Engr. Dr. Waqar Ahmad Khan

Brief Bio

Engr. Dr. Waqar Ahmad Khan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Punjab, Multan, with over nine years of combined academic and industrial experience. His areas of expertise include power systems, automation, and renewable energy integration. His research particularly focuses on energy storage systems and their effective incorporation into the national grid. He has authored more than seven peer-reviewed publications in reputable international journals and conferences. Dr. Khan is dedicated to fostering innovation and guiding students toward research excellence.

Education
PhD Electrical Engineering	Power System and its Automation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, P. R. China	2020
Masters in Power Engineering	Quaid-E-Awam University of Engineering Science & Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan	2013
Bachelor in Electrical Engineering	University of Faisalabad	2010

Professional Experience
Assistant Professor	University of Southern Punjab, Multan	2024 – Present
General Manager	Concept Power Pvt. Ltd.	2023 – 2024
General Manager	PENTA-H Pvt. Ltd.	2021 – 2023
Assistant Professor	Electrical Engineering Department, Quaid-E-Azam College of Engineering and Technology, Sahiwal	2020 – 2021
Assistant Professor	Electrical Engineering Department, UCEST Lahore Leads University, Lahore	2014 – 2016
Lecturer	Electrical Engineering Department, Swedish College of Engineering and Technology, Rahim Yar Khan	2013 – 2014

Professional associations

Registered Engineer, Pakistan Engineering Council Since 2010

Research Interests

Research Impact:

Publications: 7
h-index: 4

Bilawal Rehman, Atiq ur Rehman, Waqar Ahmad Khan, Jan Muhammad, Syed Mudassir Hussain “Estimation of Multi-Infeed HVDC Inter Converter Direct Current Interaction in Close Electric Proximity” Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2023.

Waqar A. Khan, Rehman Bilawal, Atiq u. Rehman, Mashood Nasir and Muhammad Irfan Abid, “A Continuous Wavelet and Fast Fourier Transform Based Single Phase Adaptive Auto-Reclosing Scheme for EHV Transmission Lines” Electr Eng 105, 1347–1361 (2023). (IF = 1.6)

Rehman Bilawal, Atiq u. Rehman, Waqar A. Khan, Irfan Sami, and Jong-Suk Ro. 2021. “Operation and Challenges of Multi-Infeed LCC–HVDC System: Commutation Failure, AC/DC Power Flow, and Voltage Stability” Applied Sciences 11, no. 18: 8637. (IF = 2.5)

W. A. Khan, T. Bi and K. Jia, “Adaptive Single-Phase Autoreclosing Scheme for EHV Transmission Line,” 2019 IEEE 8th International Conference on Advanced Power System Automation and Protection (APAP), Xi’an, China, 2019, pp. 1398-1402

W. A. Khan, T. Bi, & K. Jia, “A review of single-phase adaptive auto-reclosing schemes for EHV transmission lines” Protection and Control of Modern Power System, Vol. 4, 18 (2019)

W. A. Khan, T. Bi, K. Jia, “Fault Nature Identification Based on Local End Data for Single Phase Adaptive Autoreclosing Scheme” 2019 IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference (ISPEC), Beijing, China, 2019, pp. 641-646

W. A. Khan and T. Bi, “Single Phase Adaptive Autoreclosing Scheme Based on Continuous Wavelet Transform,” 2018 2nd IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Beijing, 2018, pp. 1-5.

Aslam P. Memon, Waqar A. Khan, Riaz H. Memon, Asif Ali Akhund, “Laboratory studies of speed control of DC shunt motor and the analysis of their parameters estimation.” International Journal of Emerging Trends in Electrical and Electronics, Vol.9, Issue. 1, Nov. 2013

Teaching & Supervision

Courses:

Power System Protection
Power Transmission & Distribution
High Voltage Engineering
Power System Analysis

Supervision:

MPhil/MS: 1
FYDP: 2

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy focuses on developing students conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills through interactive, outcome-based learning aligned with real world applications.

Collaboration

Open to international collaborations in Renewable Energy Systems and Automation research.