Electrical Power Engineering
University of Southampton
School of Electronics and Computer Science

Electrical Power Engineering

The Electrical Power Engineering Research Group have wide ranging interests and activities.  In addition to our research, we also provide the focus for Undergraduate degree programmes in Electrical and Electromechanical Engineering.

Research

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Undergraduate Courses

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Postgraduate Degrees

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EPE News

Using tracking tasks to assess movement problems in the arm after a stroke
Stroke rehabilitation technology which patients can operate in their own homes while playing computer games, is being developed by academics at the University of Southampton.

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Researchers at the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory have made an important contribution to a long overdue international standard for High Voltage measurement techniques (IEC 60060-1).

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400kV Overhead Line and Sealing End.
At the request of the Royal Society, Dr Paul Lewin of the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory has been a participating member of the recent European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Working Group considering the implications of creating a European-wide electrical transmission network.

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PhD Student intake numbers 2006-2009
This academic year has brought a massive growth in the number of PhD students within the EPE group across a range of different research areas.

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Featured Project: Surface Discharge in the Inter-phase barrier region of large Transformers

Transmission and distribution operators throughout the world control significant populations of ageing large transformers which use mineral oil and paper as the dielectric insulation. Some of these... [more]

Recent Publications

The effect of a high thermal gradient on sintering and stiffening in the top coat of a thermal barrier coating (TBC) system

Electric Field Determination in DC Polymeric Power Cable in the Presence of Space Charge

Nanosecond electric pulses penetrate the nucleus and enhance speckle formation

Pre-breakdown Characteristics of Contaminated Power Transformer Oil

Space Charge in LLDPE Loaded with Nanoparticles