Experience

PFIFFNER Group / PFIFFNER Instrument Transformers

• Switzerland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Engineer: GIS Instrument Transformers and Generator High Current CTs

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  • Technical design of GIS instrument transformers and generator current transformers • Maintenance and further development of the VT/CT design software • Support, maintenance and further development of the GIS-VT/CT product range • Optimization of manufacturing processes • Technical support in production – Fault analysis • Assistance in training courses, acceptance tests, seminars and other events • Development of new generation of instrument transformers for sustainable SF6 alternatives for greener grids Show less



ETH Zürich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jun 2018 - Mar 2020

  Working in the research project “Performance and aging of polymeric insulation materials under DC voltage stress and inverter-generated medium voltages” with the following main tasks: • Design and implementation of HV DC current experimental setups and measurement equipment. • Processing and analysis of electrical measurement data in the scope of DC conductivity measurements of polymeric insulating materials. • Measurements and analysis of dielectric spectroscopy to investigate the impact of temperature and humidity on the dielectric properties of various HV insulating materials. Supervising the classes of the courses “Introduction to Electric Power Transmission” and “Hochspannungstechnik I: Mess- und Versuchstechnik”. Show less



Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt

• Egypt
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Mar 2015 - May 2018

  Responsibilities: • Conducting lectures to transfer the knowledge to the young engineers. • Preparing and teaching courses for both under- and postgraduate students with a great focus on high voltage technology and material testing. • Supervision of master and doctoral students during their research study. • Supervision of High Voltage Lab in Alexandria Univ. including laboratorial testing of power system equipments for industry; e.g. power cables, capacitors, insulators and transformer components. These tests include, but not limited to, insulation withstand tests, partial discharge measurements, dielectric loss factor, etc ... Show less



Technical University of Munich

• Germany
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doktorand

  • Apr 2011 - Dec 2014

  Experiences: • Application of different setups and various experimental procedures concerned with the measurements of the characteristics of insulating materials, i.e. erosion profile measurement, surface and volume resistivity measurement, optical microscope, thermal imaging camera, UV imaging, discharge measurement system. • Electric field simulation using FEA under COMSOL Multiphysics. • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy under ultra-high vacuum on the surface of aged insulating material performed in the faculty of chemistry in the ESCA laboratory. • Molding and production of different polymer systems used in high voltage applications of polymeric materials performed in the company Huntsman Novartis in Switzerland. Show less



Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt

• Egypt
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Lecturer

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2010

  Responsibilities: • Delivering tutorials to students ensuring that they are able to engage in learning. • Supporting the professors in managing challenging and promoting student behaviour. • Planning of tutorials and laboratorial sessions. • Supervising students in laboratory experiments and supporting them in the analysis of results. • Detailed and regular feedback to professors on pupils' progress. • Conducting laboratorial and field testing of power system equipments for the industry; i.e. power cables, capacitors, insulators and transformer components. Show less