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  • iGrid Perth ForumYou can view all the presentations made at the iGrid perth forum through the Engaging Stakeholders page
  • Upcoming Forum notification iGrid Showcase: Unlocking the Potential of Distributed Energy

The next forum will be held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland, Customs House on Tuesday 31st August 2010. For further details please see the attached brochure

  • D-CODE Model now available

The Description and Cost of Distributed Energy (D-CODE) Model is a working model, designed to be transparent and accessible. We would appreciate your input in making D-CODE as useful and robust as possible. If you have comments, additional data, or feedback about D-CODE, please complete the online feedback form: D-CODE Feedback Form

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University of Queensland (UQ)

Team leader

Professor Tapan Kumar Saha, Leader of the Power and Energy Systems Research Group, ITEEB

PhD, Bachelor of Science,  Master of Technology

Tapan Saha has 15 years of teaching and research experience in electrical power engineering with the two Australian Universities. He also worked as a visiting academic in Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden and University of Newcastle, Australia. His expertise includes power systems and power quality analysis, electricity market related problems and condition assessment of ageing infrastructure. He has published more than 160 technical papers in referred literature. During the last several years Tapan has successfully supervised 9 PhD, three Masters by research and more than 100 Honours thesis projects in electrical engineering. He received numerous research grants from ARC and industry. He works very closely with the local and international power industry.

Intelligent Grid Projects: Control Methodologies

Professor John Foster, Head of the School of Economics
PhD, Masters of Economics, Bachelor of Arts (Hons)

Professor Fosters research interests lie in the following fields; modelling the macroeconomy as a complex adaptive system, the application of self organisation theory to statistical and economical modelling in the prescence of structural change. As well as modelling, the diffusion of innovations with special reference to the emergence of low carbon emission power generation technologies and the empirics of evolutionary economic growth with special reference to the role of energy generation and distribution systems. More recently John has been involved in modelling the impact of climate change on the entire economy with specific refernce to the power generation sector.

Team members

Associate Professor Zhao Yang Dong

PhD (electrical engineering)

Assoc Prof. Zhao Yang Dong has more than eight years of research experience with academic institutions. He has published more than 190 technical papers in referred literature. Dr Dong has been closely working in collaboration with the electricity utilities and other academics. During the past 5 years Dr. Dong has developed methodologies for power system stability, system cascading failure analysis, and electricity market operations and planning. His expertise includes power systems dynamics, load modelling, electricity market analysis, numerical methods and application in power engineering analysis.

Intelligent Grid Projects: Control Methodologies

Team members

Lukas Skoufa, Lecturer

PhD (Business)

Liam Wagner, Research Fellow

PhD (Mathematics)

Dr Jai Govind Singh

PhD

Dr Sing is involved in researching power system stability and control.

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