Professor Dragan Jovcic
Chair in Engineering
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Biography
Dr Jovcic obtained PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Auckland, in 1999, and a Diploma Engineer in Control Systems from University of Belgrade in 1993. He also obtained Postgraduate certificate in University teaching from University of Ulster in 2003.
Employment history:
- Reader, University of Aberdeen, UK, August 2011 - present,
- Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK, August 2008 - August 2011,
- Visiting professor, McGill University, Canada, July 2008- December 2008,
- Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK, September 2004 - August 2008,
- Lecturer, University of Ulster, UK, April 2000 – August 2004,
- Design Engineer, BCHF (New Zealand), December 1998 – March 2000,
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Research Interests
His research interests are in the areas of High Power Electronics, High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission, Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), Interconnection of renewable energy, Power system modeling and control.
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Current Research
- High Power DC networks,
- DC/DC conversion at MW powers,
- High Voltage DC Transmission,
- Flexible AC Transmission,
- Wind energy,
- Integration of Renewable Energy,
- Power sytem modeling and control.
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Research Grants
Principal and sole investigator:
- European Research Council, ERC, Starting grant, "Modelling platforms for high-power resonant DC hub and power networks with multiple converter systems", March 2011- September 2014.
- EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) grant no EP/H010262/1, "Development of DC Transformer and Fault Current Limter for High-Power DC networks", December 2009- December 2012.
- Scottish Enterprise, "Prototype development for High Gain DC transformer" Proof of Concept award, January 2010 – July 2011,
- Royal Academy of Engineering, Global Research Fellowship "Advanced Converter Systems for Thyristor based HVDC", July 2008 - December 2008.
- AU Knowledge Tranfer Grant "High gain DC Transformer", 2007 - 2009,
- KTP in collaboration with PACT Engineering, "Development of Drivetrain for PIGASYS", September 2007 - September 2009.
- EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) grant no GR/R11377/01: “Analytical Modelling of FACTS Elements”, January 2001 - October 2003,
- Consultancy projects:
- CERN (European Centre for Nuclear Research), Geneva, "Accelerator power suply modeling and control", 2003-2007,
- PACT Engineering, Scotland, "Drivetrain modeling for a PIGASYS robot tool", 2007,
Collaborative project:
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M.Mueller (University of Edinburgh), D Jovcic (University of Aberdeen), M.Dunnigan (Heriot Watt University) and S.Finney (Strathclyde University), "SHAPED –Scottish Hub for Advanced Power Engineering Design)" SFC HORIZON and ERDF, June 2011 – June 2014
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Teaching Responsibilities
D Jovcic teaches Electrical Engineering year 3 and 4 subjects:
- Electrical Power Engineering (EG3557) and
- Electrical Machines and Drives (EG40FD).
He also teaches postgraduate courses:
- Renewable technologies (Electrical) (EG50E2) and
- Power distribution and sustainability (EG55E1).
He is a coordinator for the professional doctorate degree (EngD).
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External Responsibilities
- Senior member IEEE, Control systems Society, Power and Energy Society and Power Electronics Society.
- CIGRE B4, Member,
- Peer review for IEEE transactions, IET proceedings, ELSEVIER journals, and a number of other journals.
- Member of international organising commite for numerous Power and Control conferences.
- Research proposal assesment for
- EPSRC (UK)
- STW (Netherlands),
- Enterprise Estonia (Estonia).
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