Program: Electrical Power Engineering
Phone number: +971 2 810 9122

Dr. Hatem Zeineldin received his Bachelor and Master degree in Electrical Power and Machines from Cairo University in 1999, and 2002, respectively. He obtained his Phd degree in 2006 from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Waterloo. In 2006, he joined Smith and Andersen Electrical Inc. as an electrical engineer where he was involved in several projects related to distributed generation. During that period of time Dr. Zeineldin was also hired as a research consultant for a research project that was funded by Natural Resources Canada that focused on protection planning with renewable energy sources. In 2007, Dr. Zeineldin worked as a visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he focused on developing new methods for islanding detection of renewable energy sources. In 2007, Dr. Zeineldin joined Masdar Institute and is currently an Associate professor in the Electrical Power Program. Dr. Zeineldin is the recipient of a couple of awards including University of Waterloo President’s Graduate Scholarship, Ontario Graduate Scholarship and Faculty of Engineering Scholarship. Dr. Zeineldin’s main research interests include distribution system protection, islanding detection, micro-grids and smart grid design.

Courses/Teaching interests:

• Distributed Generation technology
• Power System Analysis
• Engineering Mathematics 

Advisor to current Masdar Institute students/Post Doctorates:

1- Waleed Najy, Phd Candidate

Research Area: Multi-agent Based Systems for Smart Grids

2- Iraklis Nikolakakos, PhD Candidate 

Research Area: Communication Systems for Smart Grids

3- Sultan Alkaabi, EPE MSc. Candidate

Research Area: Coordinated Control of Distrubted Generation in Distribution Systems

4- Mazheruddin Syed, EPE MSc. Candidate

Research Area: Power Management Strategies for Hybrid Micro-grid Systems

5- Fazil Mandayipurath, EPE MSc. Candidate

Research Area: Real Time Demand Response for Smart Grids

6- Ahmad Tahboub, EPE MSc. Candidate

 Research Area: Distribution System Re-configuration

7- Yousef Mahmoud , EPE MSc. Candidate

Research Area: Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Modules

8- Ashot Mnatsakanyan , ESM MSc. Candidate

Research Area: Real Time Demand Response for Smart Grids

9-  Dr. Ravikumar Pandi, EPE Postdoctorate

 Research Area: Optimal Harmonic Power Flow for Grid-connected Photovoltaic Systems to Increase Penetration Levels

10- Dr. Erik Casagrande, CIS, Postdoctorate

Research Area: Fault Detection and Classification for Smart Grids with Islanded Capability