“A researcher & specialty in power systems currently focusing on developing AI-driven decision-making tools to facilitate real-time electricity market.”

Biography

Abubakar Sadiq Ahmad, PhD is a Senior Electrical Engineer and Academic with close to two decades of experience specializing in the steady-state modeling, operation, and optimization of modern power systems. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer at the FUTMinna, Team Lead PowerTech RU, and DD ITS. • Expert in the integration of renewable energy Distributed Generation (DG) and Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) into grid planning. • Contributed significant analytical enhancements to the MATPOWER open-source software (Release 7.0), specifically improving the Continuation Power Flow (CPF) routine to enforce physical grid constraints. • Specializes in deploying hybrid optimization methods, such as PI-PSO and MOPSO, and is currently developing machine-learning-driven tools for Real-Time Available Transfer Capability (ATC) assessment. • Pioneer in modeling Integrated Transmission and Distribution Networks (iT&DN) to address the complexities of coordinated grid planning.

Research Interests

Power System Optimization
AI & Machine Learning
Grid Infrastructure
Integrated Modeling

Teaching

Undergraduate

• EEE 514• Electrical Services Design
• EEE 515 • Entrepreneurship for Electrical Engineers
• EEE 523• Power System Engineering

Postgraduate

• EPS 710 • Advanced Power Systems Analysis
• EPS 711• Power Systems Planning, Operations and Quality
• EPS 722• Flexible Alternating Currents Transmission Systems (FACTS)

Supervision

Master's Students

IORKEGH, Samuel Tyolumun

“Enhanced Distribution Network Operation Using Network Reconfiguration and Distributed Generation Planning Under Load Growth”

2024
completed

NWABUGHOGU, Victor Ogbonna

“Assessment Of Coupling Techniques in Transmission and Distribution Networks with Distribution Generation at Varying Load”

2024
completed

AFOLAYAN, Stephen Kayode

“Economic load dispatch of an integrated transmission and Distribution network considering distributed generation Integration ”

2026
completed

ADAMA, Simeon Sala

“Design and Analysis of Adaptive Control with Machine Learning Algorithm for Adjustment of Inverter’s Operating Parameters Based on Environmental Conditions”

2026
completed

PhD Students

IDAKWO Oyibo Harrison

“Load Demand Estimation and Prediction Models for Effective Planning and Sustainability of Microgrid Project in Rural Community”

BAWA, Abubakar

“Impact Of Distributed Generation on Distribution Network Stability”

AWWA, Muhammad Khadijat

“Development and Evaluation of Conversational Natural Language Processing Model for Technology-enhanced Biology Learning in Secondary SchoolDevelopment and Evaluation of Conversational Natural Language Processing Model for Technology-enhanced Biology Learning in Secondary School”

ABDULLAHI, Baba Abdullahi

“Investigation of the Impact of Nigeria National Grid Instability on The Performance of Renewable Distributed Generation”

Publications

9 total

  1. Optimal distributed generation planning in distribution networks: A comparison of transmission network models with FACTS

    A. A. Sadiq, S. S. Adamu, and M. Buhari

    Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal – Elsevier. Vol. 22, Issue 1, Pp. 33 – 46.
    2026
    DOI

  2. A Review on Development of an IoT-Based System for Enhancing Yield in Poultry Farming

    Ambafi, J. G., ..., Ahmad, A. S., et al.

    Confluence University Journal of Science and Technology, 1-10.
    2025
    DOI

  3. FACTS-DG Coordination in an Integrated Transmission & Distribution Network (IT & DN)

    Sadiq, A. A., Damari, I. A., Buhari, M., Adamu, S. S., & Amabfi, J. G.

    Journal of Engineering Advances and Technologies for Sustainable Applications, 1(1), 17-24.
    2025
    DOI

  4. Coordination of FACTS and Distributed Generation in a Synthetic Co-simulation of Transmission and Distribution Network

    Sadiq, A. A., Yusuf, L., Buhari, M., Adamu, S. S., & Ambafi, J. G.

    Turkish Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 4(1):13-25.
    2024
    DOI

  5. Contingency Constrained TCSC and DG Coordination in an Integrated Transmission and Distribution Network: A Multi-Objective Approach

    Sadiq, A. A., Buhari, M., Ambafi, J. G., Adamu, S. S. and Nwohu, M. N

    e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, Vol. 4, 100156.
    2023
    DOI

  6. Optimal Planning and Deployment of Hybrid Renewable Energy to Rural Healthcare Facilities in Nigeria

    Olatomiwa, L., Longe, O. M., ..., Sadiq, A. A.

    Energies, 16(21), 7259.
    2023
    DOI

  7. An Overview of Energy Access Solutions for Rural Healthcare Facilities

    Olatomiwa, Lanre, A. A. Sadiq, Omowunmi Mary Longe, James G. Ambafi, Kufre Esenowo Jack, Toyeeb Adekunle Abd'azeez, and Samuel Adeniyi

    Energies 15, no. 24: 9554.
    2022
    DOI

  8. Coordination of multi-type FACTS for available transfer capability enhancement using PI–PSO

    Sadiq, A. A., Buhari, M., Adamu, S. S., and Musa, H.

    IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Vol. 14, Issue 21, p. 4866 – 4877.
    2020
    DOI

  9. Available transfer capability enhancement with FACTS using hybrid PI-PSO.

    A. A. Sadiq, S. S. Adamu, and M. Buhari

    Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences. Vol. 27, No. 4, Pp 2881 – 2897.
    2019
    DOI