Power and energy systems

The following faculty members participate in research related to power and energy systems:

The Power and Energy Systems Group is one of the largest power-research groups in North America. The research group covers a broad expertise ranging practically all areas in power engineering. The main research sub-areas of concentration of the group faculty members are- power systems (including economics, operations, stability, control, dynamics, etc.), power distribution systems, power quality, high voltage engineering, electrical insulation, applications into biotechnology and nanotechnology, power electronics, and drives. In recent years, the power group faculty members have been extensively involved in research on integration of distributed generation resources, particularly renewable, with the grid, and various issues on smart grids. The research group comprises faculty members with well-established international reputation. Out of the core faculty members of the group, most are full professors. The research group members also contribute actively within the Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) initiative. The research group has unique research laboratories and computational facilities including a modern equipped High Voltage Laboratory, a Real-time Simulator facility, a Power Electronics Laboratory and large-scale computational facilities in power systems. Several outstanding students have graduated from the research group over the past years, received multiple awards and scholarships, and are very well placed in the academia and industry. The research group faculty members receive large research grants and contracts from the NSERC, OCE and the power industry. Multiple international collaborations and industrial partnerships have been established by the group members. The research group attracts a large body of graduate students, in its MEng (Sustainable Energy Certificate) program, the on-line MEng (Electric Power Engineering) program, and the research based MASc and PhD programs.