Dr Mutasim Nour is the Associate Director of External Relations and Industry Engagement in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Dubai Campus. He is also the Director of studies for MSc Energy and Renewable Energy Engineering programmes at Dubai Campus. Prior to joining Heriot-Watt University, Dr Nour was an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
Dr Nour served as a consultant to several companies in the areas of energy storage, efficiency control of AC Machines and energy saving solutions. Also, he was the co-investigator of a research funded by the Malaysian Government on the development and commercialization of smart hybrid storage systems employing super capacitors for PV solar systems and hybrid electric vehicles. Dr Nour is currently involved in different research projects in the fields of solar PV integration to the grid, energy demand management, energy efficiency, renewable energy storage systems, fuzzy logic control and applications of artificial intelligence in power systems.
Dr Nour’s research output to-date includes more than forty peer-reviewed journal and conference publications including a book chapter. Also, he is a reviewer of several international refereed Journals and conferences. He is also a member of IEEE and JEA.

Research Interest:
Solar PV Inverters, Renewable Energy Storage Systems, Power Quality, applications of AI in Power systems, Fuzzy Logic Control, Demand Management and Energy Efficiency.