Dr Elizabeth Ratnam

Dr Ratnam earned the BEng (Hons I) degree in Electrical Engineering in 2006, and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering in 2016, from the University of Newcastle, Australia. She subsequently held postdoctoral research positions with the Center for Energy Research at the University of California San Diego, and at the University of California Berkeley in the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE). During 2001–2012 she held various positions at Ausgrid, a utility that operates one of the largest electricity distribution networks in Australia. Dr Ratnam currently holds a Future Engineering Research Leader (FERL) Fellowship at ANU and is a Senior Lecturer in the ANU School of Engineering. She is a member of the ANU Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, the IEEE PES, Engineers Australia, and is a Senior Member of IEEE. Her research interests are in developing new paradigms to control distribution networks with a strong focus on creating a resilient carbon neutral power grid.
ENGN 3223/6223 Control Systems 2019, 2020
ENGN 8625 Advanced Power Systems 2020
ENGN 3300 Engineering Design 4A: Systems Approaches for Management 2021
Distribution networks, microgrids, battery storage integration, microPMUs, control and optimization
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=WQLAtvAAAAAJ&hl=en
2019, 2020, 2021 HDR Convenor Energy
2019 School Review Committee
Global Connection Fund - Bridging Grant
Streaming Big Data Analytics for the Smart Grid
2018-2019 Partner: PingThings
https://cecs.anu.edu.au/staff/global-connection-fu...
Global Research Partnerships scheme (2019-2020)
Supporting travel to and from ANU to UC Berkeley – lead CI.
Project partners include UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and industry partner Helia.
Phasor-Based Control for Scalable Solar PV (2017-2020)
With CIEE at the University of California Berkeley, and Partners LBNL, Opal-RT, Gridbright, PingThings, PG&E
https://uc-ciee.org/projects/phasor-based-control-for-scalable-solar-pv-integration/