Research Projects and Research Team

Ongoing funded research projects


  • 2020-2021, Mapping of Low-Voltage Networks, Centre for New Energy Technologies, AusNet Services, Powercor.

  • 2018 - 2020, Monash's Smart Energy City, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

  • 2018 - 2019, Real-Time Monitoring of Power Networks using Phasor Measurement Units, Monash Energy Interdisciplinary Research Program.

  • 2018 - 2019, Algorithms and Software Systems for Green Cyberinfrastructures, Monash Infrastructure.


Research Team

Research Fellows

  • Mohsen Khorasany, Monash Transactive Energy Market Platform.

  • Nameer Al Khafaf, Smart Meter Data Analytics.

Ongoing PhD Projects

  • Yasin Zabihinia, Applications of synchrophasors in active distribution networks.

  • Lakshan Bernard, Data-Driven Security Assessment of Renewable-Rich Power Networks (Zema Scholarship).

  • Abu Pengwah, Smart meter data analytics.

  • Dayan Rathnayake, Frequency stability studies in low inertia power systems.

  • Daniel Ryan, Protection and stability of microgrids with battery energy storage systems.

  • Md. Didarul Islam, Design, modeling and control of Modular Multilevel Converter based multi-terminal HVDC grids.

  • Mohammadreza Nabatfard, Control and operation of DC microgrids.

Visitors and Interns

  • Jens Bittner, (Helmut Schmidt University (HSU), Germany), Transmission line parameter estimation using PMU measurements.

  • Kaustubh Porlikar, (IIT Bombay, India), Travelling-wave based fault location in power distribution networks.

  • Shams Shaher, Monash Microgrid.