Md. Sayed Hasan Rifat

Research

Research interests and prior work across power systems, cyber-physical security, optimization, and optoelectronic device modeling.

Ph.D. Research

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Supervisor: Dr. Md Zahidul Islam

  1. Cyber-Physical Power System Resilience and Security
  2. Machine Learning and AI Applications in Power Systems
  3. Power Distribution Systems and DER-Rich Environments

M.Sc. Research

M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Alam

Investigated lead-free perovskite/kesterite materials for tandem solar cell performance, including device modeling, absorber and transport-layer optimization, defect density analysis, back-contact effects, operating temperature, spectra, reflecting coatings, and bandgap grading using SCAPS-1D.

B.Sc. Research

B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Supervisor: Dr. Ashik Ahmed

Developed a binarized slime mould algorithm for the thermal unit commitment problem, using MATLAB-based optimization, lambda-iteration economic load dispatch, heuristic constraint handling, and benchmark evaluation across small to large power-system test cases.