Dr. Bashar Zahawi
Dr. bashar zahawi Electrical Engineering

Contact Information
bashar.zahawi@ku.ac.ae +971 2 312 3557

Biography

Dr. Bashar Zahawi received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in 1983 and 1988, respectively. From 1988 to 1993 he was a Design Engineer with a UK manufacturer of large variable speed drives and other power conversion equipment. He was appointed as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Electrical Engineering at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, in 1994 and was a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK from 2003 to 2014.

Since 2014, he has been with Khalifa University, where he is currently Professor of Electrical Power Engineering. His research interests include, power conversion, renewable energy and the application of nonlinear dynamical methods to electrical circuits and systems.

Dr. Zahawi is a recipient of the Crompton Premium awarded by the Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK, and the Denny Medal awarded by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), UK. He is a Past Chairman of the IEEE Power & Energy Society United Arab Emirates Chapter.


Education
  • Ph.D., Engineering, Newcastle University (UK), 1988
  • B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Newcastle University (UK), 1983

Teaching
  • Power System Analysis (ECCE421)
  • Power System Analysis (ECCE421)
  • Power System Stability and Control (ECCE427)

Affiliated Research Institutes/Centers
  • Advanced Power and Energy Center
  • Masdar Institute

Research
Research Interests
  • Power Conversion