Mohamed Diab is a Lecturer in Power Electronics at the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering and works at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST). He has several years of experience in academic and industrial research in electrical power engineering. His research focuses on power electronics applications, energy conversion, and electrical machine drives.
Prior to his current position at Loughborough University, he has been with University of Bristol as a Research Associate for around 3 years and with Spiretronic as a Research Engineer for more than 3 years. He was a Visiting Researcher at Institute for Drive Systems and Power Electronics in Leibniz Universität Hannover and an Assistant Lecturer at Alexandria University and Glasgow Caledonian University.
Qualifications
2016 – 2019, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
Ph.D. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Power Electronics)
2012 – 2015, Alexandria University, Egypt
M.Sc. in Electrical Power Engineering
2007 – 2012, Alexandria University, Egypt
B.Sc. (Hons) in Electrical Power Engineering
Key Awards
Third Prize Paper Award – The Industrial Drives Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, 2022
PhD Scholarship from University of Strathclyde, 2016
Young Innovators’ Award (YIA), Egypt, 2012
Dr Diab’s work involves leveraging state-of-the-art power electronics systems to maximise the effectiveness and impact of renewable energy solutions and electrification of transport.
Current Research Interests
- Power Electronics
- Wide-bandgap Devices
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Electric Machine Drives
- Electric Vehicles
Grants and Contracts
- Wolfson ECR Minor Capital Equipment Grant 2022, Loughborough University, £11,630, Role: Principal Investigator
- Research Pump-Priming 2021, University of Bristol – ‘Impact of PWM Voltage Waveforms on Winding Insulation Partial Discharge in Electrical Machines for More-Electric Aircrafts’, £5K, Role: Principal Investigator
- EPSRC CPE Researcher Exchange Grant 2018 – ‘Modular Multilevel Converters for Medium-Voltage Machine Drives’, £3K, Role: Visiting Researcher
- WSC322 – Power Electronics
- WS901META – Electronic Systems
- WSA026 – Electrical Science
- WS50META – Individual Projects
- FYF254 – Introduction to Circuits and Electronics
External collaborators
- University of Bristol
- University of Sheffield
- University of Manchester
- Alexandria University
- Safran UK
- Rolls-Royce
- Nidec
- Siemens Gamesa
External roles and appointments
- IEEE Senior Member
- Session Chair, ECCE Asia 2021
- Regular Reviewer for IEEE and IET Journals