Curriculum Vitae
Abdulaziz A. Al-Sulaiman
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Department of Elictrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Teaching Experience
Taught the following courses
Course No. Course Title
EE441 Electrical Power (1)
EE442 Electrical Power (2)
EE443 Electrical Power (3)
EE444 Power Economics and Planning
EE446 High Voltage Engineering
EE400 Senior Project
EE541 Advance Power System Analysis (Graduate level)
EE301 Electric Circuit 3
EE542 Stability and Control of Power System (Graduate level)
EE600 M.Sc. Thesis
EE351 Automatic Control
EE448 Power Distribution System
EE352 Automatic Control Lab.
Academic Activities
1. Chairman Technical Program Committee of the First Symposium on Electric Power System in Fast Developing Countries, King Saud University, 1987.
2. Member of Steering Committee of First Symposium on Electric Power Systems in Fast Developing Countries, King Saud University, 1987.
3. Member of Refereeing Committee for Projects Evaluation for Saudi Arabia National Center for Science and Technology.
4. Coordinator of Electrical Power Group in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
5. Establishment of Liquid Electrical Insulating Laboratory in College of Engineering, King Saud University.
6. Enhancement of the High Voltage Laboratory by more facilities and equipment, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
7. Referee for the Saudi Arabian National Center for Science and Technology (SANCST) projects.
8. Referee for the proceedings of the First, Second and Third Saudi Engineers Conference.
9. Referee for the Journal of Engineering Science, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
10. Referee for promoting staff members in neighbouring universities.
11. Chairman of teaching assistant selection committee.
12. Chairman of Electrical Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh.
13. Member of Steering Committee of First Saudi Symposium on Energy, Utilization and Conservation, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.
Professional Activities
1. Member of the Board of Directors, Tabuk Electricity Power Co. in Saudi Arabia for the period 1978-1980.
2. Part-time Consultant for reviewing design and Electrical specifications of Government Palace area for the period of Jan., 1981 to May 1981.
3. Part time Consultant to the Governor of Saline Water Conversion Corporation started July 26, 1982, which involves a technical consultant on power plants and related matters.
4. Chairman of Panel discussion on computerized Automation and control system for Desalination, Power Plant and Water Transmission Systems, Saline Water Conversion Corp., 13/7/1408 H 19/2/1989.
5. Chairman Session of Human Resources, Maintenance: Planning and Operation Symposium, King Saud University, Mechanical Eng. Dept., 17-19 March 1990, 20 Shabaan, 1410 H.
6. Establishing and developing programs, courses, and vocational technical training for the department of training, research and development, Saline Water Conversion Corporation.
7. Chairman Session of Electrical Power System in Fourth Saudi Engineering Conference held at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 12-14 Jumada II, 1416 (5-8 November 1996).
Research Grants
1. Principal Investigator of Research Project No.20/400, with Mr. A.S. Ahmed, Mr.M.Iqbal Qureshi, and Dr. M.M.A. Hassan, funded by Research Center of College of Engineering, King Saud University, entitled "Physico-Chemical and Dielectric Properties of Electrical Insulating Oils of Petroleum Origin used in High Voltage Systems", Research started May, 1980 till Aug. 1985.
2. Co-Investigator of Research Project No.15/98, with Mr. abobakr S. Ahmed, funded by Research Center, College of Engineering, King Saud University, entitled "The Effect of Partial Discharged on the Electrical Degradation of Insulating Materials under Different Test Conditions". Research started Oct. 1978 and end Aug. 1979.
3. Principal Investigator of Project No.26/99, with Dr. A.L. Mohamadain, funded by Research Center, College of Engineering, King Saud University, entitled, "Transient Stability Studies of Induction Motors", for two years 1980-1981.
4. Co-Investigator of Project No.19/404, with Dr. Z. Elrazaz, Dr. A.A. Al-Arainy, Dr. Abdel Hamid Al-Ohaly and Dr. A.M. Shaalan, funded by Research Center, College of Engineering, King Saud University, entitled, "Transient and Dynamic Stability Study for SCECO Central System", started May 1984.
