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Research interests
  • Smart grid protection and control
  • Cyber-physical energy systems security
  • Edge computing in power systems
  • Digital twin
Biography Mahmoud S. Abdelrahman (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2007 and 2014, respectively. He has been a Teaching and a Research Assistant at Helwan University since 2008. He is currently a doctoral candidate pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. His research interests include Smart grid protection and control, cyber-physical energy systems security, edge computing in power systems, and digital twin. Mahmoud has published and presented his academic work at prestigious journals and top-tier IEEE conferences. He also supports proposal preparation and presentations at program reviews for funded research projects. With his hands-on experience in industrial applications, Mahmoud has significantly participated in improving the functions of the Energy Systems Research Laboratory’s smart grid testbed by implementing commercial products using industrial-grade commercial devices from different vendors such as ABB and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahmoud-abdelrahman-a057a445/

Honor & Awards.

  • Outstanding Master’s Degree Graduate Award.
  • Third-place best student paper award at the 2023 IEEE Greentech conference.
  • IEEE PES Ideathon 2022 winner.
  • Featuring the latest article on the cover of the esteemed MDPI Energies Journal.
  • Finalist for the Outstanding Student Life Awards in the Outstanding Scholar – Graduate category.
  • IEEE IAS Annual Meeting Travel Grant Program (AMTGP) 2022 Award.
  • FIU Graduate & Professional Student Committee (GPSC) 2022 Grant.
  • FIU 3MT competition finalists: University level.
  • FIU Badge in Artificial Intelligence: How it Works and its Impact.

Important links of awards and recognitions:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7191453562428698625/

https://ece.fiu.edu/news/newsroom/articles/2023/12-2/news12-2.html

https://energy.fiu.edu/2023/12/our-latest-journal-article-has-been-prominently-featured-on-the-cover-of-this-months-edition-of-the-mdpi-energies-journal/

https://energy.fiu.edu/2023/04/our-doctoral-candidate-mr-mahmoud-abdelrahman-has-won-third-place-in-the-ieee-greentech-conference-student-paper-competition/

Links Email: mabde046@fiu.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahmoud-abdelrahman-a057a445/