What path has your career taken since graduation? 

I got my job at a leading company in my field. I am now working on cutting edge software technology and on revolutionary projects with GE. 

What is your current role?

Power Systems and Optimization Engineer. I mainly work on projects involving electricity Markets. I am currently working on NORCAP, which is a project that uses the FlowBased methodology to calculate the Day ahead, Month ahead and year ahead Capacity on cross borders interconnections for the nordic countries and the nordic grid. 

What experiences do you feel helped you get to your current position?

My dissertation was with Aristides Kiprakis. Aristides was very helpful and integrated me to the Agile Energy Systems group. My dissertation was about designing an online digital twin for the solar farm present at Easter Bush. It was because of my dissertation that I applied and joined GE, not only it fortified my application but it also reinforced my passion and my knowledge about smart grids’ applications.  

How have you used the skills and/or knowledge developed during your degree in your career?

I use the skills I acquired at UoE every single day at work. My work involves power grids a lot, optimization work and voltage regulation, things that I learnt at UoE with Aristides Kiprakis and Sasa Djokic. 

What advice would you give to students who are interested in your area of work?

Benefit from all the conferences, events and courses given by the university. And most importantly, benefit from your professors, their knowledge, their connections, the projects they are working on. You are in a leading university take advantage from that

This profile was published in March 2024