Dr. Md Ohirul Qays
Ph.D.
Research Officer
School of Engineering and Technology
Clean Energy Academy, Hydrogen Renewable Energies Centre
- m.akash@cqu.edu.au
- 0749707307
- +61412781719 Mobile Phone
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Gladstone Marina
1 - G.37
About Me
Dr. Md Ohirul Qays is a Research Officer in the SMART Grid Research Group within the School of Engineering and Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, at CQUniversity, Gladstone Marina, Australia. His primary research activities focus on grid resilience, system strength enhancement, battery management systems, state-of-charge estimation, renewable energy integration, machine learning algorithms, optimization techniques, and related areas. Dr. Qays has extensive experience with advanced analytical and simulation tools, including PSCAD, PSS®E, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, MATLAB/Simulink, PLC, SCADA, Python, C/C++, and other relevant platforms. He also serves as a regular reviewer for several leading international journals and conferences published by IEEE, Elsevier, and MDPI.
General
Universities Studied At
- Doctor of Philosophy by Research (Electrical & Electronic Engineering), Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia.
- Master of Engineering by Research (Electrical & Electronic Engineering), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia.
- Bachelor of Science (Electrical & Electronic Engineering), Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh
Universities Worked At
- Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia Oct 2021 – Sep 2025
- Curtin University, Australia Jul 2023 – Sep 2025
- Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT), Australia Aug 2025 – Dec 2025
- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia Nov 2018 – Aug 2021
Awards
- Certificate of Participation - Falling Walls Lab Perth 2025 organized by Forrest Research Foundation.
- IEEE SPEC 2024 Conference Scholarship Award, Brisbane Australia.
- Winner of the CGSES Postgraduate Research Excellence Awards 2024, ECU, Australia.
- "Honorable Regular Reviewer" - honored by Energy Engineering: Journal of the Association of Energy Engineers, 2024.
- Top Downloaded Article-2024, Awarded by Wiley's Energy Science & Engineering journal.
- Winner of Outstanding Research Award 2023, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia.
- Certificate of Appreciation for Honorable Speaker: Seminar on Power Electronics, 2023.
- Certificate of Participation Awarded by Innovation Central Perth, Innovation Cluster and Southern Ports, 2023.
- Winner of the poster competition in Electric Energy Society of Australia (EESA) - 2022 Next Generation Technology, Australia.
Professional Memberships
- International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
- IEEE
Industry Reports
Magelan Power Industry, Western Australia.
Research Supervision
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 4008 Electrical engineerin
Current Capacity
Research Interests
Electrical engineerin - Electrical energy transmission, networks and systems
Including: Power systems, Microgrids, Optimization, Renewable energy technologies, Power electronics, Machine learning, Control theory, IoT systems, System modeling, Photovoltac (PV), Wind turbine, Smart control, Battery charging, Electric vehicle, and related fields.
