19/08/2025
Department of Electrical Engineering, UAJK warmly welcomes Dr. Khalid Khawaja (Assistant Prof.) on rejoining the department after his postdoctoral research.
Dr. Khalid Khawaja worked as a postdoctoral researcher for two years at the DigiPES Lab, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, under the supervision of Prof. Phuong Nguyen. He contributed to the ORKEST project, where his research group developed new optimization schemes for connecting more load and renewable energy resources to congested power networks.
Dr. Khalid also completed several University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) certification training courses from TU Eindhoven. These trainings are required for university professors to teach in the Netherlands. These included: (i) Foundation (ii) Designing Courses & Projects (iii) Supervising Students (iv) Teaching Skills (v) Assessment (vi) Evaluation (vii) Introduction to Challenge based learning (CBL) (viii) CBL masterclass for instructors.
In addition to teaching training, he also attended courses focused on research and presentation skills, including: (i) Good Practices in Research Software Development (ii) Giving an audience focused presentation (iii) Powerful communication and voice techniques (iv) How to make educational videos?
Dr. Khalid was also awarded the competitive EuroTech funding for postdocs and professors, through which he worked as a visiting researcher for one month at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, one of the countryβs top-ranked universities. He also won the Best Pitch Award from the IEEE Student Branch Eindhoven and presented his research at several international conferences in Italy, UAE, Switzerland, and Germany.
We are confident that the knowledge and experience Dr. Khalid brings with him will benefit not only the Department but also the University.
We warmly welcome him again and wish him success in his future roles.