Komal Saleem

Dr Komal Saleem

Lecturer

Department of Engineering & Construction , School Of Architecture, Computing And Engineering

Dr Komal Saleem is a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Construction at the University of East London and an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her expertise spans various areas such as converter and control design in integrating grid-connected systems such as renewable energy systems and electric vehicles (V2G/X) and sustainable energy generation technologies. Komal contributed and led various projects, and published top-notch research articles throughout her career.

Areas Of Interest

  • Power converters and control
  • Grid-connected renewable systems
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Vehicle to Grid-connected Technology
  • Energy management
  • Optimisation
  • Machine Learning
Komal Saleem

OVERVIEW

Dr Komal joined UEL in March 2024 as a lecturer in the Engineering and Construction Department. Before joining UEL, she was a Teaching Associate at Queen Mary University of London. There she was mainly responsible for delivering teaching and laboratory experiments for robotics and control systems courses. She has also worked as a research fellow on a HAWKSBI project funded by Innovative UK smart grant in the School of Engineering, London South Bank University, London, UK. This project involved developing and demonstrating a hardware platform combining functions such as Power Quality Monitor, Phasor Measurement Unit, and Sampled Value Merging Unit. Furthermore, she also worked as a Research Associate on a research project funded by the British Council and UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) in Electrical Power and Control Systems Group, Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, UK.

She completed her PhD at Queen Mary University of London in 2022 and her research was mainly focused on the modelling and control of the renewable system vehicle to grid (V2G) for grid support and a sustainable future. Part of her PhD work served as a deliverable to funded EPSRC and Innovative UK projects. She was also awarded a diploma of research development (Q-Dip) by Queen Mary University of London in recognition of the completion of 210 hours of researcher development activities throughout a PGR degree. She has also contributed to various research projects, such as securing a British Council funding for developing and advancing NetZero and smart grid research initiative, worth £63.4k. She has also served as a lecturer and teaching assistant, taught courses on power systems, electrical machines, power distribution, etc. and facilitated laboratory experiments and tutorials.

Furthermore, she is an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has been serving as a volunteer at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition since 2020 and was honoured with the best volunteering award more than once. She was also an organiser at the European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2022 event. She is a technical reviewer of many prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions of Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions of Industrial Applications, Electric Power Systems Research (ELSEVIER), IET Renewable Power Generation, and many Class A conferences.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Her research interest comprises control algorithm designs for power electronics converters, optimisation and machine learning techniques for smart energy management systems, and sustainable energy generation technologies. Alongside this, her expertise lies in smart electric vehicle charging, bi-directional Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and everything (V2X) technologies, and grid power quality improvement. With her extensive experience in these areas, she has consistently delivered top-notch Q1 Journals (including IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics) and class-A conference papers throughout her career. 

She is proficient in developing mathematical models and digital twins for power systems using MATLAB and other tools. Additionally, she is capable of performing real-time validations using hardware-in-the-loop such as PV systems, converters, and real-time emulators including Speedgoat and dSPACE. She has contributed to various research projects, such as securing a British Council funding for developing and advancing NetZero and smart grid research initiative, worth £63.4k.

Most recent research:

  1. Data-Driven Machine Learning Model for Condition Monitoring and Anomaly Detection in Power Grids
  2. Smart charge controller for electric vehicle applications
  3. Synchronization technique for grid-connected renewable energy storage system under faulty grid conditions

