Abu-Rub, Haithem A

Title:	Professor
College:	Texas A&M University at Qatar
Department:	Electrical and Computer Engineering Program
Email:	haitham.abu-rub@qatar.tamu.edu
Website:	https://www.qatar.tamu.edu/programs/ecen/faculty-and-staff/dr.-haitham-abu-rub
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Short Bio:

Haitham Abu-Rub is an IEEE Fellow, full professor holding two PhDs, one in electrical engineering and another in humanities. He has worked at many universities in many countries including Poland, Palestine, USA, Germany, and Qatar. Since 2006, Abu-Rub has been with Texas A&M University at Qatar. Abu-Rub is the chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Program at the same university as well as the managing director of Smart Grid Center – Extension in Qatar. His main research interests include electric drives, power electronic converters, renewable energy and smart grid. Dr. Abu-Rub is the recipient of many national and international awards and recognitions. He is the recipient of the American Fulbright Scholarship, the German Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, and many others. Dr. Abu-Rub has published more than 300 journal and conference papers, five books and five book chapters. He has supervised many potential research projects on electric drives, power converters, smart grid topics, and renewable energy systems.

Research:

Electric drives, power electronic converters, renewable energy and smart grid

Recent Publications:

Y. Liu, H. Abu-Rub, B. Ge, F. Blaabjerg, O. Ellabban, P. C. Loh: Impedance Source Power Electronic Converters, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., ISBN-13: 978-1119037071, October 2016

P. Kakosimos and H. Abu-Rub, "Predictive Control of a Grid-Tied Cascaded Full-Bridge NPC Inverter for Reducing High-Frequency Common-Mode Voltage Components," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-1.doi: 10.1109/TII.2017.2768585

Y. Liu, W. Liang, B. Ge, H. Abu-Rub, N. Nie, “Quasi-Z-Source Three-to-Single-Phase Matrix Converter and Ripple Power Compensation Based on Model Predictive Control,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-1.doi: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2752122.

M. Malinowski, J. I. Leon and H. Abu-Rub, "Solar Photovoltaic and Thermal Energy Systems: Current Technology and Future Trends," in Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 105, no. 11, pp. 2132-2146, Nov. 2017. doi: 10.1109/JPROC.2017.2690343

H. Komurcugil, S. Bayhan, H. Abu-Rub, “Variable and Fixed Switching Frequency Based HCC Methods for Grid-Connected VSI with Active Damping and Zero Steady-State Error”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.64, no.9, pp.7009-7018, September 2017.

S. Bayhan, M. Trabelsi, H. Abu-Rub, M. Malinowski, "Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control for a Quasi-Z-Source Four-Leg Inverter Under Unbalanced Load Condition," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.64, no.4, pp.2560-2569, April 2017.

Y. Liu, H. Abu-Rub, B. Ge, “Front-End Isolated Quasi-Z-Source DC-DC Converter Modules in Series for High-Power Photovoltaic Systems—Part I: Configuration, Operation, and Evaluation,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.64, no.1, pp. 347-358, Jan. 2017.

Y. Liu, B. Ge, H. Abu-Rub, H. Sun, “Hybrid Pulsewidth Modulated Single-Phase Quasi-Z-Source Grid-Tie Photovoltaic Power System,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.12, no.2, pp. 621-632, April 2016.

Keywords:

Electric drives, power electronics, renewable energy, smart grid.

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