Staff Profile

Saleh Abdusalam Ali is an electrical engineer with a strong academic and professional background. He holds a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Benghazi University, and he pursued and earned a Master's degree in Electrical Power Engineering with honours from Newcastle University in 2016. He completed his PhD in Electrical Power Engineering at Newcastle University in 2022. Saleh's research primarily focuses on dynamic road charging systems, including developing charging infrastructure and onboard power drive trains for electric vehicles. In addition, Saleh brings extensive practical experience as an electrical engineer, having worked across a wide range of electrical engineering specializations. His interdisciplinary skills are further enhanced by a strong mechanical engineering and project management foundation, enabling him to approach complex engineering challenges with a comprehensive and integrated perspective.

• Articles

  • Li H, Dai X, Goldrick S, Kotter R, Aslam N, Ali S. Reinforcement Learning for EV Fleet Smart Charging with On-Site Renewable Energy Sources. energies 2024, 17(21), 5442.
  • Ali S, Pickert V, Zangiabadi M, Alharbi M, Li H. Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery from a Platoon powered by a DC Electric Road System. IET Electrical Systems in Transportation 2024, 8479155. Submitted.
  • Li H, Wu H, Gulati I, Ali SA, Pickert V, Dlay S. An adaptive fuzzy control technique for a high-speed vehicular platoon experiencing communication delays. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2024, 18(1), 173-185.
  • Ali SA, Pickert V, Alharbi MA, Li H, Patsios H. Wheel Hub Active Power Collection Unit for Dynamic Conductive Road Charging. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification 2023, 9(1), 1927-1936.
  • Li H, Ali S, Gulati I, Li H, Pickert V, Dlay S. The Design and Testing of a Novel Leader-following Automatic Guide Vehicle. ES General 2023, 1, 864.
  • Ali S, Pickert V, Alharbi M, Li H, Patsios H. Operation and Control of an Active Power Collector for Roadside Feeding Electric Road System. IET Electrical Systems in Transportation 2023, 2023, 6635396.
  • Alharbi MA, Dahidah MSA, Ali SA, Ethni S, Pickert V. Ripple-free Multiphase Interleaved Stacked Converter for High-power Applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2022, 37(12), 14770-14780.
  • Li H, Wu H, Gulati I, Ali S, Pickert V, Dlay S. An improved sliding mode control (SMC) approach for enhancement of communication delay in vehicle platoon system. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2022, 16(7), 958-970.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Ali S, Pickert V, Alharbi M. Overview and Technical Evaluation of Dynamic Conductive Road Charging Technologies. In: 2024 JSAE Annual Congress (Spring) in PACIFICO YOKOHAMA. 2024, Yokohama, Japan: JSAE.
  • Ali S, Pickert V, Alharbi M, Lee H. Using Wheels as a Concept for Dynamic Conductive Road Charging. In: 2023 JSAE Annual Congress (Spring). 2023, Yokohama: JSAE.
  • Alharbi M, Dahidah MSA, Ali S, Ethni S, Kadandani N, Pickert V. A Phase Shedding Control Technique for Ripple Minimisation for EV Fast DC Charging Applications. In: 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe). 2021, Ghent, Belgium: IEEE.
  • Alharbi M, Dahidah M, Ethni S, Ali S, Kadandani N, Pickert V. A Fast DC Charger for Electric Vehicles with Minimised Ripple through Phase-Shedding of Multiphase Interleaved Converters. In: The 11th International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC). 2020, IEEE. Submitted.
  • Ali S, Pickert V, Al-harbi M, Patsios H, Li H. Tracked Electric Vehicle (TEV) project. In: 28th Aachen Colloquium October 7th – 9th, 2019. 2019, Aachen Germany. In Preparation.
  • Ali S, Pickert V, Alharbi M, Patsios H. Load analysis of ground-powering systems for electric vehicles. In: International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS32). 2019, Lyon, France: EVS (Electric Vehicles Symposium).
  • Alharbi M, Dahidah M, Ali S, Ethni S, Pickert V. Current Ripple Minimisation Based on Phase-Shedding of DC-DC Interleaved Converters for EV Charging System. In: IECON 2019 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 2019, Lisbon, Portugal: IEEE.
  • Ali S, Pickert V, Patsios H. Grid demand reduction for high-speed dynamic road charging by narrowing inter-vehicle distance. In: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). 2018, Nottingham, UK: IEEE.