5. Principal Investigator of Project No.2/406, for four years with Mr. Abobakr S. Ahmed, Mr. M. Iqbal Qureshi and Dr. Khalid A. Alrashood, funded by Research Center of College of Engineering, King Saud University, entitled "Evaluation of Light Saudi Arabian Distillates use in High Voltage Transformer Oil", Research started 1-3-1406 H (13-11-1985) ended 1989.
M.Sc. Thesis Supervision
1. "STEADY STATE STABILITY FOR SAUDI CONSOLIDATED ELECTRIC COMPANY CENTER REGION POWER SYSTEM", by M. Abu-Alseba, 1985.
2. "STEADY STATE STABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT FOR INTEGRATED SAUDI CONSOLIDATED ELECTRIC COMPANY CENTER AND EASTERN", by M. Barkat, June 1989.
3. "THE CHOICE OF REDUCE MODELS FOR LARGE SCALE POWER SYSTEM", Awad Abdallah Aldigs, June 1990.
4. "STEADY STATE STABILITY ASSESSMENT OF EXPANDED INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM OF SCECO EASTER-CENTRAL REGION", by Abdullah Al Zamil.
5. "A STRATEGY FOR CONTROL SYSTEM OF MULTI-STAGE FLASH (MSF) EVAPORATOR", by Abdullah Al Dossary.
M.Sc. Thesis Examiner
1. "STEADY STATE STABILITY FOR SAUDI CONSOLIDATED ELECTRIC COMPANY CENTER REGION POWER SYSTEM", by M. Abu-Alseba, 1985.
2. "STEADY STATE STABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT FOR INTEGRATED SAUDI CONSOLIDATED ELECTRIC COMPANY CENTER AND EASTERN", by M. Barkat, June 1989.
3. TRANSIENT STABILITY STUDY FOR RIYADH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM IN SAUDI CONSOLIDATED ELECTRIC COMPANY, CENTRAL REGION, by Saleh Nasser Al-Sohaibani, March 1988, Rajab 1408.
4. CORRELATION BETWEEN CORONA PULSE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND THE GENERATED RADIO INTERFERENCE, by Mosbah Khalil Al-Bahloul, June 1988.
5. VOLT-TIME CHARACTERISTICS OF SHORT AIR GAPS UNDER SURGE VOLTAGES, by Jamal Mohamad Wadi, June 1990.
6. STATIC SECURITY EVALUATION FOR SCECO-C ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS INCLUDING INTERCONNECTION WITH SCECO-E SYSTEMS, by Hisham Saeed Al-Mozain, February 1991.
7. EFFECT OF SAND/DUST PARTICLES ON H.V AC BREAKDOWN OF AIR GAPS, by Haytham FADEL Uthman, July 1992.
B.Sc. Project (Final year project)
Supervised more than 130 students' projects.
Conferences Attended
1. Canadian Communications & Power Conference, IEEE sponsored, Montreal, Canada, October, 1978.
2. IEEE/ASME/ASCE Joint Power Generation Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, October 7-11, 1979.
3. Control of Power System Conference and Exposition, March 17-18, 1980, Oklahoma, City Section, IEEE and University of Oklahoma, USA.
4. IEEE Power Engineering Society, 1981 Summer meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, July 26-31, 1981.
5. Conference on Electrical and Dielectric Phenomena, Sponsored by Electrical Insulation Society of IEEE, Amherest, New York, October 20-24, 1985.
6. Saudi Symposium on Energy, Utilization and Conservation, March 4-7, 1990, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
7. Third Saudi Engineering Conference, November 24-27, 1991, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
8. Technical Discussion on Computerized Automation and Control Systems for Desalination, Power plants and water transmission system, sponsered by Saline Water Conversions Corp. Feb. 19-22, 1989.
9. Symposium on Gained Experience on Operation and Maintenance for Desalination Plants, sponsered by Saline Water Conversion Corp., 24-26/4/1992.
