Professor Liana Cipcigan

Biography

Since joining the School of Engineering, I have undertaken internationally recognised research in two fields of global importance and impact: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles integration into electricity and transport systems. 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 the leader of the Sustainable Transport cross-cutting theme in School of Engineering and a leading member of University's Sustainable Transport Research Network, 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

My expertise in EVs and Smart Grids has been recognised by:

• 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.
• The Committee on Climate Change, 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
• Expert in the Low Carbon Vehicles Steering Group
• Provided recommendations to the Welsh Ministry for Economy, Science and Transport in the Low Carbon Vehicles (2016) report.
• Welsh Parliament
• Gave evidence to Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee on electric vehicle charging strategy action plan (12 January 2023).
• Gave evidence to Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee EV charging in Wales (29 November 2018).
• IET Destination Net Zero report, 2022, expert view. IET report includes recommendations from leading experts on how innovations for decarbonising #transport can be turned into real-world solutions.

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

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

• Developed new areas of research, with two follow-up projects funded by National Grid: Electric Road System for Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles and Feasibility study to unlocking flexibility from within industrial and commercial users, a collaborative project with TATA Steel Port Talbot (£330k total)
• Supported and influenced the Network Innovation Allowance project Frequency Sensitive EV and Heat Pump Power Consumption.
• Contributed to documents that form the basis of National Grid’s network planning: Future Energy Scenarios 2015 (Electricity Storage case study) and “System Operability Framework” 2016 (Balancing Case section).

2. Partnership with BP for the Future of Fleet Report.

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

• Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowhip, 2015-2016
• Member of Committee IEEE Women in Engineering UK & Ireland chapter (2017-2020), winner of the R8 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group of the Year Award 2019. 
• 2020 MPCE Most Cited Paper Award for the paper “Frequency control of future power systems: reviewing and evaluating challenges and new control methods”, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (MPCE)
• Second journal paper in 2020-2021 with the most social media attention according to PlumX Metrics for the paper “Local dynamic frequency response using domestic electric vehicles” published in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.
• 1st Runner-up Award for the paper Volt-VAr Optimization of a Low Voltage Distribution Network in Nigeria, at IEEE PES/IAS PAC (Power Africa Conference), 22-26 August 2022
• Best Conference Paper Award, Smart Energy category, “Modelling of a population of Heat Pumps as a Source of load in the Great Britain power system” (2016), IEEE International Conference on Smart Systems and Technologies (SST), October 12-14, 2016, Croatia
• Top 5% papers UPEC 2020, Small Scale Multivariate Testing of Dynamic Wireless Charging, 1-4 September 2020, Torino, Italy
• Journal paper included in the report “Climate Change 2014 Mitigation of Climate Change Working Group III Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report”, 2014, Chapter 8 Transport, pp 653.

  

Professional memberships

• Fellow, Higher Education Authority (HEA), United Kingdom
• Member of BSI technical committee ESL/120 Electrical Energy Storage (2016 –present)
• Nominated expert to IEC/TC120/WG1 Electrical Energy Storage (2016 - present)
• Convenor, CIGRE WG C6.42 Electric Transportation Energy Supply Systems
• Member of CIGRE "GB B5 Protection and Automation" Group
• Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce (2021) Member of WG1 (Transport and Energy Planning)
• Member of Committee IEEE Women in Engineering UK & Ireland chapter (2017-2020)
• Member of IEEE-IES Technical Committee on Industrial Agents (TCIA) (2014 - present )
• Invited expert to CEN-CENELEC eMobility Coordination Group (2013-2015). This working group was formed under the CEN -CENELEC eMobility Coordination Group (EM-CG) and the CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Smart Grid Coordination Group (SG-CG), with the purpose of documenting different aspects of Electro Mobility Smart Charging.

