Team
CfNETR brings together expertise to conduct impactful research to support the new power and energy sector.
The Centre draws upon Federation University’s research strengths in areas such as electrical power, power electronics, smart grids, low carbon, climate change, renewable energy, community energy, microgrid technologies, smart power systems and asset efficiency.
The Centre consolidates these areas to facilitate collaboration across its areas of research strength.
Centre leadership
CfNETR has a centre director and advisor, as well as leadership teams for each of its four research streams.
Director
Professor Nima Amjady
Email: n.amjady@federation.edu.au
Professor Nima Amjady joined Federation University Australia in July 2022, where he is currently working as Professor, Renewable Energy Technologies, and Director of Centre for New Energy Transition Research. He is also a member of Research Committee and Research Executive Committee of Federation University Australia.
He has successfully applied for many grant fundings. Currently he has about $5.0M secured funding. He has published 240 articles in peer-reviewed ISI-cited journals. Also, he has 55 conference presentations and chairmanships. His publications have attracted 17246 citations with an H-index of 71 on Google Scholar and 12515 citations with an H-index of 59 on Scopus. In addition, he has 16 patents registered in Iran’s patent office and one US patent.
He is an IEEE Fellow. He has been selected as 1% top scientists of the world by Essential Science Indicators (ESI) ten times in 2015-2024. He is also listed in Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists in the World eight times in 2017-2024. In addition, he is senior editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, PES liaison editor for IEEE Press, and Editor of IEEE Power Engineering Letters. Also, he served as Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems from 2015 to 2021 and Editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy from 2020 to 2024. He received the Outstanding Associate Editor award of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems in 2021, Outstanding Associate Editor award of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy in 2021, and Best Paper award of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems in 2018.
His research interests include forecasting, operating, and planning of renewable energy-integrated power systems, storage systems, artificial intelligence applications in power systems, and microgrid operation and planning.
Advisor
Professor Syed Islam
Email: s.islam@federation.edu.au
Professor Syed Mofizul Islam is an internationally renowned researcher in the field of renewable energy technologies and is listed in Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists in the World.
Professor Islam has published over 350 peer-reviewed papers in his areas of expertise, including renewable energy, condition monitoring of transformers, wind energy conversion systems, grid integration of renewable energy sources and smart power systems. He is a chartered engineer in the United Kingdom and a chartered professional engineer in Australia.
Professor Islam successfully applied for $2.43 million from the Department of Education Skills and Employment to establish CfNETR and has secured over $18 million in funding over his career. He is current Chair of the Australasian Universities Committee for Power Engineering (2020-2023) and has served on a number of high-profile governing and academic boards and committees. He is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics (IEEE) Power & Energy Society Distinguished Lecturer. He was a founding member of the steering committee of the Australian Power Institute and the WA Electric Energy Society of Australia board.
Professor Islam has been invited as a keynote speakers and visiting professor internationally. He was a member of the research team developing a pathway to roadmapping Smart Grid in the Sultanate of Oman and has extensive experience in international collaboration in both education and research with institutes and researchers in China and other countries.
Professor Islam was a founding Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy and an Associate Editor of the Institution of Engineering & Technology Renewable Power Generation journals.
Prior to joining Federation University, Professor Islam held several high-level positions at Curtin University where he is still involved in supervision of PhD students. He pioneered the development of a Green Electric Energy Park at Curtin and received numerous prestigious awards for his research.
Research streams
CfNETR’s research team is made up of the leadership and members of its four research streams.
Microgrids and Renewables
Future Grid and Community Energy
Future Fuel and Hydrogen Economy
Net Zero Initiatives
For queries about CfNETR’s research, or to discuss collaborating or researching with us, get in touch with the Centre Directors via the Contact page.