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Liana Cipcigan  FHEA FLSW

Professor Liana Cipcigan

FHEA FLSW

Professor of Transport Electrification and Smart Grids

School of Engineering

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Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Leadership

UK Leader of Transport Energy Infrastructure Thrust in UKRI-NSF Global Center for clean energy and equitable transportation solutions (CLEETS)

Leader EPSRC Network+ Decarbonising Transport through Electrification (DTE), A whole system approach

Co-Leader "Sustainable Transport" in School of Engineering cross-cutting research theme 

Leader Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence  (EVCE)

GW4 Net Zero Academic Ambassador

Cardiff University champion “Net-zero through data and AI”, Alan Turing Institute Network Development 

Expertise

  • Electrification of Transport
  • Smart Grids applications
  • Sustainable Transport
  • Electric Vehicles integration in electricity and transport networks 
  • Smart Management of EVs charging infrastructure
  • Virtual Power Plants
  • Distributed Generation

Media

My activities have attracted a strong interest from the media. Based on my expertise in electrification of transport I have been quoted in international newspapers and magazines

Swissquote Magazine 4th of September 2024 issue Finance and Technology Unpacked, page 11 Growth in electric vehicle sales has begun to taper in several markets. What is causing this slowdown?

Newtral.es 2 August 2022 Hacia un futuro sin coches de combustión: la UE fija 2035 como límite (Towards a future without combustion cars: the EU sets a limit of 2035)

Deutsche Welle (DW) 8 August 2018 German e-cars still hampered by lack of charging stations

At national level 

BBC news 9th January 2024 Where will all the electric cars be charged?

BBC news 5th February 2022 Climate change: Tesco using electric lorries in "UK first"

BBC news 29 November 2018 Leadership needed on EVs, say experts

Telegraph 23 March 2021 Tidal-powered electric vehicle charger goes live in Shetlands

The Guardian 28 Jul 2021 Leading the charge! Can I make it from Land’s End to John o’Groats in an electric car?

NewStatesman 1 December 2020 Why the government needs to drive the UK’s electric vehicle dream 

I have been quoted over the years in specialized industry press

New Scientist 27 February 2024 Is battery swapping a better way to recharge electric cars?

WIRED 18 April 2024 Tesla's layoffs won't solve its growing pains

E&T Magazine Institution of Engineering and Technology 2 December 2022 What happens to traditional cars when EVs rule the road?

E&T Magazine Institution of Engineering and Technology 10 July 2020 Are we Geared up for EVs?

CiTTi Magazine 14 December 2022 Electric dreams. Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale asks a panel of industry experts: what would modern society be like had we stuck with electrification over fossil fuels?

Member of the Business Leader panel What will the car of the future look like? and feature in the article in Business Leader Magazine, 30 July 2020

The Engineer interview 20 June 2019 Research network set to electrify UK transport system

Highways Industry 12 November, 2019 Does the future look bright with the rise of electric vehicles? 

NS Business 23 October 2019 How the UK’s green number plate plan could benefit from EV schemes in China and Norway

Carbon Brief 27 July 2017 Analysis: Switch to electric vehicles would add just 10% to UK power demand

And in local newspapers and news site

Express and Star  11 November, 2019 Electric revolution and the struggle for power

Time Out London 25 March 2022 Londoners, how green are electric scooters, really?

Grantham Institute & Imperial College

13 June 2024 How well equipped is the UK charging infrastructure to support greater uptake of electric vehicles?

13 June 2024 The truth about climate action in the UK: dispelling common myths to underline the importance of acting on net zero

Publication

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Articles

Book sections

Books

Conferences

Monographs

Research

Research theme: Energy and Environment

Past and Present Contracts

Period

Title

Amount

Investigators

Sponsor / Collaborators

2023-2029

Global Center for clean energy and equitable transportation solutions (CLEETS)

