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  • Name
    Engr. Dr. Muhammad Ali

  • Personal

    Engr. Dr. Muhammad Ali was born in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1991. He received BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Sarhad University of Science and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China in 2019. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology Mardan (UETM). To his credit, he has numerous National/International research publications. His research interests include ac-dc power converters, flexible ac transmission systems, power quality control, smart grid, and renewable energy systems etc.  

     

    Contact Info:

    Email Address:    ali@uetmardan.edu.pk

    Tel:                       (+92) 3459150270


  • Experience

    Research Assistant  (01/09/2017-01/06/2019)

    State Energy Smart Grid Centre R&D., Shanghai (China)

     

    Research Analyst (01/01/2017-01/01/2019)

    Tianman Energy Technology Co., Limited, Changzhou (China)

     

    Teaching Assistant (01/10/2016-15/01/2019)

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University., Shanghai (China)

     

    Visiting Faculty (01/03/2014-01/03/2015)

    Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology., Peshawar (Pakistan)

     

    Director Design & Installation (03/01/2014-30/08/2015)

    EnerTech Engineering  Pvt Ltd., Peshawar (Pakistan)


  • Qualification

    Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering


  • Honor and Awards
    1. Ph.D. scholarship was awarded by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 
    2. Undergraduate final year project entitled “Analysis of Operating Temperature, Humidification Temperature and Oxidant Composition based PEM Fuel Cell Performance” was funded by ICT.

     


  • Memberships
    1. Pakistan Engineering council
    2. Graduate student member of IEEE.
    3. IEEE student member of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

  • Brief Statement of Research Interest

    My research is focused on bidirectional asymmetric hybrid modular multilevel AC-DC converter for single-phase and three-phase medium voltage applications.


  • Publications

    Journal Publications

    1. M. Ali, M. Mansoor, J. Xu, M. T. Faiz, Y. Ali, K. Hashmi, and H. Tang, "Series active filter design based on asymmetric hybrid modular multilevel converter for traction system," in Electronics, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 134, 8 1 2018. (Impact Factor 2.11)
    2. M. Ali, M. Mansoor, H. Tang and A. Rana, "Analysis of a seven-level asymmetrical hybrid multilevel converter for traction systems," in IET Power Electronics, vol. 10, no. 14, pp. 1878-1888, 11 17. (Impact Factor 3.54)
    3. M. T. Faiz, M. M. Khan, X. Jianming, M. Ali, S.Habib, K. Hashmi and, H. Tang, "Capacitor Voltage Damping Based on Parallel Feedforward Compensation Method for LCL Filter Grid-Connected Inverter," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. doi: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2951115. (Impact Factor 3.347)
    4. Humayun, M., Khan, M.M., Ali, M., Xu, J. and Zhang, W., 2020. Evaluation of symmetric flying capacitor multilevel inverter for grid-connected application. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 115, p.105430. (Impact Factor 4.418)
    5. J. Xu, J. Han, Y. Wang, M. Ali and H. Tang, "High-Frequency SiC Three-Phase VSIs with Common-mode Voltage Reduction and Improved Performance Using Novel Tri-State PWM Method," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.2018. (Impact Factor 7.22)
    6. T. Wang, X. Liu, N. Jin, D. Ma, X. Yang, H. Tang, and M. Ali, " Analysis of Z-source inverter in wireless power transfer system and solutions for accidental shoot-through state," in Journal of Power Electronics. 2018. (Impact Factor 1.02)
    7. T. Wang, X. Liu, N. Jin, H. Tang, X. Yang and M. Ali, "Wireless power transfer for battery powering system," in Electronics, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 178, 9 7 2018. (Impact Factor 2.11)
    8. X. Liu, T. Wang, N. Jin, S. Habib, M. Ali, X. Yang, and H. Tang, " Analysis and Elimination of Dead-Time Effect in Wireless Power Transfer System," in Energies.2018. (Impact Factor 2.67)
    9. T. Wang, X. Liu, H. Tang, and M. Ali, "Modification of the wireless power transfer system with Z-source inverter," in Electronics Letters, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 106-108, 1 19 2017. (Impact Factor 1.343)
    10. M. Ali, A. Nawaz, M. Ansar, and F. Khan, “Analysis of Operating Temperature, Humidification Temperature and Oxidant Composition based PEM Fuel Cell Performance,” no. 03, pp. 10–13,2013.
    11. F. Khan, A. Nawaz, M. A. Muhammad, and M. Ali, “Review and analysis of MATLAB ® Simulink Model of PEM fuel cell Stack,” no. 03, pp. 3–6, 2013

