Centre for Research in All-electric Future Technologies (CRAFT)

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Professor Sebastian Stein

Professor

Research interests

  • Citizen-Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems
  • Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering in Multi-Agent Systems
  • Applications of AI in smart energy, transportation, electric vehicle charging and disaster re…

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Dr Stratis Batzelis PhD, RAEng RF

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Research interests

  • Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems design, modeling, control and integration to the power system
  • Renewable Energy Resources (RES)
  • Electrification and energy access in developing countries

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Dr Sunny Chaudhary PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Polymer Physics and Chemistry
  • HV System: Modelling and Simulation (FEA/CFD)
  • Dielectric Materials and Nanodielectrics
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Dr Tasmiat Rahman

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Solar Energy Forecasting through Machine Learning and Computer Vision
  • Applied Photovoltaic Systems including Floating PV, Agri-PV, and HRES 
  • Low-Cost Air Quality Sensing for use in LMICs

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Dr Thomas Andritsch

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • High Voltage Engineering
  • Dielectric Materials and Nanodielectrics
  • HV Cable Systems

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Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Multiagent (AI) Systems
  • Agent-Based Computing 
  • Responsibility of AI Systems

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