Omar Kotb, Electrical Engineering Instructor

Omar Kotb

Electrical Engineering Instructor

American College of the Middle East

Location
Sweden
Education
Master's degree, Electrical Engineering
Experience
14 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months

Electrical Engineering Instructor at American College of the Middle East
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since September 2012

Instructor and course developer for courses in the Electrical Engineering Technology program (2-yrs diploma).

PhD Candidate at KTH
  • Sweden
  • October 2013 to March 2017
Sales and Marketing Engineer for High Voltage Substations at ABB Electrical Industries S.A.E (Arab)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2011 to September 2012

- Bids and proposals preparation for HV substations (AIS and GIS)
- Liaison between customers in public and private sectors, and ABB’s engineering departments (primary, secondary, and civil engineering)

Electrical Engineer at ASEC Automation
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2011 to November 2011

Design engineer for Medium Voltage distribution systems.

Teaching Assistant at UOIT
  • Canada
  • September 2010 to December 2010

Teaching assistant for Power Electronics course at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).

Graduate Intern at WireIE
  • Canada
  • May 2010 to August 2010

Research on a renewable energy project that aims to modify the protection scheme of a distribution system in order to integrate Distributed Generation (DG).

Teaching Assistant at UOIT
  • Canada
  • January 2010 to April 2010

Teaching assistant for Power Systems course at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).

Teaching Assistant at UOIT
  • Canada
  • September 2009 to December 2009

Teaching assistant for Electronics course at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).

Design Engineer at ABB
  • Egypt
  • September 2008 to April 2009

- Design of CSS/RMUs (11 and 22 kV Air/Gas Insulated Switchgear, transformers, low voltage circuit breakers)
- Ensure the compliance of technical offers with relevant standards
- Communicate with sales engineers to check for deviations between client requirements and technical offers
- Standardization of workshop drawings and work practices

Education

Master's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at University of Ontario Institue of Technology (UOIT)
  • March 2011

- Masters degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission using a combination of conventional Line Commutated Converter (LCC) and a modern Voltage Source Converter (VSC). - Received advanced level courses on the applications of power electronic converters in power systems and the integration of renewable energy sources into the electrical grid.

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
  • May 2008

- Bachelor degree in Electrical Power and Machines Engineering - Graduation project on the design of the electrical distribution system in an administrative complex (Medium voltage network, distribution transformers,circuit breakers,low voltage network, lighting system design) - Received courses in electrical machines, power systems, power electronics, high voltage engineering, electrical power utilization, and automatic control systems

Specialties & Skills

Electrical Engineering
Teaching
Bidding

Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate

Memberships

Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers
  • Member
  • May 2008