Shehab Ahmed

March 2023

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  IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Middle East 2023

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 16 2023

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  research smart grids power systems energy conference

  Maha Alsabban had the pleasure to attend the IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Middle East (ISGT-ME 2023) held on 12-15 March at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The aim of the IEEE-ISGT-ME Conference is to provide an international forum for experts to promote, share, and discuss innovations and developments in the field of smart grid technologies and applications. Maha presented her first-author paper entitled “Analysis and Verification of Islanding Detection Techniques for Grid Integrated PV Systems”, as part of her Masters Thesis research work co-authored with Otavio Jose Dezem
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  University Mohammad VI Polytechnic Official Visit to ANPERC Facility

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 13 2023

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  On 9 March 2023, delegations from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco visited KAUST. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is an institution oriented towards applied research and innovation with a focus on Africa. The University is engaged in economic and human development and puts research and innovation at the forefront of African development. During the visit, the delegations toured ANPERC facilities and shared experiences and knowledge with our researchers. Our research experts presented engineering research highlights and showcased projects involving direct in-Kingdom partnerships
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  Oil & Gas Middle East Awards 2023

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 9 2023

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  award

  The Oil & Gas Middle East (ME) Awards 2023 was held on March 2 at the Grosvenor House, Dubai. The event celebrated the brilliant individuals, initiatives, and businesses shaping the Middle East’s oil and gas sector. The awards recognized and rewarded individual excellence, corporate prowess, and projects that have taken strides to become future-ready within the energy sector. This year, organizers received a record number of nominations, surpassing 140 from nearly 50 companies. They are excited to celebrate the success of the projects, initiatives, individuals, and companies that have shaped
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  ANPERC Open Door 2023

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 6 2023

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  The theme “Research for the Future of Saudi Arabia” has been chosen for KAUST Research Open Week (KROW) held from 27 February 2023 to 2 March 2023. Among the week’s activities was ANPERC Open Door event where entire KAUST community were welcome to join and experience the various research activities performed by ANPERC. This behind the scenes look into ANPERC research facilities was hosted by research experts who were pleased to answer questions on the instrumentation, processes and research activities that support and enable to world leading insights, innovation and discoveries produces at
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  KAUST Research Open Week 2023

  2 min read · Mon, Mar 6 2023

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  Smart Cities planning pipeline

  KAUST Research Open Week (KROW) was held from 27 February 2023 to 2 March 2023. A week-long forum held at the University Campus under the theme “Research for the Future of Saudi Arabia”. KROW is an opportunity to bring science to the heart of KAUST community and celebrate the excellent research in KAUST. KROW provided a unique forum for a broader discussion providing networking opportunities to faculty, research staff, students and colleagues from industry and government entities. MERGE Group participated in the Scientific Exhibition, Poster Session and ANPERC Open Doors. KAUST Digital Twin

February 2023

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  Congratulations to Alexis for successfully defending his PhD thesis

  2 min read · Sun, Feb 26 2023

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  PhD Defense

  Alexis is a Ph.D. candidate at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology supervised by Professor Shehab Ahmed in the Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering program. His research focuses on drilling mechanics and investigates the value of in-cutter sensing at the rock-cutter interface. He holds a master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Leoben and an Integrated master’s degree in Mineral Resources Engineering from Technical University of Crete. Phd Thesis abstract: Drilling Mechanics: In-Cutter Sensing and Physics-Based Modelling for Drilling Optimization
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  LEAP Tech Conference 2023

  1 min read · Tue, Feb 14 2023

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  Smart Cities

  MERGE Group participated in the LEAP Tech Conference from 6-9 February 2023 in Riyadh. Leap Tech Conference is a global platform for future technologies where pioneering technology professionals worldwide convene to network and share innovations. It was an exciting four-days conference where we showcased innovative ideas on Digital Twin Cities. As the Kingdom has embraced metaverse technologies like city-scale digital twins. A digital twin is a virtual representation that serves as the real-time digital counterpart of a physical object or process. City-scale digital twins are a key component

October 2022

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  Saudi Pipeline International Conference and Exhibition

  1 min read · Sun, Oct 16 2022

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  pipeline artificial intelligence High Performance Computing

  Guang An Ooi attended the first Saudi Pipeline International Conference and Exhibition (SPICONX) 2022 held on 3 – 6 October in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He presented his work Hybrid Neural Network Cluster for Metallic Pipeline Inspection: A Big Data Approach, under the invaluable guidance of Professor Shehab Ahmed and Professor Hakan Bagci, as well as the cooperation of Dr. Moutazbellah Khater, Dr. Tarek Mostafa, and Dr. Mehmet Burak Ozakin. He had also the honor to be selected as one of the panelists to discuss pipeline inspection and modelling techniques and the applications of artificial
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  2022 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