Leading Transport Energy Infrastructure Thrust 

£2.7M for Cardiff University

£3.2M for Birmingham University

$5M for DPI

Cardiff Unviersity

O.Rana, L.Cipcigan

D.Potoglou, M.Albano

C.Cooper, N.Saxena

UKRI

US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Led by The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), University of Illinois

2024
A simulator for Electric Vehicles charging infrastructure use

$40,000 combined award

£15,000 CU

Rigel Gjomemo (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Liana Cipcigan

Cardiff-DPI Science Team Seed Grant

2024-2029

National edge AI hub for real data: edge intelligence for cyber-disturbances and data quality

£10M

 

Led by Professor Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University

O.Rana, Charith Perera, Neetesh Saxena

L.Cipcigan, Y.Rezgui

UKRI

2019-2023

Decarbonising Transport through Electrification, A Whole System Approach (DTE)

EPSRC grant for DTE Network+

£915,858

£300,000 (project partners)

 

L.Cipcigan

C.Featherston,M.Haddad

J.Liang

O.Rana, D.Potoglou

P. Morgan, G.Santos 

EPSRC

Project partners

University of Birmingham

Univeristy of Bristol

Cranfield University

University of Southampton

2022-2025

UK-Australia Centre in a Secure Internet of Energy: Supporting Electric Vehicle Infrastructure at the "Edge" of the Grid

£1,511,081

£1.2M

(project partners)

Led by Professor Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University

J.Liang, L.Cipcigan

O.Rana, P.Burnap, N.Saxena

EPSRC

Newcastle Univ. (leader)

Project partner

University of Sydney

2024-2026

Interaction of Megawatt e-Trucks with Transmission System  (I-MeTTS)

£552,380

L.Cipcigan

M.Haddad

National Grid Electricity Transmission

2023-2026

Characterisation and Optimisation of Battery Banks in Substations (COBBS)

£562,059

M.Haddad

L.Cipcigan

National Grid Electricity Transmission

2023-2024

LEOS - Local Energy Operating System

£66,022

I. Petri, L.Cipcigan , O.Rana 

Smart Partnership, Welsh Government

2022-2026

Accelerating the Deployment of Offshore wind using DC technology (ADOreD)

€4.2M

£707,000 CU

J.Liang (PI), W. Ming

L.Cipcigan , S. Wang

EC Horizon Europe Marie- Skłodowska -Curie ITN (EPSRC Guarantee Funding)

2022

A Pathway to Net Zero for Road and Rail 

£15,000

L.Cipcigan

C.Featherston, O.Rana

C. Bleil de Souza

GW4 Generator award

Project partners: Bath University, University of Bristol, University of Exeter

2022-2023

One size fits all? Inferring EV battery size requirements via driving patterns and associated travel behaviours 

£3,810

D. Potoglou

L.Cipcigan

G.Santos

Digital Transformation Innovation Institute

Cardiff University

2022

Accelerating the ICE-to-EV transition

£29,180 (total)

£4300 for CU

TravelAi leading

Cardiff University

L.Cipcigan, 

D. Potoglou, O.Rana

T-TRIG project

Department for Transport (DfT) 

 

2021-2022

Net Zero Transportation Infrastructure

$125,000

O.Rana

Y. Rezgui

L.Cipcigan

N. Saxena

DPI Discovery Partners Institute USA

The Team

University of Illinois Chicago (project lead)

Champaign, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

2022-2023

Advanced Charging and Battery Technologies for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles Living Lab (ACB-EAV) 

£295,000

M.Haddad

L.Cipcigan

C.Featherston

Research Infrastructure Fund

Cardiff Unviersity

2021-2023

Federated machine learning for the decarbonisation of transport with electric vehicles

£5,300

L.Cipcigan

O.Rana

Welsh Government

Quebec-Wales cooperation programme

Project partner

Politechnique Montreal

2020-2025

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hub – Sustainable Transport

£365,485 

 

C.Featherston, L.Cipcigan

J.Liang, O.Rana, D.Potoglou, P.Morgan 

EPSRC

2020-2023

Sustainable urban power supply through intelligent control and enhanced restoration of AC/DC networks