Speaking engagements

• Speaker and Panelist at "Can transport electrification contribute to the EU climate and energy policy" London EV Show, 29 November - 1 December 2022
• Invited speaker at 55th Universities’ Transport Studies Group (UTSG) Annual Conference, 10-12 July, Cardiff
• Invited speaker at Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, “Energy Transitions 2018: Leadership in a climate of disruptive change” international conference.
• Invited speaker at Building Zero Carbon Britain Conference, 11 December 2019, London
• Speaker at Climate needs action: workshop on achieving low carbon transport in cities, organised by Connected Places Catapult, UKRI, British Embassy Bucharest, British Embassy Sofia, September 2020
• Main organiser of Decarbonising Transport through Electrification Summit, 10 March 2019, EPSRC-IAA funding
• Speaker at The challenges of decarbonising energy systems in remote areas, British Antarctic Survey, 2 November 2020
• Speaker at The Transport Future of Cardiff City: 2026 and beyond, Cardiff Civic Society, 21 March 2018
• Speaker at Royal Academy of Engineering Annual Research Forum, 4th of September 2017
• Speaker at Royal Academy of Engineering, Collaborative Research Symposium, 2nd of February 2017
• Speaker at “Implementing city and citizen friendly electric vehicles” workshop, Spain (2014)
• Speaker at “Autonomic Road Transport Systems” Summer School, Paris, 21-24 May, 2013
• Speaker at IEEE Vehicular Technology Society United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Inaugural Chapter with the presentation: “Grid Integration of Electric Vehicles”, September 2011
• Speaker at Thematic Forum “Electric Vehicles Infrastructure”, Newcastle, UK with the presentation “EV integration into electricity networks, an overview of the progress in USA”, September 2011
• Panelist at Electrifying the Transition, The Conduit, 24 January 2023
• Panelist at "Doing Business in Romania: Opportunities for Welsh businesses", 11 February, 2022
• Panelist at Decarbonising Transport Initiatives, The National Climate Change Conference 2021
• Panelist at Business Leader Magazine Roundtable, Future of the car, 22 April 2020
• Panelist at Car Futures in Wales, 15 February 2018

Committees and reviewing

• Associate Editor (Smart Grids and Power Systems), Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, IF16.799
• Member of Programme Committee, 8th International Electric Vehicle Conference, 21-23 June, 2023, Edinburgh
• 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)
• Expert evaluator EC H2020 (2018, 2019, 2020)
• International Expert Evaluator SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships (2023)
• 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 (2017-2022)
• 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, Royal Academy of Engineering

Publications

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Teaching

Current Teaching

Module leader

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

EN4103 Renewable Energy Design

External Examiner MSc Sustainable Electrical Power, Brunel University, 2020-2024

Main supervisor of MEng group project “Energy Provision for Antarctic Infrastructure” in collaboration with British Antarctic Survey, who won Inspired Engineers Award, from 40 entries, June 2021

Impact: The students work for Bird Island research station on decarbonisation supported, along with feasibility work, 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 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 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 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

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

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

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 sector, Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Volume 28, December 2021

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

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

Research theme: Energy and Environment

Past and Present Contracts

Period	Title	Amount	Investigators	Sponsor / Collaborators
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
2022-2024	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)	Prof.R.Ranjan (Newcastle Univ.) J.Liang L.Cipcigan O.Rana P.Burnap N.Saxena	EPSRC Newcastle Univ. (leader) Project partner University of Sydney
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 Dr. Meng Meng , Bath Univeristy Prof. Theo Tryfanos, University of Bristol Prof. Stewart Barr , Prof. Christopher Smith, University of Exeter
2022-2023	One size fits all? Inferring electric vehicle battery size requirements via driving patterns and associated travel behaviours – A proof of concept analysis	£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) University of Illinois at Urbana-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	£5300	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	Integration of Electric Vehicles charging infrastructure with distribution grid: Global review, India’s gap analyses and way forward	£3,000	L. Cipcigan	IIT Bombay with funding from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) International expert
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	Jenkins N Cipcigan L J. Wu Ugalde-Loo C Qadrdan M	Welsh European Funding Office
2015-2016	Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship Future balancing services for high levels of embedded electricity generation	£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

 

Supervision

Current PhD Supervision (main supervisor)

