Staff Profile

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Newcastle University, U.K. (2010)
• MSc in Electrical and Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt (2003)
• BSc (Hons) in Electrical Communication Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt (1997)

Mohammed is a member of the Electrical Power Research Group and his profile can be viewed on Google Scholar.

Research Interests

My main research interest is on design and control of power electronic converters for renewable power generation systems and drives.  My current research includes grid-connected converters, distributed generation and smart grids, maximum power point tracking algorithms and switched reluctance motor drives.

Undergraduate Teaching

EEE2012 Control and Electrical Machines (Stage II)

EEE8105 Distributed Control Systems (MEng)

Postgraduate Teaching

EEE8006 Distributed Control Systems (MSc)

• Articles

  • Yildirim B, Elgendy MA, Smith A, Pickert V. Efficiency Optimized Power Sharing Algorithm for Modular Battery Energy Storage Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2023, 70(11), 11299-11309.
  • Satpute V, Huo D, Hedley J, Elgendy M. Design of a novel 2D ultrasonic transducer for 2D high-frequency vibration–assisted micro-machining. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2023, epub ahead of print.
  • Zhang W, Wang X, Dahidah MSA, Thompson GN, Pickert V, Elgendy MA. An Investigation of Gate Voltage Oscillation and Its Suppression for SiC MOSFET. IEEE Access 2020, 8, 127781-127788.
  • Zhang W, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA. Mitigation of DC Current Injection in Transformer-less Grid-connected Inverters Using a Voltage Filtering DC extraction Approach. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 2019, 34(1), 426-434.
  • Zhang W, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA. DC Injection Suppression in Transformer-less Grid Connected Inverter using a DC Link Current Sensing and Active Control Approach. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 2019, 34(1), 396-404.
  • Elazab OS, Hasanien HM, Elgendy MA, Abdeen AM. Parameters Estimation of Single and Multiple Diode Photovoltaic Model Using Whale Optimisation Algorithm. IET Renewable Power Generation 2018, 12(5), 1755-1761.
  • Elazab OS, Hasanien HM, Elgendy MA, Abdeen AM. Whale optimisation algorithm for photovoltaic model identification. The Journal of Engineering 2017, 2017(13), 1906–1911.
  • Omar A, Hasanien HM, Elgendy MA, Badr MA. Identification of the photovoltaic model parameters using the crow search algorithm. The Journal of Engineering 2017, 2017(13), 1570–1575.
  • Muhammad M, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA. Analysis and implementation of high-gain non-isolated DC–DC boost converter. IET Power Electronics 2017, 10(11), 1241-1249.
  • Alturas AM, Gadoue SM, Zahawi B, Elgendy MA. On the Identifiability of Steady State Induction Machine Models using External Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 2016, 31(1), 251-259.
  • Elgendy MA, Atkinson DJ, Zahawi B. Experimental Investigation of the Incremental Conductance MPPT Algorithm at High Perturbation rates. IET Renewable Power Generation 2016, 10(2), 133-139.
  • Muhammad M, Armstrong M, Elgendy M. A Nonisolated Interleaved Boost Converter for High-Voltage Gain Applications. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 2016, 4(2), 352-362.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ. Operating Characteristics of the P&O Algorithm at High Perturbation Frequencies for Standalone PV Systems. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 2014, 30(1), 189-198.
  • Elgendy MA, Pickert V, Zahawi B, Morton C, Ayob A. Dual Voltage Supply Converter for High-Speed Doubly Salient Reluctance Motors. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2013, 28(2), 1016-1024.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ. Assessment of the Incremental Conductance Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 2013, 4(1), 108-117.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ. Assessment of Perturb and Observe MPPT Algorithm Implementation Techniques for PV Pumping Applications. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 2012, 3(1), 21-33.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ. Comparison of Directly Connected and Constant Voltage Controlled Photovoltaic Pumping Systems. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 2010, 1(3), 184-192.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Zhao Z, Elgendy MA, Armstrong M, Muhammad M. Flexible Power Control of PV Grid-connected Quasi-Z Source Inverter under Unbalanced Faults. In: 12th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2023). 2023, Shanghai: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Holland JM, Pickert V, Elgendy MA, Henderson G. New power converter topology for high-voltage microwave power modules (MPMs). In: 11th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2022). 2022, Hybrid Conference, Newcastle, UK: IET.
  • Yildirim B, Kamal M, Elgendy MA, Smith A, Pickert V. Comparison of cascaded modular converter and central Multi-Port converter for modularization of battery packs. In: 11th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2022). 2022, Hybrid Conference, Newcastle, UK: IET.