£750,000

¥3M

J.Liang,

L.Cipcigan

O. Rana

EPSRC and China NSF 

Project partner

Newcastle University

2020-2021

Low-cost electric Land Rovers for farmers and landowners

£82,875

C.A.Featherston,   

L. Cipcigan

Innovate UK

2021

Opportunities from the consumer BEV market inflection point

£26,000

L.Cipcigan

P. Wells

Grayling & Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC  

2021

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in UK

£5,000

L. Cipcigan

P. Wells

J.  Liang

UK Government

British Embassy Beijing

Climate Diplomacy Fund

2020

The Future of Fleet report

£1,500

L. Cipcigan

BP, Consultancy

2021

Feasibility of using repurposed Li-ion batteries in stationary applications

£6,000

K.Stamatis

L.Cipcigan

EPSRC IAA

2021

Electric Vehicle Charging and its Grid Integration in India

£3,000

L. Cipcigan

International expert

IIT Bombay with funding from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

2019

Cloud-based Virtual Power Plant (C-VPP) software platform. Pathways to market

 

£48,300

L.Cipcigan

O.Rana

EPSRC IAA

2018-2021

Electric Road System for Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles

National Grid story

£214,000

L. Cipcigan

M. Haddad

National Grid Electricity Transmission

2019-2021

Feasibility study to unlocking flexibility from within industrial and commercial users

£128,422

L. Cipcigan

M. Haddad

National Grid Electricity Transmission

2019

Decarbonising Transport through Electrification Summit organisation

£8,000

L.Cipcigan

IAA EPSRC

Highlighted in EPSRC Delivering impact from our research

2018-2021

Transport Futures Research Network

£15,000

L. Whitmarsh

L. Cipcigan

University Research Networks Fund

2015-2021

FLEXIS East

Flexible Integrated Energy Systems

£1.5M

N.Jenkins, J.Wu,L.Cipcigan

C.Ugalde Loo,M.Quadrdan

Welsh European Funding Office

2015-2021

FLEXIS West

Fast-track project - Unlocking Flexibility within Port Talbot Works

£416,912

N.Jenkins, J.Wu, L.Cipcigan

C.Ugalde Loo, M.Quadrdan

Welsh European Funding Office

2015-2016

Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship

£30,000

L Cipcigan

Royal Academy of Engineering

2015-2016

Future balancing services for high levles of embedded electricity generation

£15,000

L Cipcigan

Engineering Research Network Wales NRNC20

2015

Energy Strategy and Policy

£10,000

L Cipcigan

National Grid

2015-2017

Ebbs and Flows Energy Systems

£1.8M total value of the project

EPSRC grant

£345,145

L Cipcigan

O. Rana

EPSRC

Innovate UK

2013

Ebbs and Flows Energy Systems (feasibility study)

£10,657

L Cipcigan

O. Rana

Innovate UK

2014-2017

Multi-Agent Systems and Secured coupling of Telecom and Energy Grids for Next Generation smart grid services (MASTERING)

£396,378

M. Mourshed,Y. Rezgui

L.Cipcigan, O. Rana

EC

ICT-Smart Energy Grids

2014-2017

Grid Economics, Planning and Business Models for Smart Electric Mobility

£314,000

N. Jenkins, J. Wu

L.Cipcigan

EPSRC

2014-2017

I CVUE : Incentives for Clean Vehicles in Urban Europe

£145,516

H. Davies

L.Cipcigan

G. Santos

Intelligent Energy Europe -EC

2013-2016

eBRIDGE: empowering e-fleets for business and private purposes in cities

£134,112

L. Whitmarsh

L.Cipcigan

D. Xenias

Intelligent Energy Europe -EC

2014-2017

SCADA Cyber Security Lifecycle (SCADA-CSL)

£277,000

P. Burnap, O. Rana

L.Cipcigan

Endeavr Wales

2012-2014

Smart Management of Electric Vehicles (SMEV)

