2020 -
2024 Postdoctoral
Associate, Luxembourg Institute of Science and
Technology (LIST), Luxembourg:
Key
Tasks and Achievements:
Develop a novel optimization
framework for power system operation, and flexibility acquisition.
Boost flexibility
coordination mechanism: changed problem formulation from quadratic program to
an integer linear program, achieved significant time savings and smaller
duality gap.
Investigation and development
of mechanism-designs for self-regulating local-flexibility market.
Assist in proposal writing and survey of literature: TESTIFY project, DEFIE Project,
EU-Horizon projects, FNR Core calls.
Projects
Assignment:
2022 2024: TESTIFY project. Supervisor: Florin
Capitanescu
Enhancement of TSO-DSO Coordination for flexibility acquisition
Investigation of mapping PQ flexibility maps to direct cost of
flexibility for more efficient coordination
2020 2023: FLEXIGRID project. Supervisor:
Daniel Koster
Development of python-based
electricity market-simulator SMAART: Stroum-Maart
Leading
deliverable 3.4: Quantification of flexibility at distribution level
Collaborating in deliverable 3.2: Design of self-regulating local
markets for flexibility
2016
- 2020 Graduate Research Assistant: Electrical
Power Group, Khalifa University, Masdar Institute
Supervisor: Prof. Mohammed
Shawky El Moursi
Key
Tasks and Achievements:
Novel Smart Demand Response (DR) contract for promoting DR programs
in residential and industrial sectors.
Novel unit-commitment formulation, integrating commitment
constraints of DR participants.
Optimum planning/sizing of hybrid renewable energy plant (solar PV,
Wind, Storage).
Novel formulation of hybrid renewable energy for virtual
dispatchability: novel constraints on hourly ramping and deviation from
hour-ahead schedule. Novel concept of the proxy value of batterys stored
energy. Novel concept for incorporation of battery degradation in long-term
cost evaluation and planning.
Novel analytics formulation of security constrained OPF,
incorporating time-delay of demand-response devices.
Derivation of economic value of response-delay of demand-response
devices.
Develop simulation and operate OPAL-RT module for autonomous
fully-renewable based islanded microgrid.
Investigation of a fast data-driven decision-making tool for
distribution system operation and demand-response dispatch, based on
graph-theory analysis.
Investigation of fair sharing of line-losses among
voltage-sensitive loads in distribution systems implementing
conservative-voltage-reduction schemes.
Investigated utilization of DR and inverter-based renewables for
providing dynamic VAR support to the power system, eliminating the need for
FACTS devices.
Provide technical support for Masdars Research Center in
King-Abdullah City of Atomic and Renewable Energy Project - Saudi Arabia.
2016
- 2020 Teaching Assistant: Khalifa
University - Masdar Institute & The Petroleum Institute
Course:
Electricity
Sector: Market and Policy making. Professor: Sameh. T. El-Khatib
-Nash-Equilibrium
principle
-Power
system operations
-Carbon
Emissions Policies: Cap and Trade Permissions, and Carbon tax.
Course: Advanced Power
System Analysis. Professor: Mohammed Shawky El-Moursi
-Newton Raphson
Power Flow Solution
-Short Circuit
Analysis
-PS-CAD software
2009 2010 Undergraduate Research Assistant: Electrical Eng.
Dept. Khalifa University, Petroleum Institute
Study of Meteorological conditions
effect on thin-film PVs performance (Copper-Indium-Selenide).
Supervisor: Professor Lana El-Chaar
Optimization Python Pyomo. MATLAB Global Optimization toolbox. Julia JuMP,
GAMS, CPLEX, GUROBI
Deep learning Python TensorFlow,
Keras. MATLAB Deep Learning Toolbox, Statistics Toolbox,
Machine Learning
Online Data Scraping Python BeautifulSoup, Selenium, Requests. JavaScript
Parallel Computing Python Multiprocessing. MATLAB Parallel Computing Toolbox, Distributed Computing
Toolbox
Signal Processing MATLAB Signal Processing Toolbox
Data Visualization Python Pyplot,
Plotly, Pillow. MATLAB
Blockchain Solidity for
Ethereum Smart Contracts and Distributed Autonomous Organizations.
Linux Shell scripting for HPC
utilization with various schedulers (SGE, LSF, PBS) and task automation.
Real-Time
Data Simulators RT-Lab for
OPAL-RT
Technical
Design Packages PS-CAD,
ETAP, MATLAB-SIMULINK
Graphic
Design Adobe
Photoshop, Autodesk AutoCAD, MS-Visio
Administrative
Tools LaTeX, MS-Office,
Python WhisperAI, Coqui-TTS, PyTtsx3,
PyPDF, MoviePy, TKinter
2020 PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering
(Honors with Distinction) Khalifa University, Madsar Institute, UAE
Thesis: Provision of Power System Flexibility for Higher Penetration
of Renewable Energy in the Power System.
