
Dr Georgios Konstantinou
- PhD in Electrical Engineering: The University of New South Wales (ʹڲƱ), Sydney, Australia, May 2012.
Thesis title: “Harmonic Elimination Pulse Width Modulation of Modular and Hybrid Multilevel Converter Topologies”
Supervisor: Professor Vassilios G. Agelidis. - Diploma of Electrical Engineering (5-year degree; equivalent to Masters): Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2007 (Five-year degree)
Dissertation title: “Simulation of High-Voltage substations using ATP-EMTP and estimation of overvoltage levels due to lightning strikes” (in Greek)
Supervisor: Assoc. Professor Pantelis Mikropoulos. - Graduate Diploma in University Learning and Teaching (ʹڲƱ GCULT): The University of New South Wales (ʹڲƱ), Sydney, Australia, October 2015.
I am an Associate Professor in Energy Systems with the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, ʹڲƱ Sydney and lead the Real-Time Simulations (RTS@ʹڲƱ).
I am also an ARC Future Fellow (FT240100038, 2025 - 2029) for the project "Integration and Stability of Power Electronics Defined Low Inertia Grids."
Previously I was an ARC Early Carrer Research Fellow (Project DE170100370 - High-voltage DC grids for flexible and efficient electricity transmission) looking into the operation of Power Electronics in Multiterminal and HVDC transmission systems.
I received my B. Eng in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2007 and the Ph.D. in Power Electronics from the University of New South Wales (ʹڲƱ), Sydney, Australia in August 2012. From 2008 till 2010 I was a Ph.D. student with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Sydney and in April of 2010 joined ʹڲƱ Australia for the remaining of my PhD studies. I was a Research Associate (2013) and a Senior Research Associate (2014-2015) with the Australian Energy Research Institure (AERI). In 2015, I was one of the 13 Australian to be accepted in the Australia - China Young Scientist Exchange Program and in 2016 I was awarded a Next Steps Initiative Grant for collaborations with Chinese Partners.
I currently serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
My research interests include:
- Multilevel Power Electronics Converters.
- HVDC Systems.
- Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC).
- Grid Integration of Large Scale Renewable Energy Systems.
- Pulse Width Modulation of Power Electronics.
- Selective Harmonic Elimination (SHE-PWM).
- Multilevel Converters for Renewable Energy Systems.
- Hybrid Multilevel Converters
Current Courses:
- ELEC3105 - Electrical Energy
- ELEC 9719 - Real-time Digital Simulations
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