Prof. Dr. Essam A. Al-Ammar

Essam A. Al-Ammar worked as a Power/Software Engineer at Lucent Technologies in Riyadh for two years. In 2003, he received his MS degree from University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, and Ph.D. degree from Arizona State University in 2007. In 2021, he obtained MBA from York St. John University, UK, and Post-Graduate Diploma in Digital Business from Emeritus institute of Management in collaboration with MIT Sloan Business School and Columbia Business School. He is an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was Governor's Advisor in Electricity Co-Generation Regulatory Authority (ECRA)- now becomes Water and Electricity Regulatory Authority (WERA). Also, he was an advisor at Ministry of Water and Electricity (MOWE) and Energy Consultant for Riyadh Techno Valley (RTV). He is involved in many local and international committees in different aspects in the area of power, electrical energy and water. He is an Opinion Columnist in local newspapers, and PMP and PBA certified. His current interests include electricity market, high voltage engineering, power system transmission and distribution as well as renewable energy and smart grid. He is a Senior Member of IEEE since 2007 and Saudi Engineering Committee since 1997. He published nearly 120 papers and 20 patents in Energy and Water.