Mohamed Amer Chaaban

**** ******* ***** #***, *****, NE, 68132

402-***-****

gtphck@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective:

To obtain an oriented full time position in the field of Renewable Energy and to be a part of a team that best utilizes my skills and experience.

Education:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA May 2011

Masters of Science in Architectural Engineering

Thesis Title: “ADAPTIVE PHOTOVOLTAIC CONFIGURATIONS FOR DECREASING THE ELECTRICAL MISMATCHING LOSSES” Link: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/archengdiss/10/

GPA- 3.57/4.0

Damascus University, Syria July 2008

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Power Systems Ranking: Top 3rd in class

Emphasis: Renewable Energy

Professional Experience:

Research Assistant August 2009 – May 2011

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Architectural Engineering Department

Design a smart home that conserves energy and utilizes renewable energy.

• Develop an Adaptive Photovoltaic System to decrease the electrical mismatching losses of the photovoltaic system by maximizing the overall efficiency of the components under a wide range of operational conditions.

• Model the system configurations and generate results/diagrams and compare the results of the theoretical solution with the solution obtained using the MATLAB.

• Perform practical Experiments using prototypes and existing PV systems.

• Efficiency improvement study of the Adaptive systems vs. traditional system.

Specification Engineer

El-Sewedy cable manufacturer, Syria. www.elsewedyelectric.com July 2008 – October 2008

• Design Low Voltage Cables and Over Head Line Conductors according to British standard (BS), American (ASTM), and International standard (IEC).

Internship

Elaco Electrical Substations company Jun 2006 – October 2006

• Practical installation experience for switchgear, medium voltage cables, and controllers.

Advanced Coursework:

• Electrical Systems for Buildings: Auto-CAD, SKM (Power System Analysis)

• Indoor Lighting and Daylighting Design: AGI32 (Lighting Program)

• Renewable Energy courses: Photovoltaic System, Wind Energy, and Sustainable Building Design: using: MATLAB, Solar Advisor Model (SAM), PVWatt, and PVsyst.

Courses and workshops at Solar Energy International (SEI) www.solarenergy.org:

• PV101 Solar Training - Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct)

• PV201L Solar Training - Solar Electric Lab Week (Grid-Direct)

Safely install, test, and commission residential grid-direct solar electric systems at the Paonia Lab Facility of SEI, Colorado according to NEC 960.

Presentations / Posters:

“Elastic Photovoltaic Structure”

• Poster presentation at the 2011 graduate student’s forum in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• Poster presentation at the 2011 student research and creative activity fair in the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

• The IEEE GCC 2011 conference, Graduate Forum poster competition, Dubai, UAE, Feb. 20th 2011.

“Adaptive Photovoltaic System”

• 2010 Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference, Renewable Energy: Building A Sustainable Future for Nebraska.

• 2010 “Re Everything” workshop on sustainability, green design, and LEED at the Durham School, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Publications:

• M.A. Chaaban, L. Chaar, M.Alahmad, “Adaptive Photovoltaic/Battery configuration for Electrical Vehicles”, IEEE-PES VPPC 2011 conference, Chicago, IL, Sep 6-9th 2011.

• M.A. Chaaban, M.Alahmad, S.Lau “Adaptive Photovoltaic-Inverter Topology”, IEEE-PES (ISGT) 2011 conference, Anaheim, CA, Jan 17-19th 2011.

• M.A. Chaaban and M. Alahmad, “Adaptive Photovoltaic System”. The 36th Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON-2010, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 7-10th.

Grants & Fellowships:

• Research assistantship for the 2009-2011 academic years, The Department of Architectural Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL).

• Three months exchange program ‘TEMPUS’, the University of Kassel, Germany, 2007.

Honors & Awards:

• Runner-up poster competition winner in the “2011 Student Research and creative activity fair”, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

• Recipient of an Honorable mention certificate of the Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award, 2011. University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• First place poster competition winner in the 2010 “Re everything” workshop, UNL.

• Al-Basel Certificate for Superior Students in 2005 Damascus University.

Professional Affiliations:

• Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• American Solar Energy Society (ASES)

Language Skills:

• English (Fluent) and Arabic (Native)

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