Faculty Profile

Dr. Ifte Khairul Amin

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801911034624
  • Email: iftekhar-eee@sust.edu

Biography

Dr. Ifte Khairul Amin has joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology at 2012 and promoted to the position of assistant professor at 2014. He has got the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada in 2019. He completed his B.Sc. in 2009 and M.Sc. 2014 in EEE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) with honors. So far, he has published more than 30 papers in internationally recognized journals and conferences (5 in IEEE transactions) .

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering,2019. Institute: Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
  • M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering,2014. Institute: Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
  • B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering,2009. Institute: Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
  • HSC-Norte Dame College, 2004, Dhaka Board.
  • SSC-BCIC School, 2002, Dhaka Board

Research Interests

  • Renewable Energy,Wind Energy, Solar Power generation, Motor drives, Power Converter Control, Power system protection, Electric Vehicle, Future Energy Storage

Active Research Project

  • 1. Principal Project Investigator of Wireless Charging Scheme in Electric Vehicle-1st ever in Bangladesh
  • 2. Smart Energy Solution
  • 3. Future Energy Storage Solutions
  • 4. Smart vehicle
  • 5. Intelligent Protection in Power System
  • 6. Socio-economic impact of Renewable Energy in Bangladesh
  • 7. Electric Layout design and load calculation in industries and big structures

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Smart Energy Storage Scheme Integrated with Hybrid Renewable Sources for Pico-Grid Environment
  • 2. Redox-flow battery modeling

External Affiliations

  • Member of IEEE
  • E/M consultant at Sylhet Osmani Airport Project (1st Phase)
  • Alumni, BUET
  • Alumni, Lakehead University, Canada
  • External, Sylhet Engineering College
  • External, Cumilla University
  • External, Brahmanbaria University
  • External, বঙ্গমাতা শেখ ফজিলাতুন্নেছা মুজিব বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
  • External, Leading University
  • Former RNO Engineer, Robi Axiata Bangladesh (2009-10)

Journal Publications

  • 1. 1. M. K. K. Prince, M.T. Arif, A. Gargoom, W.W. Altaf, I.K. Amin, A.T. Than, K.M. Muttaqi, M.E. Haque, "Coordinated Control of Grid-connected PMSG Based Wind Energy System with STATCOM and Supercapacitor Energy Storage," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2024
  • 2. Amin, I.K., Islam, M.N., Jaman, A. et al. Analytical hierarchy process and economic analysis for optimal renewable sites in Bangladesh. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 92332–92358 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28463-3
  • 3. AFIS based Advanced Power Control Scheme for Grid Connected DFIG-Driven WECS
  • 4. Amin, I.K., Pal, S. and Dhar, S.S, “Stabilization of Weak Power Grid using Renewable Energy Source with Droop Controller”, Journal of Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (JERIE), SUST, Vol. 3, No. 2, December 2021.
  • 5. N. Rezaei, M. N Uddin, I.K. Amin, M. L. Othman, M. B. Marsadek, M. M. Hasan, “A Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Classifier-Based Digital Differential Protection Scheme for Intertie Zone of Large-Scale Centralized DFIG-Based Wind Farms”-IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications, Vol. 56, Issue 4 ,pp. 3453-3465, July-Aug. 2020.
  • 6. M.N. Uddin, Z. Zhai, I.K. Amin, “Development and implementation of a port controlled hamilton with dissipation based high precision speed control of IPMSM drive”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 35, Issue 2 , pp. 1742-1752.
  • 7. Ifte Amin, M. N. Uddin, “Nonlinear control operation of DFIG based WECS incorporated with machine loss reduction scheme”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics , Vol. 35, Issue 7 , pp. 7031-7044, July.
  • 8. Genetic algorithm-based optimization of overcurrent relay coordination for improved protection of DFIG operated wind farms
  • 9. M.N. Uddin, Ifte K. Amin, “Adaptive step size based hill-climb search algorithm for MPPT control of DFIG-WECS with reduced power fluctuation and improved tracking performance”, Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 46, no. 19-20, pp. 2203-2214.
  • 10. B. Paul and I. K. Amin, “Positioning of Relay Stations in Enhancing Lifetime of an Energy Constrained Two Tiered Wireless Sensor Network”, International Journal of Computer & Mathematical Sciences (IJCMS), ISSN 2347 – 8527 ,Volume 4, Issue 7 ,July 2015.

