IEEC 2019 - International Electrical Engineering Conference

IEEC 2019 - Keynotes, Invited Speakers and Their Talks

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Ir. Dr Hazlie Mokhlis Deputy Dean (Postgraduate Studies) Faculty of Engineering University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Back to Home Page About the Talk Title: Power System Resilience and Research Opportunities from Distribution Perspective. The high number of extreme weather conditions in the recent years had caused significant problems not only to human daily life but also security and economic of a nation. Among important nation’s infrastructure affected during extreme weather conditions is electrical power supply. Extreme weathers such as flood, hurricane and earthquake are common disasters that damage power system infrastructures. During this disaster, electrical power cannot be supplied effectively or in a worst scenario causing major power outage. Not only domestic customers will be affected but also other nation’s critical infrastructure such health, gas, water supplies, transportation and communication system could be jeopardized. This can lead to a huge problem to the whole nation and human life during disaster events. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure power system is highly resilience so that able to supply electrical power during extreme weather condition. One of the possible approaches is to improve power system resilience at the distribution level. This talk will provide overview on the concept of resilience, its importance and improvement in power system. Research area to improve resilience from the perspective of distribution system will also be presented and discussed. These including microgrid, load shedding and network reconfiguration. About the Speaker Hazlie Mokhlis received the Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng. (Hons)) degree and Master of Engineering Science (M. Eng.Sc) in Electrical Engineering from University of Malaya in 1999 and 2003 respectively. He received PhD degree from the University of Manchester in 2009. He is currently Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya and Deputy Dean (Postgraduate Studies). He had held several positions; Deputy Dean Research (2013-2014), Deputy Dean Postgraduate Studies (2014-2015) and Head of Department (2015-2017) at the Faculty of Engineering. Dr Hazlie is actively involved in research as a principle investigator with a total amount of research grant worth more than RM 2 million. He is the author and co-author of more than 200 publications in international journals and proceedings in the area of Power Systems and Energy. Up to now, he had successfully supervised to completion 20 PhD, 7 Master (by research) and 52 Master (by course work project) candidates. He also involves actively as reviewer for international journal such as IEEE transaction on Power Systems, IEEE transaction on Sustainable Energy, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Applied SoftComputing, Energy Conversion & Management, and several international conferences. Besides involve with research, he is also active in the development of Malaysian Standard as a member of Working Group in Development of Malaysian's Power System Analysis and Studies (WG6) and Expert Representative in IEC for project TC 8/PT 62786. His research interest includes fault location, network reconfiguration, islanding operation, islanding detection, and renewable energy. Prof Hazlie is a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council UK and a Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. Currently he is Executive Committee for IEEE Power Energy Society Malaysia Chapter.

Dr. Umar Shahbaz Assistant Professor Department of Mechatronics Engineering CE&ME, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)	Back to Home Page About the Talk Title: The Era of Robotic and Automation in Pakistan - The National Center of Robotics and Automation (NCRA) an Overview. The global market for robotics is expected to reach $66.9 billion by 2025. The world is advancing at a very fast pace within this domain, with USA and Japan being in the lead and having a combined share of more then 50% in the Robot-Stocks-Listed companies. This field is vast ranging from industrial grade automation and robotics systems to micro and nano robotics. Pakistan still has a long way to go in order to get recognized with the giants. In 2018 the Government of Pakistan has taken its first initiative towards this technologically advanced field by establishing the National Center of Robotics and Automation (NCRA). This center is a consortia of 11 labs spread over 13 universities with NUST in the lead role. Through this center Pakistan aims to achieve indigenized solutions, specialized HR and the required skill set to emerge as a developing nation with substantial contribution towards robotics and automation. About the Speaker Dr. Umar Shahbaz Khan did his bachelor’s in Mechatronics Engineering from college of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology in 2005. After graduating he served in Siemens for nine months as an engineer and during this short period he was actively involved in many national level projects. In 2006 he left for his PhD to University of Liverpool UK under NUST faculty development scholarship. He completed his PhD in 2010 at a young age of 28 years and was the first of his batch to return to the country. During his PhD he published a book titled “Interpretation of Ground Penetrating Radar Data for Utilities”, which is now available in the market and online stores. Currently he is serving as Assistant Professor at Department of Mechatronics, NUST College of E&ME and is actively involved in undergrad and post grade level teaching and research.

