Asad Waqar

Professor^Multi-Dimensional Planning%

Designation(s): Professor (EE)
Department(s): Electrical Engineering, AI Applied Technologies Research Center
Email: asadwaqar.buic@bahria .edu.pk
Contact: +92 (051) 111 111 028

A 20+ years of engineering professional experience with vast industrial and academic experience in the electric power sector and process control development setup. Ph.D. in electrical power engineering with a focus on planning and control of microgrids with 50+ publications in ISI-indexed journals and conferences. A proven track record of academic management involving post-grad studies and quality assurance.

Research

Research Areas

Smart Grids, Microgrid’ Planning and Control, Distributed Generation, Power Electronics’ Applications to Power Systems, Demand Side Management, Performance Enhancement of Distribution Networks and Big Data Analysis.

Publications

ISI Publications

Habib, H. U. R., Waqar, A., Sohail, S., Junejo, A. K., Elmorshedy, M. F., Khan, S., & Ismail, M. M. (2022). Optimal Placement and Sizing Problem for Power Loss Minimization and Voltage Profile Improvement of Distribution Networks under Seasonal Loads Using Harris Hawks Optimizer. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2022. (https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8640423)

Abbas, A., Qaisar, S. M., Waqar, A., Ullah, N., & Al Ahmadi, A. A. (2022). Min-Max Regret-Based Approach for Sizing and Placement of DGs in Distribution System under a 24 h Load Horizon. Energies, 15(10), 3701. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103701)

Habib, H. U. R., Waqar, A., Hussien, M. G., Junejo, A. K., Jahangiri, M., Imran, R. M., & Kim, J. H. (2022). Analysis of Microgrid’s Operation Integrated to Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles in View of Multiple Demand Response Programs. IEEE Access, 10, 7598-7638. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3140587)

Ahmed, T., Waqar, A., Elavarasan, R. M., Imtiaz, J., Premkumar, M., & Subramaniam, U. (2021). Analysis of fractional order sliding mode control in a d-statcom integrated power distribution system. IEEE Access, 9, 70337-70352. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3078608)

Nisar, F., Haider, S., Alam, I., Waqar, A., Ahmed, T., & Usman, M. (2021). A model for the optimization of battery capacity and power transmitters of on-line electric vehicles for closed/open environments. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems. (DOI: 10.17775/CSEEJPES.2020.05610)

Jahangiri, M., Mostafaeipour, A., Rahman Habib, H. U., Saghaei, H., & Waqar, A. (2021). Effect of emission penalty and annual interest rate on cogeneration of electricity, heat, and hydrogen in Karachi: 3E assessment and sensitivity analysis. Journal of Engineering, 2021. (https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6679358)

Nizami, I. F., Akhtar, M., Waqar, A., Mann, A. B., & Majid, M. (2021). Multiply distorted image quality assessment based on feature level fusion and optimal feature selection. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 80(14), 21843-21883. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-10672-y)

Iqbal, A., Waqar, A., Madurai Elavarasan, R., Premkumar, M., Ahmed, T., Subramaniam, U., & Mekhilef, S. (2021). Stability assessment and performance analysis of new controller for power quality conditioning in microgrids. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 31(6), e12891. (https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.12891)

Habib, H. U. R., Waqar, A., Junejo, A. K., Elmorshedy, M. F., Wang, S., Büker, M. S., & Kim, Y. S. (2021). Optimal planning and EMS design of PV based standalone rural microgrids. IEEE Access, 9, 32908-32930. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3060031)

Ali, S. U., Aamir, M., Jafri, A. R., Subramaniam, U., Haroon, F., Waqar, A., & Yaseen, M. (2021). Model predictive control—Based distributed control algorithm for bidirectional interlinking converter in hybrid microgrids. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 31(10), e12817. (https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.12817)

Iqbal, A., Ayoub, A., Waqar, A., Ul-Haq, A., Zahid, M., & Haider, S. (2021). Voltage stability enhancement in grid-connected microgrid using enhanced dynamic voltage restorer (EDVR). AIMS Energy, 9(1), 150-177. (doi: 10.3934/energy.2021009)

Habib, H. U. R., Wang, S., Waqar, A., Farhan, B. S., Kotb, K. M., & Kim, Y. S. (2020). Combined heat and power units sizing and energy cost optimization of a residential building by using an artificial bee colony algorithm. IEEE Access, 8, 218289-218303. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3042173)

Ahmed, T., Waqar, A., Al-Ammar, E. A., Ko, W., Kim, Y., Aamir, M., & Habib, H. U. R. (2020). Energy management of a battery storage and D-STATCOM integrated power system using the fractional order sliding mode control. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 7(5), 996-1010. (DOI: 10.17775/CSEEJPES.2020.02530)

