Team Awards
2024
Student Poster Competition - (Joint) Winner
Jing Zhu
Energy Networks Conference & Exhibition 2024 (EN2024), Adelaide, Australia
Student Poster Competition - (Joiint) Winner
Vincenzo Bassi
Energy Networks Conference & Exhibition 2024 (EN2024), Adelaide, Australia
2023
Best Poster Award - Energy Systems
Eshan Karunarathne, PhD Student
MEI Symposium 2023, Melbourne, Australia
Poster "Constructing Low Voltage Network Models using Smart Meter Data"
Student Paper Competition (Best Overall Paper) - Winner
Yushan Hou, PhD Student
IEEE Victorian Section, Australia
Paper "Residential PV Hosting Capacity, Voltage Unbalance, and Power Rebalancing: An Australian Case Study", IEEE/PES ISGT Europe 2022
Finalists in the Student Poster Competition
Angela Simonovska, Jing Zhu, Yushan Hou, Fernando Lanas, Vincenzo Bassi
Energy Networks Conference & Exhibition 2024 (EN2024), Adelaide, Australia
Finalists in the 3-min PhD Dissertation Challenge
Angela Simonovska, Jing Zhu, Yushan Hou, Eshan Karunarathne, Fernando Lanas, Vincenzo Bassi
IEEE PES Grid Edge Technologies Conference & Expo, San Diego, CA, USA
2022
Student Paper Competition (Best Overall Paper) - Winner
Yushan Hou, PhD Student
IEEE Victorian Section, Australia
Paper "Residential PV Hosting Capacity, Voltage Unbalance, and Power Rebalancing: An Australian Case Study", IEEE/PES ISGT Europe 2022
Best Paper Award - Distributed Energy Resources, Sponsored by SA Power Networks
Zulqarnain Zeb, MPhil Student
32nd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) 2022
Paper "Planning of Future-Proof Residential LV Networks"
Student Paper Competition (Non-First Publication Category) - Third Place
Jing Zhu, PhD Student
IEEE Victorian Section, Australia
Paper "Producing Realistic EV Demand Profiles for Distribution Network Studies", CIRED Workshop 2022
Student Poster Competition - First Prize
Dillon Jaglal, Research Fellow (PhD Student at the time of submission in 2020)
Energy Networks 2022 Conference and Exhibition (EN2022), Brisbane, Australia
Poster "Unlocking Frequency Response Potential from Residential Batteries using Active Droops"
Student Poster Competition - Finalist
Angela Simonovska, PhD Student (MPhil Student at the time of submisison in 2020)
Energy Networks 2022 Conference and Exhibition (EN2022), Brisbane, Australia
Poster "Phase Grouping of Residential Customers Using Smart Meter Data"
2021
Best Oral Presentation Award - Energy Systems
Vincenzo Bassi, PhD Student
MEI Symposium 2021, Melbourne, Australia
Presentation "Extracting the Physics of Electrical Networks Using Smart Meter Data: Towards Model-Free Voltage Calculations"
Poster Competition - First Award
Zulqarnain Zeb, MPhil Student
ERICA's State of Energy Research Conference (SoERC) 2021, Melbourne, Australia
Poster "Designing Future-Proof Residential LV Networks"
Student Paper Competition (First Publication Category) - First Place
Angela Simonovska, PhD Student
IEEE Victorian Section, Australia
Paper "Phase Grouping in PV-Rich LV Feeders: Smart Meter Data and Unconstrained k-Means", IEEE/PES PowerTech 2021
Student Paper Competition (Non-First Publication Category) - First Place
Arthur Givisiez, PhD Student
IEEE Victorian Section, Australia
Paper "Residential PV Settings for MV-LV Networks: A Distributed Three-Phase AC OPF", IEEE/PES PowerTech 2021
Student Paper Competition (Non-First Publication Category) - Second Place
Vincenzo Bassi, PhD Student
IEEE Victorian Section, Australia
Paper "Model-Free Voltage Calculations for PV-Rich LV Networks: Smart Meter Data and Deep Neural Networks", IEEE/PES PowerTech 2021
2020
Postgraduate Energy Poster Competition - Silver Award
Angela Simonovska, PhD Student
Australian Institute of Energy (Victoria), Australia
Poster "Phase Grouping of Residential Customers Using Smart Meter Data"
Postgraduate Energy Poster Competition - Silver Award
Will Nacmanson, PhD Student
Australian Institute of Energy (Victoria), Australia
Poster "On the Role of Pre-Curtailed Residential PV for Primary Frequency Response"
Postgraduate Energy Poster Competition - Bronze Award
Michael Liu, PhD Student
Australian Institute of Energy (Victoria), Australia
Poster "Assessing the Fairness of Solar PV Curtailment Schemes"
2019
Best Poster Award - Energy Systems
Michael Liu, PhD Student
MEI Symposium 2019, Melbourne, Australia
Poster "Fairness Assessment of Volt-Watt Schemes for Residential PV Systems"
Best Poster Award - Environment and Resources
William Nacmanson, PhD Student
MEI Symposium 2019, Melbourne, Australia
Poster "On the Role of Pre-Curtailed Residential PV for Primary Frequency Response"
Best Paper Award - Energy and Distribution Management Systems
Michael Liu, PhD Student
IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Latin America 2019, Gramado, Brazil
Paper "Hardware-In-the-Loop Demonstration of Advanced Control Schemes for Active Distribution Networks" (DOI , Research Gate)
Best Young Academic Paper Award - Distributed Energy Resources
Kyriacos Petrou, PhD Student
25th International Conference on Electricity Distribution CIRED 2019, Madrid, Spain
Paper "Residential Battery Controller for Solar PV Impact Mitigation: A Practical and Customer-Friendly Approach" (CIRED , Research Gate)
2018
Best Poster Award - Energy Systems
Kyriacos Petrou, PhD Student
MEI Symposium 2018, Melbourne, Australia
Poster "Controlling Residential Storage for the Benefit of Customers and Networks"
Australian Institute of Energy (AIE) Postgraduate Student Energy Awards 2018 - 1st Prize
Kyriacos Petrou, PhD Student
All-Energy Australia 2018 Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Poster "Controlling Residential Storage for the Benefit of Customers and Networks"