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Dr. Selma K E Awadallah
Assistant Professor
Educational Qualifications
PhD Electrical and Electronics Engineering
MSc Electrical Power Systems Engineering
Entity
College of Science and Engineering
Biography
Dr. Selma Awadallah is an Assistant Professor in the College of Science and Engineering of Hamad Bin Khalifa University. She has also worked as an Engineering Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar. She received her BSc degree from the University of Khartoum in Sudan and her MSc and PhD degrees from The University of Manchester. After her PhD, she worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester.
Dr. Awadallah has a diverse academic and industry background. Her professional journey includes roles such as Senior Power System Engineer at National Grid UK and Senior Engineer for Renewable Integration at Neom Energy and Water, Saudi Arabia. She is also an active member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society and has received multiple awards, including being a runner-up for National Grid Female Engineer of the Year in 2020. In addition to her academic and professional roles, she is dedicated to community outreach and is registered as a chartered engineer with the Engineering Council, United Kingdom.
PhD Electrical and Electronics Engineering
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2014
MSc Electrical Power Systems Engineering
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2010
BSc Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Khartoum, Sudan
2003
- Grid renewable integration
- Transformer condition scoring and lifetime management
- Power system reliability and resiliency
- Data analytics in power systems
Assistant Professor
College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2024 – Present
Engineering Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar
2023 - 2024
Senior Engineer - Renewable Integration
Neom Energy and Water, Neom, Saudi Arabia
2021 - 2022
Senior Power System Engineer
System Design, National Grid Electricity Transmission, United Kingdom
2015 - 2021
Research Fellow
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2014 - 2015
Electrical Engineer
Low Voltage Department, National Electricity Corporation, Sudan
2004 - 2011
Tayyab, M., & Awadallah, S. (2024). Investigation of virtual synchronous generator control parameters for small signal stability at different levels of renewable resource penetration. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE24), Doha, Qatar.
Awadallah, S. K. E., Mohanty, S., & Ghassemi, F. (2023). Transient overvoltage transfer and amplification in a 400 kV network – A case study. Electric Power Systems Research, 223, 109583.
Awadallah, S. K. E., Milanović, J. V., & Jarman, P. N. (2016). Quantification of uncertainty in end-of-life failure models of power transformers for transmission systems reliability studies. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 31(5), 4047–4056.
Awadallah, S. K. E., Milanović, J. V., & Jarman, P. N. (2015). The influence of modeling transformer age-related failures on system reliability. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 30(2), 970–979.
Awadallah, S. K. E., Milanović, J. V., & Jarman, P. N. (2014). Reliability-based framework for cost-effective replacement of power transmission equipment. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 29(5), 2549–2557.
- 2020; Runner-up for National Grid Female Engineer of the Year Award
- 2015; Research presentation winner to represent The University of Manchester at Seminar for Next Generation Researchers in Power Systems held at the University of Washington, Seattle, United States
- 2011; PhD scholarship funded by National Grid, United Kingdom
- 2009; MSc scholarship funded by National Electricity Corporation, Sudan