Mrs. Flavia KHATOUNIAN RAJJI (EL)
School of Engineering of Beirut
Professor
(+961) 1 421 000 ext 3349 flavia.khatounian@usj.edu.lb
Flavia Khatounian received her diploma in Electrical Mechanical Engineering (2002) and the Masters degree in Electrical Engineering (2003) from Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ-ESIB), Lebanon, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Cachan, France, in 2007. She joined USJ-ESIB in 2008 where she currently is a full-time professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and the Head of the Department of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Her research interests include power electronics and electric machines identification and control. She serves as a reviewer for high impact factor journals and international conferences and is a member of the IEEE and IEEE IES. She is the author or coauthor of 2 book chapters and over 50 scientific papers. She is also a member of the Order of Engineers & Architects (OEA) of Beirut.
Highest degree : PhD in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Automation - Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan - France
+ Education
| Degrees | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diplôme de docteur de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan: Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique | Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan | France | 2006 |
| Diplôme d'études approfondies, option Génie électrique | Saint Joseph University of Beirut | Lebanon | 2003 |
| Diplôme d'Ingénieur, section Electricité et Mécanique, option Génie Electrique et Mécanique | Saint Joseph University of Beirut | Lebanon | 2002 |
+ Teaching outside USJ
| Experience in University Teaching Outside USJ | Country | Institution | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part-time lecturer | Lebanon | Université Libanaise (UL) | 01/09/2007 | 31/07/2008 |
| Part-time lecturer | France | Université de Cergy-Pontoise | 01/09/2004 | 31/07/2007 |
+ Professionnal experience outside USJ
| Professional Experience | Organization | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | Haption S.A. | 01/09/2003 | 31/12/2006 |
| Electrical Engineer | Thalès AES | 01/10/2002 | 31/03/2003 |
+ Expertise field
Engineering and Technology, Sciences
+ Research topics
Variable speed drives - Advanced control strategies - Process identification - Converters control
+ Publications and communications
A. Abdayem, J. Sawma, A. Beneit, R. Blasco-Gimenez, F. Khatounian E. Monmasson, Comparative Assessment of Modulation Strategies in Modular Multilevel Converters: An Attempt for a Better Compromise Between the efficiency Capacitor Voltages Dispersion, in IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, doi: 10.1109/OJIES.2024.3447885. Sawma, J., Khatounian, F., Monmasson, E., Idkhajine, L. and Ghosn, R. (2017), Analysis of the impact of online identification on model predictive current control applied to permanent magnet synchronous motors. IET Electric Power Applications, 11: 864-873. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-epa.2016.0513. J. Sawma, F. Khatounian, E. Monmasson, L. Idkhajine and R. Ghosn, "Robustness Study of a Cascaded Dual Model-Predictive Control Applied to Synchronous Motors," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 7219-7228, Sept. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2018.2874577. Khoury, G., Ghosn, R., Khatounian, F. et al. Energy-efficient field-oriented control for induction motors taking core losses into account. Electr Eng 104, 529–538 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-021-01321-6.