UIT University

Engr. Dr. Jibran Ali

Assistant Professor

 

Department of Electrical Engineering

 Email: jiali@uit.edu

Ext.: 3120

Qualification:

  • – PhD (Electrical Engineering), University of Genova, 2020
  • – MS (Electrical Engineering), North Carolina State University, USA, 2015
  • – BE (Electronic Engineering), NED University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, 2012

Area of Specialization:

  • – Electrical Power Systems
  • – Smart Grid
  • – Virtual Power Plant (VPP)

Work Experience:

  • – March-2020 to-date: Assistant Professor, UIT University
  • – Jan-2017 to Jan-2020: Technical Specialist Expert Enel Produzione, Pisa, Italy
  • – Apr-2016 to Oct-2016: Research Assistant CISTER Real Time Systems Lab, Porto, Portugal
  • – Jan-2016 to Apr-2016: Lecturer (Ad-hoc) DHA Suffa University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • – Jan-2015 to Dec-2015: Research Assistant FREEDM Systems Center, North Carolina, USA
  • – Apr 2013: Few months’ trainee National Refinery Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
  • – Dec 2011: Intern Pakistan State Oil, Karachi, Pakistan
  • – Member PEC — PEC Registration number: ELECTRO/17304
  •  
  • – Smart Grid
  • – Virtual Power Plant (VPP)
  • – Ancillary Services
  • – Substation Automation
  • – Power Generation
  • – Electrical Machines
  • – Power System Protection
  • – Information Security
  • – Electrical Power Distribution and Utilization
  • – Electrical Power Transmission
  • – Advanced Electrical Machines
  • – Mobile Computing
  • – Introduction to Computing
  • – Digital Logic Design
  • – Microprocessor & Assembly Language
  • – English Writing Skills
  • – Data Structures & Algorithms
  • – Applied Physics
  • – Operating Systems
  • – Software Engineering
  • – Probability Methods in Engineering

Conference Papers:

1- Jibran. Ali, Stefano. Massucco, and Giacomo. Petretto, “Reactive Power Provision to TSO/DSO by Aggregators and Conventional Generators,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Germany, Oct 2017.

2- Jibran. Ali, “Coordinated Control Mechanism for Voltage Stability Utilizing Aggregation of Reactive Power Compensation Techniques,” in Proc. EEEIC, Palermo, June 2018.

3- Jibran. Ali, Stefano. Massucco, Federico. Silvestro, and Andrea. Vinci, “Participation of Customers to Virtual Power Plants for Reactive Power Provision,” in Proc. UPEC, Glasgow, Sep 2018.

4- Jibran. Ali, Stefano. Massucco, and Federico. Silvestro, “STATCOM Applications for Voltage Profiling of a Distribution Grid with High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources,” in Proc. MEDPOWER, Croatia, Nov 2018.

5- Jibran. Ali, Federico. Silvestro, and Mahmood. Jamil, “Virtual Power Plant for Improving Power System Protection Issues – Solution to the Problem of Power System Reliability under Distributed Energy Resources,” in Proc. AUPEC, New Zealand, Nov 2018.

6- Jibran. Ali, Stefano. Massucco, and Federico. Silvestro, “Flexibility to DSO by VPP – Benefits, Regulatory Barriers, and Potential Solutions”, CIRED 2019, Madrid, June 2019.

7- Jibran. Ali, and Federico. Silvestro, “Conventional Power Plants to TSO Frequency Containment Reserves – A Competitive Analysis for Virtual Power Plant Role”, RTSI 2019, Firenze, September 2019.

Workshop Paper:

1- Jibran. Ali, Stefano. Massucco, and Federico. Silvestro, “Architecture of Virtual Power Plant for Ancillary Services,” in Proc. CIRED 2018 Workshop, Slovenia, June 2018.

Journal Papers:

1- Jibran. Ali, Stefano. Massucco, and Federico. Silvestro, “Distribution Level Aggregator Platform for DSO Support – Integration of Storage, Demand Response, and Renewables” Frontiers of Energy Research Journal, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2019.00036).

2- Jibran. Ali, Stefano. Massucco, and Federico. Silvestro, “Aggregation Strategy for Reactive Power Compensation Techniques – Validation”, Energies Journal,2019 (https://doi.org/10.3390/en12112047).

Membership, Training & Development

July-2018: Completed Research Project Validation at French Metrology Institute, LNE, France

Jan-2017: Participation in training on topics: “Basics of Metrology”, “Basics of DIgSILENT”, “Writing of Scientific Publications”, “Reference Managers and Scientific Papers search Tools”, and “Using LaTeX”, Zaragoza, Spain

June-2017: Participation in training on making posters presentations, with a task to create a poster for the research theme, Glasgow, UK

Nov-2017: Participation in training on topics: “Research Applications”, “Patents”, “Academic Cooperation for Research”, “Useful Ways to Disseminate Research”, “Ethics with the growth of Energy Resources”, “Career Path in Industry”, “License, Agreement, and “Start-Ups for Technology Transfer”, Zaragoza, Spain

Membership, Training & Development

Jan 2018: Participation in training on topics: “Elevator Pitch”, “Measurement Applications in Modern and Hybrid Power System”, “Uncertainty in Power System Measurements”, “Testing and Validation Procedures”, “Laboratory Based Power Systems Training”, and “Uncertainty in Measurement and Modelling along with an Example Project”, Glasgow, UK

June-2018: Participation in training on topics: “Conventional Partial Discharge Measurements”, “Practical Learning for High Voltage Lab”, “ICT Standards for Smart Grid”, “Non-Conventional Partial Discharge Measurements”, “Practical Learning for Grid Laboratory”, “Power Hardware in the Loop Simulations for DER and Smart Grid”, and Labs along with other Validation Procedures, Bilbao, Spain

July-2018: Certification of 5 ECTS summer school on topics “Changing Role of DSOs”, “Current Status of Renewable Integration”, “Ancillary Services”, “Flexibility and Reliability in Smart Grid”, “Large Scale Integration of Renewables in the Grid”, “Evolution of Ancillary Service Provision in TERNA”, “Uncertainty Impacts of DER Integration”, “Provision of Distribution Network Services by DER”, “DER Aggregation and Energy Storage”, “Enel Future Distribution Grid”, and visit to TERNA dispatch center, Salerno, Italy

Nov-2019: Completed Transnational Access based Research Project Validation at OFFIS, Oldenburg, Germany

April-July 2024: Three-month research, teaching, and training at Zhejiang College of Security Technology and Yalong Intelligent Equipment Group Co. in China, as part of their MoU with UIT University.

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