Dr Walid Issa BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA
Associate Professor in Power Electronics
- Department of Engineering and Mathematics
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Summary
Dr Walid Issa received his PhD in Renewable Energy from University of Exeter, 2015. Walid joined Sheffield Hallam in September 2016 as a Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering then a worked as course leader in 2017-2021 for MEng/BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Now he is the EDI lead in the Engineering Department. His main research interests include power electronics, digital control, DC/AC and DC/DC converters and their applications microgrids, EV and smart buildings.
About
Vision: Achieve novelty, innovation, and impact
Mission: Perform outstanding teaching, research, and administrative work with national and international impact to increase the University reputation
Prior to joining SHU, Dr. Walid undertook a 2-year PDRA position at the University of Exeter, 2014-2016, under supervision of Prof. Mohammad Abusara within a funded-EPSRC project - (EP/K03619X/1). Issa’s research focuses on the development of the future smart grids as a solution to reduce CO2 emissions, to integrate more renewable resources and de-risking the growing numbers of Electric Vehicles (EV). He developed numerical models and control methods with experimental validation to investigate the dynamic behaviour of microgrids during unintentional islanding scenarios, which is essential tools for stability and robustness development for these smart grids. Furthermore, his research investigates strategies of integrating multi-unit alternative energy resources in the future smart grids including smart buildings solutions and EVs.
Dr Issa has developed a reduced-order microgrid model, to accelerate the stability investigation phases and considers, for the first time, the unintentional switching between grid-connected mode and island mode, when an incident or bad weather conditions happen, and developed a controller to minimize the sources tripping rate that impacts the system quality. These techniques have been further developed in for multiple converters for bidirectional and unidirectional energy sources in a microgrid. Dr Issa for the first time used the participation factor analysis, which is usually used for power systems, to investigate and approve the superiority of a control loop over another. That led to a creation of a new controller selection methodology and more optimized controllers perform more efficiently. Dr Issa has developed new methodologies and modelling for unifying controllers for power converters operating in different modes in a microgrid able to work in grid-connected and island modes.
In addition, he has also worked in a multidisciplinary research team led by Prof. Tapas Mallick to develop solutions for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems. Dr Issa investigated the potential of semi-transparent Photovoltaic cells to enhance the energy profile of Façade. During his doctoral and postdoctoral positions, Issa has worked on wide variety of topics, as demonstrated through his publications [] focusing on power electronics converters and BIPV systems and controllers.
Dr Issa has cooperated with INSA de Strasbourg (PI) from France to obtain a European fund (€1m) as a consortium consultancy member from SHU with other two German partners for the project, has been awarded a university mobility grant (£4k) for research networking and collaboration and equipment funding (£70k). He won the grant (£25k). He has supervised, to completion, two PhD students, 18 MSc students, and is currently supervising three PhD students.
Continuously the recognition of his research is also evidenced by invitations to contribute to special editions of journals (Special issue: Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability (TMREES) of Energy Procedia Journal), and to be a guest editor (Special Issue "Building Integrated PV System"). He is also a technical reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Industrial Electronics, IET Power Electronics, etc and is and review panel member for FONDECYT, IEEE senior member and member of IEEE Power Electronics Society Technical Committee on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics.
Specialist areas of interest
- DC/AC and DC/DC converters (Modelling, Design and Control)
- Smart grids and Microgrids
- Microgrid Modelling
- Renewable energy (Solar and Wind) Integration
- Smart Buildings and Integrated solutions
- Rapid control prototyping
- Energy Harvesting
Teaching
Department of Engineering and Mathematics
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Electrical, Power, Control Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Walid is leading several modules over all levels covering
• Power Electronics & Drives
• Sustainable Energy
• Electronics
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Current Project
Previous Project
: Reliable and Efficient System for Community Energy Solution
Collaborators and sponsors
- Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter
- Electro-Mechanical Engineering research group (EME), University of Southampton
Publications
Journal articles
Najim, A.H., Al鈥恠harhanee, K.A.M., Al鈥怞oboury, I.M., Kanellopoulos, D., Sharma, V.K., Hassan, M.Y., ... Abbas, A.H. (2024). . International Journal of Communication Systems.
Issa, W., Gonzalez, J.O., & Alatise, O. (2024). . Micromachines, 15 (7).
Issa, W., Sharkh, S., & Abusara, M. (2024). . Energy Science & Engineering.
