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Dr. Tarek Masaud

Assistant Professor
AEC 306
AEC 306

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Education

  • Ph.D Colorado School of Mines, 2013
  • M.s. Colorado School of Mines, 2012
  • B.E. 7th of April University - Libya, 2003

Research Interest

  • Grid integration of renewable distributed generation
  • Power system operation and planning
  • Energy management and microgrid optimization

Teaching Interest

  • Power Systems
  • Electric Machines
  • Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation

Recent Publications

  • S. Saboktakin and Tarek Masaud, "Toward Efficient Wind Power Modeling: A Novel Data-Driven Logistic-Based Model for Capacity Factor Estimation," IEEE Access, vol. 14, pp. 104720-104732. 2026.
  • Sabir Ali Kalhoro, Tarek Masaud, Ehab F. El-Saadany, "Optimal energy management of a zero-emission provisional microgrid configuration incorporating the existing flexibility of hydrogen energy systems", Energy Conversion and Management: X, Vol 30, 2026.
  • Sabir Ali Kalhoro, Tarek Masaud, Ehab F. El-Saadany, "Sizing hybrid battery-fuel cell system in zero-emission microgrid considering optimization of fc stack voltage, hydrogen flow, efficiency, and battery replacement", Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 144, 2026.
  • Sina Saboktakin, Tarek Masaud, and Ehab El-Saadany "Optimal Planning of Wind-Based DG: A Two Stage Approach Linking Penetration Factor, Turbine Type Selection, Capacity and Power Factors to Minimize Line Losses", IEEE Access. 2025.
  • Emmanuel Nwaulu, Tarek Masaud, and Ehab El-Saadany, “Stochastic risk‐managed reserve dispatch for seamless microgrid islanding during unplanned events”, IET Journal of Engineering. Vol.2025, Issue. 1. February 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/tje2.70035.  
  • Tarek Masaud, and Ehab El-Saadany “Optimal Battery Planning for Microgrid Applications Considering Battery Swapping and Evolution of the SOH During Lifecycle Aging”, IEEE Systems on Journal, (Earlly access), June. 2023. DOI:10.1109/JSYST.2023.3285147 
  • Tarek Masaud, and Ehab El-Saadany “Optimal Tie-Line and Battery Sizing for Remote Provisional Microgrids”, IET  Generation, Transmission, and Distribution. vol.15, issue. 2, January 2021.