Speakers

Prof. Abdul Hasib Chowdhury, Bangladeshi

Dr. Abdul Hasib Chowdhury has 25 years of experience in power system reserach. His research interests include power system planning, stability, reliability analysis, contingency and security analysis, vulnerability analysis, power quality analysis etc. He has carried out extensive studies on Bangladesh Power System (BPS), and developed under-frequency load shedding and islanding scheme for BPS. He has first-hand experience accomplishing important national projects in Bangladesh power sector including: “Grid Failure Investigation Project”; “Electromagnetic transients and stability studies to identify the root cause of blackout in the Bangladesh power system”; “Reliability analysis of a major transmission corridor”; “Impact studies of different power plants on Bangladesh power system”; “Energy Efficiency and Integration of Renewable Energy into the Grid in Bangladesh”; “Gid Integration Strategy for Solar PV in Bangladesh,” “Study on Grid Stability in Bangladesh.” His works also include policy, rules, and regulations pertaining to Bangladesh power system.

Assoc. Prof. Hidayat Zainuddin

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

Hidayat Zainuddin received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2003. He then obtained his Master of Science degree in Electrical Power Engineering with Business from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in 2005. He received his Ph.D. degree from University of Southampton in 2013.

He has received almost RM 500,000 research grants as a principal investigator and almost RM 1.5 million as a co-researcher. Most of his research mainly towards the sustainability of electrical power system which are associated with green technology, condition monitoring and failure analysis for high voltage transformers. These include investigating the surface discharge behaviour on pressboard impregnated in mineral and ester oils, performance of mineral-ester oil mixture for transformer applications and design and development of optical fiber sensor for online monitoring of transformer oil for smart grid application.

He has authored and co-authored more than 50 technical papers comprising journals and conference proceedings. He also has contributed in reviewing articles for many conferences and journals published by IEEE, IET, Elsevier and others.

Assoc. Prof. norzanah Rosmin

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Dr. Norzanah Rosmin is an Associate Professor at Centre of Electrical Energy Systems (CEES), Faculty of  Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia. She obtained her B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering in 1999, M.Eng in Electrical Engineering in 2002 and PhD in Renewable Energy in 2015 from Loughborough University, United Kingdom. She has 23 years of experience in teaching electrical engineering courses and supervision of students projects and also research. She is an expert in Renewable Energy (RE) areas such as wind and solar energy control system, RE system and integration, smart/microgrid system simulation, energy efficiency, and also electrical energy audit and management system. She was invited to share her expertise through research, workshop, and tutorials both locally and internationally. Her vast knowledge in this area has also led to publications in books, journals and conference proceedings. She is also involved as a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) for ASEAN Energy Management Scheme (AEMAS) and also Registered Electrical Energy Manager (REEM) certified by Malaysian Energy Commission. She has the quality and the ability to become an excellent academician and innovators not only in the research area, teaching activities, and also the community projects. Her involvement in community projects are such as the knowledge transfer on the smarter agricultural-based technology system (such as freshwater lobsters’ cultivation, hydroponics and fertigation plantations) by implementing renewable energy and Internet-of-things (IoT) application to diversify economic activities in rural/B40 areas. This is integral to help the local communities by improving their incomes, and also to sustain long-term growth. She also got numbers of awards for the innovation projects based on her expertise.