Constantinou, S., Al鈥恘aemi, F., Alrashidi, H., Mallick, T., & Issa, W. (2023). . Energy Science & Engineering.
Lotfi, A., Shahbazi, M., Issa, W., Wheeler, P., Sekiya, H., Kazimierczuk, M.K., & Blaabjerg, F. (2023). . IEEE Access.
Alatise, O., Deb, A., Bashar, E., Ortiz Gonzalez, J., Jahdi, S., & Issa, W. (2023). . Energies, 16 (11).
Lami, M., Al鈥恘aemi, F., & Issa, W. (2022). . IET Circuits, Devices & Systems.
Issa, W., Ortiz Gonzalez, J., & Alatise, O. (2022). . Energies, 15 (20).
Musameh, H., Alrashidi, H., Al-Neami, F., & Issa, W. (2022). . Journal of Building Engineering.
Lami, M., Al-naemi, F., Jabbar, H.A., Alrashidi, H., & Issa, W. (2022). . International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 14 (2), 145-165.
Valedsaravi, S., El Aroudi, A., Barrado-Rodrigo, J.A., Issa, W., & Mart铆nez Salamero, L. (2022). . Energies, 15 (10).
Lami, M., Al-Naemi, F., Alrashidi, H., & Issa, W. (2022). . Energies, 15 (9).
Azrik Roslan, M., Ahmed, K., Adam, G., Elkhateb, A., Issa, W., & Williams, B. (2022). . International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2022.
Alrashidi, H., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. (2022). . Solar Energy, 232, 84-91.
Alhasnawi, B.N., Jasim, B.H., Issa, W., Anvari-Moghaddam, A., & Blaabjerg, F. (2021). Erratum: Alhasnawi et al. A New Robust Control Strategy for Parallel Operated Inverters in Green Energy Applications. Energies 2020, 13, 3480. Energies, 15 (1), 40.
Khalifeeh, R., Alrashidi, H., Sellami, N., Mallick, T., & Issa, W. (2021). . Energies, 14 (12).
Naji Alhasnawi, B.N., Jasim, B.H., Issa, W., & Esteban, M.D. (2020). . Applied Sciences, 10 (17), 6120.
Alhasnawi, B.N., Jasim, B., Issa, W., Anvari-Moghaddam, A., & Blaabjerg, F. (2020). . Energies, 13 (13).
Boukerdja, M., Chouder, A., Hassaine, L., Bouamama, B.O., Issa, W., & Louassaa, K. (2020). . ISA Transactions.
Alrashidi, H., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Ghosh, A., Mallick, T.K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). . Energy and Buildings, 109585.
Alrashidi, H., Ghosh, A., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Mallick, T.K., & Sundaram, S. (2019). . Solar Energy, 195, 536-543.
Bendib, A., Chouder, A., Kara, K., Kherbachi, A., Barkat, S., & Issa, W. (2019). . Journal of the Franklin Institute, 356 (13), 6842-6874.
Issa, W., Sharkh, S., & Abusara, M. (2019). . IET Power Electronics.
Alrashidi, H., Ghosh, A., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Mallick, T.K., & Sundaram, S. (2018). . Materials letters, 237, 332-335.
Issa, W., Elkhateb, A., Abusara, M., & Mallick, T. (2018). . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65 (6), 4831-4839.
AlBadwawi, R., Issa, W., Abusara, M., & Mallick, T. (2018). Supervisory Control for Power Management of an Islanded AC Microgrid Using Frequency Signalling-Based Fuzzy Logic Controller. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
Issa, W., El Khateb, A., Anani, N., & Abusara, M. (2017). . Energy Procedia, 134, 12-20.
Hossain, M.A., Pota, H., Issa, W., & Hossain, M.J. (2017). . Energies, 10 (9), 1300.
Issa, W., Sharkh, S., Mallick, T., & Abusara, M. (2016). . Journal of Power Electronics, 16 (3), 1152-1165.
Issa, W., Abusara, M., & Sharkh, S. (2014). . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 30 (8), 4573-4584.
Issa, W., Albadwawi, R., Mesbahi, T., & Abusara, M. (n.d.). Nanogrid Power Management Based on Fuzzy Logic Controller. .
Conference papers
Lamrini, N., Oufettoul, H., El Barkouki, B., Ait Abdelmoula, I., El Medhdi, A., Bougroun, Z., & Issa, W. (2024). . In The International Conference on Data Technologies and Applications (ICDTA 24), Morocco, Marrakech, 10 May 2024 - 11 May 2024 (pp. 384-397). Springer:
Masoud, M.I., & Issa, W. (2023). . 12th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2023).
