Research Associate Professor

Biography:
  • External reviewer for tenure and promotion candidate to the rank of associate professor, University New Haven in Connecticut, June-September 2019.
  • Editorial Board member of the IEEE Transaction on Magnetics (CEFC), June 2018 to date.
  • The Co-Chair with Prof. Azizur Rahman (Memorial University, Canada) for Panel Session on “Control and Condition Monitoring of Electric Motors” for the IEEE PES General Meeting on June 2018.
  • NSF Reviewer Panelist for the Graduate Fellowship Program for Nov. 2017
  • Guest Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Special Issue on “Emerging Electric Machines and Drives for Smart Energy Conversion”, Sep. 2017.
  • Chair of Technical and Poster Sessions for the 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC 2017), Miami, FL, May 2017.
  • STEM Workshop for high school teachers during Manhattan College’s Engineering Scholars Training and Retention (STAR) Center’s sponsored by NSF, 2015 to 2018.
Research Interest
  • Development of DC-microgrid test-bed involving sustainable energy sources.
  • Design and Implementation of Digital Interface Circuits for High-Frequency Power Converters
  • Speed Control Drive Circuit for Wind Emulator Machine Systems: Design and Implementation
  • Design and Implementation of a Digital Signal Controller for High Frequency Grid-Tie Inverter
  • DC Bus Voltage Control for PV Sources in a dc distribution system Infrastructure
  • Multi-Input Boost Power Converter For Hybrid Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems
  • Energy Storage Systems of Integrated Renewable Energy Sources.
  • Developing Online Software-based PMU Model for Transmission Line Parameters in Wide Area Measurement Systems
  • Data Analytical Approaches for False Data Injection Cyber-Physical Attack Mitigation in Smart Grids
  • Hardware-in-the-Loop Realization of Predictive Current Controllers of PMa-SynRM for Aerospace Vehicle Applications
  • DC-Bus Module System for Parallel Integrated energy systems
  • High frequency grid-tie-inverter for AC/DC energy link integration
  • AC-bus modular system for multi-phase grid connection
  • AC/DC Programmable load emulator.
Publications

Book Publications

  • B1- Mahmoud Amin and Osama Mohammed, “Modern Technologies in Energy Efficiency Improvement: Design, Control, Implementation, and Applications,” Scholars’ Press, Dec. 26, 2013, 308 pages, Book ISBN: 978-3639705379. (Peer-reviewed Full Book)
  • B2- Mahmoud Amin and Mostafa Eissa, “Power Electronics Platforms for Grid-tied Smart Buildings,” InTech science, technology and medicine publisher, ISBN 978-953-51-2452-8, Print ISBN 978-953-51-2451-1, pp. 107-130, Published: June 29, 2016 under CC BY 3.0 license. (Peer-reviewed Book Chapter).
    Book title “Smart Metering Technology and Services – Inspirations for Energy Utilities”. 168 pages

Journal Publications

  • F. F. M. El-Sousy, M. F. El-Naggar, M. Amin, A. Abu-Siada and K. A. Abuhasel, “Robust Adaptive Neural-Network Backstepping Control Design for High-Speed Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives: Theory and Experiments,” in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 99327-99348, 2019. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2930237
  • M.Amin, G. A. A. Aziz, J. Durkin and O. A. Mohammed, “A Hardware-in-the-Loop Realization of Speed Sensorless Control of PMa-SynRM With Steady-State and Transient Performances Enhancement,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 5331-5342, Sept.-Oct. 2019. doi: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2920960
  • Mahmoud Amin and G. A. A. Aziz, “Hybrid Adopted Materials in Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Rotating Losses Computation,” in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 1-5, June 2019, Art no. 8103305. doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2019.2904989
  • M.Amin and G. A. Abdel Aziz, “A Hardware-in-the-Loop Realization of a Robust Discrete-Time Current Control of PMa-SynRM for Aerospace Vehicle Applications,” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 936-945, June 2019. doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2018.2890592
  • Mahmoud Amin and Ghada A. Abdel Aziz, “High-Precision Speed Control of Four-Phase Switched Reluctance Motor Fed from Asymmetric Power Converter,” Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology (JESIT-ELSEVIER 2341-7172), in Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology 5 (2018), volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 300-311, December 2018.
  • Mahmoud Amin and Juan Martinez, “Sensitivity Analysis Approach of New Dynamic Harmonic Distortion Current Limits on Utility Grids,” Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems, Volume 45, Issue 17, pp. 1941-1950, 23 Jan. 2018.
  • Yi Wang, Mahmoud Amin, Jian Fu, and Heba Moussa, “A Novel Data Analytical Approach for False Data Injection Cyber-Physical Attack Mitigation in Smart Grids,” IEEE Access Journal, vol. 5, pp. 26022 – 26033, Nov. 2017
  • Suman Shretha, George Giakos, Mahmoud Amin, Nolan Quinn, Roger Alayo, “Polarimetric Characterization of Unresolved Space Objects,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 1696-1711, 2015.
  • Mahmoud Amin and Osama Mohammed, “Development of High-Performance Grid-Connected Wind Energy Conversion System for Optimum Utilization of Variable Speed Wind Turbines,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 2, no. 3, pp.235-245, July 2011
  • Mahmoud Amin and Osama Mohammed, “A Three-Phase High Frequency Semi-Controlled Battery Charging Power Converter for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 490-498, July 2011.
  • Mahmoud Amin and Osama Mohammed, “DC-Bus Voltage Control Technique for Parallel-Integrated Permanent Magnet Wind Generation Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 1140-1150, December 2011.
  • Mahmoud Amin, Heba Moussa and Osama Mohammed, “Wide Area Measurement System for Smart Grid Applications Involving Hybrid Energy Sources,” Springer Journal on Energy Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 3-21, Mar. 2012.
Contact
mahmoud.amin@manhattan.edu