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Professor Innocent Ewean Davidson
Department of Electrical Power Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Innocent E Davidson, Fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology, UK; Fellow, South African Institute of Electrical Engineers; Senior Member, IEEE USA; Chartered Engineer, UK; registered Professional Engineer, ECSA, South Africa.
He is a Full Professor and Research Leader, Smart Grids. Every facet of human development is woven around a sound and stable energy supply system. Smart Grid RFA engages in research relating to“grid integration of renewable energy using power electronics and industry 4.0 tools”, to solve problems of load shedding, and security of supply. Smart Grids are electrical grids merging bi- directional power flow with information flow
to monitor changes in electricity usage/supply using digital communications technology to detect and react to the usage of the electrical supply and integration into the power grid. He has supervised five PDFs, graduated 55 PhD/Masters students, and author/co- author of over 350 engineering papers in accredited journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings.
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