AHMED A. HELAL (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1972. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt in 1994 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K., in 2004. He is currently a Professor of electrical power engineering with the Electrical and Control Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria. From 2008 to 2012, he worked as the Vice Dean for education and training affairs. His current research interests include renewable energy systems, smart grids, and various power electronics applications in power systems. He is a member of IET. He is a CEM.