Waqar, A., Subramaniam, U., Farzana, K., Elavarasan, R. M., Habib, H. U. R., Zahid, M., & Hossain, E. (2020). Analysis of optimal deployment of several DGs in distribution networks using plant propagation algorithm. IEEE Access, 8, 175546-175562. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3025782)

Al-Ammar, E. A., Farzana, K., Waqar, A., Aamir, M., Haq, A. U., Zahid, M., & Batool, M. (2021). ABC algorithm based optimal sizing and placement of DGs in distribution networks considering multiple objectives. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 12(1), 697-708.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2020.05.002)

Habib, H. U. R., Subramaniam, U., Waqar, A., Farhan, B. S., Kotb, K. M., & Wang, S. (2020). Energy cost optimization of hybrid renewables based V2G microgrid considering multi objective function by using artificial bee colony optimization. IEEE Access, 8, 62076-62093. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2984537)

Tahiri, F., Chikh, K., & Khafallah, M. (2021). Optimal management energy system and control strategies for isolated hybrid solar-wind-battery-diesel power system. Emerging Science Journal, 5(2), 111-124. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2965250)

Ul-Haq, A., Hassan, M. S., Jalal, M., Ahmad, S., Anjum, M. A., Khalil, I. U., & Waqar, A. (2019). Cross-border power trade and grid interconnection in SAARC region: Technical standardization and power pool model. IEEE Access, 7, 178977-179001. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2958407)

Khan, H. S., Aamir, M., Ali, M., Waqar, A., Ali, S. U., & Imtiaz, J. (2019). Finite control set model predictive control for parallel connected online ups system under unbalanced and nonlinear loads. Energies, 12(4), 581. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en12040581)

Ali, M., Aamir, M., Khan, H. S., Waqar, A., Haroon, F., & Jafri, A. R. (2018). Lyapunov stability and performance analysis of the fractional order sliding mode control for a parallel connected UPS system under unbalanced and nonlinear load conditions. Energies, 11(12), 3475. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en11123475)

Haroon, S. S., Hassan, S., Amin, S., Sajjad, I. A., Waqar, A., Aamir, M., & Alam, I. (2018). Multiple fuel machines power economic dispatch using stud differential evolution. Energies, 11(6), 1393. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en11061393)

Iftikhar, M., Aamir, M., Waqar, A., Muslim, F. B., & Alam, I. (2018). Line-interactive transformerless uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with a fuel cell as the primary source. Energies, 11(3), 542. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en11030542)

Alam, I., Waqar, A., Aamir, M., Hassan, S., & Shah, S. A. A. (2018). Anomalous waves propagating at very high frequency in the atmosphere and their disturbances due to changes in refractivity profiles. Results in physics, 8, 496-501. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2017.12.027)

Zahid, M., Chen, J., Li, Y., Duan, X., Lei, Q., Bo, W., & Waqar, A. (2017). New approach for optimal location and parameters setting of UPFC for enhancing power systems stability under contingency analysis. Energies, 10(11), 1738. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en10111738)

Waqar, A., Shahbaz Tanveer, M., Ahmad, J., Aamir, M., Yaqoob, M., & Anwar, F. (2017). Multi-objective analysis of a CHP plant integrated microgrid in Pakistan. Energies, 10(10), 1625. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101625)

Zhou, X., Sun, H., Zhao, B., Wen, J., & Waqar, A. (2015). Applying high‐voltage direct current emergency control to suppress the peak value of ultra‐high‐voltage tie‐line power oscillation. IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 9(16), 2485-2492. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-gtd.2015.0798)

Shi, X., Wang, S., Yao, W., Waqar, A., Zuo, W., & Tang, Y. (2015). Mechanism analysis and experimental validation of employing superconducting magnetic energy storage to enhance power system stability. Energies, 8(1), 656-681. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en8010656)

Non-ISI Publications

Mian Qaisar, S., Alyamani, N., Waqar, A., & Krichen, M. (2022). Machine learning with adaptive rate processing for power quality disturbances identification. SN Computer Science, 3(1), 1-6. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00904-1).

Toqeer Ahmed, Faizan Ahmad Khan, Asad Waqar, Shakir Mehmood, Hamza Shakeel, Shahzad Hassan, Tausif Zahid, Qasim Awais, ‘’’’, Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2021, (HEC HJRS Y-Category) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.51846/vol4iss4pp1-8)

Mohsin, Q. K., Lin, X., Tong, N., & Waqar, A. (2015). Voltage and Power Oscillation Damping Improvement of 132KV Karbala Grid using DFIG Wind Turbine Generator.

