Tamer Megahed

Dr
tamer.megahed@ejust.edu.eg

Personal Info

PO Box 179, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt

B7-F2-10

Electrical Power Engineering

Tamer Fawzy Megahed received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, in 2006, 2010, and 2015, respectively. In 2016, He was appointed as an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University. Currently, He is an Associate Professor and Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department at the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST). He got many funded projects and now he owns four projects funded by STDS and JICA in the following research points to improve the performance of wind energy using magnetic technology, the use of the IoT to monitor the load demand in housing and air-condition load analysis, and a multi-generational system to generate electricity, cooling, and fresh water. The total running funding project is about 450,000 USD. Dr. Tamer's research interests include power control, renewable energy sources, smart grid, electric vehicles, wireless charging, energy storage control and management, vector control, power system protection, model predictive control, and green hydrogen. He has 60 international publications and two books. In 2023 he published 12 international journals in Q1 and Q2 ranking journals according to WoS. Also, he has four patents in magnetic refrigeration, designed IoT systems for monitoring electricity consumption, thrust-vector-control model rocket design, and magnetic gear.



Impacted Journal

1. Tamer F. Megahed, Eid Abdelbaki Gouda, Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour, Haitham El-Hussieny, Ibrahim A. Hameed, Ahmed Fares, and Mohamed GA Nassef. "Innovative Magnetic Gear Design Incorporating Electromagnetic Coils for Multiple Gear Ratios." Machines 12, no. 10 (2024): 690. 2. Kinga, Sammy, Tamer F. Megahed, Haruichi Kanaya, and Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour. "A new voltage sensitivity-based distributed feedback online optimization for voltage control in active distribution networks." Computers and Electrical Engineering 119 (2024): 109574. 3. Alamir, Nehmedo, Salah Kamel, Tamer F. Megahed, Maiya Hori, and Sobhy M. Abdelkader. "A Multi-Layer Techno-Economic-Environmental Energy Management Optimization in Cooperative Multi-Microgrids with Demand Response Program and Uncertainties Consideration." Scientific Reports 14, no. 1 (2024): 23418. 4. Selim, Fatma, Mokhtar Aly, Tamer F. Megahed, Masahito Shoyama, and Sobhy M. Abdelkader. "Model Predictive Controlled Parallel Photovoltaic-Battery Inverters Supporting Weak Grid Environment." Sustainability 16, no. 17 (2024): 7261. 5. Kinga, Sammy, Tamer F. Megahed, Haruichi Kanaya, and Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour. "Enhancing robustness and control performance of voltage source inverters using Kalman filter adaptive observer and ANN-based model predictive controller." Neural Computing and Applications (2024): 1-18. 6. El-Hussieny, Haitham, Ibrahim Hameed, Tamer F. Megahed, and Ahmed Fares. "Advancing Robotic Control: Data-Driven Model Predictive Control for a 7-DOF Robotic Manipulator." IEEE Access (2024). 7. Abdelkader, Sobhy M., Donart Nayebare, Tamer F. Megahed, Ahmed MR Fath El-Bab, Mohamed A. Ismeil, and Omar Abdel-Rahim. "Development of low-cost micro-fabrication procedures for planar micro-thermoelectric generators based on thin-film technology for energy harvesting applications." PloS one 19, no. 7 (2024): e0306540. 8. Mugerwa, Geofrey, Tamer F. Megahed, Maha Elsabrouty, and Sobhy M. Abdelkader. "Data-driven consumer-phase identification in low-voltage distribution networks considering prosumers." Frontiers in Energy (2024): 1-14. 9. Tamer F. Megahed, Ernest F. Morgan, Paul N. Timo, and Mohammed Saeed. "Neural network predictive control for fault detection and identification in DFIG with SMES for low voltage ride-through requirements." Ain Shams Engineering Journal (2024): 102775. 10. Khidr, Mohamed, Hamdy Hassan, Tamer Megahed, Shinichi Ookawara, and Ahmed Elwardany. "Effect of water-emulsive biodiesel/diesel blend with alumina nanoparticles on diesel engine performance and emissions: experiments and optimization." Process Safety and Environmental Protection (2024). 11. Ahmed, Hossam A., Tamer F. Megahed, Sameh Nada, Shinsuke Mori, and Hamdy Hassan. "Impact of modules number of thermoelectric cooler coupled with PV panels and phase change material on building air conditioning." Journal of Building Engineering (2024): 108914. 12. Etemesi Ambuli BR, Tamer F. Megahed, Haruichi Kanaya, and Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour. "Design of a bidirectional EV charger using unit template-based current-controlled synchronous reference frame hysteresis." Journal of Electrical Engineering 75, no. 1 (2024): 29-40. 13. Mohamed I. Zaki, Ragab A. El Sehiemy, Tamer F. Megahed, Tanemasa Asano, and Sobhy M. Abdelkader. "A proposed fault identification-based fuzzy approach for active distribution networks with photovoltaic systems." Measurement 223 (2023): 113678. 