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Power and Energy Systems engineering team

You can find the power and energy systems engineering research group team at:

Level 2, 3 & 4
Axon Building (Bldg 47)
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,
University of Queensland St Lucia Qld 4072 (Map)

Leadership

Title Position Location Contact
Professor Tapan Saha Professor 47-406 saha@itee.uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 3962

Academics

Title Position Location Contact
Dr Chandima Ekanayake Senior Lecturer 47-214 chandima@itee.uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 3762
Dr Negareh Ghasemi Lecturer 47-308 n.ghasemi@uq.edu.au
52875
Dr Olav Krause Lecturer 47-403 o.krause@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3346 9052
Dr Hui Ma Lecturer in Power and Energy Systems 47-309 huima@itee.uq.edu.au
+61 7 3346 8751
Dr Daniel Martin Lecturer in Power and Energy Systems 47-308 d.martin6@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3346 9229
Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Associate Professor 47-402 mithulan@itee.uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 4194
Dr Rahul Sharma Lecturer 47-213 rahul.sharma@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 7240
Dr Ruifeng Yan ARC DECRA - Lecturer in Power and Energy Systems 47-212 ruifeng@itee.uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 3394
Dr Firuz Zare ARC Future Fellow 47-405A f.zare@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3346 9180
Dr Yu Zhao Associate Lecturer 47-407:23 y.zhao5@uq.edu.au
 

Research fellows

Title Position Location Contact
Dr Feifei Bai Postdoctoral Research Fellow 47-304:02 f.bai@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3346 1006
Dr Sijia Hu Postdoctoral Research Fellow 78-326:03 sijia.hu@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 1652
Dr Lakshitha Naranpanawe Postdoctoral Research Fellow 47-303:01 w.naranpanawe@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 8306
Dr Ali Pourmousavi Kani Postdoctoral Research Fellow 47-304:03 a.pour@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3346 1008
Dr Hansika Rathnayake Postdoctoral Research Fellow 47-303:04 h.rathnayake@uq.edu.au
 
Dr Wayes Tushar Research Fellow 47-304:01 w.tushar@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3346 1006
Dr Jalil Yaghoobi Postdoctoral Research Fellow 47-303:06 j.yaghoobi@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 9765

Research officers

Title Position Location Contact
Mr Andre Gebers Systems Developer 78-328:03 a.gebers@uq.edu.au
 
Mr Gian Morosini Research Officer 78-328:07 g.morosini@uq.edu.au
 
Mr Friska Dhen Ungkara Pambudi Software Developer 78-328:05 f.pambudi@uq.edu.au
 
Mr Jack Terry Research Officer 78-328:08 jack.terry@uq.edu.au
 

Administrative & Technical

Title Position Location Contact
Mrs Mandeep Waraich Administrative Officer - Operations and Research 78-425A:02 m.waraich@uq.edu.au
+61 7 3365 2035

Adjuncts

Title Position Location Contact
Professor David Allan Adjunct Professor Off Campus d.allan@itee.uq.edu.au
 
Professor Mat Darveniza Emeritus Professor   m.darveniza@uq.edu.au
 
Professor Ian Hiskens Honorary Professor Off Campus i.hiskens@uq.edu.au
 
Professor Sebastian Lehnhoff Honorary Fellow Off Campus s.lehnhoff@uq.edu.au
 
Dr Debabrata Chattopadhyay Adjunct Professor Off Campus d.chattopadhyay@uq.edu.au
 
