Yasir A. A. Alturki
Personal
Date of Birth : 19/01/1975
Place of birth : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nationality : Saudi
Position : Assistant Professor
Contact Information
PO Box 800
Riyadh 11421
Saudi Arabia
Email : yasir@ksu.edu.sa
Website : faculty.ksu.edu.sa/yasir
Phone (Work): (966)-(1)-467-6753
Mobile : (966)-(5) - 444 99 222
Fax : (966)-(1) - 467-6757
Career Objective
To teach and pursue research in the area of Power System
Research Interest
Power system analysis and operation. Power system economics, electricity markets and deregulation issues.
Education
2007 Ph.D. in Power System, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
2003 M.Sc. with honors in Energy Systems, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
1997 B.Sc. with first class honor in Electrical Engineering (GPA 4.91 out of 5 as the top grade among the entire college of engineering of that year), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Training, Courses & Professional Development
(April 12-16, 2004)
Attended an intensive 5-day M.Sc model at University of Manchester (formerly UMIST) on “Economics of Power Systems”, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
(November 21-22, 2005)
Attended the Workshop entitled “Energy Trading and Risk Management”, City University, London, UK.
(December 2006)
Attended a one-day training course on LabView given by National Instruments, Glasgow, UK.
(January 13 – 16 2008)
Attended the training program “The development of knowledge in the area of specialization”, King Saud University, Riyadh, SA.
Career History
June 2007 – Present Assistant Professor at Electrical Engineering Department, King Saud University
July 1997 – 2001 Teaching Assistant at Electrical Engineering Department, King Saud University
March 2001 – 2003 MS.c. student at Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
July 2003 – 2007 Ph.D. student at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Publications
Journal Papers
1. K. L. Lo and Y. A. Alturki, “Towards reactive power markets. Part 1: reactive power allocation," IEE Proc. Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 153, No. 1, January 2006, pp 59-70.
2. K. L. Lo and Y. A. Alturki, “Towards reactive power markets. Part 2: Differntiated reactive power requirements," IEE Proc. Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Accpeted for publication, January 2008.
Conference Papers
1. K. L. Lo and Y. Al-turki, “A new method for real and reactive power loss allocation in bilateral markets," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Electric Utility Deregulation, Restructuring and Power Technologies (DRPT 2004), Hong Kong, April 2004, pp.280-284.
Computer Skills
· FORTRAN; C; Genetic Algorithm, MATLAB, PowerWorld, Microsoft Office, LaTex and others.
· Web design languages (HTML, PHP etc.) and software (worked for two years as a webmaster and director of Muslim Student Association (MSA) at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA. Also participated in other websites developments.
Languages
Fluent in Arabic and English