Name & Affiliation                                                                             Phone                                     Email

 
Prof Vic Gosbell
Professor
University of Wollongong                                                                 +61 2 4221 3402                     v.gosbell@uow.edu.au

Professor Gosbell is currently an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong. Until recently, he was Foundation Professor of Power Engineering at the same University.  He received B.Sc. in 1964, B.E. (Electrical) with First Class Honours and University Medal in 1966, and PhD degree in 1971, all from the University of Sydney.  Professor Gosbell is a recognised leader in Australia as well as overseas in the field of power quality.  He received numerous prises and awards for his research in this area. Just recently, Professor Gosbell has received one of the highest awards from the Institution of Engineers Australia, the MA Sargent Medal for 2007.  Professor Gosbell has published 5 books, 34 journal papers and 154 refereed conference papers, 47 consulting reports 14 technical committee reports and presented 74 invited lectures.  He has successfully supervised many Ph.D and Master Engineering Science students, and in recognition of his achievements received Vice-Chancellors Award for Post-Graduate Supervision.

Prof Gerard Ledwich
Chair in Power Engineering
Queensland University of Technology                                              +61 7 3138 2864                     g.ledwich@qut.edu.au

Professor Ledwich currently holds the Chair in Power Engineering at QUT.  He received the BE (Honours) in Electrical Engineering in 1973 from the University of Queensland, and PhD degree in 1976 from the University of Newcastle.  Professor Ledwich is a recognised leader in the field of power system control, dynamics, asset management, power distribution reliability and distributed generation.  He has published 1 book, 99 journal papers and 192 refereed conference papers.  Professor Ledwich has successfully supervised 14 PhD and 6 research master students.  He has received $1,2 million in industry support for his Asset Management Chair (Queensland University of Technology).  He has also received $3 million for his research projects in the last 6 years from the ARC and the supply industry. Professor Ledwich is Fellow of IEAust, Fellow of Australian Institute of Energy, SMIEE and Member of of CIGRE Australia panel B4 and C6 international panel C6.13.  In 2000, he received IEAust Madsen medal for a paper on grid connection of photovoltaics.  Professor. Ledwich is a Member of the Editorial Boards of IET Power Electronics and IEE trans on Generation Transmission and Distribution.

Dr Marian Piekutowski
Chief Engineer System Integration
Hydro Tasmania                                                                             +61 3 6230 5323                     Marian.Piekutowski@hydro.com.au

Dr Piekutowski is the Chief Engineer Systems Integration, Hydro Tasmania.  He received the BE and ME degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1973, and PhD degree in 1980.  Dr Piekutowski is a recognised leader in the field of power system planning and analysis including transmission, generation and economic analysis.  He has been instrumental in development of wind integration strategies for Hydro Tasmania. With more than 30 years of working experience he has developed extensive understanding of regulatory environment of electricity markets and of the requirements for efficient management and operation of an electricity utility.  During last years Marian has been involved in integration of renewable energy sources to remote power systems with an aim to minimise diesel consumption and reduce emission of GHG.  His recent work included energy storage (VRB, flywheels, diesel UPS), applications of power electronics to maximise penetration of wind generation, control strategies for operation of small islanded systems and improvement of grid stability and reliability.  Dr Piekutowski’s work also included preparation of the power system master plan for Cambodia, rural electrification plan for Cambodia, Master Plan for Western Samoa, transmission plans for southern Laos and generation plant modelling in New Zealand.

Welcome to CREPS, Professor Nikolai Voropai

CREPS would like to welcome Prof Nikolai Voropai as an International Visitor.  Prof Voropai is Director of Energy Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia. He graduated from St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute in 1966. He received his PhD degree from St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute in 1974 and the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences from the Siberian Energy Institute in 1990. He has been with Energy Systems Institute since 1966.  His research interests include: modeling of power systems, operation and dynamics performance of large power grids; development of national, international and intercontinental power grids; reliability and security of energy systems, power industry restructuring.

 Prof Voropai is the Head of the Department at Irkutsk Technical University, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, IEEE R8 East Zone Representative, and Chairman of IEEE PES International Practice Subcommittee WG on Asian and Australian Electricity Infrastructure. He is CIGRE Member, IFAC Russian Section Member, Member of Moscow International Energy Club and Electrotechnical Academy of the Russian Federation. Prof Voropai is a Member of Editorial Boards of several journals: Review of Russian Academy of Sciences, Energy; Energy Policy, Russia; Novosibirsk Technical University Magazine, Russia; Energy Problems, Azerbaijan. He is IEEE Fellow and a Member of International Steering Committee of IEEE Power Tech Conference. He organized and chaired the 2005 IEEE St. Petersburg Power Tech Conference. He is the author of more than 390 scientific publications.

 Prof Voropai will deliver two lectures: "Multi-Objective Game Approach for to Electric Power System Expansion Planning" and "Blackout Development Mechanisms and Emergency Control System against Blackouts".