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Dr.Mohsin Shahzad

Dr.Mohsin Shahzad

Associate Professor

Area of Interest: Electrical Power System Planning

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • PhD in Electrical
    Engineering (January 2017) Vienna University of Technology,
    Austria

 

  • MSc (ENG) in Avionic
    Systems (September 2008) The University of Sheffield, UK

 

  • B.E in Industrial
    Electronics Engineering (December 2006) N.E.D University of Engineering and
    Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

 

Profile / Bio

  • 01/18 – date: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • 06/18 – 12/17: Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • 02/13 – 05/17: Research Fellow, Center for Energy, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
  • 02/10 – 01/13: Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • 01/08 – 09/08: Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • 06/07 – 01/08: Lab Engineer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • 01/07 – 04/07: Trainee Engineer, Albadeey Technologies, Karachi, Pakistan

Research Interests

  • Power system planning
  • Power electronics and its
    application in modern power system
  • Smart- and MicroGrids
  • Optimization of modern
    power system
  • Heuristic optimization
    techniques
  • Control of power system
    with high penetration of renewable resources
  • Power system simulation
  • Voltage control of medium
    and low voltage networks
  • Electrical Machines Design
  • Digital Image Processing
  • Machine Learning

Awards

  • 2013 – Won AIT’s funding for PhD
    from Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • 2011 – Commendation letter on
    successful conduction of a 3 days Professional Development Workshop on
    “Matlab Based Power Engg.”
  • 2008 – Won scholarship for MSc
    studies at The University of She    ffield,
    UK
  • 2007 – Developed state of the
    art (Process) Control Lab at Dep. of EE, CUI Abbottabad
  • 2006 – Won full fee waiver for
    securing top positions in all B.E. semester exams
  • 2002 – 4th Position in Board of
    Intermediate and Secondary Education, Abbottabad

Students Supervised

1

Hina Nazar

Optimization of factors affecting the breakdown voltage of transformer
oil using GA

MS

Spring
2018

2

Mohammad Ihsan

Loss mitigation through capacitor placement in power distribution
system

MS

Fall
2018

3

Noor Salam Wazir

Power network reconfiguration for hosting capacity improvement

MS

Spring
2019

4

Usman Ali Khan

Power network reconfiguration for improvement in reliability and energy
not supplied

MS

Fall
2019

5

Qazi Shafi Ullah

Optimal reactive power support for power networks

MS

Fall
2019

6

Muhammad Kamran

Improved fairness and efficiency in active power curtailment for PV
integration to LVNs

MS

Spring
2020

7

Waseem Akram

Optimal DG placement in power distribution system

MS

Fall
2020

8

Muhammad Bilal

Reactive Power Support in Radial Distribution Network for Loss and
Annual cost Minimization

MS

Spring
2021

9

Arsalan Qadir

Hybrid on-grid renewable power system for sustainable electrification in
AJK

MS

Fall
2021

10

Qaiser Javed

An intelligent model for fault detection in PV panel

MS

Fall
2022

                                                                        

