Ramadan El Shatshat, PEng

Ramadan El-Shatshat is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and the Director of the electric power engineering program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He is pursuing research in areas that contribute to distribution system engineering. His research focuses on distribution automation, smart grids, energy management, operation and control of distributed generation as well as conversion of power obtained from renewable energy sources to grid-quality ac power.

He is a registered professional engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and has published a number of papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and presented several papers at national and international conferences.

• Planning, operation and control of Power Distribution Systems
• Smart grids and microgrids:
• Intelligent Microgrid Operation and Control
• Artificial Intelligence Application to Power Systems
• stochastic and optimization Models for Distribution System Operation and Planning
• Implementation of Optimal Voltage\/Reactive power control
• Wide-scale deployment of wind and solar power and energy storage systems
• Electric Vehicles in Distribution Systems
• Impacts of large solar and wind energy sources on utility grid performance
• Power Quality Analysis
• AI-Based estimation and monitoring techniques

Ramadan El-Shatshat received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya, in 1984 and 1992, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2001., Currently, he is the director of the electric power engineering program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo. He is pursuing research on the areas that contribute to distribution system engineering. His research focuses on distribution automation, smart grids, energy management, operation and control of distributed generation as well as conversion of power obtained from renewable energy sources to grid-quality ac power. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada.,

• 2001, Doctorate PhD, University of Waterloo, Ontario
• 1996, Master's MSc, University of Garyounis, Libya
• 1984, Bachelor's BSc, University of Garyounis, Libya

• 2010 University of Waterloo Outstanding Performance Award, April 2010, in recognition of the outstanding contribution in teaching, scholarship and service during 2009.
• 2011 Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Performance Award, April 2011, in recognition of the distinguished contribution in teaching, scholarship and service during 2010.
• 2015 Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Performance Award, April 2015, in recognition of the outstanding contribution in teaching, scholarship and service during 2014.
• 2016 James A. Field Teaching Excellence Award, April 2016, in recognition of superior teaching excellence and commitment
• 2018 University of Waterloo Outstanding Performance Award, April 2018, in recognition of the outstanding contribution in teaching, scholarship and service during 2017.

• ECE 360 - Power Systems and Smart Grids
  • Taught in 2024
• ECE 662 - Power Systems Analysis and Control
  • Taught in 2024

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