Dr. Mustapha Al Sakka

Education

PhD, Engineering Sciences, Jan 2019 – March 2023, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

MS, Electrical and Electronic Engineering , Sept 2012 – June 2017, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering III, Beirut, Lebanon

Experience

Apr 2023 – Present, Post-doctoral researcher, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

▪ Advanced Motor Drive System for Compact and Efficient E-Bike Powertrains

Sept 2012 – June 2017, PhD researcher, MOBI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

▪ Design and Control of Fault-Tolerant Multiport Drives for Multi-Motor Systems
▪ Performance Evaluation and Characterization of In-Wheel Motors

Hobbies

Chess, reading, outdoors.

Journal Publications

▪”Review of Fault Tolerant Multi-Motor Drive Topologies for Automotive Applications” Energies 2022.

▪”Extension of the Stray Voltage Capture Short-Circuit Detection Method to a 6-Phase Fault-Tolerant Dual-Motor Drive” IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, 2024.

Conference Publications
▪”Comparative Analysis of Single-Input Multi-Output Inverter Topologies for Multi-motor Drive Systems” EVER 2020, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, 2020.

▪”Reliability and Cost Assessment of Fault-Tolerant Inverter Topologies for Multi-Motor Drive Systems” EPE’21, Ghent, Belgium 2021.

▪”Simulation Analysis of the 5-Leg Inverter for a Fault-Tolerant Dual-Motor Drive System” EPE’23, Aalborg, Denmark, 2023.