Jubaer Ahmed
jubaer ahmed

Dr Jubaer Ahmed BSc, PhD, CPEng, IntPE (APEC)

Lecturer

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  J.Ahmed@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr. Jubaer Ahmed is currently working as a lecturer in School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, 麻豆社区, UK. He obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Technology, Malaysia (UTM) in 2016 and BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2012.

He is currently the programme leader for Electrical & Electronic Engineering in ENU and Capital University Egypt project. He also served the school as NSS champion lead for CSSE in 2025, Napier-Funded PhD selection committee in 2025 and SEBE school lead for PhD lunchtime Seminar in 2022.


In research, he has developed expertise in Photovoltaic (PV) System design that includes designing MPPT control algorithms for PV operation, PV module connection scheme, PV integration to the grids and optimize energy efficiency. He carried out about 15 research projects which contributed to develop control algorithms for PV DC-DC converter, mathematical models for PV operation, PV module connection schemes and other innovation in peripheral fields. These contributions were published in over 60 International journals and conferences including prestigious IEEE Transactions. According to Google scholar, his articles are cited over 4500 times and his current h-index is 25. He has received the best paper award from Applied Energy Journal in 2018. He was also featured among the top 2% research scientist in the world, ranking published by Stanford University in 2020-2024.

Dr Jubaer is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and APEC IntPE under Engineers Australia. He is also a member of IEEE, IET and BEM.

From 2016-2021, he worked in Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) as a Senior Lecturer and was the program leader for Electrical & Electronic Engineering in 2019-2020. He successfully led the program for accreditation exercise in 2019 under Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) Malaysia and enhanced lab facilities for Electrical Power System. He also served the faculty and the University as the Research Education Advisor, member of Faculty research committee, Staff Recreation Committee (SRC), Student progress review committee & IEEE R-10 subcommittee.

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Research Groups

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • IEEE R-10 Subcommittee (Sarawak Chapter, Malaysia)-Advisor
  • Member of Staff recreation & Well being Committee; Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Technical Chair- 6th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 5.0 (STI2024) (STI-2024)
  • Technical Programme Committee- 5th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry ) (STI-2023)
  • Technical Programme Committee- 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry(STI 2021)
  • Technical Programme Committee- 2020 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 4.0 (STI, 2020)
  • Technical Programme Committee- 2nd International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems (SPIES 2020)

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Listed among the top 2% research Scientist, ranking Published by Stanford University
  • Listed among the top 2% research Scientist, ranking Published by Stanford University
  • Listed among the top 2% research Scientist, ranking Published by Stanford University
  • Listed among the top 2% research Scientist, ranking Published by Stanford University
  • Listed among the top 2% research Scientist, ranking Published by Stanford University
  • 2 Bronze Medal, Inovation Technology Expo (INTEX) 2019 Malaysia
  • Outstanding Researcher Award- Swinburne University of Technology (2019)
  • Gold Medal, Inovation Technology Expo (INTEX) 2019 Malaysia
  • Best Paper Award- Applied Energy (2018)
  • Best Researcher in Inverter Quality Control Center (IQCC) lab, UTM. 2014-2015

 

Invited Speaker

  • Invited Speaker: "Solar Panel to the Grid: The research areas to be explored"; Effat University, Saudi Arabia. Feb 2024
  • Conducted Workshop: 鈥淲hat is Journal Indexing and How to find them鈥, March 2022, 麻豆社区
  • Key Note Speaker "UK-India workshop on Net-Zero Emission: Provision for Transportation" Nov, 2022
  • Conducted Workshop: 鈥淗ow to publish in High Impact Journals鈥 November 2020 in Swinburne Sarawak.
  • Conducted Workshp 鈥淗ow to overcome stage fears during conference presentations鈥 August 2020 in Swinburne Sarawak
  • Conducted Workshop: 鈥淗ow to deliver a good oral presentation鈥 August 2020 in Swinburne Sarawak
  • Guest Speaker 鈥淔uture Challenges for Power System Engineers鈥 October 2019 in Vellore Institute of Technology, India
  • Guest Speaker: 鈥淪hadows behind the Renewable Energy鈥 April 2019 in Vellore Institute of Technology, India

