
Education
Michigan State University, 2019
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, United States
Wayne State University, 2013
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, United States
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 2008
Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering with honors, Saudi Arabia
Work Experience
- Teaching assistant at electrical engineering department, Najran University 2009 – 2013
- Lecturer at electrical engineering department, Najran University 2013 – 2019
- Assistant lecturer at electrical engineering department, Michigan State University (Jan 2017 – April 2019), for Power system analysis and Electric machine modeling classes
- Assistant professor at electrical engineering department, Najran University 2019 – now
Research Interests
- Reliability
- Optimization
- Power System Applications
- Machine Learning
Some of Publications
Journals
1. S. Almasabi and J. Mitra, "Multistage Optimal PMU Placement Considering Substation
Infrastructure," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 6519-
6528, Nov.-Dec. 2018.
2. S. Almasabi and J. Mitra, "A Fault-Tolerance Based Approach to Optimal PMU
Placement", in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (accepted).
3. N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi and J. Mitra, "Impact of Correlation Between Wind Speed and
Turbine Availability on Wind Farm Reliability," in IEEE Transactions on Industry
Applications, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 2392-2400, May-June 2019.
4. Nga Nguyen, Saleh Almasabi, Atri Bera and Joydeep Mitra, "Optimal Power Flow
Considering Frequency Security Constraint" in IEEE Transactions on Industry
Applications,
Conferences
1. S. Almasabi and J. Mitra, "Multi-stage optimal PMU placement including substation
infrastructure," in 2017 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, pp. 1–8,
Oct. 2017.
2. S. Almasabi, F. T. Alharbi and J. Mitra, "Opposition-based elitist real genetic algorithm
for optimal power flow", in NAPS, Denver, CO, 2016, pp. 1-6.
3. N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, J. Mitra and B. B. Shenoy, "Correlation of Wind Speed and
Wind Turbine Reliability in System Adequacy Assessment," 2018 IEEE International
Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS), Boise, ID,
2018, pp. 1-6.
4. S. Almasabi, A. Bera and J. Mitra, "Dynamic State Estimation Aided By Machine
Learning," IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), pp. 1-5, 2019.
(accepted).
5. F. T. Alharbi, S. Almasabi and J. Mitra, "Enhancing Network Loadability Using Optimal
TCSC Placement and Sizing," 2018 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution
Conference and Exposition (T&D), Denver, CO, 2018, pp. 1-9.
6. A. Bera and Y. Tian and S. Almasabi and J. Mitra and C. Borges " Modeling of Battery
Energy Storage Systems for System Reliability Studies," IEEE Power and Energy
Society General Meeting (PESGM), pp. 1-5, 2019(under review).
7. Nga Nguyen, S. Almasabi, Atri Bera and Joydeep Mitra, "Optimal Power Flow
Considering Frequency Security Constraint," in Power Africa, Cape Town, South Africa,
2018, pp. 1-6.
8. N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi and J. Mitra, "Estimation of renewable energy integration limit
based on frequency deviation", in NAPS, Charlotte, 2015.
9. S. Almasabi and J. Mitra, "An Overview of Synchrophasors and Their Applications in
Smart Grids", in ICICPI, Kolkata, 2016.
10. S. Almasabi, S. Sulaeman, N. Nguyen, and J. Mitra, " Cost Benefit Analysis for Wind
Power Penetration ", in NAPS, Morgantown, WV, 2017.