  • Dankadai NK, Elgendy MA, McDonald SP, Atkinson DJ, Hasanien HM. Model-based sensorless torque control of SRM drive using single current sensor. In: 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 2020, Online: IET.
  • Yan X, Norman R, Elgendy MA. Investigations into tidal current turbine system faults and fault tolerant control strategies. In: 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. 2020, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA (online): ASME.
  • Yan X, Norman R, Elgendy M. Fault Tolerant Control Design for a Tidal Current Turbine Generation System. In: Thirtieth (2020) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference ISOPE. 2020, Shanghai, China (online): International Society of Ocean and Polar Engineers.
  • Lei L, Elgendy M, Wade N, Ethni S. Combined Pre-Synchronization and Power Sharing Control for Microgrid Applications. In: 55th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). 2020, Turin, Italy: IEEE.
  • Fayrouz FA, Elgendy MA, Dahidah M, Muhammad M. Analysis of DCM interleaved boost converter for PV AC-module application. In: 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 2020, Online: IET.
  • Yildirim B, Elgendy MA, Smith A, Pickert V. Adaptive Controller for Power Sharing in Modular Battery Energy Storage Systems. In: The 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 2020, Online Conference: IET Digital Library.
  • Holland JM, Pickert V, Elgendy MA, Henderson G. A critical topological review for microwave power modules. In: 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 2020, Online: IET.
  • Muhammad M, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA, Lambert S, Pickert V. Reduced Order Model and Control of Non-Isolated High Gain Boost Converter. In: International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC). 2019, Sousse, Tunisia: IEEE.
  • Zhao Z, Elgendy MA, Armstrong M, Muhammad M. Quasi-Z-source Inverter with Coupled Inductor. In: IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy (CPERE 2019). 2019, Aswan, Egypt: IEEE.
  • Lei L, Elgendy M, Wade N, Ethni S. Power sharing between parallel inverters by using droop control with a secondary control loop. In: 10th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG). 2019, Xi'an, China: IEEE.
  • Qais MH, Hasanien HM, Alghuwainem S, Elgendy MA. Output Power Smoothing of Grid-Tied PMSG-Based Variable Speed Wind Turbine Using Optimal Controlled SMES. In: IEEE 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2019). 2019, Bucharest, Romania: IEEE.
  • Zhang W, Dahidah MSA, Thompson G, Pickert V, Elgendy M. On Investigating EMC Filter Solutions in Soft Open Points Under Large Unbalanced Current. In: 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2019). 2019, Lisbon, Portugal: IEEE.
  • Dankadai NK, Elgendy MA, McDonald SP, Atkinson DG, Atkinson G. Investigation of Reliability and Complexity of Torque Control for Switched Reluctance Drives. In: IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy (CPERE 2019). 2019, Aswan, Egypt: IEEE.
  • Yildirim B, Elgendy M, Smith A, Pickert V. Evaluation and Comparison of Battery Cell Balancing Methods. In: 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe. 2019, Bucharest, Romania: IEEE.
  • Yildirim B, Elgendy MA, Smith A, Pickert V. Evaluation and Comparison of Battery Cell Balancing Methods. In: IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe). 2019, Bucharest, Romania: IEEE.
  • Zhao Z, Elgendy MA, Armstrong M, Muhammad M. Constant Boost Control with Third Harmonic Injection for Quasi-Z Source Inverter used in PV Grid-connected System. In: IEEE 21st European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'19 ECCE Europe). 2019, Genova, Italy: IEEE.
  • Dankadai NK, Elgendy MA, Mcdonald SP, Atkinson DJ, Ullah S, Atkinson G. Assessment of Sliding Mode Observer in Sensorless Control of Switched Reluctance Motors. In: 13th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS 2019). 2019, Toulouse, France: IEEE.
  • Lei Li, Elgendy M, Wade N, Ethni S, Hasanien H. Power sharing between parallel inverters in microgrid by improved droop control. In: 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). 2018, Glasgow, UK: IEEE.
  • Dankadai NK, McDonald SP, Elgendy MA, Atkinson DJ, Ullah S, Atkinson G. Direct Instantaneous Torque Control of Switched Reluctance Motor for Aerospace Applications. In: 2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). 2018, Glasgow, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • George RG, Hasanien HM, Badr MA, Elgendy MA. A Comparative Study among Different Algorithms Investigating Optimum Design of PID Controller in Automatic Voltage Regulator. In: 2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). 2018, Glasgow, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Elazab OS, Hasanien HM, Elgendy MA, Abdeen AM. Whale Optimisation Algorithm for Photovoltaic Model Identification. In: 6th IET Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2017). 2017, Wuhan, China: IET.
  • Althobaiti A, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA. Space vector modulation current control of a three-phase PV grid-connected inverter. In: Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference, SASG 2016. 2017, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Omar AS, Hasanien HM, Elgendy MA, Badr MA. Identification of the Photovoltaic Model parameters using the Crow Search algorithm. In: 6th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2017). 2017, Wuhan, China: IET.
