Dr. Mohamed Shawki El Moursi Receives Additional Recognition from IEEE
Khalifa University’s Dr. Mohamed Shawki El Moursi, Director, Advanced Power and Energy Center (APEC) and Professor, Electrical Engineering, is appointed as Senior Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, which focuses on innovations in electric power transmission and distribution technology. It covers critical areas such as power system protection, instrumentation, communication, and grounding; as well as electromagnetic transients, power quality, and substation automation.
Dr. El Moursi is an IEEE Fellow (Class of 2024) for his contributions to “Renewable Energy Integration and Hybrid Power Grids”, and a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES). He received several international and national prestigious awards such as his academic expertise and his research team’s development of the SAVE software, earned first place in the R&D Award category for Universities and Research Centers from the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI) in 2023. His other recognitions include the Khalifa Award for Education ‘Distinguished University Professor’ in 2022; ‘Outstanding Associate Editor Award’ for the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems in 2021, the ‘Member for Mohamed Bin Rashid Scientists Council’, UAE in July 2021 and Mission Innovation Champion in 2019 at Fourth Mission Innovation Ministerial event in Vancouver, Canada in 2019.
Dr. El Moursi has published 241 scientific articles in top-quality journals and conferences with a record of 130 IEEE Transactions and has several U.S. patents. He has also successfully secured research grants based on internally and externally funded projects from Europe, North America, GCC region, and South Korea. In addition, 10 PhD and 35 MSc students have graduated and achieved several awards under his guidance.
He serves as Editor for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Power System (2017-2023); Guest Editor-in-Chief for a special section of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Power Delivery (2019- 2021); Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics; Regional Editor of IET RPG and Associate Editor for IET Power Electronics. He was elected in 2018 to chair the IEEE PES chapter in UAE after serving more than two years as a Vice Chair (2015-2018).