Mohsin, Q. K., Lin, X., Waqar, A., & Mohammed, S. (2015). Optimal Placement of PMU of the Iraq Network for Full Observability Assessment. International Journal of Modeling and Optimization, 5(4), 281. http://doi.org/10.7763/IJMO.2015.V5.475

Mohsin, Q. K., Lin, X., Sunday, O., & Waqar, A. (2015). Power Generation and Voltage Regulation of 132kV Karbala grid using DFIG Wind Turbine Generator. TELKOMNIKA Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering, 16(1), 19-29. http://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v16.i1.pp19-29

Waqar, A., Wang, S. R., Shi, X. H., Zheng, X. J., Salih, H. W., & Khalid, M. S. (2015). Generation Expansion Planning and Evaluation in the Context of Microgrids Using HOMER. In Advanced Materials Research (Vol. 1092, pp. 424-428). Trans Tech Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1092-1093.424

Asad, W., Shaorong, W., & Zahid, M. (2015). Optimized Operation-Planning of a Microgrid with Renewable Sources and Vehicle to Grid. TELKOMNIKA Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering, 16(3), 401-408. http://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v16.i3.pp401-408

Khalid, M. S., Lin, X. N., Sun, J. W., Zhuo, Y. X., Tong, N., Zeng, F. T., & Waqar, A. (2015). System Modeling and Simulation of Intentionally Islanded Reconfigurable Microgrid. In Advanced Materials Research (Vol. 1070, pp. 1366-1370). Trans Tech Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1070-1072.1366

Dawoud, S. M., Lin, X. N., Sun, J. W., Okba, M. I., Khalid, M. S., & Waqar, A. (2015). Feasibility study of isolated PV-wind hybrid system in Egypt. In Advanced Materials Research (Vol. 1092, pp. 145-151). Trans Tech Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1092-1093.145

Khalid, M. S., Lin, X. N., Sun, J. W., Adio, O. S., Dawoud, S., Mohsin, Q. K., & Waqar, A. (2015). Design of microgrid energy supply and management system with economic operation for charging of electric vehicles. In Advanced Materials Research (Vol. 1092, pp. 471-476). Trans Tech Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1092-1093.471

Conference Publications

Anwar, F., Waqar, A., Elavarasan, R. M., Islam, M. R., Rahman, M. M., & Zahid, M. (2021, September). New Method for Battery Sizing in Microgrids by Seeing Battery Autonomy as a Chance Constraint. In 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Ali, S. U., Waqar, A., Elavarasan, R. M., Pugazhendhi, R., Rahman, M. M., Islam, M. R., & Aamir, M. (2021, September). Model Predictive Control for three phase rectifier with grid connected and standalone mode of operation. In 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.

Waqas, M., Ahmed, T., Elavarasan, R. M., Waqar, A., Leong, K., Pugazhendhi, R., ... & Jeelani, M. W. (2021, September). DQ Transformation Based Control of Single-Phase Grid-Tied Inverter. In 2021 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Ahmed, T., Waqar, A., Haider, S., & Armghan, A. (2021, January). Application of Fixed Frequency Sliding Mode Control for D-STATCOM in Power Systems. In 2021 International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technologies (IBCAST) (pp. 524-529). IEEE.

Ahmed, T., Waqar, A., Hussain, T., Al-Ammar, E. A., & Zahid, M. (2020, October). Fractional order sliding mode control for voltage source voltage converters under reconfiguration. In 2020 International Symposium on Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (RAEE & CS) (Vol. 5, pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Al-Ammar, E. A., Habib, H. U. R., Waqar, A., Wang, S., Rahman, M. M., & Ahmed, A. (2020). Predictive Direct Power Control of Voltage Source Converters in Microgrids during Reconfiguration. In 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Waqar, A., Ahmad, T., Aamir, M., Ali, M., & Zahid, M. (2020, January). Transformer overloading control by controlling the operational-modes of high-power converters. In 2020 17th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST) (pp. 230-235). IEEE.

