Electrical Engineer

AHMED AYMAN AHMED ALI

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Telephone: Cell: +1-403-***-****

E-mail: *************@*****.***

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Personal Summary

A competent electrical engineer with a comprehensive knowledge of designing, developing and

maintaining electrical systems and components to required specifications, focusing on economy,

safety, reliability, quality and sustainability. A consistent track record of successfully completing

projects from the concept and detail of the design through to implementation, testing and

handover.

Career Highlights

• PhD candidate (October 2010) in Power Electronics application of Wind Turbine System

“Control Schemes For Renewable Energy Conversion Systems Using Harmony Search“

• MSc in Speed Control and Motor Drives “ Reduced Switches Inverter Techniques For

Three-Phase Induction Motor Drive “

• BSc in Electrical Power and Machines Engineering (Very Good with Honor Degree)

• Experience in Site commissioning and FAT-SAT activities, Writing SATs procedures and

scheduling for electrical and mechanical systems such as: General electrical testing of electrical

equipments, Wiring devices, medium voltage Transformers and up to 600 V, Transfer Switches,

Back-up Emergency Generators, Lighting, Heat Trace, radiant Heaters, UPS, Unit Heaters, Base

building Fire Alarm System and Fire alarm networking, Security Access Control and door

hardware, SCADA, Domestic Water lines, HVAC system, Clean agent system, Snow melt

system.

• 10+ years experience in design and supervision of internal and external lighting, medium &

low voltage panels, cable selection, transformer selection, emergency network standby

generator selection, medium & low voltage power networks, fire alarm system, and security

systems

• 2+ years of extensive experience in Speed Control and Motor Drives Design (Thyssenkrupp,

Egypt)

• Extensive research experience in Power Electronics, Variable Speed Wind Turbine Systems,

Speed control and Variable frequency Motor Drives Systems (VFDs).

• Proficiency in Auto-Cad, PS3D,MS Office, MS Visio, Or-cad, Matlab, Proteus, Microcontroller

programming, PSIM, MultiSim, Latex and programming with VB.

• Very good written and verbal communication skills. Author of 5+ publications (journal papers,

conference proceedings, Book chapter, and reviews).

• Fluent in both English and Arabic .

• Knowledge of international codes and standards .

Employment History

• Executive Manger & Partner 09/2009

- 08/2012

Smart Home Electromechanical Consultant,Egypt

Responsible of following up and managing the electrical and mechanical systems construction

of power stations, substations, Electrical Design issues, single line diagrams, cable tray &

conduit layouts, cable schedules, grounding layout,developing SAT procedures, conducting

SAT for UPS, VFDs, BMS, ACS, transformers, Heat trace, radiant heaters, unit Heaters,

HVAC, domestic water, Back-up emergency generators, Fire alarms systems and networking,

SCADA. Produce construction deliverables like cable tray layouts, sub-station layout and

lighting layouts using SP3D.Sets up interface between Smart Plant 3D & Smart Plant

Electrical.

• Research Associate 10/2010 -

Present

University of Calgary & Helwan University (Co-Supervision student)

Research project: “Control Schemes For Renewable Energy Conversion Systems Using

Harmony Search“

• Analyzed wind power systems starting and control, and investigated possible

solutions for reducing the starting time and increase the conversion efficiency of the

turbine system.

• Reviewed advances in MPPT control technology as a promising wind power control

solution.

• Created dynamic simulation programs using Simulink for testing the proposed and

developed wind turbine controllers.

• Wrote 5 technical publications, and presented results at research group meetings and

conferences.

Key accomplishments:

• Successfully developed a novel power electronics scheme for wind energy

conversion system with reduced count switches.

• Produce a novel real time control system for renewable energy systems using

harmony search algorithm and fuzzy algorithm.

• Selected to earn the scholarship from the Egyptian Higher ministry of Education to

study abroad in Canada, University of Calgary ( Co-Supervision student)

• Assistant Lecturer in power electronics

2007 - 2010

Helwan University, Egypt

Teaching basic electrical engineering courses to the faculty students, such as: 1-

Electrical Circuits. 2- Power Electronics I and II 3-Electrical Machines 4- Power

electronics lab. 5-Electrical Machines lab. 6- Electrical power system lab 7- Electric

Drives. 8- Microcontrollers and Microprocessors. 9- Interfacing. As well as,

Participating in various power electronics and control graduation projects of the B.SC

students such as: 1- Open loop Induction motor speed control by inverter. 2- DC motor

speed control by a DC dual converter using microprocessors Z80. 3- Induction motor

four quadrant drive (soft starting, soft breaking and speed control) using microcontroller

Intel 89C51 by PWM control. 4- Bank security system. 5- Electric vehicle project. 6-

Closed loop Induction motor control. 7- Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS). 8-

Electric train drives. Also, Participating in various graduation studies of the M.Sc.

students. Participating in preparing different national educational projects and courses

development.

• Demonstrator

2002 - 2007

Helwan University, Egypt

Teaching basic electrical engineering courses to the faculty students such as above.

Key Skills And Competencies

Ability to prepare Operation & Maintenance Manuals.

Experience of working to British, European standards.

Able to assist or instruct electricians and wiremen.

Willing to be on a call out rota for emergency callouts.

Strong decision-making skills and the ability to prioritize and plan effectively.

Methodical approach to all tasks.

Excellent customer facing and communication skills.

Identifying customer requirements, making models and prototypes of products.

Using computer-assisted engineering and design software.

Attending meetings on site.

Preparation of Electrical procedures for installation test & commissioning.

Organizing routine servicing schedules.

Attending meetings, writing reports and giving presentations to managers and clients.

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