Dr. Noureddine Harid received his MEng degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Nationale Polytechnique (ENPA) and Cardiff University, UK, in 1986 and 1992, respectively. He is Associate Professor of Power Systems and High-Voltage at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, since August 2013. Prior to this, he worked at Cardiff University under an industry-funded research and teaching position, where he conducted research on power system grounding systems's design, and the development of new insulation designs for enhanced field stress control and pollution performance.
His research interests include high-voltage insulation and nanodielectrics, condition monitoring and diagnostics, grounding systems and power system transients and overvoltage protection. Dr. Harid has published 180 papers in international journals and conferences. He was the principal investigator and co-investigator in more than 30 research projects from diverse funding bodies. He is currently investigating the use of non-invasive sensors for partial discharge measurement, insulation enhancement using nanomaterials, condition assessment of transformers and cables, non-linear effects in grounding systems and pulsed power applications. He is a member of the steering committee of the Int. Univ. Power Engineering Conference and the Int. Conf on High Voltage and Applications and is a regular reviewer for several transaction journals. He leads the research in the high-voltage research laboratory (HVDM) at KU, which he established in 2016. Dr. Harid is a member of the Advanced Power and Energy Centre (APEC), and served as a member of the IET, the IEEE, a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy UK, the IEEE High Voltage Test Techniques sub-committee, and the British Standard Committee on Lightning Protection (GEL/81).
PD diagnosis of MV cables
Non-linear effects in soils and electrolytes
Integrated condition monitoring system for converter-fed power equipment for smart-grid and renewable energy applications
Development of High Torque Density Electric Vehicle Drives without Permanent Magnets
2 PhD students, area: Partial discharge measurement, characteristion and monitoring under repetitive voltage pulses
