Power System Load Frequency Control: Classical and Adaptive Fuzzy Approaches

Hassan A. Yousef received the B.Sc. (honor) and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt in 1979 and 1983 respectively. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA in 1989. He spent 15 years in Alexandria University as assistant Professor, associate Professor and Professor. He joined Qatar University for 6 years as assistant Professor and then associate Professor. In Qatar University he held the position of acting head of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He was a visiting associate Professor in University of Florida, Gainesville in summer 1995. Now he is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat. Dr. Yousef supervised 28 M.Sc. theses (completed) and 8 Ph.D. dissertations (completed). His publication records include 90 papers in refereed journals and international conferences in the area of control system, nonlinear control, adaptive fuzzy control and intelligent control applications to power systems and electric drives.