The world is moving towards a more sustainable setting. This motivates me to contribute to the process by conducting research on real-life problems related to energy efficiency

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Research Interests

Maha is pursuing her M.Sc nowadays at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia under the supervision of Prof. Shehab Ahmed. She received her B.Sc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2021 with a concentration in power and control systems. Her capstone project entitled “Smart Electricity Meter Monitoring and Power Consumption Analysis” focused on monitoring and analyzing power consumption readings from smart meters. Her research interests are in the areas of power distributions, mechatronics, smart grids, and renewable energy.

Professional Profile

  • Jan 2021 – Mar 2021: Intern at Bahra Cables Company, Bahra, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2020-2021: Visiting Student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
  • May 2019 – Aug 2021: Summer Intern at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Education Profile

  • B.Sc, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2021.

Dissemination

  • A Comparative Study on the Performance of Hidden Markov Model in Appliance Modeling.
    H. Malik, N. Salem, M. Alsabban
    In the 5th International Conference on Power and Energy Engineering (ICPEE), 2021, pp. 145-152, doi: 10.1109/ICPEE54380.2021.9662546.
  • Arduino Based Automatic Solar Panel Dust Disposition Estimation and Cloud Based Reporting.
    H. Malik, M. Alsabban, S. Qaisar
    Journal of Procedia Computer Science, Volume 194, 2021, Pages 102-113, ISSN 1877-0509, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2021.10.063.
  • Long short-term Recurrent Neural Network (LSTM-RNN) Power Forecasting
    H. Malik, N. Salem, M. Alsabban
    In the13th IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power & Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2021, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/APPEEC50844.2021.9687681.

Awards and Distinctions

  • The 1st place over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 1st National Siemens-Effat University Smart City Competition (April 2021).
  • The 2nd place over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 5th IET GCC Robotics Challenge (March 2020).
  • The 3rd place over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 4th IET GCC Robotics Challenge (March 2019).
  • The 13th place over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the National Olympaid for Science & Mathematics-Physics branch (February 2016).