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Projects

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Future Electric Vehicle Energy networks supporting Renewables (FEVER)

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Andrew Cruden BEng, MSc, PhD, FIET

Professor of Energy Technologies
Connect with Andrew

Email: A.J.Cruden@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Suleiman Sharkh BEng, PhD, CEng, MIET

Professor of Electrical Machines & Drives
Research interests
  • Electric Machines
  • Power Electronics
  • Microgrids
Connect with Suleiman

Email: S.M.Sharkh@soton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Wills

Head of Department
Connect with Richard

Email: rgaw@soton.ac.uk

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…
Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Horizon Europe - CABLEGNOSIS - Life Cycle Center for Power CABLE diaGNOSIS 

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Paul Lewin

Professor of Electrical Power Engineering
Connect with Paul

Email: pll@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Orestis Vryonis FHEA, MInstP

New Frontiers Fellow
Research interests
  • polymer engineering and science
  • high voltage insulation
  • renewable and ambient energy harvesting
Connect with Orestis

Email: O.Vryonis@soton.ac.uk

Dr Istebreq Saeedi

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng
Research interests
  • Dielectric materials
  • Green insulations
  • Polymer physics and chemistry
Connect with Istebreq

Email: I.A.H.Saeedi@soton.ac.uk

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Addressing the Solar Integration Challenges in Developing Countries (SOL-DEV)

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Stratis Batzelis PhD, RAEng RF

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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
Connect with Stratis

Email: E.Batzelis@soton.ac.uk

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Insulating Dielectrics and Alternative Liquids

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Thomas Andritsch

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • High Voltage Engineering
  • Dielectric Materials and Nanodielectrics
  • HV Cable Systems
Connect with Thomas

Email: T.Andritsch@soton.ac.uk

Professor Paul Lewin

Professor of Electrical Power Engineering
Connect with Paul

Email: pll@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Ian Hosier PhD

Research Fellow in High Voltage Plant
Research interests
  • Dielectric materials
  • Ageing
  • Morphology
Connect with Ian

Email: ilh@soton.ac.uk

Dr George Callender

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • HV Cable Systems
  • FEA Simulations
  • Partial Discharge
Connect with George

Email: G.M.Callender@soton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Brown

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Research interests
  • Organic synthesis
  • Total synthesis of natural products
  • Asymmetric synthesis
Connect with Richard

Email: R.C.Brown@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor John Langley

Research interests
  • The application and use of of separation science and mass spectrometry  for chemistry/chemica…
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Connect with John

Email: G.J.Langley@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Resilient Operation of Sustainable Energy Systems (ROSES)

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SOLar Irrigation Modelling and Monitoring

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Stratis Batzelis PhD, RAEng RF

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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
Connect with Stratis

Email: E.Batzelis@soton.ac.uk

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SPARCARB - H2020 MSCA ITN - Prof. Ole Thybo Thomsen

Staff

Other researchers

Professor Ian Sinclair

Professor of Engineering Materials
Connect with Ian

Email: I.Sinclair@soton.ac.uk

Professor Paul Lewin

Professor of Electrical Power Engineering
Connect with Paul

Email: pll@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Dr Igor Golosnoy

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • plasma science and technology: gaseous discharges, e.g. coronas, streamers, and thermal arcs 
  • electric breakdown in gases and liquids, circuit breakers - design and analysis
  • electric propulsion systems for spacecraft, e.g. Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, Gridded Ion Engines…
Connect with Igor

Email: I.Golosnoy@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Towards a pre-commercial version of a wave energy converter based on electro-active polymers

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Citizen-Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems

Staff

Lead researchers

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…
Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Research project

UNIfying grid-FOllowing and grid-foRMing control in inverter-based resources

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Stratis Batzelis PhD, RAEng RF

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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
Connect with Stratis

Email: E.Batzelis@soton.ac.uk