018, 2018
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=94" title="Engr. Saima Ali">S.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> Energy Management and Control of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in a Grid-Connected Hybrid Power System, Energies, 21 November 2017, 2017
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a> Indirect adaptive soft computing based wavelet-embedded control paradigms for WT/PV/SOFC in a grid/charging station connected hybrid power system, PLOS ONE, 2017
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> Indirect adaptive NeuroFuzzyHermite- wavelet based control of PV in a grid-connected hybrid power system, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 2017
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> Performances analysis of conjugate gradient algorithms applied to the Neuro-Fuzzy Feedback linearization-based adaptive control paradigm for multiple HVDC links in AC/DC power system, energies, 2017
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> A self-tuning NeuroFuzzy feedback linearization-based damping control strategy for multiple HVDC links, 2017, 2017

Conference Publications

1. Osama Rafi,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>, Zain Shahid,Muhammad Hamad Ahmad A Data-Driven Hybrid DNN-Residual Tree XGBoost Model with Comparative Assessment for Smart Grid Load Forecasting, , 2026
2. Osama Rafi,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a> Data-Driven Forecast-Integrated Model Predictive Control for Demand and Generation Balancing Using Temporal Deep Neural Networks, , 2026
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=94" title="Engr. Saima Ali">S.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a> Distributed resilient secondary control for autonomous ac microgrid against cyber-threats, , 2025
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a> NeuroFuzzy Full-Recurrent Hybrid B-Spline Wavelet Based Feedback Linearization Control for PMSG-WECS in a Grid-connected Hybrid Power System, , 2021
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=102" title="Dr. Sidra Mumtaz">S.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a> Wavelet-Hybridized NeuroFuzzy Feedback Linearization based Control Strategy for PHEVs Charging Station in a Smart Microgrid, , 2020
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> Adaptive Feedback Linearization Based HVDC Damping Control Paradigm for Power System Stability Enhancement, , 2016
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> Adaptive Feedback Linearization Based FACTS Damping Control Paradigm for Power System, , 2016
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> “Intelligent Feedback Linearization Based Adaptive Control Paradigm for Damping Power System Oscillations, , 2015
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> Adaptive feedback linearization control for power oscillations damping in AC/DC power system, , 2015
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=100" title="Dr. Saghir Ahmed">S. Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=99" title="Ms. Rabiah Badar">R.Badar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=87" title="Dr. Laiq Khan">L.Khan</a> Power System Stabilty Enhancement Using Adaptive NeuroFuzzy Control for UPFC, , 2013
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