Master’s Degree Awarded for Research on Smart MPPT Design for PV Systems

The Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Technology awarded a Master’s degree to Muhanad Hamid Mahmood for his thesis titled “Design and Implementation of Intelligent MPPT Based on FPGA for PV System.”

The thesis introduces a smart controller for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) using Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Control (AFLC) for photovoltaic systems. Comparative simulations conducted with MATLAB/Simulink demonstrated the efficacy of the proposed method over conventional approaches, such as Perturb and Observe (P&O) and Modified Incremental Conductance (MIncCon).

The defense committee included:

1. Prof. Dr. Adel Ahmed Obaid – Chair
2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thamer Mohammed Abdulwahab – Member
3. Dr. Mohammed Hisham Abdulhar – Member
4. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Inam Ibrahim Ali – Supervisor and Member
5. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oday Ali Ahmed – Supervisor and Member