Education:
2019 - 2024, “ Cornell University, Ithaca, USA”, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Minor in Economics.
Advisor: Prof. Lang Tong, IEEE Fellow.
Co-advisors: Prof. Timothy Mount and Prof. Eilyan Bitar.
2017 - 2019, “ King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia”, Master of Science in power and energy engineering with honors recognition.
Thesis Title: “ Integrated Energy Management System for Microgrids With Hybrid Renewable Generation, Energy Storage and Controllable Loads ”.
Took graduate coursework at “KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden“, as part of a scholarship awarded by ABB.
2011 - 2016, “ King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia”, Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering with honors recognition.
Senior Design Project: “ Computer Vision Based Face Tracking System for Video Conferencing ”.
Took undergraduate coursework at “ Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA”, as an Exchange student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Experience:
Summer 2023, “National Renewable Energy Laboratory,” PhD Summer Researcher, Energy Systems Control & Optimization Group, Power Systems Engineering Center (PSEC), Golden, CO.
Summer 2022, “The Brattle Group,” Summer Associate with the electricity group, Boston, MA.
Worked under the supervision of Dr. Sanem Sergici and Dr. Sam Newell.
2020 - current, “Cornell University,” Teaching Assistant at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Ithaca, NY.
Summer 2021, “Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI),” Graduate Research Intern with the Power and Delivery Utilization Unit (PDU), Palo Alto, CA .
Worked under the supervision of Dr. Tanguy Hubert.
2017 - 2019, ” King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,” Lecturer at the Electrical Engineering Department, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Teaching: Electronics Laboratory, four semesters (9.5/10 student evaluation).
Assisting professors with lecturing.
Registration committee member.
Vice-chair of IEEE KFUPM Student Branch & Chair of Postgraduate Committee.
Entrepreneurial Emerging Leaders (EEL) program ( Four months program).
Summer 2018, “ Saudi Aramco,” Summer researcher at the EXPEC Advanced Research Center (ARC), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Worked under the supervision of Dr. Mohammed Arsalan.
August 2018, “ University of Tokyo,” Global Leadership Program on Sustainable Energy Systems, Tokyo, Japan
June - August, 2015 “ Buro Happold Engineering,” International summer training, Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health team, London, UK.
Honors, Awards, Fellowhips, and Grants:
2024, Yajing Liu Student Fellowship, Travel grant to attend and present at the NREL 7th Workshop on Autonomous Energy Systems (AES), Golden, CO.
2024, Best Paper Award, ‘Resource Sharing in Energy Communities: A Cooperative Game Approach,’ IEEE PESGM, Seattle, WA.
2024, Ibn Rushd Postdoctoral Fellowship, KAUST
2023, NextGen Professors Fellow, Cornell University (~30 Cornell graduate students and postdocs every year).
2023, KAUST travel grant, Travel grant to attend and present at the KAUST AI for Energy Research Conference, Saudi Arabia.
2023, NSF Travel grant, National Science Foundation.
2023, NREL Travel grant, National Renewable Energy Lab.
2022, Misk Fellowship Award provided by MiSK Foundation (55 Saudi student fellows from a pool of 5500), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2020, Grasshopr Fellow, Cornell Graduate school outreach program, Ithaca, NY, USA.
2019, King Abdullah Ph.D. Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia.
2019, “Prize Paper Award ”, KFUPM 10th Annual Student Scientific Forum, KSA.
2018, “Prize Poster Award ”, IEEE Smart Grids Conference, KSA.
2018, “ Outstanding Services as Postgraduate Chair”, IEEE KFUPM Student Branch.
2016, ABB Scholarship to study at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
2011-2016, “ Dean’s Honors List”, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
2009 & 2010, “ Valedictorian Shield of Excellence”, ranked first in high schools in Qassim region, KSA (twice).
