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Dr Nagi Fahmi

Dr Nagi Fahmi

Senior Lecturer /  Director of Foundation Degree Engineering programme 

Profile
Dr Nagi Fahmi is a staff member of the Power Engineering System Group at Aston University, UK. He is currently Director of the Professional Engineering (Power Systems) programme.  He has been Member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology and Chartered Engineering since 1993. His research focuses on power system analysis and power system control. 

Qualifications & Education
  • PhD Aston University
  • MSc Power Systems – UMIST/Salford University
  • DipEE (5 years Programme- Electrical Power Systems) Sudan University of Technology

Employment
  • 1974 – 1976 Electrical Engineer – Union Carbide
  • 1977 – 1982 Lecturer Khartoum University – Sudan
  • 1982 – 1986 PG Research CEGB/Aston University
  • 1986 – 1988 Consultancy/ Research CEGB/Aston University
  • 1988 – to date Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Aston University

Teaching activity
Programme Director of the following:
  • Principles of Gas Transmission Engineering FD programme
  • BEng Professional Engineering (Power Systems) following on from Aston FD Power Programmes
Lecturer on subjects related to Electrical Power Engineering and Generation in Fd and undergraduate BEng degree programmes.

Research interests
  • Development in power system analysis, protection and active and reactive power flow control
  • Stability of interconnected network and islanded systems
  • Development in microcontrollers and embedded systems for process control.
  • Machines and Electronic Drives
  • Sensors for Medical Applications
  • Research active in 'Technologies supporting healthy ageing'
  • Decentralisation of Power System Voltage Control using Artificial Neural Networks
  • Interest in research and development in Smart Grid Systems and HVDC links.
  • Research in Microprocessor Based Busbar Protection Relay
  • Applications of Artificial Neural Networks to Power Systems Transient Energy Margin Evaluation.       

PhD Supervision
Available to supervise PhD students

Membership of Professional Bodies
MIET, CEng

Selected publications
Recent publications (last 10 years)
  • Z, Zhangweg, N. R. Fahmi, 'Modelling and Analysis of a cascade 11-level inverters-based SVG with New Control Strategies for Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Application', submitted in November 2001 to the IEE Part C Proceedings, Generation Transmission and Distribution.

  • Z Zhangweg, N Fahmi, W.T Norris  'Flicker Analysis and Methods for Electric Arc Furnace Flicker Mitigation' (A Survey), IEEE Power Tech '2001', Porto, Portugal, September 10-13, 2001

  • X.Z.Sun, J.E.T Penny, N.R. Fahmi and Q.M.Zhu, 'Fuzzy Model-Based Diagnosis of an AC Motor', Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures 2001, Cardiff Wales, UK, June 25th - 28th , 2001

  • Z. Zhang, N.R Fahmi, "A Sensitive Matrix for Assessing Voltage Regulation Result", Proceedings of the 36 UPEC Conference, paper 448, Swansea, Wales, September 12-14, 2001

  • Z. Zhang, N.R Fahmi, 'A Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)-Based Control SVG for Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)', Proceedings of the 36 UPEC Conference, paper 450, Swansea, Wales, September 12 -14, 2001

  • N Fahmi & Z Zhangweg, 'Reactive Power Optimal Distribution, Proceedings of the 35th UPEC Conference, September 2000, Belfast, N Ireland

  • N Fahmi & Z Zhangweg,  'Special Load Analysis', Proceedings of the 35th UPEC Conference, September 2000, Belfast, N Ireland