£93,402

L Cipcigan

EPSRC

2012-2013

Agent-based controllers for EVs and micro-generators

£5,699

L Cipcigan

Innovate UK

2012-2013

Upgrading the small equipment base for early career researchers in the Engineering and Physical Sciences

£498,326

K. Holford Et.al

L.Cipcigan

EPSRC

2011-2012

Pathways – Electric Vehicle Value Chain, Bridging the gaps

£39,164

L Cipcigan

K. Holford

EPSRC

2011-2013

Scenarios for the development of smart grids in the UK

£140,270

L. Whitmarsh

L.Cipcigan, D. Xenias

UKERC

2010-2013

Mobile Energy Resources in Grids of Electricity (MERGE)

£238,558

J.Ekanayake, N. Jenkins

L.Cipcigan, J. Wu

EC FP7

2010-2012

European network on electric vehicles and transferring expertise (ENEVATE)

£335,408

H. Davies

L.Cipcigan

P. Nieuwenhuis

EC

INTERREG IVC

Teaching

Current Teaching

ENT775/EN4775 Distributed Generation, System Design and Regulations, Module Leader

ENT779/EN4708 Smart Grids and Active Network Devices, Module leader

ENT777/EN4807 Power Systems Protection, Module Leader

EN4700/ENT811 Sustainable Transport, Module Co-Leader

EN4103 Renewable Energy Design

External Examiner, MSc in Power Systems Engineering, UCL, 2023-2027

External Examiner MSc Sustainable Electrical PowerBrunel University, 2020-2025

Leading bespoke CDP training on eVehicles and eMobility for Meritor Accelera by Cummings

Main supervisor of MEng group project “Energy Provision for Antarctic Infrastructure” in collaboration with British Antarctic Survey (BAS), who won Inspired Engineers Award, from 40 entries, June 2021 Impact: The students work for Bird Island research station on decarbonisation supported the development of a successful business case that granted BAS funding for a solar and energy storage project expected to save 50% of the annual fuel demand of the research station. 

Conference publication of Year 3 project (2023) in collaboration with EV Serious Ltd. 

Niall Jones, Simon Nazarenus, Konstantinos Stamatis, Liana Cipcigan, Andreas Zachariah, Optimisation of Electric Vehicle Battery Size, presented at 8th International Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC 2023), 21-23 June, 2023, Edinburgh, Published in Transportation Research Procedia, Volume 70, Pages 338-346, 2023

Conference publication of Year 3 project (2021) in collaboration with Network Rail

Arrmeila Jeyanathan, Samuel Chew, Liana Cipcigan, Donald Stevenson, “Whole Life Costing of Off- Grid Power Supplies for Rail Level Crossing Safety Systems”, Virtual UPEC 2021, 32 August – 3 September, UK

Conference publication of MEng project (2019) in collaboration with National Grid

William Seward, Ryan Huxtable, Bradley Beynon, Arnas Zvirblys, Nicolas Camacho-Hunt, Maurizio Albano, Liana Cipcigan, “Modelling of Static Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging and its Impact on a Typical GB Distribution Network”, UPEC 2019, Bucharest, Romania, 3-6 September 2019

Conference publication of MSc project (2019) in collaboration with Oman Electricity Transmission Company

Ahmed Ali Al-Nadabi; Liana Cipcigan, Quasi Dynamic Simulation for the Voltage Control in the Active Networks, Oman Case Study, 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 3-6 Sept. 2019, Bucharest, Romania

Conference publication of MSc project (2012) 

Saud Alotaibi, M., Cipcigan Liana and Papadopoulos, Panagiotis 2012. Short term load forecasting using support vector machines. Presented at: Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 8-11 December 2012. 

