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Dr Christos Zachariades BEng, MSc, PhD, PGCertBusAdmin, FHEA, CEng, MIET

Senior Lecturer in Electrical Energy Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Research

Condition monitoring and diagnostics of high voltage equipment

Design and optimisation of sensors for Partial Discharge (PD) detection.
Design of interfacing instrumentation for electrical condition monitoring.
Automate condition diagnosis using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Overhead transmission lines

Design and optimisation of insulation systems.
Compaction of high voltage transmission lines.
Instrumentation for condition assessment of insulators and conductors.

High voltage test techniques

Type approval testing of high voltage equipment.
Design of test rigs and experimental procedures.
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulations.

Research Grants

Classification of Insulation Defects in High Voltage Equipment Using Computer Vision

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

June 2022 - June 2024

Condition Monitoring of Oil-filled Cable Sealing Ends

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (UK)

August 2019 - February 2020