Brahim Elkhalil Youcefa received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Mohamed Boudiaf University, M’sila, Algeria, in 2013, and his M.Sc. degree in electrical systems engineering from the same university in 2015. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree at RPTU in Kaiserslautern, Germany. His research fields include power electronics, grid-forming systems control, and power quality, with a focus on the development and control of modular multilevel converters and soft-switching converters.

• Development of a Sustainable Grid Storage System for Challenging Grid Conditions

• Contractual teacher at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Bou-Saâda, Algeria, during 2021/2022.
• Contractual teacher at Mohamed Boudiaf University of Msila, Algeria, during 2020/2021.
• Electrical engineer at SARL Taoub Platre, Algeria, during 2021/2022.
• Maintenance engineer at SARL FMER, Algeria, during 2020/2021.

• Grid Forming Control and Development
• Modular Multilevel Converters
• Energy Conversion
• Power Quality

• Conducted DC machine experiments during 2024/2025 at the Energy and Automation Technology Laboratory, MEAS, RPTU.
• Conducted DC machine experiments during 2023/2024 at the Energy and Automation Technology Laboratory, MEAS, RPTU.
• Conducted tutorials on physical measurements at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Bou-Saâda, Algeria, during 2021/2022.
• Conducted tutorials on advanced power electronics at Mohamed Boudiaf University of Msila, Algeria, during 2020/2021.
• Conducted tutorials on electrical control techniques for asynchronous and synchronous machines at Mohamed Boudiaf University of Msila, Algeria, during 2020/2021.
• Conducted tutorials on power electronics at Mohamed Boudiaf University of Msila, Algeria, during 2020/2021.
• Conducted tutorials on information and modern communications at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Bou-Saâda, Algeria, during 2020/2021.

• Stability Design of Single-Loop Voltage Controller for Grid-Forming Inverters With Optimized LLCL Filter, in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,2024, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2024.3395793
• Hybrid Backstepping Predictive Direct Power Control of Grid Connected 3-Phase 3-Level PVG-UPQC Based on Optimised SVM Technique for Power Quality Improvement, 2023, L’Energia Elettrica Supplement Journal, DOI: 10.36156/ENERGIA_08
• Multivariable Filter-Based New Harmonic Voltage Identification for a 3-Level UPQC,2023, JOURNAL EUROPÉEN DES SYSTÈMES AUTOMATISÉS, DOI: doi.org/10.18280/jesa.560405
• Nonlinear Predictive Direct Power Control Based on Space Vector Modulation of 3-Phase 3-Level Solar PV Integrated Unified Power Quality Conditioner, 2022, European Journal of Electrical Engineering, DOI: doi.org/10.18280/ejee.240202
• PIL Implementation of Feedback Linearization-SVM Control of 3-Phase Multifunctional Grid-Tied Solar PV Integrated UPQC, 2022, Journal Européen des Systèmes Automatisés (JESA), DOI: doi.org/10.18280/jesa.550303

• Performance enhancing of 3-phase UPQC using feedback linearisation based DPC technique for power quality improvement, The 1st International Conference on Electronics, Artificial intelligence and New Technologies 8-9 December 2021, Oum el bouaghi, Algeria.
• A processor in the loop implementation for a grid connected photovoltaic system considering power quality issues, IEEE, 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems (ICASS), DOI: 10.1109/ICASS.2018.8651962.
• DPC Method for Grid Connected Photovoltaic System Acts as a Shunt Active Power Filter Implemented with Processor in the Loop, IEEE, 2018 International Conference on Electrical Sciences and Technologies in Maghreb (CISTEM), DOI: 10.1109/CISTEM.2018.8613370.
• Control of grid connected PV system acting as shunt active power filter, International Conference on Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IC3E 2018) November 12 - 13, 2018, Bouira, Algeria.
• Participation in the conference “Tlemcen School on Embedded Systems ESET”, Algeria, 2017.

Matlab, Psim (power SIM), LTspice, Simatic step 7 / Wincc flexible / TIA Portal SCADA system, Eplan , Xilinx ISE, Altium Designer, Code Composer Studio, C, C++, VHDL,  Assembler

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