Waqar, A., Amir, M., Alam, I., Khan, Z. H., Khan, S. A., Zahid, T., & Zahid, M. (2019, December). Harmonics Suppression in Distribution Networks composed of Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems. In 2019 4th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Sciences and Technology (ICEEST) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Habib, H. U. R., Wang, S., Farhan, B. S., Salih, H. W., Waqar, A., & Kotb, K. M. (2019, October). Load power smoothing and DC bus voltage control of PV-SMES standalone microgrid based variable speed DG using FLC-MPC approach. In 2019 3rd International Conference on Energy Conservation and Efficiency (ICECE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Habib, H. U. R., Wang, S., Elmorshedy, M. F., Waqar, A., Imran, R. M., & Kotb, K. M. (2019, July). Performance enhancement of power converters for PV-based microgrid using model predictive control. In 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Habib, H. U. R., Wang, S., Elmorshedy, M. F., & Waqar, A. (2019, August). Performance Analysis of Combined Model-Predictive and Slide-Mode Control for Power Converters in Renewable Energy Systems. In 2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

Zahid, M., Chen, J., Li, Y., Shan, B., & Waqar, A. (2018, May). Application of AAA for Optimized Placement of UPFC in Power systems. In 2018 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA) (pp. 30-35). IEEE.

Rahman, A., Ali, M., Aamir, M., Mumtaz, M., Khan, H. S., & Waqar, A. (2018, October). Design and Analysis of Efficient Battery Charging/Discharging for V2G and G2V Application. In 2018 2nd International Conference on Energy Conservation and Efficiency (ICECE) (pp. 6-13). IEEE.

Ahmad, M., Ali, S. I., Aamir, M., & Waqar, A. (2018, September). Two-Stage Highly Efficient Online UPS with PFC for High Power Application. In 2018 International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

Fida, M., Aamir, M., Ali, M., & Waqar, A. (2018, September). Power quality improvement of distribution feeder using hybrid series active power filters with sliding mode controller. In 2018 International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Zahid, M., Chen, J., Li, Y., Shan, B., & Waqar, A. (2018, May). Application of AAA for Optimized Placement of UPFC in Power systems. In 2018 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA) (pp. 30-35). IEEE.

Waqar, A., Khurshid, Z., Ahmad, J., Aamir, M., Yaqoob, M., & Alam, I. (2018, April). Modeling and simulation of phasor measurement unit (PMU) for early fault detection in interconnected two-area network. In 2018 1st International Conference on Power, Energy and Smart Grid (ICPESG) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Ali, B., Alam, M. U., Khan, Z. H., Waqar, A., & Ahmad, J. (2018, March). Comparison of high frequency filters for power system regulation. In 2018 International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.

Zahid, M., Li, Y., Chen, J., Zuo, J., & Waqar, A. (2017, April). Inter-area oscillation damping and voltage regulation by using UPFC for 500 kV transmission network. In 2017 2nd International Conference on Control and Robotics Engineering (ICCRE) (pp. 165-169). IEEE.

Salih, H. W., Wang, S., Farhan, B. S., & Waqar, A. (2016, June). PSO tuned fuzzy based pitch blade controller of grid-tied variable speed wind turbine. In 2016 IEEE 11th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA) (pp. 737-742). IEEE.

Flaih, F. M., Xiangning, L., Waqar, A., & Imran, R. M. (2016, June). Voltage profile and power loss improvement in distribution system using MVDS considering economic enticements. In 2016 IEEE 11th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA) (pp. 1122-1126). IEEE.

Waqar, A., Wang, S., Dawoud, S. M., Tao, T., & Wang, Y. (2015, November). Optimal capacity expansion-planning of distributed generation in microgrids considering uncertainties. In 2015 5th International Conference on Electric Utility Deregulation and Restructuring and Power Technologies (DRPT) (pp. 437-442). IEEE.

Waqar, A., Wang, S., Khalid, M. S., & Shi, X. (2015, November). Multi-objective chance constrained programming model for operational-planning of V2G integrated microgrid. In 2015 5th International Conference on Electric Utility Deregulation and Restructuring and Power Technologies (DRPT) (pp. 443-448). IEEE.

Shi, X., Wang, S., Waqar, A., Wu, W., Guo, J., & Zhu, Y. A transients segmentation based control for SMES to enhance power system stability. In 2015 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication and Optimization (EESCO).

Asad Waqar

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Abbas, A., Qaisar, S. M., Waqar, A., Ullah, N., & Al Ahmadi, A. A. (2022). Min-Max Regret-Based Approach for Sizing and Placement of DGs in Distribution System under a 24 h Load Horizon. Energies, 15(10), 3701. (https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103701)

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Ahmed, T., Waqar, A., Elavarasan, R. M., Imtiaz, J., Premkumar, M., & Subramaniam, U. (2021). Analysis of fractional order sliding mode control in a d-statcom integrated power distribution system. IEEE Access, 9, 70337-70352. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3078608)

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Nisar, F., Haider, S., Alam, I., Waqar, A., Ahmed, T., & Usman, M. (2021). A model for the optimization of battery capacity and power transmitters of on-line electric vehicles for closed/open environments. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems. (DOI: 10.17775/CSEEJPES.2020.05610)

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