Dr. Khaled Al Jaafari received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (EE) from the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi (honors with distinction), in 2006 and 2011 respectively. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA in 2016.
Dr. Al Jaafari worked for two years (2006-2008) in ZADCO (ADNOC Offshore) as an Electrical Engineer at the upper Zakum Oil field platform, where he was part of the site facility and maintenance engineering team.
ACHIEVEMENTS, HONORS & AWARDS |
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Institution |
DATE |
ACHIEVEMENT, HONOR & AWARD |
The petroleum institute |
2006 |
Graduated BSc with grade of Excellence. |
The petroleum institute |
2011 |
Graduated MSc with grade of Excellence. |
ADNOC |
2008-2016 |
Fellowship Award: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Educational Fellowship |
Rashid Award institution |
November 2018 |
Sheikh Rashid Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement |
ADEK |
January 2019 |
Rewarded ADEK fund for project (Dhs 300,000) |
KU-KAIST Joint Research Award |
August 2019 |
Rewarded fund for project (Dhs 2,760,000) |
Virtual Research Institute (VRI) |
June 2022 |
Rewarded fund for project (Dhs 54,256,974) |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Journals:
1. Q1: A. Ahmad, M. M. Reza, A. R. Beig, J. Y. Alsawalhi and K. A. Jaafari, "High Voltage Gain Switched-Z-Source Bidirectional DC-DC Converter," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 53560-53577, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3175874.
2. Q1: J. K. Singh, K. A. Jaafari, R. K. Behera, K. A. Hosani and U. R. Muduli, "Faster Convergence Controller With Distorted Grid Conditions for Photovoltaic Grid Following Inverter System," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 29834-29845, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3159476.
3. Q1: H. T. Nguyen et al., "Review Map of Comparative Designs for Wireless High-Power Transfer Systems in EV Applications: Maximum Efficiency, ZPA, and CC/CV Modes at Fixed Resonance Frequency Independent From Coupling Coefficient," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 4857-4876, April 2022, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3124293.
4. Q1: U. R. Muduli, A. R. Beig, R. K. Behera, K. A. Jaafari and J. Y. Alsawalhi, "Predictive Control With Battery Power Sharing Scheme for Dual Open-End-Winding Induction Motor Based Four-Wheel Drive Electric Vehicle," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 6, pp. 5557-5568, June 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3091919.
5. Q1: P. Kumar, A. R. Beig, D. V. Bhaskar, K. A. Jaafari, U. R. Muduli and R. K. Behera, "An Enhanced Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Controller for High Performance PMBLDCM Drive Considering Iron Loss," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 14087-14097, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3088418.
Conferences:
1. A. Dash, U. R. Muduli, K. A. Jaafari, K. A. Hosani, A. Iqbal and R. K. Behera, "Harmonic Mitigation and DC Offset Rejection for Grid-tied DSTATCOM with CESOGI-WPF Control," 2022 3rd International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE), 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SGRE53517.2022.9774064.
2. U. R. Muduli, K. A. Hosani, K. A. Jaafari, J. Y. Alsawalhi, A. S. Al-Sumaiti and R. K. Behera, "ANN based On-board Fault Diagnostic for Induction Motor Drive in Low-Cost Electric Vehicles," 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2022, pp. 153-158, doi: 10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773566.
3. S. K. Baksi, U. Ranjan Muduli, R. K. Behera, K. Al Hosani, K. Al Jaafari and D. Wenzhong Gao, "Reduced Switch Count Three-Phase Five-Level Boosted ANPC Inverter with Unipolar PWM Scheme for Electric Vehicle Propulsion Drive," IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589916.
4. U. R. Muduli, K. A. Jaafari, K. A. Hosani, R. K. Behera, R. R. Khusnutdinov and A. R. Safin, "Cell Balancing of Li-ion Battery Pack with Adaptive Generalised Extended State Observers for Electric Vehicle Applications," 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2021, pp. 143-147, doi: 10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595601.
5. U. R. Muduli, K. A. Jaafari, R. K. Behera, A. R. Beig, K. A. Hosani and J. Y. Alsawalhi, "Predictive Battery SoC Control for Dual Propulsion Differential Four Wheel Drive Electric Vehicle," 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2021, pp. 1490-1495, doi: 10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595587.
Patents:
· · B. Beig, A. Ahmad, J. Alsawalhi, K. Al Jaafari, “ Ultra High Gain Bidirectional Dc To Dc Converter”, Final PCT application PCT/IB2021/051955 March 18, 2021.
· B. Beig, M. Reza, K. Al Jaafari, K. Al Hosani “ Novel Switched Inductor And Switching Capacitor Based High Voltage Gain Bidirectional Dc-Dc Converter”, application submitted in August 1st , 2021.
Post Doctrate Fellow specilaized in Smart Grid and hybrid AC/DC power sytems protection and control.