Dr Dilan Jayaweera PhD (UMIST), SMIEEE, FHEA, MIET CEng (UK), FIEAust CPEng NER

Dr Dilan Jayaweera

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Associate Professor in Electrical Power Systems

Contact details

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+44 (0) 121 414 4294
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+44 (0)121 414 4291
Email
d.jayaweera@bham.ac.uk
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Address
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Dilan Jayaweera is an Associate Professor in Electrical Power Systems in the School of Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering (EESE). He has many years of experiences in industry, research, and teaching.

He has published over 100 research papers in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and as book chapters in the fields of power system resilience, security, reliability, active distribution network operation, smart grids, micro grids, and risks in power systems. He has also significantly contributed for technical reports in his academic and industrial careers.

He is a Chartered Engineer in the UK and Chartered Professional Engineer in Australia.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering (UMIST, UK)
  • MSc in Electrical Power Engineering (UMIST, UK)

Teaching

Dr Jayaweera has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules including:

  • Renewable energy systems integration
  • Power system analysis
  • Electrical utility engineering
  • Reliability of power systems

Postgraduate supervision

Dilan Jayaweera's research interests are in planning and operation of power systems. He has particular interests for the following research areas.

Power system security, resilience, and reliability
Risk assessment in power systems
Integration of distributed energy resources into active distribution networks
Planning and operation of renewable energy Micro Grids
Energy security, resilience, and reliability of smart grids
Modelling and simulation of major system disturbances including blackouts
Monte Carlo simulation applications in power systems
Dr Jayaweera is interested in supervising PhDs in the areas of:

Power system risk, resilience, and reliability with renewable power generation and electric vehicles
Planning and operation of smart power grids and micro grids
Static and dynamic security in modern power systems
Asset management in smart power grids
Probabilistic applications in power and smart power systems

Other activities

Dr Jayaweera is Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

Dr Jayaweera was the vice technical chair for the IEEE PES Smart Grid conference, Perth, Australia (2011), International advisory committee member– AUPEC, Bali, Indonesia (2012), and Special sessions and tutorials chair– AUPEC, Perth, Australia (2014).

He is also:

  • An external examiner for PhDs and MPhils
  • An external examiner for taught programmes
  • Member - EPSRC Peer Review Associate College
  • Review panel member - Newton Fund
  • A reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power systems, Smart Grid, and Sustainable Energy, and IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Alabri, W & Jayaweera, D 2022, 'Optimal coordination of unbalanced power distribution systems with integrated photovoltaic systems and semi‐fast electric vehicles charging stations', IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 2399-2415. https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12458

Donaldson, DL, Piper, DM & Jayaweera, D 2021, 'Temporal Solar Photovoltaic Generation Capacity Reduction From Wildfire Smoke', IEEE Access, vol. 9, 9442713, pp. 79841-79852. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3084528

Donaldson, DL & Jayaweera, D 2020, 'Effective solar prosumer identification using net smart meter data', International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2020.105823

Oyewole, PA & Jayaweera, D 2020, 'Power System Security With Cyber-Physical Power System Operation', IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 179970-179982. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3028222

Sompracha, C, Jayaweera, D & Tricoli, P 2019, 'Particle swarm optimisation technique to improve energy efficiency of doubly-fed induction generators for wind turbines', The Journal of Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.9348

Khan, ZA & Jayaweera, D 2019, 'Smart Meter Data Based Load Forecasting and Demand Side Management in Distribution Networks With Embedded PV Systems', IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 2631-2644. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2962150

Conference contribution

Donaldson, DL, Alvarez-Alvarado, MS & Jayaweera, D 2020, Power System Resiliency during Wildfires under Increasing Penetration of Electric Vehicles. in 2020 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2020 - Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/PMAPS47429.2020.9183683

Donaldson, DL & Jayaweera, D 2020, Weather informed need attributes for non-wires alternatives in distribution networks. in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9281917

Khan, Z & Jayaweera, D 2019, Efficient management of demand in a power distribution system with smart meter data. in 2019 IEEE Milano Powertech. IEEE Milan PowerTech, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 1-6, IEEE PowerTech 2019, 13th, Milano, Italy, 23/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2019.8810908

Donaldson, D, Khan, Z & Jayaweera, D 2019, Improving forecast accuracy using a synthetic weather station: an incremental approach and BFCom2018 lessons learned. in 2019 IEEE Milano Powertech. IEEE Milan PowerTech, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 1-6, IEEE PowerTech 2019, 13th, Milano, Italy, 23/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2019.8810869

Alvarez Alvarado, M & Jayaweera, D 2019, Smart maintenance model for operational planning of static synchronous compensators. in 2019 IEEE Milano Powertech., 8810830, IEEE Milan PowerTech, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 1-6, IEEE PowerTech 2019, 13th, Milano, Italy, 23/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2019.8810830

Alabri , W & Jayaweera, D 2019, Unbalanced modelling of STATCOM and SVC in hybrid load flow method. in Proceedings of 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2019., 8905636, IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe), Bucharest, Romania, 29/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2019.8905636

Alvarez Alvarado, M & Jayaweera, D 2018, A new approach for reliability assessment of a static var compensator integrated smart grid. in A new approach for reliability assessment of a static var compensator integrated smart grid. PMAPS International Conference 2018, Idaho, United States, 24/06/18.

Vasquez , W, Jayaweera, D & Játiva-Ibarra , J 2018, Advanced aging failure model for overhead conductors. in 2017 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies: (ISGT- Europe). IEEE Xplore, IEEE International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe), Italy, 26/09/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260134

Paper

Sompracha, C, Jayaweera, D & Tricoli, P 2018, 'A novel particle swarm optimisation technique to improve energy efficiency of doubly-fed induction generators for wind turbines', Paper presented at 7th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation, Copenhagen, Denmark, 26/09/18 - 27/09/18.

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