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Professor Syed Islam

Emeritus Professor

Campus

Mt Helen Campus

Biography

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.

  • Publications

A Real-Time Blockchain Enabled Digital Twin Framework With Energy Trading Estimation for Optimized Management in a Virtual Power Plant

Prescriptive Decision-Making in Nested Bi-Level MO-IGDT Model for Integrating Parking Lots into Local Multi-Carrier Energy System

Dynamic Energy Management in a Hybrid Microgrid Integrating PV, Wind, Fuel Cell and EV Battery Using Fuzzy Logic Control