Biography
Dr. Sam Salem is an adjunct assistant professor in the Coulter School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Clarkson University. He worked for GE Renewable Energy and GE Power in Schenectady NY for almost 20 years. He has also worked in oil and gas industry and engineering consulting. Dr. Salem's expertise are in the areas of renewable energy, electrical machines, power systems, lightning protection of wind facilities, new product introduction and technology management. He is a member of the American Clean Power (ACP) task force on Electrical Systems. He served as the US national member at the Cigre subcommittee on Electric Machines from 2006 to 2012. Additionally, he led the Cigre working group to write a guide on “Economic Evaluation of Refurbishment/Replacement Decision on Generators”. He participated in rewriting the IEEE Std. 67-2005 Guide for Operation and Maintenance of Turbine Generators. He gave a series of talks and tutorials on Wind Energy at Cigre meetings in Sydney and Paris, and at the IEEE section in Schenectady NY. Dr. Salem is a co-inventor of 22 US patents.
Education Background
MBA - 1998 Wilfrid Laurier University
Ph.D. - 1995 Ain Shams University
M.Sc. - 1986 Ain Shams University
B.S. - 1982 Ain Shams University
Publications
- Sam Salem, “Black-Start Using Renewable Energy Resources”. IEEE Smart Grid eNewsletter. April 2021.
- Sam Salem. "Cost-Effective Approach to Large-Scale Electric Energy Storage”. IEEE Smart Grid eNewsletter. January 2020.
- Pinjia Zhang, Delong Lu, Sam Salem. Electrical signature analysis based condition monitoring and diagnostics techniques for wind turbines”. IEEE 11th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED). Pages: 338 – 345, 2017."
- Pinjia Zhang, Prabhakar Neti, Sam Salem. "Electrical Discharge and Its Impact on Drivetrains of Wind Turbines”. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications,Volume: 51, Issue: 6, Pages: 5352 – 5357, 2015.
- S. Salon, S. Salem, Kiruba S Haran. "Trends in monitoring and diagnostics of wind generators”. 44th International Conference on Large High Voltage Electric Systems, Paris, 2012.