Dr. S. Shahnawaz Ahmed

Dr. S. Shahnawaz Ahmed

Professor
Contact Information
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Major Area

Electrical Energy and Power Systems (EEPS)

Research Interests
  • Modeling and real-time control of large scale and nonlinear power system
  • Impacts of inverter interfcaed generators
  • Electricity market and smart grid
  • Forensic investigation for blackouts
  • Grid resilience
Dr. S. Shahnawaz Ahmed
Education
  • PhD (UMIST, UK)-1987
  • M.Sc.Eng. (BUET)-1984
  • B.Sc.Eng.(BUET)-1982
Publications

Patent:

  1. S. Shahnawaz Ahmed, Mohammad Zunaidur Rashid, Kamruzzaman Khan and A.N.M. Wasekul Azad, “A Device for Multi-Criteria Load Management in a Power System”, Bangladesh Patent No.1005480, Filing date: 01 August 2012.

Over 65 publications.

Fields of Research interest

Modeling, simulation and real-time control of large-scale power and energy systems; Digital protection; Demand side management; Smart Grid; Renewable energy; Impact studies on integrating utility scale renewable sources, nuclear power plantand non-linear loads in the grid; Energy efficiency and conservation; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) using power electronics devices; Wireless power transmission; Planning regional power grid.

Employment Records
  1. Electrical Engineer, Project Management and Consultancy Services Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1.7.1983 to 25.12.1983
  2. Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE), BUET, Bangladesh (On study-leave for higher studies abroad from 12.1.1985 to 28.3.1988) 26.12.1983 to 28.3.1988
  3. Assistant Professor, EEE Dept. BUET, 29.3.1988 to 11.9.1993
  4. Associate Professor, EEE Dept. BUET, 12.9.1993 to 9.7.1996
  5. Professor, EEE Dept. BUET, 10.7.1996 to date, Selection grade (Grade-1 of NPS) Professor from 2.10.2011 to date
  6. Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia, (On extra ordinary leave from BUET) 3.4.2000 to 2.4.2003 (on contract for 3 years)
  7. Visiting Research Professor, EEE Dept., BRAC University, Dhaka, (On Sabbatical leave from BUET), 1.1.2012 to 31.12.2012
Other positions held
  1. Director, Centre for Energy Studies, BUET from 1 July 2003 - 1 July 2005.
  2. Head, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, BUET from 1 June 2005 - 31 May 2006.
  3. Dean, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BUET from 20 June 2007 -19 June 2009.
  4. Director, Directorate of Planning and Development, BUET from 3 June 2017- 10 June 2018;
  5. Government of Bangladesh (GoB) nominated Director (as generation, transmission and distribution expert) in the Board of Dhaka Electric Supply Co. Ltd. (DESCO): July 1997- March 2000.
  6. GoB nominated Director (as generation, transmission and distribution expert) in the Board of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) Ltd.: Feb 2008- Dec 2010.
  7. GoB nominated Director (as generation, transmission and distribution expert) in the Board of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) Ltd.: April 2008- Nov. 2009.
  8. Chairman of Electrical and Electronics Divisional Committee (EEDC) of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), the Govt. organization for national standards; March 2007- December 2009.
  9. Member in the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for UNDP-GEF (Global Environmental Facility) funded and BSTI administered project BRESL (Barrier Removal to the cost effective development and implementation of Energy Standards and Labeling) for the period 2010-2014.
  10. GoB nominated Director (as generation, transmission and distribution expert) in the Board of Dhaka Electric Supply Co. Ltd. (DESCO): 5 October 2017- 31 January 2022.
Laboratory Development/Up gradation and Maintenance/Capacity build up
  • Set up the Control Systems Laboratory of EEE Dept. BUET and served as the Lab In-charge (1994-1999). The lab was equipped to provide experimental facilities on, among others, Microprocessor based temperature control, Conveyor system controlled by Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Digital control of DC servomotor's speed and position, Digital simulation using MATLAB package for verifying Control Systems theories, AC servo systems, and Process control simulation.
  • Served as the Lab In-charge (August 2003- July 2007) of Switchgear and Protection Laboratory in EEE Dept., BUET. The lab was equipped with PC based digital relays having interfaces with air and vacuum circuit breakers.
  • Team leader in the development of a Building Energy Management System (BEMS) Lab at EEE Dept., BUET with funding from Energy and Power Research Council (EPRC) of Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, GoB; February 2018-February 2020. The lab is focused on energy conservation through occupancy and ambient weather sensitive real-time control of any brand of cooling and lighting loads.
  • Team leader in the capacity build up for power and energy systems research and teaching at BUET with funding from Energy and Power Research Council (EPRC) of Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, GoB; November 2019- April 2021.
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