Public Seminars
EPECentre hosts public seminars throughout the year, presented by staff, students and special guests.
2022
| Date | Time | Presenter(s) | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept | 6pm | Susan Krumdieck | It Starts Here and Now – Because we are smarter than bacteria | E6, Engineering |
| 28 Oct | 9am | Hamish Avery and Sheralee MacDonald | Equitable Energy Transition for Christchurch - as part of the UC and Christchurch City Council Sustainability Showcase | E6, Engineering and online |
2021
| Date | Presenter(s) | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec | Josh Schipper | Representative Modelling of Very Long HVDC Cables | 2021 IET ACDC Conference |
| 2 Sept | Bill Heffernen | Efficient electrification with Ga2O3 - a robust wide bandgap semiconductor | 2021 EEA Conference |
| 18 May | Ben Mitchell | Modelling for an Electromagnetic Groundwater Flowmeter | Online |
| 17 Feb | Henry Seaton | Conduction losses in cryogenically cooled GaN devices | Online |
2020
| Date | Presenter(s) | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May | Dr Bill Heffernan | Trapezoidal Current Generator for an Electromagnetic Groundwater Flowmeter | Online |
| 6 May | Ben Mitchell | System Identification for an Electromagnetic Groundwater Flowmeter | Online |
| 30 June | Euan McGill and speakers from WEL Networks and Waipa Networks | A stochastic method for assessing the impact of electric vehicles in low voltage distribution networks EEA & EPECentre Winter Seminar 1 - Future Networks |
Online |
| 21 July | Speakers from Unison, Electra and ABB |
EEA & EPECentre Winter Seminar 2 - Emerging Technology | Online |
| 25 August | Dr Nurzhan Nursultanov and speakers from Unison, Horizon and Powerco | EEA & EPECentre Winter Seminar 3 - Asset Management | Online |
| 29 September | Dr Sharee McNab and speakers from Transpower, Powerco and consulting. | EEA & EPECentre Winter Seminar 4 - Asset Projects | Online |
| 27-30 September | Dr John Outram and Dr Josh Schipper | Wave Energy Potential with Magnetic Thread power Take-Off | ICRERA 2020 |
| 24 November | Dr Sharee McNab and Dr Josh Schipper | EV Hosting Capability Workshop | Online |
2019
| Date | Presenter | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May | Dr Dougal McQueen | The potential for pumped hydro energy storage in New Zealand | E14 Lecture Theatre, Engineering Core |
| 13 August | Dr Sharee McNab & Euan McGill | DGHost to EVHost: Impacts of Photovoltaic Generation and Electric Vehicles on Electricity Distribution Networks | E14 Lecture Theatre, Engineering Core |
| 26 August | Dr Wallace Vosloo | High Voltage Insulation and environmental considerations | E14 Lecture Theatre, Engineering Core |
| 16 October | Dr Richard Strahan | Designing brushless motors and levitating heavy things | E14 Lecture Theatre, Engineering Core |