Dr. Hussein A. Kazem
Associate ProfessorFaculty of Engineering, Sohar University, Oman
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Agriculture and Engineering Newcastle University
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Agriculture and Engineering Newcastle University
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Hussein has received his BSc, MSc in electrical engineering from the University of Technology (UOT), Baghdad-Iraq also, Ph.D. from Newcastle University (NCL), United Kingdom. In 1995 he joined Al-Mamon College, and in 1996 he was appointed as Assistant Lecturer in UOT, and from 1997 to 2002 he was a Lecturer and Program Coordinator with the Faculty of Engineering, Al Tahady University, Libya. In 2002-present, Hussein became a Assistant then Associate Professor with the Sohar University, Oman. Also, he is an academic visiting member of staff at Newcastle University-United Kingdom and a visiting scientist at the National University of Malaysia. Hussein is involved in academics and research, for the last 25 years and is associated with professional organizations and engineering societies as a member, researcher, editor, and reviewer such as IEEE, IET, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, MDPI, Hindawi, EDP science, IAENG, WREN, Nature, and WSEAS. Hussein organized and participated in many conferences, 9 symposiums, and workshops. He has authored several publications, including more than 200 papers published in scientific journals and conferences, some 50 invited talks, eight chapters, and seven books. Dr. Hussein is the winner of the Sohar University Vice-Chancellor award for Research. Also, He is the winner of some national and international awards: the “Golden Medal Award”-Pecipta’13 Malaysia, and “Outstanding Renewable Energy Lab Award”-World Renewable Energy Congress 2014 London, United Kingdom, “Renewable & Sustainable Energy Pioneer Award”-World Renewable Energy Congress 2016 Jakarta, Indonesia, “Special Award of Excellence in Renewable Energy Research”- World Renewable Energy Congress 2018 Kingston, United Kingdom, IEEE Best Paper Award 2021; is an inventor and co-inventor of 2 patents. Hussein had supervised and graduated more than 50 BSc, 8 MSc, and 3 Ph.D. Dr. Hussein has completed four ORG, one Sustainable Future research grand, and one FURAP research project granted as Principle Investigator and Co-Investigator funded by The Research Council of Oman (TRC). Also, he is currently working on few research grants. His current researches interests are in the area of Photovoltaic, solar thermal, PV/T, Renewable Energy, Power Electronics, Power Quality, and Electrical Power Systems. Hussein is chairman of the Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology Research Group. Dr. Hussein is the team leader of the Generation & Storage taskforce in the Oman Renewable Energy Strategic Program. Also, he is the manager and editor of the journal of Renewable energy & Environmental Sustainability.