The University of Southampton

The Electrical Power Engineering (EPE) Research Group is part of the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Our expertise ranges from nanoscale insulation materials and plasma, through to electrical power systems and sustainable energy generation: from nanometres to megavolts.

Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory

A virtual tour around some of the key facilities of the EPE research group.

PhD Experience in Electrical Power Engineering

Meet our PhD researchers

  • 20 December 2019

    Southampton professor elevated to IEEE Fellow...

    Professor George Chen has become a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions in the field of electrical insulation and dielectrics.

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  • 4 September 2018

    Electronic engineer’s monoprint...

    A striking monoprint portrait by a postgraduate researcher from the University of Southampton has featured in the Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition.

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  • 9 May 2018

    ECS academic staff help to launch a new...

    Professor George Chen, the head of Electrical Power Engineering Research Group within ECS, has helped the IET to launch a new specialist journal - IET Nanodielectrics. The new journal will focus on state-of-the-art multidisciplinary research, encompassing a range of fields including new energies, bioscience, biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, electronic skin, wearable electronic clothing, internet-of-things and electrical insulation of the future.

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