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

  1. H. Ali, M. Uneeb, I. Ahmad, K. Saleem, and Z. Ali. "Variable Structure-Based Control for Dynamic Temperature Setpoint Regulation in Hospital Extreme Healthcare Zones." Energies 16, no. 10 (2023): 4223. 
  2. Z. Ali, G. A. Putrus, M. Marzband, H. Gholinejad, K. Saleem and B. Subudhi, "Multi-objective Optimized Smart Charge Controller for Electric Vehicle Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3164999.
  3. Z. Ali, K. Saleem, R. Brown, N. Christofides, and S. Dudley, "Performance Analysis and Benchmarking of PLL-Driven Phasor Measurement Units for Renewable Energy Systems" Energies 15, no. 5: 1867, 2022. 
  4. K. Saleem, Z. Ali, and K. Mehran, "A single-phase synchronization technique for grid-connected RESS under distorted grid conditions," in IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics.
  5. K. Saleem, K. Mehran and Z. Ali, "Online Reduced Complexity Parameter Estimation Technique for Equivalent Circuit Model of Lithium-ion Battery,” Elsevier Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 185, p. 106356, 2020.
  6. Z. Ali, N. Christofides, K. Saleem, A. Polycarpou, and K. Mehran, "Performance evaluation and benchmarking of PLL algorithms for grid-connected RES applications," IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 52-62, 2020.
  7. K. Zeb, Z. Ali, K. Saleem, W. Uddin, M. Javed, and N. Christofides, "Indirect field-oriented control of induction motor drive based on adaptive fuzzy logic controller," Electrical Engineering, vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 803-815, 2017.
  8. A. Rashid, K. Saleem, M. Amin, S. Shah “Permanent Magnetic Theory and Design Methodology of Variable Field Spiral Efficient Motor

Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings
1.    H. Ali, M. Uneeb, K. Saleem, and Z. Ali. " Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Energy Management for Hybrid Electric Vehicle based on Variable Structure Control Strategy", 2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG).
2.    R. Brown, Z. Ali, K. Saleem, and S. Dudley, “Distribution Substation Dynamic Reconfiguration and Reinforcement - Digital Twin Model, 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2023).
3.    K. Saleem, B. Alkan, S. Dudley, “Data-Driven Machine Learning Model for Condition Monitoring and Anomaly Detection in Power Grids.” 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (GM).
4.    Z. Ali, G. Putrus, and M. Marzband, M. B. Tookanlou, K. Saleem, PK Ray, B. Subudhi, "Heuristic Multi-Agent Control for Energy Management of Microgrids with Distributed Energy Sources." 2021 56th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). IEEE, 2021.
5.    Z. Ali, G. Putrus, M. Marzband, M. Tookanlou, K. Saleem, P. Kumar, B. Subudhi, "Online Sensorless Solar Power Forecasting for Microgrid Control and Automation," 2021 International Symposium of Asian Control Association on Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Automation (IRIA), 2021, pp. 443-448, doi: 10.1109/IRIA53009.2021.9588690.
6.    K. Saleem, K. Mehran, and Z. Ali, "An improved pre-filtering moving average filter based synchronization algorithm for single-phase V2G application," in Proc. IEEE ECCE, 2020.
7.    R. R. Urs, Z. Ali, M. Marzband, K. Saleem, B. M. Ivatloo, A. A. Moghaddam, “A technical assessment on photovoltaic power generation under varying weather profile - Northumbria university pilot,” in Proc. IEEE ISIE, 2020, pp. 1-5. 
8.    K. Saleem, Z. Ali, and K. Mehran, "A single-phase synchronization technique for grid-connected RESS under distorted grid conditions," in Proc. IEEE ECCE, 2019, pp. 4665-4672.
9.    K. Zeb, K. Saleem, et al., “Performance of adaptive PI based on fuzzy logic for Indirect Vector Control Induction Motor drive” in Proc. ICRAI 2016.pp. 93-98.
10.    Z. Ali, K. Saleem, N. Christofides, et al., "Performance analysis of Fuzzy Logic Control and six-pulse line-commutated converter in DC motor drive application," in Proc. IEEE ICET, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2015, pp. 1-6.
11.    Z Ali, K Saleem, et al., " Generalized method for harmonic elimination in two and three level voltage sourced converters," in Proc. IEEE ICET, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2015, pp. 1-6.

Book chapters

 

  1. Z. Ali, G. A. Putrus, K. Saleem, M. Marzband, B. Subduhi and S. Dudley, “Control of PV and EV connected smart grid”, Microgrid Cyberphysical Systems, Elsevier, 2022.

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