Supervisor: Prof. Mohammed Shawky El-Moursi (KU-UAE),
Prof. James L. Kirtley (MIT-USA).
2015 MSc in Electrical Engineering (Honors) -
Khalifa
University, UAE
Thesis: PID Controller Optimization for Multiple Inputs Using
Integral Performance Index Criteria.
Supervisor: Prof. Igor Boiko, Prof. Yossef L. Abdelmagid
2010 BSc in Electrical Engineering (Honors) - Khalifa University, UAE - (Full sponsorship by ADNOC)
Graduation Project: Solar Power Enhanced Electrical Wheelchair.
Supervisor: Prof.
Lana El-Chaar
2020 Outstanding
Reviewer award by IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
2020 Recognition
for bug-fixes and added features by MATPOWER development team
2019 MIT-Science
Review Nomination for young innovators under 35.
2017 Selected
for Masdar Institute & Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exchange
Program
2009 Outstanding
Student Award for Electrical Engineering Department - Petroleum Institute
2009 Winning
Team at UAE-IEEE Competition: Design of Simplex Free-Space Optical Transceiver
2005 Recipient
of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Full Scholarship for Undergraduate Students
2010 Renewable
Energy Competition UAE University - shortlisted for second round of evaluation
B. Mohandes, et. al, Boosting the
efficiency of flexibility provision in modern TSO-DSO coordination mechanisms,
Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, vol. 43, p. 101752, Sept. 2025.
M. I. Alizadeh, B. Mohandes, et. al. A Tractable Sequential Linear Programming-based Approach to Coordinate TSO and DSO Operations, submitted to IEEE Transactions of Power Systems. R1 Revision Under Review.
M. Wahbah, B. Mohandes, et. al.
Unbiased cross-validation kernel density estimation for wind and PV
probabilistic modelling, in Energy Conversion and Management, 266,
115811, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115811
K. Antoniadou-Plytaria, et. al, "Scenario-based Stochastic Optimization for Energy and Flexibility Dispatch of a Microgrid," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2022.3175418.
H. Beder, B. Mohandes, et. al., "A New Communication-Free Dual Setting Protection Coordination of Microgrid," in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, doi: 10.1109/TPWRD.2020.3041753.
B. Mohandes, M. S. El Moursi, N.
Hatziargyriou and S. El Khatib, "Incentive based Demand Response Program
for Power System Flexibility Enhancement," in IEEE Transactions on
Smart Grid, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3042847.
B. Mohandes, et. al, "Optimal Design of an Islanded Microgrid
With Load Shifting Mechanism Between Electrical and Thermal Energy Storage
Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 35, no. 4,
pp. 2642-2657, July 2020
B. Mohandes, et. al,, "Renewable Energy Management System:
Optimum Design and Hourly Dispatch," in IEEE Transactions on
Sustainable Energy, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1615-1628, July 2021
B. Mohandes, M. S. E. Moursi, N. Hatziargyriou, and S. E.
Khatib, A review of power system flexibility with high penetration of
renewables, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 34, pp. 31403155,
July 2019.
B. Mohandes, Y. L. Abdelmagid, and I. Boiko, Development
of PSS tuning rules using multi-objective optimization, International
Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 100, pp. 449 462,
2018
B. Mohandes, I. Boiko and Y. Abdel-Magid, "Control System
Loop-Shaping as a Mathematical Optimization Problem: An Ensemble of
Models," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 137185-137197, 2020,
B. Mohandes.,
El-Chaar, L., Lamont, L., Application Study of 500W Photovoltaic (PV) System
in the UAE, Applied Solar Energy Journal, Vol. 45, n. 4, pp.
242-247, December, 2009.
B. Mohandes, et.
al, Advancing cyberphysical sustainability through integrated analysis of
smart power systems: A case study on electric vehicles, I.J. of Critical
Infrastructure Protection, Volume 23, 2018, Pages 33-48,
Al Shereiqi, A, B. Mohandes, et. al, Co-optimisation of wind farm
micro-siting and cabling layouts. IET Renew. Power Gener. 2021; 15:
1848 1860.
B.
Mohandes, M. S. El Moursi and S. El Khatib, "A New
Index of Power System Flexibility: Response Delay (
Usman, M., Mohandes, B., et. al, Scalable uncertainty aware ancillary services procurement tool for active distribution systems, 27th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution - CIRED 2023, Rome (Italy). 12-15 June 2023. In: CIRED 2023: Conference proceedings, e-ISBN: 978-1-83953-855-1
B. Mohandes, et. al, "AI-Based Estimation of Available Flexibility at Individual House Level," 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Soc. Gen. Meet. (PESGM), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252702.
