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Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory
Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory

Our people

We are a vibrant group of academics and researchers that specialises in various themes of electric power engineering.

Dr Abhinav Kumar Singh BTech, PhD, MIEEE, AFHEA

Lecturer in Electrical/Electronic Pwr Sy

Research interests

  • Power system dynamics
  • Power system estimation and control
  • Large-scale integration of renewables

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Alexander Daykin-Iliopoulos

Senior Research Fellow

Accepting applications from PhD students

Mr Angelos Nikolopoulos

Dr George Callender

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Professor George Chen

Professor

Research interests

  • Electrical insulation and dielectrics;
  • Space charge measurement and interpretation for dielectric performance improvements.

Dr Huajie Yi

Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Power assets condition monitoring, assessment and management
  • Power assets data analysis

Dr Ian Hosier PhD

Research Fellow-High Voltage Plant

Research interests

  • Dielectric materials
  • Ageing
  • Morphology

Dr Igor Golosnoy

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Research interests include numerical modelling of various coupled electrical, thermal and mechanical phenomena with emphasis on free and moving boundaries problems: gaseous discharges and arcs; electric propulsion systems for spacecraft, e.g. Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, Gridded Ion Engines, Hollow Cathodes; lightning strikes damage in aircrafts and wind turbines; eddy currents in electrical machines; oil and dust migrations in transformers; gas flow and heat exchange in fibre network materials; heat transfer, sintering and residual stresses in various coatings; transient liquid phase bonding technique; plastic deformation of multilayer materials and structures; laser drilling and surface modification of metals and composites.

Dr Istebreq Saeedi

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Research interests

  • Dielectric materials
  • Green insulations
  • Polymer physics and chemistry

Accepting applications from PhD students

Miss Jing Nan

Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory staff

These are the key staff involved in the running of the laboratories.

Charles Reed: High Voltage Test Engineer. Email: c.p.reed@soton.ac.uk 

Alan Welford: TDHVL Technician. Email: a.welford@soton.ac.uk

Elizabeth Tillotson: High Voltage Laboratory Administrator. Email: ekt@soton.ac.uk