14. Hossam A. Ahmed, Tamer F. Megahed, Shinsuke Mori, Sameh Nada, and Hamdy Hassan. "Novel design of thermo-electric air conditioning system integrated with PV panel for electric vehicles: Performance evaluation." Applied Energy 349 (2023): 121662. 15. Hossam A. Ahmed, Tamer F. Megahed, Shinsuke Mori, Sameh Nada, and Hamdy Hassan. "Performance investigation of new design thermoelectric air conditioning system for electric vehicles." International Journal of Thermal Sciences 191 (2023): 108356. 16. Nehmedo Alamir, Salah Kamel, Tamer F. Megahed, Maiya Hori, and Sobhy M. Abdelkader. "Developing Hybrid Demand Response Technique for Energy Management in Microgrid Based on Pelican Optimization Algorithm." Electric Power Systems Research 214 (2023): 108905. 17. Ernest F. Morgan, Omar Abdel-Rahim, Tamer F. Megahed, Junya Suehiro, and Sobhy M. Abdelkader. "Fault Ride-Through Techniques for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Wind Turbines (PMSG-WTGs): A Systematic Literature Review." Energies 15, no. 23 (2022): 9116. 18. Mohamed A. Gabr, Ragab A. El-Sehiemy, Tamer F. Megahed, Yoshio Ebihara, and Sobhy M. Abdelkader. "Optimal settings of multiple inverter-based distributed generation for restoring coordination of DOCRs in mesh distribution networks." Electric Power Systems Research 213 (2022): 108757. 19. Tamer F. Megahed, and M.F. Kotb, Improved Design of LED Lamp Circuit to Enhance Distribution Transformer Capability Based on a Comparative Study of Various Standards. Energy Reports. 2022, 7: p. 804-813. 20. Mohamed Nasser, Tamer F. Megahed, Shinichi Ookawara, and Hamdy Hassan. "Techno-economic assessment of clean hydrogen production and storage using hybrid renewable energy system of PV/Wind under different climatic conditions." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 52 (2022): 102195. 21. Alfred Oloo Ochieng, Tamer F. Megahed, Shinichi Ookawara, and Hamdy Hassan. "Comprehensive review in waste heat recovery in different thermal energy-consuming processes using thermoelectric generators for electrical power generation." Process safety and environmental protection 162 (2022): 134-154. 22. M. G. Gado, Tamer F. Megahed, Ookawara, S., Nada, S., & El-Sharkawy, I. I. (2022). Potential application of cascade adsorption-vapor compression refrigeration system powered by photovoltaic/thermal collectors. Applied Thermal Engineering, 207, 118075. 23. Nourhan M. Dawoud, Tamer F. Megahed, Sahar S. Kaddah, Enhancing the performance of multi-microgrid with high penetration of renewable energy using modified droop control. Electric Power Systems Research 2021. 201: p. 107538-107350. 24. Abdelrahman Sobhy, Tamer F. Megahed, and Mohammed Abo-Zahhad, Overhead transmission lines dynamic rating estimation for renewable energy integration using machine learning. Energy Reports. 2021, 7: p. 804-813. 25. M. G. Gado, Tamer F. Megahed, Ookawara, S., Nada, S., & El-Sharkawy, I. I, Performance and economic analysis of solar-powered adsorption-based hybrid cooling systems. Energy Conversion and Management. 2021.15: p. 238:114134. 26. Tamer F. Megahed, Ali Radwan, Performance investigation of zero-building-integrated photovoltaic roof system: A case study in Egypt, Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2020. p. 1-15. 27. Tamer F. Megahed, Increasing Efficiency and Power Factor for Power Supplies Using Parallel Flyback Converter. Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, 2020. p. 1-15. 28. Tamer F. Megahed, Analytical approach to estimate the polyphase induction machine performance. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2020. 514: p. 167119-167129. 29. Abdelrahman Sobhy, Tamer F. Megahed, and Mohamed Abo-Zahhad, Enhancing Power Flow with Dynamic Line Rating Effect Using Model Predictive Control. Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal, 2020. 18: p. 680-684 30. Tamer F. Megahed, Power Supply Performance Enhancement using Parallel Flyback Converters. IEEE Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, 2019. 31. Tamer F. Megahed, S.M. Abdelkader, and A. Zakaria, Energy Management in Zero-Energy Building using Neural Network Predictive Control. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2019. 6(3): pp. 5336-5344 32. Tamer F. Megahed, M.F. Kotb, Modified DFIG/PV Plus Storage Units Modeling and Control Based on DFIG Sub-/Super-synchronous Modes. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Electrical Engineering, 2018. 42: p. 367–377. 33. Tamer F. Megahed, Kaddah, S.S., and K.M. Abo-Al-Ez, Application of nonlinear model predictive control based on swarm optimization in power systems optimal operation with wind resources. Electric Power Systems Research, 2017. 143: p. 415-430. 34. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Probabilistic power quality indices for electric grids with increased penetration level of wind power generation. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2016. 77: p. 50-58. 35. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Probabilistic Unit Commitment in Multi-Area Grids with High Renewable Energy Penetration by using Dynamic Programming based on Neural Network, IET Renewable Power Generation. 2015.