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Developing conscious future generation on global energy transition toward a sustainable future. (Conducted 4 workshop sessions with Scout groups in Edinburgh) (拢2000 funding Received)
  • Roadmap to the future of STEM-5 Days Workshop (拢1500 grant received)
  • Developed and conducted a 6 hours long CPD workshop on 鈥淕rid connected PV System design and operation鈥 in September, 2021, at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • External Examiner for the PhD Thesis Titled "鈥淓STIMATION OF WEIBULL PARAMETERS FOR WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT APPLIED TO TRANSIENT STABILITY IMPROVEMENT OF WECS鈥, ( Mr. MEKALATHUR B HEMANTH KUMAR , Vellore Institute of Technology, India.)
  • External Examiner for the PhD Thesis "Simulation and Experimental Investigation on the usage of AC and DC Electric Springs in Grid Interactive Micro Grids" (Mr. S Hari Charan Cherukuri, Vellore Institute of Technology, India )
  • External examiner for the MPhil thesis titled "Design of Energy Efficient Hybrid GMPPT Algorithm for shaded PV Solar System" ( Mr. Lucas Gao King Chai, Curtin University, Australia.)

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer for IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (2 Reviews)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics (5 Reviews)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion (4 Reviews)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy (46 Reviews)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics (26 Reviews)

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Research Fellow (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)) Sep-Oct 2022
  • Adjunct Research Fellow (Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak)
  • Associate Research Fellow (University Malaysia Perlis)

 

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A Comprehensive Review on Available/Existing Renewable Energy Systems in Malaysia and Comparison of Their Capability of Electricity Generation in Malaysia

Book Chapter
Afrouzi, H. N., Wimalaratna, Y. P., Ahmed, J., Mehranzamir, K., Liew, S. C., Wooi, C., & Siddiquea, B. M. (2021)
A Comprehensive Review on Available/Existing Renewable Energy Systems in Malaysia and Comparison of Their Capability of Electricity Generation in Malaysia. In Entropy and Exergy in Renewable Energy. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96586
Malaysia is one of the fastest emerging and developing countries in the world. To drive the economical workhorse, large amounts of power is required. The power demand has rise...

Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management

Journal Article
Ahmed, J., Then, Y. L., Asif, N., & Kashem, S. (2021)
Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 13(2), 99-108
The power generated in today鈥檚 time is dominated using fossil fuels that may get exhausted within the coming decades. Monitoring and management of the energy consumption hold ...

An effective salp swarm based MPPT for photovoltaic systems under dynamic and partial shading conditions

Journal Article
Jamaludin, M. N. I., Tajuddin, M. F. N., Ahmed, J., Azmi, A., Azmi, S. A., Ghazali, N. H., 鈥lhelou, H. H. (2021)
An effective salp swarm based MPPT for photovoltaic systems under dynamic and partial shading conditions. IEEE Access, 9, 34570-34589. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3060431
This study proposes a duty cycle-based direct search method that capitalizes on a bioinspired optimization algorithm known as the salp swarm algorithm (SSA). The goal is to im...

An Investigation of Passive Cooling in a Building in Malaysia

Journal Article
Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M., Khandakar, A., Tabassum, M., Ashraf, A., & Ahmed, J. (2020)
An Investigation of Passive Cooling in a Building in Malaysia. International Journal of Technology, 1(2), 4-27
In hot humid countries like Malaysia, a comfortably thermal environment is what people look for. To achieve such conditions, a technique called passive cooling must be the opt...

Wind Power Integration with Smart Grid and Storage System: Prospects and Limitations

Journal Article
Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M. E., Khandakar, A., Ahmed, J., Ashraf, A., & Shabrin, N. (2020)
Wind Power Integration with Smart Grid and Storage System: Prospects and Limitations. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 11(5), https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110570
Wind power generation is playing a pivotal role in adopting renewable energy sources in many countries. Over the past decades, we have seen steady growth in wind power generat...