10. Symposium on the Study of Establishing National Research Center for Electricity, Sponsored by Electricity Corporation, 6-7/4/1993.
11. Second Saudi Symposium on Energy Utilization and Conservation, KFUMP, Dhahran, 27-30 Nov. 1994.
12. Fourth Saudi Engineering Conference, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 5-8, November 1995,
Publications
a) Journal and Conferences
1. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, "Impact of Machine Data on the Overall Multi-Machine System Stability Studies", Proceeding of International Conference on Electrical Machines, Athens, Greece, September, 1980, pp 1367-1373, Extracted from Ph.D. thesis.
2. A.L. Mohamadein, and Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, "Stability in Induction Motors a Novel Approach", Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Machines, Athens, Greece, Sept., 1980, pp 1607-1614.
3.a. M.A. Shimy Mansour, Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, and A. Abdelrehzak, "Synchronos Machines Performance in HVDC Networks as Affected by Saliency & Controlled and Uncontrolled Communication", Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Machines, Anthens, Greece, September, 1980, pp 972-979.
3.b. Also published in the Journal of Engineering Sciences, University of Riyadh, Vol.7, No.1, 1981.
4.a. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr Sultan, and M. Iqbal Qureshi, "High Field D.C. Conduction in Aged Transformer Oil", Proceeding of the 7th International Conference on Conduction and Breakdown in Liquid Dielectrics, sponsored by IEEE Electrical Insulation Society, Berlin, West Germany, 1981, pp 455-459.
4.b. Also modified and published in the Journal of Electrostatics, 12 (1982) Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, pp 621-627.
5. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, and M. Iqbal Qureshi, "Quasi-Steady and Burst Current in Aged Transformer Oil under High Direct Field", IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation, Volume El-16, No.5, Oct., 1981, pp 453-457.
6.a. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, M. Iqbal Qureshi and M.M.A. Hassan, "High Field DC Conduction Current and Spectroscopy of Aged Transformer Oil", accepted for presentation at IEEE/PES Winter Meeting, January 31, 1982, New York.
6.b. Also published in IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, IEEE Trans. on PAS, Vol PAS 101, No.11, November 1982, pp 4358.
6.c. Also summary published in Power Engineering Review, Vol.PER-2, No.11, 1982, pp 32.
7. A.L. Mohamadein, and Abdulaziz A. El-Suilaman, "Stability of Large Induction Motors as Influenced by Voltage Disturbances", Journal of Electric Machines and Electromechanics, University of Kentuckey, Lexington, Kentuckey, Vol.7, No.1, 1982.
8. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, and M. Iqbal Qureshi, "Effected of Field Strength and Filtration on Burst Phenomena in Aged Transformer Oil under High Non-Uniform DC Field", IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation, Vol.El-18, No.2, April 1983.
9. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, and M. Iqbal Qureshi, "Study of DC Conduction in Aged Transformer Oil under Non-Uniform High Fields", 1983 Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 83CH19026, Buck Hill Falls, PA, pp 161-169, Oct., 16-20, 1983.
10. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, and M. Iqbal Qureshi, "Study of DC Conduction in Aged Transformer Oil under Non-Uniform High Fields", Journal of Engineering Sciences, King Saud University, Vol.9, No.2, 1983.
11. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, and M. Iqbal Qureshi, "Effect of Temperature on High Field Conduction Current in Service Aged Transformer Oil", Eighth International Conference on Conduction and Breakdown in Dielectric Liquids, 84CH2055-2 Pavia-Italy, 24-27 July 1984.
12. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman and M. Iqbal Qureshi, "Effect of Contamination on the Leakage Current of Inland Desert Insulation", IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation, Vol.El-19, No.4, August 1984.
13. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, "Study of Anode-Liquid Interface in Transformer Oil under High DC Non-Uniform Fields",Electrical/ Electronics Insulation Conference International Coil Winding Association, Inc. 17th E/EIC&CW85, Sponsored by Electrical Insulation Society IEEE, Sept.30 - Oct.3, 1985, Boston.
14. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, "Effect of Point Cathode and Point Anode on Conduction and Burst Current in an Inhomogeneous Field for Inservice Transformer Oil", Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, Sponsored by Electrical Insulation Society of IEEE, Amherst, New York, Oct.20-24, 1985.
15. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, and M. Iqbal Qureshi, "Effect of Temperature on Burst Phenomena in Aged Mineral Oil under Non-Uniform Field", Canadian Electrical Engineering Journal.
16. Z.S. El-Razaz, A.M. Shaalan, A. Al-Arainy, Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, A. Al-Ohaly, "Adequacy of System Modelling for Stability Studies for Rapid Developing Power System", Second Saudi Engineers Conference, U.P.M., Dhahran, 16-19 Nov. 1985.
17. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, M. Iqbal Qureshi and Mahmoud M.A. Hassan, "Investigation of Transformer Oil Aging under Service Load from Various Dielectric Measurements, Chemical Analysis and Spectroscopy", Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, ENG.SCI, No.1, Volume 4, 1986.
18. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr S. Ahmad, M. Iqbal Qureshi and Khalid A. Alrashood, "Study of Conduction and Chemical Analysis of Transformer Oil Sampled from Inland Desert", Journal of Engineering Sciences, King Saud University, Volume 12, No.2, 1986.
19. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, "Impact of Compensating Reactor Location and Magnitude on Steady State Stability at Light Load Operation", accepted for presentation at the 14th IASTED International Symposium Applied Simulation and Modelling (ASM'86) Vancouver, Canada, June 4-6, 1986.
20. Z. El-Raza, Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, and M.A.M. Abu Alseba, "Modeling and Simulation of Rapid Developing Power System for Steady State Stability Studies", Journal of Engineering Sciences, King Saud University, Vol.13, No.1, pp 155-170, 1987.
21. a) A.A. El-Sulaiman, A.S. Ahmed, M.I. Qureshi, K.A. Al-Rashood and S.I. Al-Huzaimi, "Evaluation of Light Distilled Crude Oil for Transformer Applications, Proceedings of the First Symposium on electric Power Systems in Fast Developing Countries", March 21-24, 1987, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, pp. 178-182.
b) Also modified and published in Journal of Engineering Science, King Saud University, Vol. 15, No.1, 1989.
22. a) A.A. El-Sulaiman, Z. Elrazaz and M. Barkat, "Impact of PSS Installation on Steady State Stability Performance", Proceedings of the First Symposium on Electric Power Systems in Fast Developing Countries, March 21-24, 1987, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, pp.353-356.
b) Also modified and published in Journal of King Saud University, Vol.2, Engineering Sciences (I), 1990, 1410, pp.43-52.
23. a) A.A. El-Sulaiman, A.S. Ahmed, M.I. Qureshi and K. Al-Rashood, Impact of Desert Environment on the properties of Transformer Oil Under Service Load in Saudi Arabia", Proceedings of the First Symposium on Electric Power Systems in Fast Developing Countries, March 21-24, 1987, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, pp.552-554.
b) Also major modification and published in Pakistan Journal of Science Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol.32, No.9, Sept. 1989, pp.590-594.
24. A.A. El-Sulaiman, Z. El-Razaz and M. Barkat, "Tuning of Coordinated Power System Stabilizers in Multimachine Power System", Proceedings of Nineteenth Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference, May 5-6, 1988, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
25. a) Z. Elrazaz, Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman and M. Barkat, "Steady State Stability Improvement by Power System Stabilizer Installation", Middle Power Conference (MEPCON-89), Jan. 9-13, 1989, Cairo-Assiut, Egypt.
b) Also modified and accepted in Pakistan Journal of Science, Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol. 135, No.1-2, January 1992, Karachi.
26. Z. Elrazaz, Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman and M. Abu-Elseba, "Impact of System Parameter Tuning on Steady State Stabilization for Rapidly Growing Power System", J. Univ. Kuwait, (Sei.) 17, 1990.
