Dr. Zahid Ullah

Dr. Zahid Ullah

Assistant Professor FEE

Qualifications:

PhD Electrical Engineering (2026)
Politecnico di Milano, Italy 

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (2017)
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

Research Interests:

Research focuses on Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles, and AI-driven energy management, with emphasis on integrating intelligent systems into the built environment.

Selected Publications

Research Metrics

  • H-index: 30
  • Total Citations: 3700+ (Google Scholar, October 2026)
  1. Ullah, Zahid,Gruosso, Giambattista, Khan, Bilal, Ali, Sahibzada Muhammad, Big Data-Driven Rainbow DNN for Optimising Bidirectional Vehicle-to-Building and Building-to-Vehicle Energy Flows in Smart Grids, International Journal of Energy Research, 2026, 8870857, 14 pages, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1155/er/8870857 
  2. Aziz, Muhammad Osama, Aashan, Muhammad, Ahmad, Naveed, Azhar, Muhammad, Abbas, Muhammad, Ullah, Zahid, Gruosso, Giambattista, Impact Assessment of Different Passive Retrofit Strategies on the Indoor Air Temperature in a Residential Building, Indoor Air, 2026, 6728280, 31 pages, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1155/ina/6728280 
  3. Ali, Sahibzada Muhammad, Khan, Bilal, Ullah, Kaleem, Ullah, Zahid, Mehmood, Chaudhry Arshad, Gulfam, Sardar Muhammad, Gruosso, Giambattista, AI Tools for Energy Management: Revolutionising Smart Grids, Microgrids, Homes and Renewables, International Journal of Energy Research, 2026, 7310134, 29 pages, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1155/er/7310134 
  4. Farid, Umar, Muhammad Usman Jamil, and Zahid Ullah. 2026. “UAV-Assisted Preview-Augmented DSMC with Control Barrier Functions for Safe and Robust Trajectory Tracking of AGVs” Machines14, no. 6: 696. (IF=3.0)
  5. Ali, L. Khan, S. Ahmad, and Z. Ullah, “UKF based cyber resilient consensus driven fully distributed model predictive control framework for autonomous AC microgrids,” Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, vol. 47, Art. no. 102340, 2026. 
  6. Khan, B., S. M. Ali, and Ullah. “Environment driven consumer psychological behavior based MPC energy model: a multi-dimensional digital twins framework using deep learning.” Energy and Buildings, vol. 355, 117035, 2026.
  7. Khan FA, Inayat WA, Munaf A, Khan B, Yazdan F, Ullah Z. Parametric design for Net Zero Residential Building in Pakistan. Environ Prog Sustainable Energy. 2026;e70310. 
  8. Khan, Bilal, and Zahid Ullah. 2026. “Carbon-Aware Rolling-Horizon Energy Management of Electric Vehicles via Virtual Power Plants Under Carbon–Grid Conflict” World Electric Vehicle Journal 17, no. 3: 120. 
  9. Farid, Umar, Bilal Khan, and Zahid Ullah. 2026. “Robust Vehicular Dynamics and Sliding Mode Control of Multi-Rotor UAVs in Harsh Wind Fields” Machines 14, no. 3: 277. 
  10. Haider, Zeeshan, Dilshad Sabir, Laiq Khan, and Zahid Ullah. 2026. “A Comparative Study of Decision Tree, RNNs and CNNs for Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Cyber-Physical Power Systems,” IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications: e70047. https://doi.org/10.1049/cps2.70047.
  11. Ullah, G. Gruosso, K. Ullah, and A. Scacciante, “Dynamic modelling of building thermostatically controlled loads as a stochastic battery for grid stability in wind-integrated power systems,” Applied Sciences, vol. 15, no. 16, p. 9203, 2025. doi: 10.3390/app15169203. 
  12. B. Khan, Z. Ullah, and F. Mehmood, “Advancing Sustainable Urban Mobility: A Decentralised Framework for Smart EV-Grid Integration and Renewable Energy Optimisation,” Urban Science, vol. 9, no. 11, p. 443, 2025. (IF=2.9)
  13.  azdan, Fazli, Rehman, Usman Ur, Khan, Fakhre Alam, Ahmad, Naveed, Khan, Afzal, Ullah, Zahid, Improved Hourly Cooling and Heating Load Analysis Using Residential Load Factor Method, Journal of Engineering, 2025, 9980277, 10 pages, 2025 (IF=2.3)
  14. Farid, Umar, Khan, Bilal, Mehmood, Chaudhry Arshad, Ali, Sahibzada Muhammad, Mehmood, Faisal, Ullah, Zahid, Autonomous Payload Delivery: A Sequential Approach Using Single and Heterogeneous Drones, Journal of Engineering, 2025, 7618520, 14 pages, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1155/je/7618520. 
  15. M. Ali, B. Khan, and Z. Ullah, “Deep Learning-Enabled Digital Twins for Prosumers: A Holistic Energy Management Framework for Smart Grids Using Deep Reinforcement Learning and Big Data Analytics,” Int. J. Energy Res., vol. 2025, Art. no. 6618907, pp. 1–19, 2025. doi: 10.1155/er/6618907.
  16. Naveed, K. Ullah, S. Z. Shah, W. Akram, Z. Ullah, and B. Khan, “Enhancing Wind Power Forecasting in Power Grids With Dual Attention-based LSTM Mechanism,” IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., vol. 19, p. e70134, 2025. (IF=2.6)
