Topic
Capabilities
23 March 2026
Find out more about the capabilities of the EPECentre researchers.
HOW TO APPLY
- Interdisciplinary research dedicated to accelerating the energy transition
- Project planning and management
- Technical and academic supervision
- Environmental and natural resources law in transnational, interdisciplinary contexts
- Transnational law and policy framework on Indigenous water rights
Energy Transition
- Energy supply and demand modelling
- Cross-sectoral systems analysis
- Transition pathways analysis
- Resilience and sustainability assessment
- Sustainable transitions
Adoption
- Techno-commercial analysis; financial, operational performance (losses, RAM)
- Risk identification, mitigation and management
- Market analysis; user barriers and enablers to adoption of energy innovation
People and Communities
- Community engagement and participatory methods
- Social and behavioural systems analysis
- Identifying triggers for change
- Developing and evaluating interventions / strategies for change
- Integration of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives
- Tailoring and targeting communications for distinct audience groups
- Public communication, including communication networks/relationships and analysis of language
Power System Engineering
- Steady state, harmonic, dynamic and transient AC and DC power system modelling, design and analysis
- High voltage and high current design
- High voltage and high power testing
- EMC, EMI, RFI testing and solution design
- Protection design, co-ordination, implementation
- Insulation co-ordination
- System integration studies
Modelling & Analysis
- Software tools - MATLAB, SINCAL, COMSOL, Ansys, Open DSS, PSCAD/EMTDC, Python, R, SPICE, Altium, C, C++, ArcGIS, Anylogic
- Algorithm development
- Data science and statistical modelling
- Thermal modelling
- Fluid dynamics modelling
- Mixed integer linear programming
- Energy modelling and system optimisation
- Finite Element and Finite Volume Modelling
- Near-field optical analysis and electromagnetic simulations
- Optimisation - linear, quadratic etc
- Electronics, electro-magnetic, power electronic and power system modelling and analysis
- Hierarchical control design and implementation
- System/process modelling
- “Big data” and data processing
- Transport Modelling
- Microsimulation
- Agent-based modelling
- Machine learning (supervised/unsupervised)
- Geospatial analysis (GIS)
Electro-magnetics
- Motor, drive and actuator - design, construction and testing
- High frequency power transformer, current transformer and inductor design, construction and testing (ferrite, amorphous metal and powder-iron cored)
Electronics and Power Electronics
- Signal processing, including precision analogue and digital circuit design
- Electron beam lithography
- Developing nano-tech fabrication processes and process integration
- PCB design
- Switching circuit topology design, analysis, synthesis and implementation
- IOT systems
Others
- Scoping and requirement capture
- Component and system testing
- Chemical analysis and testing
