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Sertac Bayhan
Senior Scientist Associate Professor
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
College of Science and Engineering
Biography
Sertac Bayhan received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. His undergraduate studies had also taken place at the same university and he graduated as valedictorian. In 2008, he joined the Electronics and Automation Department, Gazi University, as a Lecturer, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017. From 2014 to 2018, he worked at Texas A&M University at Qatar as Associate Research Scientist. Dr. Bayhan is currently working in Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) as a Senior Scientist and he is a faculty member with the rank of Associate Professor in Sustainable Division of College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. His research encompasses power electronics and their applications in next-generation power and energy systems, including renewable energy integration, electrified transportation, and microgrid.
Dr. Bayhan is the recipient of many prestigious international awards, such as the Research Fellow Excellence Award in recognition of his research achievements and exceptional contributions to the Texas A&M University at Qatar in 2018, the Best Paper Presentation Recognition at the 41st and 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in 2015 and 2016, Research Excellence Travel Awards in 2014 and 2015 (Texas A&M University at Qatar), and Researcher Support Awards from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). He has acquired $13M in research funding and published more than 170 papers in mostly prestigious IEEE journals and conferences. He is also the coauthor of two books and five book chapters.
Dr. Bayhan has been an active senior member of IEEE. Because of the visibility of his research, he has been recently elected as Chair of IES Power Electronics Technical Committee. He currently serves as Associate Editor for IEEE transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, and IEEE Industrial Electronics Technology News, and Guest Editor for the IEEE transactions on Industrial Informatics.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey
B.S. in Electrical Engineering
Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey
- Renewable energy integration, e.g., solar photovoltaic conversion systems, and wind energy conversion systems
- Electric vehicle integration e.g., impact on the power system, location optimization, charger design including Level 2 and Level 3, and V2G applications
- Local area power and energy systems e.g., microgrid and its control including primary and secondary control, and seamless grid connection
- Power electronics applications, e.g., DC/DC converters, DC/AC converters, AC/DC converters, and multilevel inverters
- Advanced control techniques e.g., model predictive control, sliding mode control, and Lyapunov function-based control
- Embedded system design, e.g., MCU, DSP, and FPGA
Associate Professor (joint appointment)
Sustainable Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
2020 – present
Visiting Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar
2019 – present
Associate Research Scientist
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar
2017 – 2018
Assistant Research Scientist
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar
2015 – 2017
Lecturer
Electronics and Automation Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
2009 – 2014
Lecturer
Electronics and Automation Department, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
2007 – 2009
IT Specialist
General Directorate of Security, Ministry of Interior, Ankara, Turkey
2006 – 2007
- An enhanced finite control set model predictive control method with self-balancing capacitor voltages for three-level t-type rectifiers. IET Power Electronics, 15(6), 504–514. https://doi.org/10.1049/pel2.12245
- Grid voltage sensorless model predictive control for a single-phase t-type rectifier with an active power decoupling circuit. IEEE Access, 9, 19161–19174, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3054773
- Lyapunov-function-based controller for single-phase npc quasi-z-source inverter with 2ω frequency ripple suppression. Energies, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/en14010140
- Multi-input multi-output-based sliding-mode controller for single-phase quasi-z-source inverters. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(8), 6439–6449. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2019.2938494
- 2022, Teaching Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- 2022, Best Paper Award, 3rd International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, March 20-22, 2022, Doha, Qatar
- 2022, Best Paper Award, 10th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, September 26-29, 2021, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2021, Teaching Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- 2018, Research Fellow Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- 2018, Best Research Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- 2017, Best Research Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- 2016, Best Presentation Award, IEEE-IECON’16, Florence, Italy
- 2016, Research Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- 2015, Best Presentation Award, IEEE-IECON’15, Yokohama, Japan
- 2015, Research Excellence Travel Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- 2006, Honor of Summa Cum Laude, Gazi University