Conference publication of Year 3 project (2010) 

Papadopoulos; A.E. Umenei; I. Grau; R. Williams; L. Cipcigan; Y. Melikhov, Effectiveness of a new inductive fault current limiter model in MV networks, Published in: 45th International Universities Power Engineering Conference UPEC2010, 31 Aug.-3 Sept. 2010

Erasmus+ visitors

Simon Nazarenus, University of Bremen, Germany, 2023 and conference paper Impact of Different Charging Methods on Electric Bus Battery Size and Grid Demand, presented at 8th International Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC 2023), 21-23 June, 2023, Edinburgh, Published in Transportation Research Procedia, Volume 70, Pages 204-212, 2023

Sabino Pio Moccia, Politecnico di Bari, Italy, 2019, MSc thesis Technical an economical fesability solutions for dynamic charging of electric vehicles on highway route

Francesco Palmiotto, Politecnico di Bari, Italy, 2018, MSc thesis and journal paper A coordinated optimal programming scheme for an electric vehicle fleet in the residential sectorSustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Volume 28, December 2021

Marco Corsaro, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2014, MSc thesis and conference paper, Vehicle-to-building control approach for EV charging, 49th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2014

Andrea Firrincieli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2014, MSc thesis and conference paper, Integration of Electric Vehicles in a Microgrid with Distributed Generation, 49th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2014

Matteo De Marco, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2013, MSc thesis and conference paper, Technical impacts of electric vehicles charging on an Italian distribution network, CIRED Workshop - Rome, 11-12 June 2014

Biography

Since joining the School of Engineering, I have undertaken internationally recognised research in two fields of global importance and impact: Smart Grids and Transport Electrificaiton in a whole system approach. My research expertise is excellently aligned with the current Government’s policies and initiatives. The widespread introduction of EVs requires an integrated whole system approach to address the short, medium and long-term challenges, covering the electricity supply system and charging infrastructure (including both wired and on/off-road wireless charging).

I have been at the forefront of this shift to electrified transport for over a decade, delivering international research leadership and excellence, collaborating widely with industry, and being recognised as an expert in EVs and Smart Grids with national and international esteem. I founded and directing the multi-disciplinary Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence . I am co-leader of the Sustainable Transport cross-cutting theme in School of Engineering carrying research and engagement activities on new and emerging transport technologies.

I am leading £1M EPSRC Network+ project Decarbonising Transport through Electrification, a whole system approach (DTE) with academic partners Cranfield University, University of Bristol, University of Birmingham, and University of Southampton. The network is bringing together expertise from across industry, academia and the public sector to transform current practices and research in the decarbonisation of transport, looking at the electricity networks, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, electric and hybrid aircraft and the electrification of the rail network, exploring drivers for change and technology innovation. The DTE Network+ project has been featured in Government News – twice. First, Number 10 discussed the Networks in a press release on accelerating greener travel. Second, the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales released that “Cardiff’s new transport research network receives £1m UK Government cash boost to turn vehicles green”. DTE Network+ it was featured in the “Net zero targets and decarbonising transport”, House of Commons Westminster Hall, Debate initiated by Damian Hinds MP, Tuesday 4 February 2020, 9.30 – 11am

Advising policy makers:

  • House of Lords, where I served as an expert in “Shaping the Future of EVs, debating the EV Bill” roundtable (2018). This event discussed specific amendments to the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill as it entered Committee Stage in the House of Lords.
  • Climate Change Committee, where I gave evidence as a member of the panel Session 2: Reducing emissions from transport, open meeting Cardiff, 23 November 2018 Twitter @theCCCuk – 23 Nov 2018 Next, the CCC takes evidence from leading experts on #transport. "Charging infrastructure in Wales is not fit for purpose, Wales is lagging behind the rest of the [UK]", says @cardiffuni's Dr Liana Cipcigan
  • Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce Member of WG1 (Transport and Energy Planning)
  • Welsh Government
  • Welsh Parliament

I show a wide, sustained and impactful collaboration with industry, as highlighted by:

My flagship secondment at National Grid under the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship. During this secondment, I have:

2. Partnership with BP for the Future of Fleet Report.and Contributor to the rEV Index sponsored by BP and produced by The Economist Group. This index is measuring the UK’s progress in transitioning to EVs and benchmarks readiness against other leading EV markets, including China and selected European countries.