  • Zhang W, Armstrong M, Elgendy M. DC current determination in grid-connected transformerless inverter systems using a DC link sensing technique. In: 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2017. 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA: IEEE.
  • Althobaiti, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA, Mulolani F. Three-phase grid connected PV inverters using the proportional resonance controller. In: 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC). 2016, Florence, Italy: IEEE.
  • Muhammad M, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA. Non-isolated, high gain, boost converter for power electronic applications. In: 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016). 2016, Glasgow, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Alfarhan A, Gadoue SM, Zahawi B, Shalaby M, Elgendy MA. Modelling of magnetizing inductance saturation in self-excited induction generators. In: IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC 2016). 2016, Florence, Italy: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Muhammad M, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA. Modelling and control of non-isolated high voltage gain boost converter employing coupled inductor and switched capacitor. In: International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering (ISCAE). 2016, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: IEEE.
  • Zhang W, Armstrong M, Elgendy M. DC component detection in grid connected inverter systems, using a mid-ground low pass filter approach. In: 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016). 2016, Glasgow: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Althobaiti A, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA. Current control of three-phase grid-connected PV inverters using adaptive PR controller. In: 2016 7th International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC). 2016, Hammamet, Tunisia: IEEE.
  • Althobaiti A, Armstrong M, Elgendy MA. Control parameters optimization of a three-phase grid-connected inverter using particle swarm optimisation. In: 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016). 2016, Glasgow, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Elgendy MA. Comparative investigation on hill climbing MPPT algorithms at high perturbation rates. In: IREC 2016 - 7th International Renewable Energy Congress. 2016, Hammamet, Tunisia: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Alturas A, Gadoue S, Elgendy M, Zahawi B, Abdel-Khalik A. Structural Identifiability Analysis of Steady-State Induction Machine Models. In: 4th International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems (EPECS'15). 2015, Sharjah, UAE: IEEE.
  • Zbede Y, Gadoue S, Atkinson D, Elgendy M. Predictive Sensorless Control of Induction Motor Drives. In: IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology. 2015, Seville, Spain: IEEE.
  • Muhammad M, Armstrong M, Elgendy M. Non-isolated DC-DC converter for high-step-up ratio applications. In: 17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'15 ECCE-Europe). 2015, Geneva, Switzerland: IEEE.
  • Elgendy M, Atkinson D, Armstrong M, Gadoue S. Impact of Grid Background Harmonics on Inverter-Based Islanding Detection Algorithms. In: 11th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS). 2015, Sydney, Australia: IEEE.
  • Elgendy MA, Atkinson DJ, Armstrong M, Gadoue SM. Impact of Grid Background Harmonics on Inverter-Based Islanding Detection Algorithms. In: Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS), 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on. 2015, Sydney, Australia: IEEE.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ. Evaluation of incremental conductance MPPT algorithm at low perturbation rates. In: 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014). 2014, Manchester, UK: IET.
  • Elgendy MA, Meenakshi Sundaram M, Surati BU. Design and Construction of a Low Cost Photovoltaic Generator for Laboratory Investigation. In: International Conference on Clean Electrical Power ICCEP 2013. 2013, Alghero, Italy: IEEE.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ. Evaluation of the Perturb and Observe MPPT Algorithm Implementation Techniques. In: Power Electronics, Machines and Drives conference (PEMD). 2012, Bristol, UK: IEEE.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ. Dynamic Behaviour of Hill-Climbing MPPT Algorithms at Low Perturbation Rates. In: IET Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2011). 2011, Edinburgh, U.K: IET.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ, Giaouris D. Dynamic behaviour of DC motor-based photovoltaic pumping systems under searching MPPT algorithms. In: International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, 2009 (POWERENG '09). 2009, Lisbon, Portugal: IEEE.
  • Elgendy MA, Zahawi B, Atkinson DJ. Analysis of the performance of DC photovoltaic pumping systems with maximum power point tracking. In: 4th IET Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2008). 2008, York: IEEE.