PhD-Level Short Course: Advanced Modelling of DER-Rich Active Distribution Networks
The short course on Advanced Modelling of DER-Rich Active Distribution Networks covers fundamental and advanced modelling of active distribution networks with deep penetration of distributed energy resources (DER).
The short course on Advanced Modelling of DER-Rich Active Distribution Networks is a five day PhD-level course delivered by the Power and Energy Systems Group and the Melbourne Energy Institute (MEI) at the University of Melbourne. After successfully being held for the first time in 2021 with over 1000 participants, this course will again be offered fully online in 2022.
Topics discussed will include power flow and optimal power flow algorithms suitable for diverse applications of active distribution networks with DER, consideration for uncertainty arising from renewables, provision of flexibility and grid services from DER, distributed multi-energy systems and community energy systems, and fundamentals of distributed energy markets.
COURSE DELIVERY
The course will be delivered fully online from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th May 2022.
COST
This course is being offered free of charge.
COURSE INFORMATION
Download the course guide here for more information on the learning modules and schedule.
CONTACT
For further information, please contact the Melbourne Energy Institute.
COURSE PRESENTERS
Professor Steven Low
Gilloon Professor, Caltech
Honorary Professor, The University of Melbourne
Professor Steven Low is the Gilloon Professor of Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech and an Honorary Professorial Fellow of the EEE Department at the University of Melbourne. His current research focuses on power systems and has made an impact in both academia and industry. He is a Fellow of IEEE and ACM and has been awarded the 2021 IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award and the 2021 ACM SIGMETRICS Test of Time Award.
Professor Pierluigi Mancarella
Chair of Electrical Power Systems, and Program Leader Energy Systems, Melbourne Energy Institute
The University of Melbourne
Professor Pierluigi Mancarella is the Chair Professor of Electrical Power Systems at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Professor of Smart Energy Systems at the University of Manchester, UK. He obtained the MSc and PhD degrees from the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, did his post-doc at Imperial College London, UK, and has held several visiting positions, including NREL, Colorado, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France, Universidad de Chile, and Tsinghua University, China. He is an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer and an Editor in several prestigious journals.
Dr Maria Vrakopoulou
Lecturer in Power Systems
The University of Melbourne
Dr. Maria Vrakopoulou is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Power and Energy Systems Group at the University of Melbourne. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and then pursued her research as a post-doc at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA for a year. Maria was then also awarded a three-year Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship to join the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Professor Nando Ochoa
Professor of Smart Grids and Power Systems
The University of Melbourne
Professor Nando Ochoa is a Professor of Smart Grids and Power Systems at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He is an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, an Editorial Board Member of the IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, and an IEEE Senior Member. From 2011 to 2021, Prof. Ochoa worked with The University of Manchester, UK. Prior to this he was a Research Fellow in Energy Systems at the University of Edinburgh, UK.