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Fields of Research (FoR)

Electrical engineering, Cybersecurity and privacy, Cyberphysical systems and internet of things, Electrical energy transmission, networks and systems, Machine learning

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Biography

Ahmed S. Musleh (Senior Member, IEEE) completed his B.Sc. degree (with the highest honors) from Abu Dhabi University in 2014, his M.Sc. degree from the Petroleum Institute (currently known as Khalifa University) in Abu Dhabi in 2016, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in 2022. Presently, he is a Lecturer at the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the...view more

Ahmed S. Musleh (Senior Member, IEEE) completed his B.Sc. degree (with the highest honors) from Abu Dhabi University in 2014, his M.Sc. degree from the Petroleum Institute (currently known as Khalifa University) in Abu Dhabi in 2016, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in 2022. Presently, he is a Lecturer at the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His research pursuits revolve around smart grid technologies, wide area monitoring and control, cyber-physical security, and the application of machine learning in power systems. Notably accomplished, he has been the recipient of multiple awards for his research, including esteemed recognitions such as best and outstanding paper awards from IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and various international IEEE conferences. Furthermore, his contributions extend beyond research, as he demonstrated excellence as a reviewer, notably being recognized as an outstanding reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid in the year 2022. Ahmed is also actively engaged as a reviewer for several other IEEE Transactions journals.


My Grants

  • CAESER – Cyber Assurance in Energy Systems for Security and Resilience, Cybersecurity CRC, $171.450k, 2023-2024, chief investigator, collaborating with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Edith Cowen University, and CSIRO DATA61.
  • KINDLE: Key Oscillation Mode Identification for Floating Offshore Wind with Dynamic Submarine Cables, SJTU-UNSW Collaborative Research Fund, $10k, 2024, chief investigator.
  • Empowering Tomorrow's Engineers via Remote Laboratories and SparkLab Workshops, EDI Outreach Fund, $5.850k, 2024, chief investigator.
  • Top-Up Scholarship, CSIRO DATA61, $31.205k, 2019-2022, sole chief investigator.

My Qualifications

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2022.
  • M.Sc in Electrical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute (currently Khalifa University), Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2016.
  • B.Sc (Summa Cum Laude) in Electrical Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2014.

My Awards

  • Early Career Academic Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW, 2024
  • Early Career Academic (ECA) Fellowship, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW, 2023
  • Outstanding Paper among thousands of papers from 2019 to 2022, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2023.
  • Outstanding Reviewer for the year 2022, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2023.
  • Dean’s Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis, University of New South Wales, 2022.
  • Best Poster Award, Electric Energy Society of Australia Annual Conference (EECON 2020), 2020.
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES 2020), 2020.
  • Top-up Scholarship for the Ph.D. Degree, CSIRO’s DATA61, 2019
  • Full Scholarship for the Ph.D. degree, University of New South Wales, 2018
  • Full Scholarship for the MSc. degree, The Petroleum Institute, 2014
  • First Place, 9th Mobile Application Contest (MAC 2014), Khalifa University, 2014.
  • Abu Dhabi University Overall Award of Excellence, 2014
  • Full Scholarship for the BSc. degree, Abu Dhabi University, 2010

My Research Activities

Research Interests:
  • Smart Grid Technologies
  • Wide Area Monitoring and Control
  • Cyber-Physical Security
  • Real-Time Studies with HIL/SIL
  • Machine Learning Applications
  • Power Quality and Renewable Energy

Memberships:
  • Senior Member of IEEE, SMIEEE
  • Associate Fellow of HEA, AFHEA
  • Electric Energy Society of Australia (EESA)

My Research Supervision


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Areas of supervision

  • Smart Grids Technologies
  • Wide Area Monitoring and Control
  • Cyber-Physical Security of smart grids
  • Real-Time Studies with HIL/SIL
  • Machine Learning Applications in Power Systems
  • Power Quality and Renewable Energy

Currently supervising

I am available to supervise Ph.D., M.Phil., and thesis students. If you share the same research interest as mine, please do not hesitate to contact me by email.

Current:

  • Nan Wang, PhD., Joint Supervisor, Due in 2028.
  • Boyu Liu, Ph.D., Mentor, Due in 2025, (3 publications).
  • Yankai Yang, MEng., Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Sheng Li, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Zihan Zhou, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Boyu Liu, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Junbin Lu, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Hengki Gunawan, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Bhagawankripa Mehta, MEng., Primary Supervisor, Due in 2026.
  • Simone Fan, BSc. Honors, Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Avi Mistry, BSc. Honors, Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Cameron James, BSc. Honors, Secondary Supervisor, Due in 2025.
  • Anjuna O'Loughlin, BSc. Honors, Primary Supervisor, Due in 2026.
  • Maxim Buryak, Taste of Research, Primary Supervisor, Due in 2025.

 

Alumni:

  • Hossein Rahimpour, Ph.D., Mentor, completed in 2025, (3 publications).
  • Jiaqin Liu, MEng., Primary Supervisor, completed in 2025.
  • Mohammad Algarni, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, completed in 2025.
  • Mohammed Alsumari, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, completed in 2025.
  • Toha Kusuma, MEng., Primary Supervisor, completed in 2025.
  • Bashar Alkhatib, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, completed in 2024.
  • Mingchen Wei, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, completed in 2024.
  • Mengxuan Li, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, completed in 2024.
  • Abdulrahman Al Fayi, MEngSc., Primary Supervisor, completed in 2024, (1 publication).
  • Yunong Mao, BSc. Honors, Secondary Supervisor, completed in 2022.

My Teaching

I contributed to several EE courses, including:

  • ELEC4123: Electrical Design Proficiency (Convener, Lecturer)
  • ELEC3111: Distributed Energy Generation (Redesigned the course, Convener, Lecturer)
  • ELEC9781: AI Applications in Power Systems (Co-developed the new course, Lecturer)
  • ELEC1111: Electrical Engineering Fundamentals (Tutor, Head Lab Demo)
  • ELEC3105: Electrical Energy (Lab Demo)
  • ELEC4617: Power System Protection (Lab Demo)
  • ELEC4614: Power Electronics (Lab Demo)
  • ELEC9123: Design Proficiency (Lab Demo)

 

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Location

402, G17, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia