Education:

Ph.D. & M.A.Sc Electrical Engineering,  University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in 1987 and 1984.

B. A. Sc. Electrical Engineering,           University  of Tripoli, 1978.             

 Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of British Columbia, Canada

 Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)

Power Engineering Society (PES) & Industrial Application Society (IAS)

Author of Several Technical Papers, Reports, Short Courses, and Seminars.               

Ali has over 23 years experience in the electrical power engineering field: 2 years in the operation and maintenance for the oil industry, 6 years in research and teaching and 15 years in consulting engineering. Carried out detail design of power supply distribution and protection systems for numerous industrial plants and utility systems around the world. Extensive experience in power system design, studies and commissioning. Special emphasis on protection, Power quality, power system grounding, power flow, short circuit, transient stability, transient switching analysis and harmonic studies.

 Recent work included several co-generation projects added to existing industrial plants including system impact studies such as transient stability, protective relay settings/coordination and load shedding schemes.

 Prepared detail technical specification for power system apparatus, feasibility studies and layout design for substations up to 220kV. Prepared and conducted several training courses and seminars for clients and professional organizations. Experience includes pulp and paper, oil and gas, co-generation, utility systems and many special application projects.

Familiar with ANSI/IEEE  and IEC Standards in power system applications. Conducted several short courses and seminars for IEEE and EF in Canada and the United States.

Recent Projects:

• Norske Canada, Port Alberni, B.C., Engineering and Installation of 12.47kV Switchgear, two boards with 27 units.

• Philips Alaska Inc. Power Generation and GEX projects, Engineering, Design and installation of Frame 6 unit (50MVA), 15MVA Compressor, Protection, Transient Stability and Fast Load Shedding Design. 

• Georgia Pacific, Bellingham, Washington, Engineering for the Addition of 10MVA Gas Turbine for Mill Power Supply and Co-generation.

• Pope and Talbot, Harmac Pacific, Nanaimo, B.C., Engineering and Installation of new generator governor, several protection projects, harmonic filters and PDC/MCC.

• CMPC Celulosa, Santa Fe Mill, Chile, Power System Re-Configuration, Substation and generator protection and Harmonic Filter.

• CMPC Celulosa, Pacifico and Laja Mills, Chile, Addition of  new 50MVA generator at each facility, Switchgear and Protection.

• International Paper Company, Pine Bluff Mill, Pine Bluff, Alabama, USA, Mill Impact Study for the addition of 200MVA Co-Generation plant. Transient Stability, Load Shedding and Protection System.

• IMC Kalium, Belle Plain, Saskatchewan: Short Circuit, Load Flow, Transient Stability and Load Shedding, for new 45MVA power generation.