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Porto, Pt

Porto, Portugal

Aquitaine, France

'Enseignant-Chercheur' position in Electrical Engineering/Automation and Electrical Grids, with a focus on power electronics and control of renewable energy resources, storage, micro-grids and smart grids. Supervision of trainees and doctoral students.ESTIA develops collaborative projects with industrial companies in the Aquitaine region, France and Europe, in both applied and fundamental research projects through its multidisciplinary Estia-Recherche team and technical platforms: CompositAdour, ENERGEA, PEPSS, SIMECOMP and ADDIMADOUR.

Bath, United Kingdom

Research & Consulting - Electrical Power Engineering / Smart Grids

Bath, United Kingdom

Prize Fellowship based in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering within the Centre for Sustainable Power Distribution (CSPD). This role included teaching and supervision of under/post-graduate students, securing research funding via grant bids, developing international research links and taking part in public engagement.Research Areas:- Optimal Security of Supply in Future Electricity Networks (operation and planning)- Integration of Distributed Low-Carbon Technologies (wind, photovoltaics, electric vehicles, storage, demand side response)- Local Hybrid AC/DC Networks - Advanced Energy (Storage) Management Systems- Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) Hardware-in-the-Loop Studies

Bath, United Kingdom

UK-India research consortium investigating how DC power networks can increase the efficiency of renewable energy-storage systems deployed at a community level to benefit the resilience of the power grid in both developed and developing countries.- Responsible for conducting network modelling/planning to quantify the impacts from low-carbon (smart) technologies and the network costs associated to a local DC/AC supply.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Gave tutorials on postgraduate courses:- Electrical Engineering Fundamentals of Renewable Energy (MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems)- Power Systems and Machines (MEng, 4th year)Demonstrating tasks delivered in undergraduate courses:- (Digital/Analog) Electronic Methods Laboratory (Junior Honours level, 3rd year)- Electrical Power Engineering 2 (High Voltage and Electrical Machines Laboratory, 2nd year)

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

UK Technology Strategy Board, TSB Project No. 130252:“An Integrated ‘Smart Grid’ Monitoring/Protection Platform for Distribution MV Networks”University/Industry collaboration project to develop a demonstrator ‘holistic’ SmartGrid distribution monitor. Sensors were integrated into a new platform for monitoring system power quality and reliability levels, insulation condition, and security-related protection/control action modules.

Warwick, United Kingdom

Assessment of quality of supply and asset management, including data acquisition and analysis to estimate the risks of circuit unavailability (age and condition of power components) as an input to the reliability modelling work for system strategy and design.

Newbury, United Kingdom

Responsible for the development of a ‘smart’ monitoring system to provide integrated energy efficiency management and control services to the home.

Madrid Area, Spain

Dealt with problems associated to large-scale power distribution systems and motor control - Responsible for calculations and planning of lighting and LV electrical installation projects in the building industry.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Power Systems Engineering

“Integrated Assessment of Quality of Supply in Future Electricity Networks” (EPSRC funded Grant EP/G052530/1 – Project Supervisor: Dr..

Master'S Degree, Energy Engineering

Modules relevant to energy resources, engineering, physics and business administration. - Internship: “Energy Efficiency Management.

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial (Electrical) Engineering

- Final year specialisation: Power Engineering and Renewable Energy Technologies. - Project/Dissertation (laboratory based): “Distributed.