  17. F. A. Khan, M. Saad, M. Aashan, and Z. Ullah, “A methodological framework for transitioning from conventional to sustainable green building practices: Case study of a school building in Pakistan,” Eng. Rep., vol. 7, no. 7, p. e70317, 2025. (IF=2.0)
  18. Ali, L. Khan, S. Ahmad and Z. Ullah, “Resilient Secondary Distributed Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Microgrid Against Cyber Threats,” IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. e70102, 2025. doi: 10.1049/rpg2.70102. (IF=2.9)
  19. Khan, B., Ali, S. M., & Ullah, Z. Deep learning based digital twins augmented reality: Model predictive control for battery and storage optimization in renewable energy prosumers districts. Journal of Energy Storage, 131, 117565, (2025). (IF=9.8)
  20. Khan B, Ullah Z, Gruosso G. Enhancing Grid Stability Through Physics-Informed Machine Learning Integrated-Model Predictive Control for Electric Vehicle Disturbance Management. World Electric Vehicle Journal. 2025; 16(6):292. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj16060292. (IF=2.6)
  21. Hasanat, S.M., Haris, M., Ullah, K., Shah, S.Z., Abid, U. and Ullah, Z. (2025), Hybrid CNN–LSTM Model With Soft Attention Mechanism for Short-Term Load Forecasting in Smart Grid. Engineering Reports, 7: e70163. https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.70163 (IF=2.0)
  22. Aurangzeb, M., Wang, Y., Iqbal, S., Shafiullah, Md, Alghamdi, S., Ullah, Zahid, A Novel Multiobjective Optimization Approach for EV Charging and Vehicle-to-Grid Scheduling Strategy, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2025, 1192925, 25 pages, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1155/etep/1192925 (IF=1.9)
  23. Ullah, K., Shakir, D., Abid, U., Alahmari, S., Aslam, S. and Ullah, Z., Hybrid BiGRU-CNN Model for Load Forecasting in Smart Grids with High Renewable Energy Integration. IET Gener. Transm. Distrib., 19: e70060, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.70060. (IF=2.0)
  24. Feroze, Fozia, Zeb, Kamran, Uddin, Waqar, …, Ullah, Zahid, Lyapunov-Based Novel Integral Backstepping and Integral Sliding Mode Controllers Design for Efficient Voltage Regulation of Resilient DC Microgrid, International Journal of Energy Research, 2025, 8849426, 16 pages, 2025. (IF=4.3)
  25. Masood, M., Fouad, M. M., Kamal, R., Aurangzeb, K., Aslam, S., Ullah, Z., & Glesk, I. (2025). Enhanced Optimisation of MPLS Network Traffic using a Novel Adjustable Bat Algorithm with Loudness Optimizer. Results in Engineering, 104774. (IF=6.0)
  26. Jadoon, Adeel, Abdul Basit, Athar Waseem, and Zahid Ullah. “Enhanced physical layer security for 5G and beyond communication: A hamming window inspired randomized frequency diverse array-based directional modulation scheme with artificial noise.” Physical Communication: 102627, 2025. (IF=2.0)
  27. Aziz, M. O., Abbas, M., Khan, F. A., Ahmad, N., Yazdan, F., Aftab, H., … & Ullah, Z. Energy Efficiency Comparison of ECBC–2023 and IECC–2021 for Residential Buildings in Different Climate Zones of Pakistan. Engineering Reports, 7(4), e70116, 2025. (IF 2.0)
  28. Khan, F. A., Aashan, M., Azhar, M., Ahmad, F., Saad, M., & Ullah, Z. The Influence of Design Parameters on the Operational Energy Carbon Emissions of a Commercial Building in Pakistan. Engineering Reports, 7(2), e70013, 2025. (IF=2)
  29. Khan, F.A., Azhar, M., Aashan, M. and Ullah, Z. (2025), Optimizing Building Envelope Performance: Green Facade Materials and Their Effects on Peak Heating Load and Carbon Emissions in Pakistan. J. Eng., 2025: e70086. https://doi.org/10.1049/tje2.70086 (IF=0.8)
  30. Hussain, I., Waleed, Q.M., Khan, F.A., Ahmad, N., Yazdan, F., Ullah, Z.: Identification of construction materials in Pakistan: A comparative study of typical and green materials. J. Eng.2025, e70051 (2025).https://doi.org/10.1049/tje2.70051(IF=0.8).
  31. Khan, F.A.,  Aashan, M., Ahmad, F., Saad, M., Azhar, M.: Life cycle assessment and energy efficiency of building façade materials: A case study of an educational building in Pakistan. J. Eng. 2025, e70047 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1049/tje2.70047 (IF=0.8)
  32. Khan, Fakhre Alam, Aftab, Hamad, Khan, Ahmed, Ashraf, Haris A. B., Ghouri, Muhammad Bilal, Ullah, Zahid, Enhanced Heat Transfer Performance of Vapor Compression Refrigeration Systems Using Silver Nanoparticles, Journal of Nanotechnology, 2025, 9282489, 14 pages, 2025. (IF=4.1)

  33. Z. Ullah, K. Ullah, and G. Gruosso. Using Controlled Thermostatic Loads in Buildings as Auxiliary Services to the Power Grid: An Investigation With Thoroughly Simulated Case Study, International Journal of Energy Research, 2024, 5581128, 16 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/er/5581128