Konstantions Stamatis	New technologies for EV charging Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hub	L.Cipcigan M.Haddad C.Featherston
Hasan Berkem Sonder	Using Electric Vehicles and Demand Side Response to Unlock Distribution Network Flexibility Thesis submitted	L.Cipcigan C.Ugalde-Loo
Abdullah Khallufah M Shaher	Smart Community Energy Systems	L. Cipcigan J. Liang
Saad Awad Hamad Al-Qahtani	Optimal Control and Operation of Distribution Networks with Distributed Energy Resources	L. Cipcigan J. Liang
Emmanuel Mudaheranwa	Advanced Analysis of Load Management and Energy Conservation Strategies in Electric Power Systems Commonwealth Scholarship Thesis submitted	L.Cipcigan C.Ugalde-Loo
Ye-Obong Nkereuwem Udoakah	Smart Localised Energy Systems Design for a Sustainable Energy Future 1st Runner-up Award for the paper Volt-VAr Optimization of a Low Voltage Distribution Network in Nigeria, at IEEE PES/IAS PAC (Power Africa Conferene) 22-26 August 2022	L. Cipcigan J. Liang
Mohammed Turki E Alruwaili	Sustainable airports: green energy solution to achieve carbon neutrality Thesis submitted	L. Cipcigan J. Liang
Ali Garada	Smart Grids for Sustainable Communities	L. Cipcigan J. Liang

Current PhD Supervision (Second supervisor)

Dominic Dattero-Snell	Decarbonising transport through electrification Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hub  Top 5% papers UPEC 2020, Small Scale Multivariate Testing of Dynamic Wireless Charging, 1-4 September 2020, Torino, Italy Best presentation award UPEC 2020	C.Featherston L.Cipcigan
Krzysztof Jakubiak	Efficient & autonomous (bi-directional) charging for multi modal electric vehicles EPSRC CASE Scholarship, £85,000 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hub	J. Liang L. Cipcigan
Vageesh Mohan	Sustainable Urban Power Supply Through Intelligent Control and Enhanced Restoration of AC/DC Networks	J. Liang L. Cipcigan
Lucy Maybury	Electrical Vehicle Routing Optimization Using Machine Learning Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hub – Sustainable Transport scholarship	P. Cocoran(COMSC) A. Gagarin (MATH) L. Cipcigan
Emma Hopkins	The role of the build environment and user preferences in planning for the electric vehicle charging infrastructure Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hub – Sustainable Transport scholarship	D.Potoglou (Geography & Planning) S. Orford (Geography & Planning) L. Cipcigan

 

Current supervision

Past projects

PhD Completed

	Title	Awarded
Spyros Skarvelis-Kazakos	Emissions of Aggregated Micro-Generators Senior Lecturer, Univeristy of Sussex	2011
Panagiotis Papadopoulos	Integration of Electric Vehicles into Distribution Networks Director of Business Development - Smart Energy Systems, Elin Verd S.A.	2012
Inaki Grau	Management of Electric Vehicle Battery Charging in Distribution Network URSA, Energy Efficiency Program Manager	2012
Al Ali Dawood Ali	Probabilistic Reliability Assessment of Transmission Systems Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)	2015
Ozel Fatih Mehmet	Achieving a Technical Transition from Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles to Battery Electric Vehicles in the Automotive Sector in Europe: Challenges and Strategies International Project Manager, LEONI Factory Automation	2015
Erotokritos Xydas	Smart Management of the Charging of Electric Vehicles Head of Data Science, Argus Media	2016
Abubakar Sani Hassan	Management of Distributed Energy Resources in Energy Systems Engineering and Standards Strategic Business Unit, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria	2016
Charalampos Marmaras	Charging of Electric Vehicles at Commercial Buildings Power Systems Engineer, Smart Wires Inc.	2017
Mohammed Jasim Al Essa	The Integration of Distributed Energy Resources into Electric Power Systems Assistant Professor, University of Kufa, Iraq	2017
Zeyad Assi Obaid Al-Obaidi	Control of frequency in future power systems Associate Professor, University of Diyala College of Engineering, Iraq	2017
Mazin T. Muhssin	Adaptive Control and Dynamic Demand Response for the Stabilization of Grid Frequency Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering at Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq 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
Rilwan Olaolu Oliyide	Load Management of Electric Vehicles and Heat Pumps in Emerging Electricity System Principal Lecturer at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria	2019
Fasina Emmanuel Taiwo	Localised Energy Systems in the Nigerian Power Network	2019
Nan Xiaodan	Impact analysis of domestic building energy demand and electric vehicles charging on low voltage distribution networks	2021
Saad Kadhim Khalaf	Demand Response in Smart Grids, Iraq case study	2022