3. Innovate UK project Ebbs and Flows Energy Systems (£1.8M), where I led the development of Cloud-based Virtual Power Plant (C-VPP) using electricity storage assets, such as static batteries or vehicle-to-grid units, to flatten the peak demand profile of buildings, to manage buildings’ demand during triad peaks and to enable buildings manager participation in the grid balancing services market through demand side response. The C-VPP software platform was successful tested on commercial (Manchester Science Park) and domestic pilots with first Vehicle-to-Grid unit in UK installed in a domestic property.

Honours and awards

Professional memberships

Speaking engagements

Committees and reviewing

  • Associate Editor (Smart Grids and Power Systems), Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, IF16.799
  • Member of Conference Committee, IET Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Charging Ahead Conference, part of Powering Net Zero week, 3-6 December 2024, Birmingham
  • Member of Programme Committee, 8th International Electric Vehicle Conference, 21-23 June, 2023, Edinburgh
  • Member of Conference Committee, IET EVI Charging Ahead Conference, November 2023, Glasgow
  • Technical Programme Chair, Conference Organising Committee,16th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering, IEEE CPE-POWERENG 2022, 29 June – 1 July, 2022, Birmingham
  • Co-chair Special Session on Charging Networks for Electric Transport, IEEE CPE-POWERENG 2021, 14-16 July 2021
  • Guest Editor, Special Section on "Intelligent Control and Enhanced Restoration in Urban Power Energy System", CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, published jointly by CSEE (The Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering), IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering) and CEPRI (China Electric Power Research Institute), 2021
  • Member International Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-physical Systems (2018, 2019)
  • Member International Program Committee Multiagent System Technologies Conference MATES (2016, 2017, 2018)
  • Co-chair of the Technical Track #9: "Technologies and Infrastructures for smart grids, buildings, and cities", IEEE INDIN 15th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, Germany, 2017.
  • Expert evaluator EC Horizon Europe (2021, 2022, 2024)
  • Expert evaluator EC H2020 (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • International Expert Evaluator for Research and Innovation Foundation, Cyprus (2024)
  • International Expert Evaluator SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships (2023,2024)
  • Thematic international evaluator, Sweden Competence Centres, (2022)
  • International Expert Evaluator for Exploiting Distributed GEneration (EDGE 2) grant call for proposals, Singapore's Energy Market Authority, under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, 2022
  • International Expert Evaluator for Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS, Brussels, Belgium, for Grants and Fellowships Calls (2017-2024)
  • International Expert Evaluator for Austrian Climate and Energy Fund, (2022,2024)
  • International Expert Evaluator for Nordic Energy Research Programme (NEOs) (2021)
  • International Expert Evaluator for Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2021)
  • International Expert Evaluator for Science Foundation Ireland, Strategic Partnership Programme (2021)
  • International Expert Evaluator, Exploiting Distributed GEneration (EDGE) Grant Call, Singapore Institute of Technology (2019)
  • Member of review panel, New University Researchers Start-up Program of Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies, Canada (2016)
  • Member of Smart Grid International Peer Reviewer Panel of The Energy Market Authority, Singapore Government (2012)
  • Grant reviewer EPSRC
  • Grant reviewer Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Grant reviewer The Royal Society
  • Grant reviewer The Leverhulme Trust
  • Grant reviewer The Academy of Medical Sciences

Supervisions

Current supervision

Konstantinos Stamatis

Konstantinos Stamatis

Research Associate

Krzysztof Jakubiak

Krzysztof Jakubiak

Research student

Vageesh Mohan

Vageesh Mohan

Graduate Demonstrator

Lucy Maybury

Lucy Maybury

Graduate Tutor

Emma Hopkins

Emma Hopkins

Research student

Fahd Alharbi

Fahd Alharbi

Graduate Demonstrator

Muhammad Fawad Fawad

Muhammad Fawad Fawad

Research student

Past projects

Visitor (2023) PhD student Marasciuolo Francesca, Politecnico di Bari, Italy. Thesis: Integration of electric vehicles into microgrids and distribution grid, 2024