Musameh, H., Al-Naemi, F., Issa, W., & Alrashidi, H. (2023). . In 58th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 29 August 2023 - 1 September 2023. IEEE:
Issa, W., Al-Naemi, F., Al-Greer, M., & Bashir, I. (2023). . In 58th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, Technological University Dublin, Ireland, 29 August 2023 - 1 September 2023. IEEE:
Oufettoul, H., Motahhir, S., Ait Abdelmoula, I., Aniba, G., Issa, W., & Mahir, O. (2023). . In 12th International conference on renewable energy research and applications, Oshawa, Canada, 29 August 2023 - 1 September 2023 (pp. 331-338). IEEE:
Deb, A., Gonzalez, J.-.O., Wu, R., Issa, W., Jahdi, S., & Alatise, O. (2023). . In CIRED 2023. The 27th International Conference & Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, Rome, Italy, 12 June 2023 - 15 June 2023 (pp. 2074-2078). IET Digital Library:
Masoud, M., Issa, W., & Yates, W. (2023). . In 6th IEEE Workshop On Electrical Machines Design, Control And Diagnosis 鈥 WEMDCD 2023, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, 13 April 2023 - 14 April 2023. IEEE:
Issa, W., Ortiz-Gonzalez, J., & Hu, Y. (2022). . In The 11th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2022), Newcastle, England, 21 June 2022 - 23 June 2022 (pp. 434-438). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE):
Musameh, H., Alrashidi, H., Al-Naemi, F., & Issa, W. (2022). . In International Conference on Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability, France, 9 May 2022 - 11 May 2022.
Lami, M., Al-Naemi, F., Jabbar, H., Alrashidi, H., & Issa, W. (2021). . In 2021 International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering and Application (ICSEEA), Indonesia, 12 October 2021 - 14 October 2021. IEEE
Issa, W., Al-Naemi, F., Konstantopoulos, G., Sharkh, S., & Abusara, M. (2019). . Energy Procedia, 157, 1061-1070.
Issa, W., & Elkhateb, A. (2018). . 2018 7th International Conference on Renewable Energy 香蕉视频 and Applications (ICRERA).
Al-Naemi, F., Issa, W., Ramadan, A., & Hall, J. (2018). . In 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference 2018, Glasgow, 4 September 2018 - 7 September 2018.
Issa, W., Sharkh, S.M., Albadwawi, R., Abusara, M., & Mallick, T.K. (2017). . In Proceedings 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), (pp. 76-81). IEEE:
Al Badwawi, R., Issa, W., Mallick, T., & Abusara, M. (2016). . In 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), (pp. 1-10). IEEE:
Al Badwawi, R., Issa, W., Mallick, T., & Abusara, M. (2016). . In 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016). IET Digital Library:
Issa, W.R., Abusara, M.A., & Sharkh, S.M. (2014). Impedance interaction between islanded parallel voltage source inverters and the distribution network. 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, PEMD 2014.
Issa, W., Albadwawi, R., Mesbahi, T., Hu, Y., & Abusara, M. (2022). Household building nanogrid power management based on fuzzy logic controller. In The 11th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2022), Newcastle, England, 21 June 2022 - 23 June 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Book chapters
Issa, W., Abusara, M., Sharkh, S., & Mallick, T. (2015). . In Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'15 ECCE-Europe), 2015 17th European Conference on. (pp. 1-10). IEEE:
Issa, W., Abusara, M.A., & Sharkh, S.M. (2014). . In Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014), 7th IET International Conference on. IET:
Books
Hamed, B., & Issa, W. (2011). A New Approach for Robust Internal Model Control of Nonlinear Systems Control Systems Application.
Theses / Dissertations
Musameh, H.O. (2024). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Issa, W., & Al-Naemi, F.
Musameh, H.O. (2024). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Issa, W., & Al-Naemi, F.
Lami, M.A.J. (2024). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Al-Naemi, F., & Issa, W.
Lami, M.A.J. (2024). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Al-Naemi, F., & Issa, W.
Patents
Issa, W. (2021). High voltage series mosfet switching circuit.
Other publications
Issa, W. (2020). Walid Issa Plus. Youtube:
Issa, W. (2014). Walid Issa Youtube Channel. Youtube: