Dr. Atif Iqbal

Senior Member IEEE, Fellow IET (UK), Fellow IE (India)

“Awarded 2022 Research Excellence Award from the Qatar University”

“Awarded 2019 Research Excellence Award from the Qatar University”

“Awarded 2015 Research Excellence Award from the Qatar University”

“Awarded 2014-2015 Faculty Merit Award from the Qatar University”

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Professor

Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Phone: +974 4403 4222, Email: atif.iqbal@qu.edu.qa

Atif Iqbal, Fellow IET (UK), Fellow IE (India) and Senior Member IEEE, DSc (Poland), PhD  (UK)- Associate Editor IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Former Associate Editor IEEE Tran. On Industry Application, Associate Editor IEEE ACCESS, Former Editor-in-Chief, I’manager’s journal of Electrical Engineering, Full Professor at Electrical Engineering, Qatar University and Former Full Professor at Electrical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India.  Recipient of Outstanding Faculty Merit Award AY 2014-2015 and Research excellence award in the years 2015, 2019 and 2022 at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. He received his B.Sc. (Gold Medal) and M.Sc. Engineering (Power System & Drives) degrees in 1991 and 1996, respectively, from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India, and PhD in 2006 from Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.  He obtained DSc (Habilitation) from the Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland in Nov. 2019. He has been employed as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, AMU, Aligarh since 1991 where he served as Full Professor until Aug. 2016. He is a recipient of Maulana Tufail Ahmad Gold Medal for standing first at B.Sc. Engg. Exams in 1991 from AMU. He has received the best research papers awards at IEEE ICIT-2013, IET-SEISCON-2013, SIGMA 2018, CENCON 2019, ICRP 2020 and GUCON 2021. He has published widely in International Journals and Conferences his research findings related to Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Sources. Dr. Iqbal has authored/co-authored several research papers in top journals and three books and three chapters in two other books. He has supervised several large R&D projects and several Ph.D. and Master’s students. His principal area of research interest is the Modeling and Simulation of  Power Electronic Converters, energy Transition for net-zero, Control of multi-phase motor drives, Renewable Energy sources, Smart Grids, Energy security, and Electric Vehicle Drive Systems

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Area Interest: 

• Distributed Energy Generation
• Active Distribution Network
• Complex Energy Transition
• Smart Grid
• Electric Vehicles Drivetrains
• High-performance Adjustable Speed Drive systems, etc.

Education:

 2019: D.Sc. from Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland.

 2006: Ph.D. from School of Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University,

Liverpool, UK.

 1996: M.Sc. Engg. Department of Electrical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim

University, Aligarh, India

 1991: B.Sc. Engg. Department of Electrical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University,

Aligarh, India

Experience:

 2011-till date: Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University

 1991-Aug. 2016: Department of Electrical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University,

Aligarh, India.

Major Research Grants:

 NPRP-EP X 033-02-007 (4.6 million USD for 5 years-2013-2018)

 NPRP 13-0108-200028 (0.5 MUSD for 3 years 2021-2023)

 NPRP 8-208-2-084 (0.8 MUSD for 3 years 2015-2018)
 GSRA 3-1-1119-14017 (0.5 MUSUD for 4 years 2015-2019)
 NPRP 4-152-2-53 (1049038.80 USD)
 NPRP 4-77-2-28 (1033555.75 USD)
 NPRP 4-080-2-30 (1046303.2 USD)
 QUUG-CENG-DEE-11/12-6 (125000 QR)
 QUUG-CENG-DEE-1213-11 (150000 QR)
 UREP 12-035-02-12 (60,000 USD)
 UREP 12-031-02-10 (80,000 USD)
 UREP 13-41-02-17 (60,000 USD)
 Polish Govt. Research Fund (150,000 USD)
 UREP 15-075-2-027 (60,000 USD)
 UREP 15-042-2-014 (60,000 USD)
 QUUG-CENG-EE-14/15 (100000 QR)
 UREP 17-061-2-017 (30,000 USD)

 UREP 21-062-2-022 (22,000 USD)

 UREP 24-091-2-018 (30,000 USD)