International Conference

1. Williams, Daniel O., Zhaojun S. Li, Xiaochuan Luo, and Tamer F. Megahed. "Power Quality Improvement Through a Model Predictive Droop-based Grid-forming Inverter Control." In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management (ICPHM), pp. 212-216. IEEE, 2024. 2. Ahmed M. Abouassy, Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour, and Tamer F. Megahed. "Accurate Power Sharing in Islanded AC Microgrid Using A Virtual Complex Impedance." RE&PQJ 21, no. 1 (2023). 3. Ahmed M. Abouassy, Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour, Tanemasa Asano, and Tamer F. Megahed. "Power Sharing Issues and Control Strategies in Islanded Microgrid: A Comparative Study." In 2023 IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy (CPERE), pp. 1-7. IEEE, 2023. 4. Daniel O. Williams, Tamer F. Megahed, and Sobhy M. Abdelkader, Increasing Renewable Energy Penetration and Efficient Utilisation Through a Virtual Inductive Impedance Loop-based Droop Control. 10th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA). IEEE, 2021. 5. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Unified Power Quality Evaluation of Charging Electrical Vehicles on Electrical Grid. International Conference on Renewable Power Generation, Dublin, IrelandAt: 2021 Dublin, Ireland 6. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Fault Current Management Under High Penetration of Distributed Generation in Smart Grids. International Conference on Renewable Power Generation, Dublin, IrelandAt: 2021 Dublin, Ireland 7. M.G. Gado, Tamer F. Megahed, Ookawara, S., Nada, S. and El-Sharkawy, I.I., 2021. Energetic analysis of a PVT-based solar-driven hybrid adsorption-compression refrigeration system. 8. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Impact of Renewable Resources Forecasting on Unit Commitment Solution of Egyptian Electric Grid, Seventeen International Middle East Power Systems Conference (MEPCON’15), 2015. Mansoura, Egypt. 9. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Harmonic Indices for Wind Power Using Discrete Markov Analysis, Fifteenth International Middle East Power Systems Conference (MEPCON’12), 2012, Alexandria, Egypt. 10. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Unified Power Quality Index for variable speed Wind Power Connected with the Grid, WWEC2010, 9th World Wind Energy Conference Halic [Golden Horn] Congress Centre, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey. 11. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Grid Unified Power Quality Index with Wind Energy Conversion System, AEIC 2010, Al-Azhar Engineering Eleventh International Conference Faculty of Engineering, 2010, Cairo, Egypt. 12. Tamer F. Megahed, et al., Impact of Wind Energy Conversion Systems on Power System Quality, WWEC2009, 8th World Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition International Convention Center, 2009, Jeju, Korea.

Funded Research Grants

1 Project Title: Design and Control of Magnetic Bearing System for Wind Turbine Application Funded From: Science and Technology Development Fund Budget: 110000 $ Duration: 36 months 2 Project Title: Performance Verification Test of Inverter Room Air Conditioner Funded From: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Budget: 96000 $ Duration: 24 months 3 Project Title: Electricity Consumption by End Users Funded From: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Budget: 63000 $ Duration: 24 months 4 Project Title: Low-grade heat recovery for absorption chiller and desalination from concentrated solar powered steam power plants in Egypt Funded From: Egypt-UK Newton-Musharafa Fund: Institutional Links Budget: 192000 $ Duration: 24 months 5 Project Title: Reconfiguration of the Egyptian electrical grid for large penetration level of renewable energy systems (solar and wind energy) and energy storage Funded From: Competitive Funding Projects Postgraduate Research and Cultural Affairs Sector Mansoura University Budget: 20000 $ Duration: 18 months 6 Project Title: A prototype of smart home design and simulation Funded From: Mansoura University Budget: 2500 $ Duration: 3 months 7 Project Title: Design and simulation of an Electric Vehicle Funded From: Mansoura University Budget: 2500 $ Duration: 3 months


Courses Teaching

1. Electrical Machine, level 400. 2. Sustainable Energy Resources, level 400 3. Control of Electrical Machine, level 400. 4. Energy Efficient Building Design, level 400. 5. Power Quality, level 400. 6. Electrical Power 3, level 300. 7. Automatic Control, level 300. 8. Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems, level 200. 9. Humanities, level 200. 10. Electrical Machine, level 200. 11. Electrical Power, level 100. 12. Electrical Engineering, level 100. 13. Principles of Electric Engineering, level 100. 14. Smart Grid, Postgraduate. 15. Electrical Machine design and control, Postgraduate. 16. Electrical Power generation, Postgraduate. 17. Distributed Generation Systems, Postgraduate. 18. Power Electronics, Postgraduate. 19. Energy Storage, Postgraduate. 20. Wind Energy Systems, Postgraduate.