Rate My Professor Muhammad Irfan

Muhammad Irfan is an Academic Casual in the School of Engineering at Macquarie University, affiliated with the Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering at Macquarie University after being admitted as a PhD student in the School of Engineering. Prior to this, he earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Gujrat in 2019, with a thesis titled "Design of Net Zero Energy Home for Sub Zero Temperature Areas," and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the same university in 2011, with a thesis on "Intelligent Energy Saving System." His academic and research career focuses on advancing sustainable energy solutions within the engineering discipline.

Irfan's research specializations include renewable energy, electric vehicles, home energy management systems, energy policies, net zero energy buildings, and smart grids. He serves as Primary Chief Investigator for the project "Development of Energy Management Systems and Economic Models for Nearly Zero Energy Homes with Electric Vehicle Charging Stations," running from April 2022 to April 2025. His key publications demonstrate expertise in optimizing energy systems with solar PV and EV integration. These include "Novel control-based design optimization of Smart Energy Distribution and Management in vehicle-to-grid integrated microgrid" (Applied Energy, 2026), "Optimizing residential energy costs: a novel machine learning approach for solar PV and EV integration through heuristic price signal dispatch" (IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2025), "Optimizing load frequency control in microgrid with vehicle-to-grid integration in Australia: based on an enhanced control approach" (Applied Energy, 2024), "A novel data-driven optimization for cost-effective home energy management with PV-EV integration" (2024 IEEE 34th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2024), "Rooftop Solar and Electric Vehicle Integration for Smart, Sustainable Homes: A Comprehensive Review" (Energies, 2023), and earlier works such as "Thermal performance analysis of net zero energy home for sub zero temperature areas" (2018) and "Net zero energy buildings (NZEB): A case study of net zero energy home in Pakistan" (2018).