Dr. Hamza Ahmad Raza

Designation Assistant Professor

Ext # 162

Qualification
Sr. No		Degree		University
1		PhD in Electrical Engineering		Arizona State University, USA
2		Msc Energy Systems Engineering		USPCASE, NUST Islamabad
3		Bsc Electrical Engineering		University of the Punjab
Teaching Experience
Sr. No	Designation	University				Year
						From	To
1	Assistant Professor	NUTECH Islamabad				Sep 2024	Present
2	Assistant Professor	Sharif college of engineering and technology (SCET) Lahore				July 2023	Aug 2024
3	Solar PTL	Mesa Arizona, USA				April	May 2023
3	Lecturer	Sharif college of engineering and technology (SCET) Lahore				Aug 2017	Aug 2018
Research Areas/Interests
Sr. No		Description
1		Electrical power
2		Solar thermal power generation
3		Solar PV defect identification techniques
Publications
Sr. No	Publication Title		Category		Year of Publication
1	H. A. Raza and G. Tamizhmani, “Voltage mapping and local defects identification in solar cells using non-contact method,” Sustain. Energy Technol. Assessments, vol. 57, no. May, p. 103304, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.seta.2023.103304.		Journal		2023
2	H. A. Raza and G. TamizhMani, “Application of non-contact electrostatic voltmeter to identify underperforming modules in grid-connected photovoltaic systems,” Sol. Energy, vol. 252, pp. 356–362, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.02.014.		Journal		2023
3	H. A. Raza, F. Ibne Mahmood, and G. TamizhMani, “Use of non-contact voltmeter to quantify potential induced degradation in CdTe modules,” Sol. Energy, vol. 252, pp. 284–290, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.02.002.		Journal		2023
4	Mahmood, Farrukh Ibne & Afridi, Muhammad & Raza, Hamza & Khalid, Hassan. (2022). Investigation and Comparison of DC and AC Nanogrid Networks using MATLAB/Simulink. International Journal of Engineering Works. 09. 131-143. 10.34259/ijew.22.905131143.		Journal		2022
5	I. Safdar, S. Sultan, H. A. Raza, M. Umer, and M. Ali, “Empirical analysis of turbine and generator efficiency of a pico hydro system,” Sustain. Energy Technol. Assessments, vol. 37, p. 100605, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2019.100605		Journal		2020
6	H. A. Raza and G. TamizhMani, Mapping of Local Defects and Voltages in Solar Cells using Non-Contact Electrostatic Voltmeter Method, 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2022, pp. 0261-0263, doi: 10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938734.		Conference		2022
7	H. A. Raza, A. Bin Ahmed, A. K. Janjua, M. Ali, M. Sattar and M. Z. Ul Abideen Afridi, Performance analysis and cost reduction of Brayton Cycle based Solar Thermal Tower Power Plant using TRNSYS, 2020 IEEE 23rd International Multitopic Conference (INMIC), Bahawalpur, Pakistan, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/INMIC50486.2020.9318189.		Conference		2022
8	H. A. Raza, S. Sultan, S. ul Haq, A. Hussain, A. K. Janjua and A. Bashir, Modeling of 1 MW solar thermal tower power plant using TRNSYS, 2018 1st International Conference on Power, Energy and Smart Grid (ICPESG), Mirpur Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICPESG.2018.8384499.		Conference		2022
9	H. A. Raza, S. Sultan, Shomaz-Ul-Haq and M. Ali, Modelling of efficient solar water desalination\system using TRNSYS, 2018 International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET), Lahore, Pakistan, 2018, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICEET1.2018.8338622.		Conference		2022
10	S. U. Haq, H. A. Raza, I. Safdar, S. Sultan, S. Naeem and M. Ali, Comparative numerical investigation on effect of characteristic parameters on thermal energy enhancement by alumina-water and cupric-oxide-water nanofluids, 2017 International Conference on Energy Conservation and Efficiency (ICECE), Lahore, Pakistan, 2017, pp. 55-63, doi: 10.1109/ECE.2017.8248829.		Conference		2022
11	H. A. Raza, M. Asad, S. Sultan, Shomaz-Ul-Haq, N. Shehzad and M. Ali, Effect of heliostats reflectivity on the cost of solar thermal tower power plant, 2017 International Conference on Energy Conservation and Efficiency (ICECE), Lahore, Pakistan, 2017, pp. 11-15, doi: 10.1109/ECE.2017.8248821.		Conference		2022
12	S. Sultan, M. Ali, A. Waqas, H. A. Raza, S. Aziz and S. -u. -. Haq, Modelling of a solar energy driven water desalination system using TRNSYS, 2016 19th International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2016, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/INMIC.2016.7840151.		Conference		2022

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