Summary

A passionate educator with over five decades of academic and industry experience.

Biography

Essam received his BSc and MSc degrees (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) from the University of Alexandria, Egypt in 1974 and 1978; respectively. He obtained his PhD in electrical engineering from Manchester University in 1981 while undertaking part-time teaching. 

In 1982, Essam joined the Electrical Research Association (ERA Technology), Leatherhead, Surry, U.K. as a senior engineer, becoming head of department in 1985. In 1987 he joined the Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Design, Cardiff University, becoming Dean of faculty in 1994.  

In 2001, Professor Hamdi was appointed to the Chair of Electrical Machines and Drive Systems at Chalmers University of Technology. Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2009, he took up a new challenge in the Middle East when he joined Al Ain Colleges (Higher colleges of Technology), UAE as Chair of Engineering Programmes where he expanded the colleges’ offerings to include Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Technology Programmes. 

In 2014, Essam joined Teesside University, UK, where he engaged in teaching and research in the fields of Electrical Power Engineering and Engineering Education. In 2019, he Co-founded Education and Training International (ETI-London) Ltd and provided online training and academic support to a number of industrial clients and academic institutions during the Covid lock-down periods.

In 2024, he established a consultancy firm, ESH Engineering Consultants Ltd., providing services to a number of companies involved in the field of energy transition and management.

Research interests

• Engineering Education 

• Electrical Power Systems, Renewable Energy and Grid Connection. 

• Electrical Machines and Drive Systems. 

Publications

Mohamadein, A L and Hamdi, E S: 'An improved single-phase synchronous generator with induced excitation', International Conference on Electrical Machines, Brussels, pp.SP3/7.1-SP3/7.12, September 1978. 

Chalmers, B J and Hamdi, E S: 'New form of composite-rotor for induction motor fan drives', Proc. IEE, Vol.129, Pt.B, No.1, pp.27-34, January 1982. 

Hamdi, E S: 'Thermal design of electrical machines - measurement of heat transfer data', ERA Report No.83-0167 (29 Pages), Leatherhead, 1983. 

Hamdi, E S, Licariao-Nogueira, A F and Silvester, P P: 'Torque calculation by the mean and deviation field method', Proc. IEE, Pt. A, Vol.140, No.2, pp.151-154, March 1993. 

Hamdi, E S: 'Design of small electrical machines', John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1994, 96 and 98. 

Kasinathan, P, Grauers, A and Hamdi, E S, ‘Force density limits in low-speed permanent-magnet machines due to saturation’, Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 37-44, March 2005. 

Lundmark, Sonja T and Hamdi, E S: 'Machine topologies with high torque density for more electric aircrafts' report for SAAB Avionics, Sweden, (23 pages), September 2006. 

Berry, P J and Hamdi, E S: ‘An Investigation into Damper Winding Failure in a Large Synchronous Motor', 50th Universities International Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2015), Stafford, England, 1-4 September 2015. 

Hamdi, E S: ‘Enhancing the Quality of Multi-campus Delivery of Engineering Programmes – A Blended Learning Approach', 51st Universities International Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2016), Coimbra, Portugal, 6-9 September 2016. 

Riache, Y and Hamdi, E S: ‘A Novel Switching Pattern of Modified SVPWM for Z-source Inverter Connected to a multi-source System', 53rd Universities International Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2018), Glasgow, UK, 4-7 September 2018. 

Hamdi, E S and Spivey, J P: ‘On the Teaching of Electrical Machines and Drive Systems’, 53rd Universities International Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2018), Glasgow, UK, 4-7 September 2018. 

Teaching responsibilities

• Renewable Energy Management

• Strategies for Resources and Environmental Management

• Information Technology and Strategic Management

• Energy Sustainability and the Environment