Background

Dr Muez Shiref is a Research Associate in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University.

Area of expertise

• Schematic capture and PCB Design
• Design, control and evaluation of electric motor drives
• Embedded systems design, implementation and software development
• Development of power electronic systems for energy conversion applications
• Systems modelling, simulation and analysis through utilizing the tools of Matlab®, Simulink® and PLECS®

 

 

Research

Projects:

• Low Cost Electric Drivetrain – (LCED)
• Underpinning Power Electronics – (Integrated Drives)
• 48V Town & Country Hybrid Powertrain - (TC48)
• The Faraday Institution : Reuse & Recycling of Lithium-ion batteries -  (ReLiB)
• The Faraday Institution : Battery Degradation

 

Research Interest:

Control of electric drives, power electronics, power converters and real-time digital control, battery management system, non-invasive diagnostics and testing techniques.

Publications

• Winterborne D, Shiref M, Snow S, Pickert V. TC48: A low cost 48V integrated drive for mild hybrid electric vehicles. In: The 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018). 2018, Liverpool, UK: IET.
• Khalfalla H, Ethni S, Shiref M, Al-Greer M, Pickert V, Armstrong M. Grid Impedance Estimation for Single Phase PV Grid Tide Inverter Based on Statistical Signal Processing Techniques. In: 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). 2018, Glasgow, UK: IEEE.
• Ethni S, Smith A, Khalfalla H, Shiref M. Open Circuit Stator Winding Fault Detection of Induction Machines from Transient Data Using Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms. In: 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). 2018, Glasgow, UK: IEEE.