Conference

  • 1. I. K. Amin, M. N. Islam, M. K. Hasan, A. Jaman and M. N. Uddin, "Design and Analysis of a Bidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System for Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles," 2023 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Nashville, TN, USA, 2023
  • 2. I. K. Amin, A. Jaman, M. Ahmed, M. N. Islam and M. Nasir Uddin, "Analysis of Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid Energy System with MPC-based PMSM Control for Electric Vehicles," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG), Wollongong, Australia
  • 3. I. K. Amin, M. N. Islam, A. Jaman, M. K. Hasan, M. A. Bithi and M. N. Uddin, "Modeling and Performance Analysis of Redox-Flow Battery Unit for Large-Scale Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems," 2022 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Detroit, MI, USA, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/IAS54023.2022.9939893.
  • 4. I. K. Amin, M. N. Islam, A. Jaman, M. K. Hasan and M. M. R. Chy, "Implementation of a Small-Scale Smart Energy Storage Scheme for Hybrid Renewable Power Sources," 2022 12th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022, pp. 324-327, doi: 10.1109/ICECE57408.2022.10088581.
  • 5. M. N. Uddin, J. Andrew-Cotter and I. K. Amin, "Performance Analysis of an Adaptive MPPT Control for a Grid-connected PV Solar System," 2022 IEEE 1st Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), kharagpur, India, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/ONCON56984.2022.10126965.
  • 6. I. K. Amin, M. N. Uddin and J. A. Cotter, "A PV-coupled Battery Energy Storage System Incorporated with PSO-ANFIS based MPPT Controller for Standalone Mode," 2021 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2021
  • 7. ANFIS based neuro-fuzzy control of dfig for wind power generation in standalone mode
  • 8. I. K. Amin, M. N. Uddin, M. A. Hannan and AHM. Z. Alam, “Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Controller for Grid Voltage Dip Compensations of Grid Connected DFIG-WECS”, IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), San Diego, USA, 2019
  • 9. J. Andrew-Cotter, M. N. Uddin, I. K. Amin, “Particle Swarm Optimization based Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for MPPT Control of a Three Phase Grid Connected Photovoltaic System”, IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), San Diego,USA, 2019
  • 10. I. K. Amin, M. N. Uddin, N. Rezaei, and M. Marsadek, “Grey Wolf Optimization based Power Management Strategy for Battery Storage of DFIG-WECS in Standalone Operating Mode”, IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR,USA, Oct 2018
  • 11. I. K. Amin, M. N. Uddin, “MPPT Based Efficiently Controlled DFIG for Wind Energy Conversion System”- IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), Miami, FL, USA,2017
  • 12. M. M. S. Khan,M. H. Rahaman , I. K. Amin, M.R.T. Hossain, A.H. Abedin and M.A. Choudhury, “Input Switched High Performance Three Phase Buck-Boost Controlled Rectifier”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Capetown, South Africa, pp.557-562, Feb. 25-28,2013

Teaching

  • Course Instructor, Lakehead University, Canada(2017-19)
  • Course Instructor, Confederation College, Canada(2018-19)
  • Teaching Assistant, Lakehead University, Canada(2016-19)
  • Guest Teacher, North East University, Sylhet(2013-14)
  • Lecturer, BUBT, Dhaka (2010-12)
  • Guest Teacher, Leading University, Sylhet (2022-)
  • Guest Teacher, SIU, Sylhet (2012-14)

Awards & Recognition

  • Logo Design Award
  • Debate Champion, Mirpur Zonal Competition, Dhaka
  • Extempore Speech Winner, Dhaka Zone
  • Judge, Thunder Bay Science Fair, Canada
  • Former Head, Department of EEE,SUST
  • Dean’s Award in BUET
  • University Merit Scholarship
  • Dean's award for Best paper in Electrical and Computer Science theme at SUST in 2020

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. None