Ehab F. El-Saadany, Ph.D.
Senior Member IEEE

Kerr Hall East (KHE), Room KHE323A
Ryerson University
340 Church Street, Toronto   map

Please confirm your attendance by sending your full name, membership number or guest and employer to Mohsen Mouralli, at latest by June 5th 2009.

The presentation will cover the following topics:

1. Brief introduction on Distributed Generation (DG)
2. Understand the impact of DG on distribution system performance, reliability, safety.
3. DG effects on distribution system operation
4. DG effects on System protection
5. Questions and Answers

Prof. El-Saadany received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Ain Shams University, Egypt, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, all in electrical engineering in 1986, 1990, and 1998, respectively. Presently, he is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Waterloo.

Prof. El-Saadany taught many courses in graduate and undergraduate levels in power system analysis, distribution system engineering and power quality. He presented many seminars and short courses in North America, Europe and Middle East all in distribution systems engineering. He has authored/co-authored 57 research journal publications and 75 international conference publications on electric power systems and supervised 15 graduate students (Master and Ph.D.). Dr. El-Saadany is the recipient of the James Field teaching excellence award in 2006 and the Government of Ontario Early Research Award in 2007. His research interests are in the area of the operation, protection and control of distribution systems. He is also conducting research in power quality analysis, distributed generation interfacing, fuel cells and micro generator design.