Title of speech
Renewable Energy Integration: Challenges and Solutions
Short Biography
M. A. Abido received the B.Sc. (Honors with first class) and M.Sc. degrees in EE from Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt, in 1985 and 1989, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 1997. He is currently a Distinguished University Professor at KFUPM since 2014. He also a Senior Researcher at K.A.CARE Energy Research & Innovation Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and a fellow of SDAIA-KFUPM Joint Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.
His research interests are power system control and operation, renewable energy resources integration to power systems, and artificial intelligence and evolutionary optimization applications to power systems.
Dr. Abido has published three books and more than 500 papers in reputable journals and international conferences. He has granted 26 patents registered in US. He participated in 80+ funded projects and his role was Principal Investigator in 40 projects. He has supervised 50+ MS and PhD students. He has co-authored 4 books and 8 book chapters. He has translated 2 scientific books to Arabic. Dr. Abido has accumulated 22,000+ citations with h-index of 67 and i10-index of 248 according to Google Scholar accessed in April 2024.
Dr. Abido is the recipient of KFUPM Excellence in Research Award, 2002, 2007 and 2012, KFUPM Best Project Award, 2007, 2010, and 2020, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010, 2014, and 2018, KFUPM, Excellence in Advising Award, 2009 and 2015, KFUPM, Best Project Award, 2007, 2010, and 2020, First Prize Paper Award of the Industrial Automation and Control Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, 2003, Abdel-Hamid Shoman Prize for Young Arab Researchers in Engineering Sciences, 2005, Best Applied Research Award of 15thGCC-CIGRE Conference, Abu-Dhabi, UAE, 2006, and Best Poster Award, International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ’13), Bilbao, Spain, 2013. Dr. Abido has been awarded Almarai Prize for Scientific Innovation 2017-2018, Distinguished Scientist, Saudi Arabia, 2018 and Khalifa Award for Education 2017-2018, Higher Education, Distinguished University Professor in Scientific Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2018. He was ranked 5th in Top Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists in Saudi Arabia, 2023.