Dr Chun Sing Lai
Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering and Power Systems

Topics

• Optimal planning and operation of microgrids with high penetration of renewables
• Techno-economic appraisal techniques for hybrid energy and power systems
• Energy data analytics including deep learning and its application
• Optimal home energy management system considering demand response
• Electrification of the transport sector
• Electrification of heating and cooling

Research supervision

At Brunel University London:

As Principal Supervisor:

 1. Mr Xinxing Ren, Research topic: Design and implementation of intelligent energy management systems for autonomous electric vehicles. 09/2022-now. Second Supervisor: Prof G Taylor

 2. Ms L Duan, Research topic: Solar-Hydrogen-Storage Integrated Electric Vehicle Charging Station. 10/2021-now. Second Supervisor: Prof G Taylor

 3. Mr MME Farrag, Research topic: EV Powertrain Optimisation with Supercapacitor and Battery Systems. 10/2021-now. Second Supervisor: Dr M Darwish

As Second Supervisor:

1. Mr GA Blankson, Research topic: Interoperable High Frequency and Low Frequency Impedance Matching for Electric Vehicle Wireless Power Transfer. 01/2022-now. Principal Supervisor: Dr M Darwish

2. Ms SA Daebes, Research topic: Energy Systems for Net-Zero Future and Sustainable Development Achievement in MENA Countries. 01/2022-now. Principal Supervisor: Dr M Darwish

At Leeds University:

Mr Songjie Zhang, "Study on the intra-hour cloud tracking method", PhD, Visiting Scholar at the University of Leeds (co-supervisor Dr Ben Chong) from Zhejiang University, China, 12/2019 – 06/2020

Dr Han Wang, "Economic operation of virtual power plants with electric vehicle charging stations", PhD, University of Leeds (co-supervisor Prof Kang Li) and SUSTech, China (co-supervisor Dr Youwei Jia), 10/2019 – 06/2023

I have acted as a PhD external examiner for the University of Birmingham and the University of Leeds.