Dr. Ahmed Djamel Ayad is an electrical engineer, researcher, and professional hardware and PCB designer with extensive experience in electronics, embedded systems, and power electronics. Since starting his career as a freelancer, he has worked remotely on dozens of engineering and electronics projects for international clients across the USA, Italy, Germany, Australia, and other countries — covering circuit design, PCB layout, embedded systems, microcontrollers, and hardware prototyping.
He started working in PCB design in 2019 and became a professional PCB designer by 2022, with experience spanning schematic development, component selection, PCB layout, signal integrity, manufacturing preparation, and hardware testing.
Academic & research background
Dr. Ayad maintained outstanding academic performance throughout his studies, consistently ranking among the top students in his classes. He is an active researcher in power electronics and electrical engineering, focused on power converters, multiphase DC–DC converters, control systems, and intelligent control techniques, with multiple papers published in leading international journals and conferences.
International awards, grants & scientific programs
- ICTP Italy — SMR 3983 Workshop on Fully-Programmable Systems-on-Chip for Scientific Applications, Qatar University, Doha, Oct 2024
- IEEE IES — Student and Young Professionals Assistance (SYPA) for IECON 2024, Chicago, USA, Nov 2024
- IEEE IES — Support to attend the Student and Young Professionals Congress, Tunis, Tunisia, Aug 2025
- IEEE IAS — Support to attend the PowerAfrica Conference 2025, Cairo, Egypt, Sep–Oct 2025
- ICTP Italy — School on Applied AI for Sustainable Development (SMR 4210), Trieste, Mar 2026
Teaching & knowledge sharing
He has supervised and mentored Bachelor's and Master's students in electrical engineering, and founded the educational YouTube channel Elenobia, teaching electrical engineering, electronics, physics, and mathematics to an audience that has grown past 7.3 million views.
Engineering experience
- PCB design and multilayer PCB layout
- Embedded systems & STM32-based development, C/C++
- Power electronics and power converters
- Hardware prototyping, debugging & EMC/EMI considerations
- Internships with Sonelgaz and the Nuclear Research Center of Birine