Invited Speakers

Prof. Dr. Abid Karim Professor & Head of Project Based Learning & CREST Usman Institute of Technology	Back to Home Page About the Talk Title: Manufacturing of White Coal using Sugarcane Bagasse. Being an agrarian economy, more than 60% of Pakistan’s population is involved in agricultural related activities. Biomass energy potential is highly promising in Pakistan. Pakistan is going through a severe energy crisis these days which may result in adverse and long term socio-economic problems. The electricity and gas shortages have directly affected the life of a common man, industry and commercial activities. One of the ways to get out of these crisis is to look for fuel sources which are cheap and abundantly available within the country like biomass resource. This has largely been ignored in past. This source of energy is freely available in sufficient quantities to tackle the energy crisis of country. Biomass can also be found in municipal waste (about 12-14%). It is estimated that around 22 million tons of municipal solid waste is generated per year in Pakistan, mostly from major metropolitan areas. This is equivalent to 7.86 million tons of oil. Pakistan can save more than $ 4 billion on imported oil bill by using only municipal waste potential. If the total potential of biomass is tapped, then there may be no need to import oil or its import can be reduced to a minimum value. In Karachi, it is estimated that around 12000 - 16000 tons of solid waste/garbage is generated every day. Due to resource constraints, only half of this waste is being deposed off. Around 12-14% of solid waste generated in a mega city like Karachi can be classified as biomass. One of the components of this municipal waste is sugarcane bagasse which is a byproduct of sugarcane machines, used all over the city to produce and sell fresh sugarcane juice. The target of this research is to produce briquettes (called white coal) from waste sugarcane bagasse which can be used for burning in place of charcoal and wood. About the Speaker DR. ABID KARIM received Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronic Engineering from N.E.D University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan in 1985. He completed M.Sc. in Opto-Electronics and Optical Information Processing from the Queen's University of Belfast, U.K. in 1988 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bath, U.K. in 1993. He received Fulbright award for 2000- 2001 and worked as Fulbright Research Scholar at the University of Iowa, U.S.A. He worked as Professor and Chairman of the department of Electronic Engineering, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi and Bahria University, Karachi. He has also served as a Professor at Iqra University, Karachi. Currently he is working as a Professor at Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi. His areas of interest are Electrical Vehicle, Renewable Energy, Laser based optical system, and Opto-VLSI. He has more than 50 national and international publications.

Asif Mirza Chairman- Electrotechnical National Standard Committee (PSQCA) & Product Manager, Clipsal Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.	Back to Home Page About the Talk Title: Introduction to Hazardous Area & IECEx based upon IEC 60079 Series of International Standards A brief introduction to Hazardous Area and Explosion Protection Techniques employed for safe operation of Electrical Equipment, as elaborated by the International Electro-technical Commission Standards 60079 (series) About the Speaker Chairman- Electrotechnical National Standard Committee (PSQCA) & Product Manager: Clipsal Pakistan Pvt Ltd Previous postitions: Head of Sub-Stations Maintenance – Saudi Electricity Company, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Mr. Kashif Iqbal Ghazi GM Projects K-Electric Limited (Formerly Karachi Electric Supply Company Limited)	Back to Home Page About the Talk Title: State of Power Industry Current challenges facing the power industry and future skill requirement of Engineers About the Speaker 19+ years of experience with Multinational Engineering companies both local and foreign coupled with Utility’s experience ranging from New Connection, Projects and Planning.

Dr. Naila Zareen PhD Electrical Power System Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)	Back to Home Page About the Talk Title: Advanced Smart Grid: An Inevitable Need for Pakistan Energy Future About the Speaker PhD Electrical Power System, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)