Power Engineering Advanced Research Laboratory- PEARL

About PEARL

Our research at the Power Engineering Advanced Research Laboratory (PEARL) aims to develop innovative technologies to deliver secure, sustainable, and reliable electric power . To achieve this goal we carry out leading-edge research in the areas  real-time monitoring systems,  advanced protection and fault location techniques, application and control of power electronic converters,  power system stability, and electromagnetic transients in power networks. More recently, we have also expanded our research to include high performance and high efficiency electric drive trains for automotive, trucking, and aerospace applications.

Research

Our research activities are built around 5 central themes:

Grid Integration of Renewable Energy

Smart Grids

Design, Application and Control of Power Electronic Converters

Electric Motor Design, Prototyping and Testing

Electric Vehicle Drive Trains

People

Head of Laboratory

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Adjunct Professors

  • Prof. Babak Badrzadeh

  • Prof. Tony Marxsen

  • Assoc. Prof. Greg Heins

  • Assoc. Prof. Tony Morton

  • Assoc. Prof. Sasan Zabihi

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Research Fellows

  • Dr Hasan Haes Alhelou

  • Dr Nabil Mohammed

  • Dr Weihua Zhou

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PhD Students

  • Mathew Bagnara

  • Salah Hajtaleb

  • David Klink

  • Si Phu Me

  • James Pecotich

  • Harith Udawatte

  • Kelvin Wong

  • Jingzhe Xu

  • Md Didarul Islam

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PhD Alumni

  • Dr Phurailatpam Chitaranjan

  • Dr Alireza Ghassemi

  • Dr Sajjad Hadavi

  • Dr Milad Zarif Mansour

  • Dr Mohammadreza Nabatirad

  • Dr Dayan Rathnayake

  • Dr Daniel Ryan

News

Multiple PhD projects are available. If you are interested in joining to PEARL as a Ph.D. student and possibly working with us send your CV and copy of your academic transcripts to behrooz.bahrani@monash.edu.

Projects

2022 - 2023, "Global Power System Transformation (GPST) Consortium Research Plan Execution, Topic 1", CSIRO, $400k
2022 - 2023, "Global Power System Transformation (GPST) Consortium Research Plan Execution, Topic 2", CSIRO, $400k
2022 - 2023, "Global Power System Transformation (GPST) Consortium Research Plan Execution, Topic 6", CSIRO, $317k
2021, "Research Plan for Global Power System Transformation (GPST) Consortium", CSIRO, $154k
2020 - 2022, "Stability Enhancing Measures for Weak Grids Study", Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), $1.3M
2019 - 2021, "Next-Generation Powertrain Systems for Electric Vehicles", Department of Industry, Innovation, and Science, $751k

Education

Teaching:

Final Year Projects

For the updated list of FYPs please refer to this page (Monash students only).

Industry Short Corses

Awards

2022

Dr Behrooz Bahrani has received the Engineering Dean’s Award for Research Engagement and Impact of Monash University.

2018

Dr Behrooz Bahrani has received the Dean’s award for Technological Innovation In Learning And Teaching of Monash University.

2017

Dr Behrooz Bahrani has received the Engineering Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence of Monash University.

Publications

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