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Early Career Research Fellow Track 3 (Offshore Energy Safety) - Irfan Khan

Implementing Organization

Texas A&M Galveston

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$75,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)

Funding Program

NASEM Gulf Research Program Fellowships

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Project Category

Human and Social

Project Actions

Education and Outreach

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Project Description

Dr. Irfan Khan is an assistant professor at Marine Engineering Technology Department, Texas A&M University, Galveston (TAMUG). As the director of the Clean and Resilient Energy Systems (CARES) Lab at TAMUG, he mainly focuses on the control and reliable operation of clean energy resources along with an emphasis on energy systems resiliency. Following the same passion, Dr. Khan has developed an interest in offshore energy systems, working towards its safer, reliable, and efficient operation. Moreover, Dr. Khan also has a joint appointment with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Texas A&M University. In addition, he is an affiliate faculty member with the TAMU Energy Institute and the TEES Cyber Security Center. Dr. Khan’s academic credentials include a doctoral degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018, a double master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Greenwich, Chatham UK in 2011 and 2017, respectively. Before that, he received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Currently, Dr. Khan is leading a pre-eminent research team that includes a number of both undergraduate and graduate students and a couple of international visiting scholars, mainly targeting the cyber-physical security of offshore marine energy systems. Dr. Khan has more than 80 publications in his field. He is an IEEE senior member, a member of IEEE PES, IEEE IAS, IEEE IES, and SNAME. He is also the Vice-Chair for the IEEE Galveston Bay Section (GBS) and faculty advisor of SNAME and MTS.

Contact

Maeesha Saeed
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msaeed@nas.edu
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