27. A.A. El-Sulaiman, A.R.M. Alamoud, A.S. Ahmed and M.I. Qureshi, "Effect of Sub-Atmospheric Pressure on the Conduction Current in Transformer Oil", Tenth International Conference on Conduction and Breakdown in Dielectric Liquids, Sept. 10-14, 1990, Grenoble, France.
28. A.A. El-Sulaiman, M.I. Qureshi, H. Al-Fayz, "Effect of Additives on the Performance of Paper-Oil Composite of 132 kV Underground Cable", Third Saudi Engineering Conference, Nov. 24-27, 1991, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
29. A.A. El-Sulaiman, A.R.M. Alamoud, A.S. Ahmed and M.I. Qureshi, "DC Conduction and Burst Currents in Hydrocarbon Oils Subjected to Reduced Pressure".
30. A.A. El-Sulaiman, M.I. Qureshi, H. Al-Fayz, "Steady of Cable Oil and Paper-Oil Composite Samples Doped With Additive Under High Electrical Stress", accepted in Pakistan Journal of Science Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol.35, No.10, October 1992.
31. A.A. El-Sulaiman, "Establishing National Research Center for Electricity", Symposium on Study of Establishing National Research Center for Electricity, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 6-7 April 1993, pp.24-23.
32. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, A.H. Al-Ohaly and A.H. Zamil, "Steady State Stability Assessment of Expanded Interconnected System of SCECO Eastern-Central Regions", Presented at the Second Saudi Symposium on Energy Utilization and Conservation, KFUMP, Dhahran, 27-30 Nov. 1994.
33. a) Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, "Impact of Subsynchronous Resonance on Steady State Stability", Presented at the Second Saudi Symposium on Energy Utilization and Conservation, KFUMP, Dhahran, 27-30 Nov. 1994.
b) Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, "Impact of Subsynchronous Resonance on Steady State Stability", Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research.
34. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman and M. Iqbal Qureshi, “Effect of Additivites on the Preformance of Cable Oil and Kraft Paper Oil Compsite”, Journal of Electrical Machines and Power Systems, Vol.24, pp. 597-608, Sept. 1996.
35. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, “No Problem Caused by Slow Leakage of SF6 Gas into EHV Oil Filled Cable Insulation”, The First Applied Symposium on Operation and Maintenance Network Energy Line, SCECO-C, Riyadh 2-3/3/1999 (5-14/11/1419).
36. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, “Impact of HV Surges on Mineral Cable Oil Dopped with Additive”, accepted in Fifth Saudi Engineering Conference, College of Engineering Islamic Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University.
b) Research Reports (published)
1. Abobakr Sultan Ahmad, Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman and Aser A. Zaky, "EXPERIMENTAL SETUP FOR PHA OF PARTIAL DISCHARGE", Final Research Report No.EE-1/1401, Research Center, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
2. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, and A.L. Mohamadein, "TRANSIENT STABILITY STUDIES OF INDUCTION MOTORS", Final Research Report No.EE-2/1402, Research Center, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
3. Abdulaziz A. El-Sulaiman, Abobakr Sultan Ahmad, M. Iqbal Qureshi, and Khalid A. Alrashood "PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING OILS OF PETROLEUM ORIGIN, USED IN HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEMS", Final Research Report No.20/400, Research Center, College of engineering, King Saud University.
4. Zagol S. El-Razaz, Abdel Rahman Al-Arainy, Abdel Hamid Al-Ohlay and A.M. Shaalan, "TRANSIENT and DYNAMIC STABILITY STUDY FOR SCECO CENTRAL SYSTEM", Final Research Report No.19/404, Research Center, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
5. Abdulaziz A. el-Sulaiman, Abobakr Sultan Ahmad, M. Iqbal Qurashi and Dr. Khalid A. Alrashood, "EVALUATION OF LIGHT SAUDI ARABIAN DISTILLATES USE IN HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER OIL", Final Research Report, No.2/406, Research Center, College of Engineering, King Saud University.