Dr Yong Li Honorary Fellow Off Campus y.li22@uq.edu.au
 
Dr Jim Lyall Honorary Senior Fellow Off Campus j.lyall@uq.edu.au
 
Dr Nahid-Al Masood Honorary Fellow   n.masood@uq.edu.au
 

Higher Degree by Research Students

HDR Student Supervisor Research Topic
Mr Ahmad Abdullah Dr Firuz Zare Harmonics and Power Quality Analysis, Modelling and Measuring of Low Voltage Grids
Mr Mohsen Ahmadi Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Design of an Intelligent Charging Station for Electric Vehicles and Evaluating its Effects on Maintaining the Stability, Voltage Profile and Power Quality of the Distrbution Network
Mr Umer Akram Dr Mithulan Nadarajah  
Ms Indira Alcaide-Godinez Prof Tapan Saha  
Mr Abdulrahman Alduraibi Dr Firuz Zare How would modern power converters improve energy efficiency of grids
Mr Saeed Alzahrani Dr. Mithulan Nadarajah Stability Performance of Power System In Present of Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants
Mr Muhammad Ansari Prof Tapan Saha Fibre Optics Based Condition Monitoring of Transformer Insulation
Mr Mohammad Imran Azim Prof Tapan Saha 100% Renewable Powered Autonomous Microgrids Integrated with Battery Storage
Ms Juliana Barbosa Nunes Prof Tapan Saha Integrated planning of electricity and natural gas networks considering renewable energy and electric vehicle penetration.
Mr Amit Dhoke Prof. Tapan Saha Development of Solar Micro-Grids and its Control Strategy
Mr Hashemi Ford Dr MithulanNadarajah The Impact of Large Scale Wind Farms on Power Systems
Mr Amir Ganjavi Dr Firuz Zare  
Mr Kiarash Gharani Khajeh Dr Firuz Zare Stability analysis of grid-connected inverters to mitigate the high frequency harmonics in the range of 2 to 9 KHz due grid impedance variation
Mr Huajie Gu Prof Tapan Saha Optimal energy management in smart grids with renewables
Mr Mohammad Habibullah Dr Mithulan Nadarajah DC Microgrid: Stability, Power Quality & Fault Analysis
Mr Md Mehedi Hasan Prof Tapan Saha Control of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for Effective Utilisation of Large Scale Solar PV Plant
Mr Md Naz Niamul Islam Dr Olav Krause Hierarchical Capacity Constrained State Optimization of Distribution System
Mr Md Monirul Islam Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Power system stability assessment with high penetration of PV generation integrated with transformerless inverter
Mr Md. Shariful Islam Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Stability Analysis and Control of Power Systems with High Penetration of Wind Energy
Mr Jaroslaw Krata Prof Tapan Saha The centralized control method for power distribution grids penetrated by renewable energy sources
Mr Awan Krismanto Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Small Signal Stability Impact of Microgrid in Power System
Mr Shanker Lamichhane Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Towards “100 percent” Renewable Energy Penetration in Australian Grids: Stability Challenges and Countermeasures
Ms Xiang Li Dr Olav Krause Load Modeling in State Estimation for Distribution System
Mr Yu Luo Prof Tapan Saha  
Mrs Surina Binti Mat Suboh Dr Rahul Sharma Robust Model-Predictive Controller for Variable-Speed Turbine
Ms Inga Maria Mueller    
Mr Muhammad Muneer Dr Chandima Ekanayake  
Ms Erin Lea Oliver Prof Tapan Saha Measurement based methods for distributed optimisation and control of distribution networks
Mr Muhammad Qamar Raza Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Forecasting and Predictive Building Energy Comfort Management System (BECM)
Mr Tayyab Rehman    
Mr Sameera Samarasinghe Prof Tapan Saha Preventing transformer failures caused by silver sulphide corrosion
Mrs Junainah Sardi Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Synthesize of Community Energy Storage in Power Grid with PV and EV Charging Loads
Mr Junhyuck Seo Prof Tapan Saha Intelligent Monitoring and Diagnosis of On-Load Tap-Changer (OLTC) and Bushing of Power Transformer
Mr Herlambang Setiadi Dr Mithulan Nadarajah Coordinated Control of BES and PSS for Small Signal Stability Enhancement in Power System with High Penetration of RE
Mr Rajiv Shekhar Dr Rahul Sharma A Model for Spark Ignition of Hazardous Atmospheres Initiated by Electronic Power Supply Systems
Mr Davood Solati Alkaran Prof Tapan Saha Optimal Operation and Control of Active Front End systems, Smart Microgrids and Grids
Mr Ebby Thomas Dr Rahul Sharma Stochastic optimisation of demand side management
Mr Sohel Uddin Dr Olav Krause Distribution System Energy Management through Capacity Constrained Optimization
Mr Saeid Veysi Raygani Dr Rahul Sharma Photovoltaic Variability and Uncertainty Characterization and Management Strategies
Mr Licheng Wang Prof Tapan Saha Renewable Energy Integration into Power Grid
Mr Lei You Prof Tapan Saha  
Mr Ruiyuan Zhang Prof Tapan Saha Energy Smart Management based on Advanced Data Analysis
Mr Aobo Zhou Prof Tapan Saha Comprehensive analysis on renewable energy management and Demand Response (DR) in the micro-grid