     

    Conference Proceedings

    1. M. Ali, M. M. Khan, Z. Yi, Y. J. Yang and H. Tang, "7-Level asymmetrical hybrid cascaded multilevel converter topology for traction system," 2017 International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), Lahore, 2017, pp. 1-6. (EI)
    2. Y. Jianyang, M. Q. Khan, Z. Yanwen, M. M. Khan and M. Ali, "HVDC bidirectional power flow using solid state transformer," 2017 International Conference on Circuits, Devices and Systems (ICCDS), Chengdu, China, 2017, pp. 110-114. (EI)
    3. S. Habib, M. M. Khan, K. Hashmi, M. Ali, and, H. Tang, "A Comparative Study of Electric Vehicles concerning Charging Infrastructure and Power Levels," 15th Int. Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) 2017, Islamabad, Pakistan. (EI)
    4. M. T. Faiz, M. M. Khan, M. Ali, X. Jianming and, H. Tang, "Parametric Robustness Analysis for Parallel Feedforward Compensation Based Active Damping of LCL Grid-Connected Inverter," Int. Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), ECCE Asia, 2018, Nigata, Japan. (EI)
    5. M. T. Faiz, M. M. Khan, M. Ali, M. Adnan and, H. Tang, "Active Damping of Capacitor Current based on Parallel Feedforward Compensation of LCL Grid-Connected Inverter," Int. Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE) 2018, Lahore, Pakistan. (EI)

       Patent

    1. 一种三相双向电能变换装置及其控制方法 (申请日期:2019-04-01)

                ( A three-phase bidirectional power conversion device and its control method )


  • Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

    Research Projects

    1. Hybrid asymmetric multilevel converter:

    During my Doctoral studies, I worked on asymmetrical hybrid multilevel converter (AHMC) for lower-medium voltage front-end converter applications. My role was a researcher, designer and content writer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed novel control approach for newly devised single-phase AHMC topology and provided comparative analysis with other relevant existing converter topologies. To validate the project in practice, we also built a laboratory prototype which comprise of control and power boards. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is published in IET Power Electronics journal (SCI).

    1. Series active filter design based on modular multilevel converter:

    During my Doctoral studies, I worked on series active filter design based on asymmetrical hybrid modular multilevel converter (AHMMC). My role was a researcher, designer and content writer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed systematic control approach for newly devised AHMMC topology and provided comparative analysis with other relevant existing converter topologies. To validate the project in practice, we also built a laboratory prototype which comprise of control and power boards. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is published in Electronics journal (SCI).

    1. Three-phase hybrid asymmetric bidirectional grid-tied converter:

    During my Doctoral studies, I worked on bidirectional three-phase grid-tied converter. My role was a researcher, designer and content writer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed and analyzed a hybrid modular control (HMC) technique to operate the newly devised three-phase AHMMC. Besides, a comparative analysis of the proposed three-phase AHMMC with existing converters and modulation techniques have been carried out. Finally, the study extends to a three-phase AHMMC under grid fault scenarios and proposes a control algorithm that deals with the fault ride-through capability of the proposed grid-tied converter. To validate the project in practice, we also built a laboratory prototype which comprise of control and power boards. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (SCI).

    1.  Symmetric flying capacitor multilevel inverter for grid-tied application:

    During my Doctoral studies, I worked on symmetric flying capacitor multilevel inverter for grid-tied application. My role was a researcher and hardware developer for the entire project. In this project, we proposed symmetric flying capacitor five-level multilevel inverter (SFC-MLI) for grid-connected application and the idea of SFC-MLI for grid-connected reactive power control application (statcom) has been presented. To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is published in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (SCI).

    1.  Parallel feedforward compensation of LCL grid connected inverter:

    During my Doctoral studies, I worked on parallel feedforward compensation of LCL grid connected inverter. My role was a researcher and hardware developer for the entire project.  In this project, we proposed an alternative technique based on parallel feedforward compensation (PFC) method to achieve damping by adding a damping gain parallel with LCL filter.  To motivate the follow-up research, we identified open problems and present future directions. The work is published in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (SCI).