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

Neil Palmer: High Voltage Laboratory manager. Email: N.L.Palmer@soton.ac.uk

Charles Reed: High Voltage Laboratory test engineer. Email: c.p.reed@soton.ac.uk 

Alan Welford: High Voltage Laboratory technician. Email: a.welford@soton.ac.uk

Liz Tillotson: High Voltage Laboratory administrator. Email: ekt@soton.ac.uk

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

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Dr Alexander Daykin-Iliopoulos

Senior Research Fellow

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Mr Angelos Nikolopoulos

Research interests

  • Solar forecasting using machine learning methods
  • Uncertainty and variability in solar energy using statistical analysis
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Mr Dimitris Axiotis

Research interests

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • High-Voltage Engineering 
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Dr George Callender

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Research interests

  • HV Cable Systems
  • FEA Simulations
  • Partial Discharge

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Professor George Chen

Professor

Research interests

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

Teaching Fellow

Research interests

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

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Dr Ian Hosier PhD

Research Fellow-High Voltage Plant

Research interests

  • Dielectric materials
  • Ageing
  • Morphology
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Dr Igor Golosnoy

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • plasma science and technology: gaseous discharges, e.g. coronas, streamers, and thermal arcs 
  • electric breakdown in gases and liquids, circuit breakers - design and analysis
  • electric propulsion systems for spacecraft, e.g. Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, Gridded Ion Engines, Hollow Cathodes

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Dr Istebreq Saeedi

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Research interests

  • Dielectric materials
  • Green insulations
  • Polymer physics and chemistry

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