Mahmoud Riaz
Professor

L.L.B., 1944, Law, University of Paris
B.S., 1946, EE, Cairo University
M.E.E., 1947, EE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
E.E., 1952, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sc.D., 1955, EE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Telephone: (612) 625-6529
E-mail: riaz@ece.umn.edu
Web Page: http://www.ece.umn.edu/users/riaz/


My research interests lie in the broad area of electrical energy conversion, control, and processing, including solar energy systems and thermal storage.

My involvement with electromechanical systems relates to two principal aspects: analysis and modeling of electric machines in complex power systems under both normal and faulted modes of operation and studies applied to the control of dc and ac drives. These investigations deal not only with dynamical systems involving rotary motion, but also with electromagnetic field representations of magnetic structures using finite-element methods.

In the area of solar energy, my efforts have focused mainly on solar thermal systems for process heat and electric power generation, including the examination of long-term thermal storage in rock beds and aquifers.


Selected Publications

"Computer-aided Analysis and Design of Electric Machines", Proc. IMACS 1988 (International Assoc. for Math. and Computers in Simulation), vol. 3, Paris, France, July 1988.

"The Circuit-Field Connection in Two-Dimensional AC Finite-Element Analysis of Multiple-Excited Magnetic Structures", IEEE Trans. on Power Apparatus and Systems, vol. PAS-107, July 1985.

"A Theory of Concentrators of Solar Energy on a Central Receiver for Electric Power Generation", ASME Journal for Power, vol. 98, no. 3, July 1976.

"Hybrid Parameter Models of Synchronous Machines", IEEE Trans. on Power Apparatus and Systems, vol. PAS-93, May-June 1974.

"Piecewise Solutions of Electrical Networks with Coupling Elements", J. of Franklin Institute, vol. 289, no. 1, Jan. 1970.