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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.

Miss Joanna Rzempoluch

Research interests

  • High voltage submarine cables simulation
  • Numerical modelling (FEA)
  • Thermal modelling and simulation

Dr Kevin Goddard

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Numerical Modelling
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Power Cables

Mr Neil Palmer

HV Lab Manager/ECS H&S Manager

Research interests

  • Natural power resources;
  • Economical railway electrification

Dr Nicolas Green PhD, MInstP

Reader

Research interests

  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip
  • Dielectrophoresis and AC Electrokinetics
  • Medical Machine Learning

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Orestis Vryonis PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • polymer science & engineering
  • polymer physics & chemistry
  • surface chemistry

Professor Paolo Rapisarda

Prof of Electronics and Computer Science

Professor Paul Lewin

Professor of Electrical Power Engineerin

Dr Stratis Batzelis PhD, RAEng RF

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Research interests

  • Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems design, modeling, control and integration to the power system
  • Renewable Energy Resources (RES)
  • Electrification and energy access in developing countries

Accepting applications from PhD students

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