  3 min read · Mon, Oct 10 2022

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  wellbore casing inspection electromagnetics magnetic sensors machine learning pipeline

  Moutazbellah Khater and Tarek Mostafa participated in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) from 3-5 October 2022 in Houston, Texas. This flagship event is the highest caliber technical event for E&P professionals from around the globe. It was a great opportunity for Moutazbellah & Tarek to present their latest research papers where they pushed the limits of well-integrity and pipelines inspection to a new level. Moutazbellah presented his paper entitled “Remote Field Eddy Current System Using Three Axis Fluxgate Magnetometer for Corrosion Inspection” while Tarek presented two

September 2022

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  5th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies

  1 min read · Thu, Sep 15 2022

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  research conference energy control systems power systems

  Otavio Jose Dezem Bertozzi Junior had an honor to attend the 5th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST Conference 2022), held on 5-7 of September in Eindhoven. Otavio presented his very first first-author paper entitled “Optimal Gain-scheduled POD for Power Systems with Hybrid HVDC Links”, co-authored with Harold Chamorro, Omar Kotb, Eduardo Prieto Araujo, and his PhD advisor Shehab Ahmed. With a great technical program and top-notch keynote speakers, this was a fantastic opportunity for Otavio to expand his network and get to know researchers and their

June 2022

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  Seminar: How Plasma-Pulse Geo-Drilling (PPGD) can make Geothermal Energy Cheaper

  1 min read · Wed, Jun 8 2022

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  Geothermal Energy Plasma-Pulse Geo-Drilling

  MERGE Group is pleased to welcome Mohamed Ezzat as KAUST visiting student for one week. Mohamed Ezzat is a 4th-year Ph.D. candidate in Geothermal Energy and Geofluids Group at ETH Zurich. His Ph.D. investigates the physics underlining the Plasma-Pulse Geo-Drilling technology using numerical modeling and lab experiments under ambient and deep wellbore conditions. In 2018, Ezzat received the European MSc of Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics jointly from Stuttgart University (Germany), Carlos III Madrid University (Spain), CIMAT (Spain), and Ghent University (Belgium). In 2015, Ezzat

March 2022

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  Application of a Drilling Simulator for Real-Time Drilling Hydraulics Training and Research

  2 min read · Thu, Mar 3 2022

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  drilling engineering Oil and Gas

  Challenging wells require an accurate hydraulic model to achieve maximum performance for drilling applications. This work was conducted with a simulator capable of recreating the actual drilling process, including on-the-fly adjustments of the drilling parameters. The paper focuses on the predictions of the drilling simulator's pressure losses inside the drill string and across the open-hole and casing annuli applying the most common rheological models. Comparison is then made with pressure losses from field data. Drilling data of vertical and deviated wells were acquired to recreate the

December 2021

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  Fault Identification of Photovoltaic Array Based on Machine Learning Classifiers

  1 min read · Mon, Dec 13 2021

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  machine learning photovoltaics decision trees Support Vector Machine

  The Solar Photovoltaic (PV) industry has experienced significant growth over the past years due to the technology’s clear economic and environmental benefits. The world’s net electricity generation from grid-connected PV systems is expected to rise. Although PV systems don’t incorporate moving parts and usually require low maintenance, they are still subjected to diverse faults across the various system components. Proper fault detection and/or identification is thus necessary to avoid significant energy generation loss and large capital expenditures. Fault identification in Photovoltaic array
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  Hybrid neural networks for real-time electromagnetic wellbore casing inspection

  2 min read · Sun, Dec 12 2021

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  machine learning supercomputing electromagnetics wellbore casing inspection

  A cluster of hybrid neural networks enables the precise characterization of metal loss on concentric wellbore casings.

March 2021

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  Professor Bagci elevated to ACES Fellow

  3 min read · Thu, Mar 25 2021

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  Hakan Bagci, KAUST associate professor of electrical engineering, was recently elevated as an Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Fellow for his “exceptional achievements in computational electromagnetics, including ACES publications, and extensive service to ACES.”

November 2020

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  KAUST alumni receive SPE 2020 Regional Awards

  5 min read · Mon, Nov 9 2020

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  MEMS sensors IoT

  KAUST alumni Dr. Chinthaka Gooneratne and Dr. Bodong Li both recently received Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2020 Regional Awards for the Middle East and North Africa Region. Gooneratne won the Regional Drilling Engineering Award, while Li was awarded the Regional Formation Evaluation Award.