Dr. A. A. Maqrashi graduated with First Class Honours B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Manchester, UK. He then received his MBA degree from Edinburgh Business School, UK. Then he completed his M.Sc. in Electrical Power Engineering from University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology (UMIST), UK. Dr. Ali completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Manchester, UK, in 2001.

He worked for 12 years in oil and gas industry in major companies including Petroleum Development Oman and Shell UK as Senior Project Manager. He then joined Sultan Qaboos University as faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In addition to his academic duties, in the department, he was later appointed as the Assistant Dean for Industrial Training and Alumni in the College of Engineering. Following this, he was appointed as the Dean of Oman Maritime College.

He has founded a number of successful companies to serve the needs of power system in Oman and the GCC region. He is currently full time chairman of Albanah Group delivering a wide range of products and services including power system simulation softwares, hardwares, consultancies and technical and managerial training.

His areas of interest include Power System Modelling and Simulation, Power System Protection, High Voltage Engineering, Privatization of Electrical Supply Industry, and Management of Electrical Projects . He has extensive experience in delivering training courses to senior managers and experienced engineers in public and privates sectors' organisations in the areas of Power System Modelling, Power System Analysis and Simulation Using PowerFactory Software, Power System Protection, Project Management, and Power System Economics. Dr Ali has published many technical papers and reports and supervised postgraduate research projects.

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Some selected publications:

• A. A. Maqrashi, B.A.T. Al Zahawi, R. Shuttleworth, M. Snell and S. E. Lane ” Modelling of Vacuum Arcs in High Voltage DC Circuit Breakers”, Proceedings of 36th UPEC conference, Swansea, UK, 12-14 September 2001
• A. A. Maqrashi, B.A.T. Al Zahawi, R. Shuttleworth, M. Snell and S. E. Lane ” FMEA and FMECA Analysis of Vacuum High Voltage DC Circuit Breakers”, Proceedings of 36th UPEC conference, Swansea, UK, 12-14 September 2001
• A. A. Maqrashi, “Pattern Recognition of Partial Discharges Using MATLAB Tools”, Proceedings of 39th UPEC conference, Bristol, UK, 6 - 8 September 2004
• M. A. Salam, A. A. Maqrashi, Nazar Mohammed, Zia Nadir and M. Shahidullah, “Statistical Approach to Find an Empirical Relationship Between the Grounding Resistance and Length of Buried Electrode in the Soil”, WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 3, No.6 pp 1483-1486, 2004.
• M. A. Salam, Nazar Mohammad, Z. Nadir, A. A. Maqrashi, Ahmed Al Kaf, “Measurement of Conductivity and Equivalent Salt Deposit Density of Contaminated Glass Plate” IEEE TENCON 2004 conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 21-24 November 2004.
• M. A. Salam, Saleh M. Al-Alawi, A.A. Maqrashi, “An Artificial Neural Networks Approach to Model and Predict the Relationship between the Grounding Resistance and Length of Buried Electrode in the Soil”, Journal of Electrostatics, 2005.
• S. M. Al-Alawi, M. A. Salam, A. A. Maqrashi, Hussein Ahmad, “Prediction of Flashover Voltage of Contaminated Insulator using Artificial Neural Networks”, Journal of Electrical Power Systems and Components, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 831-840, Taylor & Francis 2006.
• I.A. Metwally, M. Abdus-Salam and A. A. Maqrashi, “Electrostatic and Electrodynamic Field Analyses of 33kV Line Insulators”, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems (IJEEPS), Vol. 7, No. 3, Article 3, pp. 1-25, 2006.
• I.A. Metwally, A. A. Maqrashi, S. Al-Sumry and S. Al-Harthy, “Performance Improvement of 33kV Line-Post Insulators in Harsh Environment”, Journal of Electric Power Systems Research (JEPSR), Vol. 76, No. 9-10, pp. 778-785, 2006
• M. A. Salam, S. M. Al-Alawi, A. A. Maqrashi, “Prediction of Equivalent Salt Deposit Density of Contaminated Glass Plates Using Artificial Neural Networks”, Journal of Electrostatics, Vol. 66, Issue 9-10, pp. 526-530, Elsevier Science, September 2008.
• A. A. Maqrashi, and A. O. Ojaily, "Role of International Industrial Training Programs in the Development of Engineering Students", International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2009), Valencia, SPAIN, March 9-11, 2009.
• A. A. Maqrashi, and A. O. Ojaily, "National and International Collaboration in Industrial Training Programs for Mechatronics Students", Proceeding of the 6th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA09), Sharjah, UAE, March 24-26, 2009.
• E. A. Feilat, and A. A. Maqrashi, " ESDD and DDDG-based assessment of insulator pollution levels in Oman", Proceeding of the GCC Conference and Exhibition (IEEE), Dubai, UAE, February 19-22, 2011.
• Z. A. Al-Zadjali, H. A. Bashir, and A. A. Maqrashi, “Factors Causing Project Cost Overrun in the Telecommunications Industry in Oman”, Int. J. of Information Technology Project Management, 5(3), 2014