Power system operations and artificial intelligence methods in power system applications; Energy conservation and alternate energy sources; Electromagnetic field modeling and computations in electrical devices.

B. S. Zagazig University, Egypt
M. S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Research Areas:

Power System Operations and Control
Artificial Intelligence Applications to Power Systems
Energy Conservation and Alternate Energy Sources
Electromagnetic Field Modeling and Computations
Design Optimization in Electrical, Electronic, and Biomedical Devices
Asynchronous Learning Networks and Educational Methods

Dr. Osama A. Mohammed received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His B.S. degree in electrical engineering is with distinction and first class honors from Zagazig University in Egypt. He has many years of teaching, curriculum development, research and industrial consulting experience. He authored and co-authored more than 130 technical papers in the archival literature as well as in National and International Conference records in addition to additional numerous technical and project reports and monographs. He specializes in Electrical Power Systems, design optimization of electromagnetic devices, Artificial Intelligence Applications to Energy Systems as well as Electromagnetic Field Computations in Nonlinear Systems. Dr. Mohammed has been successful in obtaining a number of research contracts and grants from industries and government agencies. He is also interested in Developing Asynchronous Learning Environments and educational techniques.

He received many awards for excellence in research, teaching and service to the profession. Professor Mohammed has chaired sessions and programs in numerous International Conferences and has delivered numerous invited lectures at scientific organizations in North America, Europe and Asia. He was the General Chairman of the 1993 COMPUMAG International Conference and was also the General Chairman of the 1996 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems (ISAP'96) as well as the General Chairman of the 1994 IEEE Southeastcon. He also was the 1992 Technical Program Chairman for the SOUTHCON Conference and Convention. Dr. Mohammed also organized and taught many short courses on power systems, electromagnetics and intelligent systems in the U.S.A and abroad.

Professor Mohammed is a Fellow of IEEE. He is the past Chairman of the Miami Section of IEEE. He was a member of the IEEE/Power Engineering Society Governing Board (1992-1996). He also serves as chairman, officer or as an active member on several IEEE Power Engineering Society committees, sub-committees and technical working groups. He is the Vice Chairman and technical paper coordinator for the IEEE Power Engineering Society Electric Machine Theory Sub-committee. Dr. Mohammed is the current chairman of the Florida Council of IEEE and a member of the IEEE Region 3 executive committee.

A list of the most recent journal publications:

Mohammed, O. A. and Üler, F. G., "Ancillary Techniques for the Practical Implementation of GAs to the Optimal Design of Electromagnetic Devices," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 1194-1197, May 1996.

Mohammed, O. A., Park, D. C., Merchant, R., Dinh, T., Tong, C. Azeem, A., Farah, J., and Drake, C. " Practical Experiences with An Adaptive Neural Network Short Term Electric Load Forecasting System," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 10, No. 1 pp. 254-265, February, 1995.

Mohammed, O. A. and Uler, F. G." Recent Trends in Computational Electromagnetics for Analysis and Design," The International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics in Materials, Elsevier Science B.V., Vol. 6, pp. 195-198, March, 1995.

Koh, C. S., Mohammed, O. A., Hahn, S. Y. and Kim, J. O. " Optimum Design of Voice Coil Motor with Constant Torque Coefficients Using Evolution Strategy," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 75, No. 10, pp. 6045-6047, May 1994.

Baodong, B., Dexin X., Mohammed, O. A., Jiefan, C. and Zhenuao, F. " Optimal Transposition Design of Transformer Windings by Genetic Algorithms," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 3565-3568, November 1995.

Mohammed, O. A., Merchant, R. and Uler, F. G.," An Intelligent System for Design Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 3633-3636, September, 1994.

Uler, F. G., Mohammed, O. A. and Koh, C. S. " Utilizing Genetic Algorithms for the Optimal Design of Electromagnetic Devices, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 4296-4298, November 1994.

Koh, C. S., Mohammed, O. A., and S. Y. Hahn "Nonlinear Shape Design Sensitivity Analysis of Magnetostatic Problems Using Boundary Element Method," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 1944-1947, May 1995 .

Mohammed, O. A., Merchant, R. and Uler, F. " Utilizing Hopfield Neural Networks and an Improved Simulated Annealing Procedure for Design Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 29 No. 6, pp. 2404-2406, November 1993.

Mohammed, O. A., Park, D. C., Uler, F. G. and Ziqiang, C. "Design Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices Using Artificial Neural Networks," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 2805-2807, September, 1992.

Mohammed, O. A. and Uler, F. G. " A State Space Approach and Formulation for the Solution of Nonlinear 3-D Transient fields and Eddy Current Problems," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 1111-1114, March, 1992.