B. Mohandes, MATPOWER/MOST User Manual: User-Defined Variables, Constraints, And Cost Terms.
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Ongoing Peer Reviewer
for Q1 top-tier journals
Transactions
on Power Systems 17 Papers
Transactions
on Smart Grid 13
Papers
Engineering
Letters 7
Letters
Transactions
on Sustainable Energy 4
Papers
Transactions
on Energy Conversion 1 Paper
Ongoing Collaborator on MATPOWER-MOST Project:
Contributions include: Three bug reports, including a proposed fix
for one bug, and four new features
June
2025 Official Photographer of 2024 IEEE 15th International
Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems
Sept
2022 Official Photographer of LIST Open Energy Day
April 2019 Invited Judge for UAE-skills competition. Artificial
Intelligence & Machine Learning Category
Sept 2025 Core Concepts of Cryptography - LUX DLH
Sept 2025 Demystifying Quantum Computing - LUX DLH
July 2025 Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs):
Redefining Trust in the Digital Age - LUX DLH
July 2025 Blockchain Programming Fundamentals &
Smart Contracts: A Hands-On Approach LUX DLH
July
2025 Amazons Innovation Culture
Luxembourgs Digital Learning Hub
June
2025 How to use web services with
JavaScript Luxembourgs
Digital Learning Hub
May 2025 Introduction to Computer Networks Luxembourgs Digital Learning Hub
April 2025 Introduction to Blockchain OffChain and Luxembourgs Digital Learning Hub
March
2025 Advanced Industrial Robotics TechAcademy and Luxembourgs Digital Learning
Hub
Nov.
2013 Functional Safety Management
for TV-SD Certification
Safety
Instrumented Systems (SIS) and HAZOP. Passed the certification test at first
attempt.
Apr. 2012 Electric
Wiring Regulations Certification By Regulation and Supervision Bureau-UAE
Nov.
2011 Pearl Sustainability
Buildings Rating System of Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council
Dec 2018 TRANSCO - CIGRE Day Invited speaker. Power flexibility with high
penetration of renewables
Feb 2019 Power Energy Summit Dubai UAE 2019, Invited speaker under young researcher
category: new
flexibility index
for demand response units
2010 -
2016 Electrical Engineer, Abu Dhabi Polymers Industries (Borouge) Part of Borealis
group and ADNOC group
Technical Group Function,
Ruwais production plant.
- Non-intrusive Online Cable
Testing Project for all Borouge-2 plant 33KV cables.
- Feasibility study, Front End
Engineering Design and Supervision during EPC Phase for the following projects:
Construction of new ethane
storage sphere at Borouge-3 plant site
Construction of containers
yard for low density polyethylene at Borouge-3
Improving acid dosing system
in ethylene unit at Borouge-1
Revamping and expansion of
single site catalyst at polyethylene units of Borouge-2 and Borouge-3
Installation of
impressed-current cathodic protection for the repair of Borouge-2 failed
seawater basin
Relocation of six HV motors
plus site facilities for the repair of Borouge-2 failed seawater basin
Procurement and installation
of a thyristor controlled heater for Borouge ethane handling unit at export
jetty
Procurement and installation
of new vapor return arm at Borouge export jetty
Replacement of obsolete
control cabinet for Active-Magnetic-Bearing (by SKF) for 7MW Compressor.
- Site engineer at Borouge
major turnaround 2012/2013. Provide technical support and supervision of
execution in:
Extension of bus bar for
Borouge new colored grid compounding project
Installation of a new
switchgear cubicle and new control relays in distributed-control-systems
cabinets and HV & LV cable joints for Borouge catalyst expansion project.
- Review of electrical design
plans and material approval requests for two office buildings at Borouge site.
Scope includes lighting fixtures, power fixtures, cabling work and
uninterruptible power supply system:
Conversion of Existing Admin
Building to New Technical Group building; project cost ≈ 20M AED
Borouge New Training Center: project cost ≈ 55M AED
- Attach to Technical
Compliance department
Acquiring concepts of HAZOP,
HAZID, HSEIA, QRA, COMAH and HSECES procedure.
Production of performance
standards for HSECES systems
- Review of Borouge standards
documents and electrical safety procedures
- Execute bad actor analysis
study for all sites electrical equipment for a 2 years period
- Production of new
specifications guideline document on Earthing, equipotential bonding and
lightning protection
- Technical study and
construction support for several small-budget projects (cost < 81,000 USD)
- Investigation &
production of technical reports for failures and warranty claims of different
equipment
Jun-Aug
2009 Electrical
Engineering Intern, Abu Dhabi Gas Industries
Spoken Languages Luxembourgish:
B1.1 English: C1/C2
(IELTS Test system: 8.0/9.0)
French: A2.1 German:
A2.1
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