Journal Publications

1. Muhammad Ibrahim,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=639" title="Dr. Zahid Mahmood Jehangiri">Z. Mahmood</a>,Amina Asif,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=640" title="Dr.Uzair Khan">Uzair Khan</a>,Sumair Khan Towards Face Anti-Spoofing, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & THEORETICAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, 2023, pp. 1-17. , 2023
2. Umer Amin,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=639" title="Dr. Zahid Mahmood Jehangiri">Z. Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=224" title="Dr. Muhammad Imran Shehzad Shehzad">MI.Shehzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=640" title="Dr.Uzair Khan">Uzair Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=720" title="Dr. Aamir Shahzad">Dr. Aamir Shahzad</a> Automatic Fruits Freshness Classification Using CNN and Transfer Learning, Applied Sciences, Applied Sciences, 2023
3. Sufyan Ali Memon,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=640" title="Dr.Uzair Khan">Uzair Khan</a> Tracking Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles through Occlusion in Low-Altitude Airspace, Drones. MDPI, 2023
4. Fahd Sultan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=639" title="Dr. Zahid Mahmood Jehangiri">Z. Mahmood</a>,Khurram Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=227" title="Dr. Yasir Ali Shah">Dr. Yasir Ali Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=640" title="Dr.Uzair Khan">Uzair Khan</a> Towards Automatic License Plate Recognition in Challenging Conditions, Applied Sciences, pp. 1-29, 2023, 2023
5. Annam Farid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=639" title="Dr. Zahid Mahmood Jehangiri">Z. Mahmood</a>,Farhan Hussain,Khurram Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=640" title="Dr.Uzair Khan">Uzair Khan</a> A Fast and Accurate Real-Time Vehicle Detection Method Using Deep Learning for Unconstrained Environments, Applied Sciences, pp. 1-30., 2023
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=741" title="Dr. Noman Ullah">N. Ullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=240" title="Dr. Faisal Khan">F. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Experimental validation of computationally efficient lumped parameter thermal model developed for hybrid excited linear flux switching machine, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=741" title="Dr. Noman Ullah">N. Ullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=639" title="Dr. Zahid Mahmood Jehangiri">Z. Mahmood</a> Optimization of On-Grid Hybrid Renewable Energy System: A Case Study on Azad Jammu and Kashmir, MDPI- Sustainability , 2022
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=639" title="Dr. Zahid Mahmood Jehangiri">Z. Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=640" title="Dr.Uzair Khan">Uzair Khan</a> Towards Automatic License Plate Detection, MDPI - Sensors, 2022
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1779" title="Muhammad Arif">M.Arif</a> Annual cost and loss minimization in a radial distribution network by capacitor allocation using PSO, MDPI - Applied Sciences, 2021
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=741" title="Dr. Noman Ullah">N. Ullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=240" title="Dr. Faisal Khan">F. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,Abdul Basit Experimental Validations of Hybrid Excited Linear Flux Switching Machine, Energies , 2021
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1779" title="Muhammad Arif">M.Arif</a> Reactive power support in radial distribution network using mine blast algorithm, Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 2021
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1779" title="Muhammad Arif">M.Arif</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=681" title="Abdul Majid">A.Majid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=678" title="Jawad Saleem">J. Saleem</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Single Magnetic Element-Based High Step-Up Converter for Energy Storage and Photovoltaic System with Reduced Device Count, 29 September 2020, 2020
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1779" title="Muhammad Arif">M.Arif</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=681" title="Abdul Majid">A.Majid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=678" title="Jawad Saleem">J. Saleem</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Single Conversion Stage Three Port High Gain Converter for PV Integration with DC Microgrid, 4 May, 2020, 2020
14. Lutf Ur Rahman,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=240" title="Dr. Faisal Khan">F. Khan</a>,Muhammad Afzal Khan,Naseer Ahmad,Hamid Ali Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,Siddique Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=623" title="Dr. Hazrat Ali">Hazrat Ali</a> Modular Rotor Single Phase Field Excited Flux Switching Machine with Non-Overlapped Windings, Energies, 2019
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=741" title="Dr. Noman Ullah">N. Ullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=240" title="Dr. Faisal Khan">F. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,Abdul Basit, Wasiq Ullah, Atif Zahid Enhancing Capabilities of Double Sided Linear Flux Switching Permanent Magnet Machine , Energies, 2018
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> 1. Load concentration factor based analytical method for optimal placement of multiple distribution generators for loss minimization and voltage profile improvement, energies, 2016
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Genetic Algorithm Based PID tuning for Controlling Paraplegic Humanoid Walking Movement , IJCSI International Journal of Computer Science , 2012
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> 3. Passive Electromagnetic Damping for Aerospace Electromechanical Actuation using PMSM, Asian Transactions on Engineering, 2012

Conference Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=741" title="Dr. Noman Ullah">N. Ullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,Mohammad Ihsan Analytical Method for Optimal Reactive Power Support in Power Network, , 2019
2. Hina Nazar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=86" title="Dr. Abdur Rashid">A.Rashid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=240" title="Dr. Faisal Khan">F. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=405" title="Dr. Bilal Khan">B. Khan</a> Optimization of the factors affecting the breakdown voltage of the transformer oil using genetic algorithm, , 2018
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Voltage Quality Index Based Method to Quantify the Advantages of Optimal DG Placement, , 2016
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> 3. Active power loss minimization in radial distribution networks with analytical method of simultaneous optimal DG sizing, , 2016
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Stochastic Battery Model for Aggregation of Thermostatically Controlled Loads, , 2016
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Voltage Profile Improvement in Radial Distribution Networks with Analytical Method of Simultaneous Optimal DG Sizing, , 2016
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Co-simulation framework based on power system, AI and communication tools for evaluating smart grid applications, , 2015
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> 6. An alternate PowerFactory Matlab coupling approach, , 2015
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> 8. Analytical approach for simultaneous optimal sizing and placement of multiple distributed generators in primary distribution networks, , 2014
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Optimal PID Control of Magnetic Levitation System Using Genetic Algorithm , , 2014
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Dynamics of wind-turbine driven Self-Excited Induction Generator with online parameter calculation, , 2013
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> Passive Electromagnetic Damping for Aerospace Electromechanical Actuation using PMSM, , 2012
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=242" title="Mohsin Shahzad">M. Shahzad</a> 4G: The future mobile technology, , 2008
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