Elias Raffoul received his thesis-based MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA in December 2024. Elias began his MS program here in January 2023 and worked as a MS student in the RPG lab from Aug. 2023 to Dec. 2024.

MS Dissertation title: “Advanced Forecasting and System Integration Impact Analysis of Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles on Power Distribution Networks”

First Job: Lead Analyst Energy & Utilities, 1898 & Co - part of Burns & McDonnell, Houston, Texas, USA.

Education

M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, January 2023 - December 2024

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Balamand, September 2019 - May 2022

Classes:

• ECE 6327 Smart Grid Systems
• ECE 6329 Power System Protection

Research Interests:

Distribution system operations, load prediction, and network congestion analysis.