Research and Supervision
PhD Research
Actually, I finished my PhD study at UTM in 2009. My research title is "Single Input Fuzzy Proportional Integral Controller for Inverter Regulation". The study has been successfully supervised by Prof. Dr. Zainal Salam and Dr. Naziha Ahmad Azli. As known, the difficulty in designing an Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) for a system is to obtain the optimised parameters values. This is due to several factors such as numerous number of tuning parameters that need to be tuned simultaneously. Another factors is the diverse rules and membership functions shaped that can be employed. Thus, the research focus is on to reduce these number of tuning parameters and rules without affecting the original performance of FLC.
Post-Graduate Supervision
PhD
Norkharziana Mohd Nayan
Partical Swarm Optimisation (PSO) Method for HEPWM Multilevel Inverter Acting as co-supervisor started from 2009 - Graduated
2. Budi Yanto Husodo
Design and Regulation of Z-Source Inverter Using Single Input Fuzzy PI Controller Acting as main supervisor since December 2010 - Illness excuse
3. Mohammad Faridun Naim bin Tajuddin
Dynamic differential evolution strategy for photovoltaic maximum power point tracking Acting as main supervisor since December 2010 - Graduated
-Dynamic differential evolution (DDE) has been proposed in this study. It modifies the current DE, which has a static objective to a dynamic objective to suite with the PV maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The simulation using matlab and PLECS and PV simulator has revealed the potential of this novel MPPT algorithm. Further investigation shows that the proposed algorithm is superior compared to Pertubed & Observed method in terms of optimising the MPP searching and reducing the oscillation at at steady-state. A medium power dc-dc converter prototype has been developed and the result is comparable to the simulation.
4. M Saad bin Arif
Novel multilevel inverter act as main supervisor since February 2014
-In this study, a novel multilevel inverter is proposed. It requires the most minimum number of switches to produce a 25-level output voltage. The simulation has been carried out using P-Spice and matlab. The hardware has been set-up and currently undergoing several testing.
5. Muhammad Mohiuddin (Madinah University)
Acting as main supervisor (remote supervision 2017). Co supervised with Dr Noor Marikar from Taibah University
Title: SVM PWM for back-to-back converter
6. Saifullah Khan
Main Supervisor
Title: Switch-capacitor Multilevel inverter
7. Sara Ayub
Main supervisor
Title: Optimal residential Energy Demand Management
Master (Research)
Naqibah Baharudin. Title: BLDC Motor Speed Control using Simplified Fuzzy PI Controller. (Graduated)
Saifullah Khan. Title: Charge Balanced Control for Reduced Component Multilevel Inverter Topology switching at high frequency. (Graduated)
Master (Taught Course)
1. Abdul Malek @ Abdul Razak bin Tajudin
Design and Simulation of Buck-Boost Inverter for Electric Vehicle Adjustable Speed Drive
2. Perry Goh (2012)
Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) using Simplified Fuzzy controller
3. Mazlina Mat Esa (2012)
Dynamic Evolution Controller based Power Inverter
4. Muhammad Anim (2012)
Fuzzy logic controller for Cascaded Multilevel Inverter
5. Mohd Hidzir bin Abd Karim (2013)
MPPT strategy based on Simplified Fuzzy Logic Controller
6. Noor Dzulaikha binti Daud (2013)
MPPT algorithm using Differential Evolution
7. Donny Chew Seng Pey (2013)
Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic System Efficiency: Case study for Landed Residential
8. Soo Chee Keat (2013)
Impact of System Fault in MV systems on Voltage Sag’s Severity due to Inverse Definite Minimum Time Relay with Proposed Mitigation Plan
9. Amir Hamzah Bin Zailaini (2013)
Engineering Asset Management Strategies for Electrical DC Power System in Telecommunication Industrial
10. Fahad Alshammri (2014)
Fuzzy Sliding Mode Controller for Cascaded Multilevel Inverter
11. Immad Shams (2017)
Switching Technique for Multilevel Inverter of Reduced Components
12. Aisyah Abdul Razak (2018)
Near-to-Level Modulation Scheme for Symmetric Multilevel Inverter
13. Ahmad Fakri Mohd Noor (2018)
Fuzzy-like PI control for Cascaded Multilevel Inverter
14. Fazal Redza (2018)
Matrix Converter for Solid-State Transformer Technology
15. Jahanzeb (2020)
Near to DC Level (NLM) modulation switching strategy for Cascaded Multilevel Inverter
16. Islam Faraj Abdulhadi Alfirjani
Switch-capacitor multilevel inverter
17. Abdirizak Abdihafid Mohamed
Impedance-source inverter for photovoltaic system
Under-Graduate Supervision
At present, I have supervised more than 20 students in various power electronics areas.