Nicholas Abi-Samra
Power Systems Executive Consultant Power Grid Resiliency Expert
- Role
- Educator at Uc San Diego Extended Studies
- Location
- Carlsbad, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nicholas Abi-Samra
Experienced executive and published author with deep engineering experience in consulting for electrical utilities and private industries. Nicholas brings comprehensive background in in electric power systems planning, operation and asset management and equipment application with a focus on resiliency, reliability, and efficiency. Known for cutting-edge, time-domain, system modeling skills of complex transmission and distribution systems both for conventional and renewable energy systems. He possesses strategic industry knowhow and expertise in P&L management and new product and services development. Nicholas developed over a dozen senior-level and graduate courses and created the power system track at the University of California San Diego, where he was voted to be the Best Lecturer of 2021/2022.Nicholas has served as the General Chair and Technical Program Coordinator for the record-breaking Power & Energy 2012 General Meeting and has been the recipient of several prestigious industry awards.Consulting Specialties: Grid Resiliency, Renewable Energy Sources Integration, Smart Grid, Distributed Energy Resources, Energy Storage, Virtual Power Plants, Asset Management, Condition Monitoring, Insulation Coordination/High Voltage Protection, Power Quality and Major Equipment Failure Analysis.
Experience
Educator
Aug 2016 — Present
Education
Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering
• Completed all course requirements for a PhD degree, Electrical Power Engineering
American University of Beirut
BEEE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Missouri-Columbia
Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering
Skills
- Alternative Energy
- Condition Based Maintenance
- Root Cause Analysis
- Power Systems
- Energy
- Engineering
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Policy
- Analytics
- Electricity Markets
- Electrical Engineering
- Transmission
- Optimization
- Power Plants
- Energy Markets
- Energy Management
- Systems Analysis
- Energy Efficiency
- Power Electronics
- Technical Training
- Solar Energy
- Control Theory
- Smart Grid
- Power Generation
- Engineering Management
- Power Distribution
- High Voltage
- Wind
- Optimizations
- Program Management
- Electric Power
- Asset Management
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