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CHAIR
from SoERC 2023 Handbook
by uts-isf
Jing Zhu
PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne
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Understanding the effects of EV Management and TOU tariffs in future distribution networks
Jing Zhu is a second-year PhD candidate in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne. She received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Manchester, UK and North China Electric Power University, China in 2018. She worked as a control room operator in State Grid Corporation of China for three years before her PhD. Her research interests include distribution networks and electric vehicles.
Nanduni Nimalsiri Research Fellow, Australian National University
A network-aware, distributed coordination approach for electric vehicle charging and discharging in unbalanced distribution grids
Nanduni I. Nimalsiri received the B.Sc.Eng. degree (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in 2017, and a PhD in Engineering and Computer Science from the Australian National University, Australia, in 2021. From 2018 to 2021, she was also a Research Student with the CSIRO’s Data61, Australia. She is currently a Research Fellow with the School of Engineering, Australian National University, Australia. Her research interests include applications of optimisation and control theory to power systems.
Stuart White
Co-Chair,
ERICA Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Stuart White is Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, where he leads a team of researchers who create change towards sustainable futures through independent, project-based research. With over 30 years’ experience in sustainability research, Stuart’s work focuses on achieving sustainability outcomes for a range of government, industry and community clients across Australia and internationally. This includes the design and assessment of programs for improving decision-making and resource use. Stuart has written and presented widely on sustainable futures and is a regular commentator on sustainability issues in the media.
