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.
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

Miss Jing Nan

Research interests

  • DC switching: HVDC circuit breakers, LC commutator based Circuit breaker
  • Arc phenomena: interruption and re-ignition, dielectric breakdown 
  • Arc simulation: plasma modeling and arc sheath modeling 
Connect with Jing

Email: jn1n19@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +4407419771803

Miss Joanna Rzempoluch

Research interests

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

Email: jr9g20@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Kevin Goddard

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Numerical Modelling
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Power Cables
Connect with Kevin

Email: kfg@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4984

Mr Klevis Gasa

Connect with Klevis

Email: kg2n21@soton.ac.uk

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Mrs Liz Tillotson

High Voltage Laboratory Administrator

Research interests

  • A key staff involved in the running of the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory.
Connect with Liz

Email: ekt@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380594450

Dr Moe Ahmed PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Electric/Plasma propulsion systems for in-space applications.
  • Plasma diagnostics of electric propulsion systems.
  • Development of hollow cathodes and electron sources.
Connect with Moe

Email: M.M.H.Ahmed@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7859769461

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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

Connect with Nicolas

Email: ng2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3778

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Dr Orestis Vryonis FHEA, MInstP

New Frontiers Fellow

Research interests

  • Polymer Engineering & Science 
  • High Voltage Insulation
  • Renewable/Ambient Energy Harvesting

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Orestis

Email: O.Vryonis@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4496

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Professor Paolo Rapisarda

Prof of Electronics and Computer Science
Connect with Paolo

Email: pr3@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2688

Professor Paul Lewin

Professor of Electrical Power Engineerin
Connect with Paul

Email: pll@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3586

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