Recent developments of MPPT techniques for PV systems under partial shading conditions: a critical review and performance evaluation

Journal Article
Kermadi, M., Salam, Z., Eltamaly, A. M., Ahmed, J., Mekhilef, S., Larbes, C., & Berkouk, E. M. (2020)
Recent developments of MPPT techniques for PV systems under partial shading conditions: a critical review and performance evaluation. IET Renewable Power Generation, 14(17), 3401-3417. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2020.0454
This review covers global maximum power point tracking (GMPPT) methods for photovoltaic (PV) systems under partial shading conditions. Unlike the previous review works that pr...

A comprehensive investigation of suitable biomass raw materials and biomass conversion technology in Sarawak, Malaysia

Journal Article
Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M., Khandakar, A., Tabassum, M., Ashraf, A., & Ahmed, J. (2020)
A comprehensive investigation of suitable biomass raw materials and biomass conversion technology in Sarawak, Malaysia. International Journal of Technology, 1(2), 75-105
Nowadays, reducing pollution, saving mother Earth had become everyone鈥檚 responsibility. However, the great improvement in technologies leads to large energy demands. Many coun...

Feasibility, Sizing and Economic Analysis of Solar Energy System for Green Swinburne Campus

Conference Proceeding
Riphque, M. A., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., Wooi, C., Liew, S., Mehranzamir, K., & Ahmed, J. (2020)
Feasibility, Sizing and Economic Analysis of Solar Energy System for Green Swinburne Campus. In 2020 13th International UNIMAS Engineering Conference (EnCon). https://doi.org/10.1109/EnCon51501.2020.9299333
In 2011 alone, Malaysia has spent a hefty RM14.5 billion in buying fossil fuels to generate electricity. With the cost of fossil fuels rising each year, the nation is looking ...

Development of biomass-fueled cogeneration systems for off-grid electrification

Conference Proceeding
Bagherian, M. A., Mehranzamir, K., Ahmed, J., Nafea, M., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., & Wooi, C. (2020)
Development of biomass-fueled cogeneration systems for off-grid electrification. In 2020 2nd International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems (SPIES) (566-571). https://doi.org/10.1109/SPIES48661.2020.9243068
Over the past centuries, discovery and utilization of fossil fuels has revolutionized the world pushing societies towards modernization. This source of energy that is being re...

Experimental Analysis of Gravity and Buoyancy Powered Energy Generation Storage Systems

Book Chapter
Kashem, S. B. A., Ngambi, D. T., Ahmed, J., Qidwai, U., & Suresh, P. (2020)
Experimental Analysis of Gravity and Buoyancy Powered Energy Generation Storage Systems. In P. Suresh, U. Saravanakumar, & M. S. H. Al Salameh (Eds.), Advances in Smart System Technologies: Select Proceedings of ICFSST 2019 (813-826). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5029-4_70
The concept of harnessing energy from buoyancy as well as the ability to have underwater energy storage is an area of research that, compared to other renewable energy generat...

Pre-Napier Funded Projects

  • PI: Reliable load forecasting for Kuching using machine learning algorithms (funded by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak )
  • PI: Solar power prediction model in Sarawak using machine learning algorithms (Funded by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak )
  • CoI: Design and Implementation of an amphibious Robot using Duck feet movements (Funded by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak )
  • Co-I: Basic home automation system with smart sockets (Funded by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak)
  • PI: Automatic blower control to improve performance of centralized air-conditioning. Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak
  • PI-Automatic Street light controller to reduce energy consumption. Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak
  • PI: Developing A PSCAD Based PV Simulator For Grid-Connected PV System (Funded by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak)
  • PI: Mitigating the Effect of Partial Shading on PV Modules by Smart Positioning and Connection of PV Modules (Funded by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak)
  • Co-I: Swarm based MPPT control for PV system operation (Funded by University Malaysia Perlis, MYR 125,000)

Current Post Grad projects

Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • Co-Supervision: MSc by Research: Ateeb Hassan (Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak)(Thesis Title-IoT Based Cost-Effective Smart Energy Meter with Electric Theft Detection and Device Level Monitoring)
  • Co-Supervision (PhD): Mohd Nasrul Izzani Bin Jamaludin, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. (Thesis Title: Dynamic Sine-Cosine algorithm for Maximum Power Point tracking of Building Integrated Photovoltaic System.)