  Title Awarded

Abdullah Shaher

Assistant Professor at Najran University, Saudi Arabia

Localised communities' energy systems in Saudi Arabia

2024

Saad Al-Qahtani

Frequency stability in low inertia power system with high renewable generation integration

2024

Dominic Dattero Snell

Arup, Intelligent Mobility Consultant - Transport Decarbonisation

Appraisal of Electric Vehicle Retrofit for Transport Decarbonisation within Agriculture: Whole System Approach

2024

Ali Garada

Evaluating Renewable Energy Applications in Libya

2024

Ye-Obong Udoakah

Modelling and analysis of smart localised energy system for a sustainable future power network

2023

Emmanuel Mudaheranwa

Lecturer Rwanda Polytechnic

Advanced Analysis of Load Management and Energy Conservation Strategies in Electric Power Systems

Commonwealth Scholarship

2023

Mohammed Alruwaili 

Lecturer, Northern Border University

Saudi Arabia

Sustainable airports: green energy solution to achieve carbon neutrality

2023

Hasan Berkem Sonder

Power System Engineer at WSP

Using Electric Vehicles and Demand Side Response to Unlock Distribution Network Flexibility

2023
Saad Kadhim Khalaf Demand Response in Smart Grids, Iraq case study 2022
Nan Xiaodan Impact analysis of domestic building energy demand and electric vehicles charging on low voltage distribution networks  2021
Fasina Emmanuel Taiwo Localised Energy Systems in the Nigerian Power Network 2019

Rilwan Olaolu Oliyide

Principal Lecturer at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Load Management of Electric Vehicles and Heat Pumps in Emerging Electricity System

 

2019

Mazin T. Muhssin

Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering at Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

Adaptive Control and Dynamic Demand Response for the Stabilization of Grid Frequency

Received David Douglas Award from the South Wales Institute of Engineers Educational Trust for outstanding research submissions in the field of engineering.

Winner of Best Conference Paper award

2018

Zeyad Assi Obaid Al-Obaidi

Associate Professor, University of Diyala College of Engineering, Iraq

Control of frequency in future power systems

2017

Mohammed Jasim Al Essa

Assistant Professor, University of Kufa, Iraq

The Integration of Distributed Energy Resources into Electric Power Systems

2017

Charalampos Marmaras

Power Systems Engineer, Smart Wires Inc.

Charging of Electric Vehicles at Commercial Buildings

2017

Abubakar Sani Hassan

Senior Electrical Engineer, Engineering and Standards Strategic Business Unit, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria

Management of Distributed Energy Resources in Energy Systems

2016

Erotokritos Xydas

Head of Data Science, Argus Media

Smart Management of the Charging of Electric Vehicles

2016

Ozel Fatih Mehmet

International Project Manager, LEONI Factory Automation

Achieving a Technical Transition from Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles to Battery Electric Vehicles in the Automotive Sector in Europe: Challenges and Strategies

2015

Al Ali Dawood Ali

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Probabilistic Reliability Assessment of Transmission Systems

2015

Inaki Grau

Energy Efficiency Program Manager, URSA

Management of Electric Vehicle Battery Charging in Distribution Network

2012

Panagiotis Papadopoulos

Director of Smart Energy Systems, Motor Oil

Integration of Electric Vehicles into Distribution Networks

2012

Spyros Skarvelis-Kazakos

Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex

Emissions of Aggregated Micro-Generators

2011

Contact Details

Email CipciganLM@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 70665
Campuses Queen's Buildings, Floor 2, Room S/2.04A, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Electrical engineering
  • Energy Storage
  • Transport engineering
  • Distributed systems and algorithms
  • Data mining and knowledge discovery