BIO
Obaidur Rahman graduated with First Class Honours and Dean's Scholar award in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wollongong in 2017. Building upon this foundation, he pursued a Ph.D. with the Australian Power Quality Research Centre (APQRC) at the same university, where his research focused on addressing voltage regulation challenges in future grids with high solar penetration and electric vehicle integration. Obaidur joined the Australian Power Quality Research Centre at the University of Wollongong as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2022, where he is actively contributing to industry collaborated research projects such as the Global Power System Transformation (GPST) initiative and the ARENA funded Harmonic Compliance Project. His main areas of research include Impact of Renewable and Distributed Generation on Electricity Networks, Power Quality Monitoring and Assessment, Electric Vehicles and Smart Grids.
UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG APPOINTMENTS
- ResearcherUniversity of Wollongong, Australian Power Quality Research Centre, Wollongong, Australia1 Aug 2022 - 9 Jun 2023
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate Research FellowUniversity of Wollongong, Australian Power Qualilty Research Centre, Wollongong, Australia31 Jul 2023 - present
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyUniversity of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia19 Feb 2018 - 30 Mar 2023
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours I)(Scholar)University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia24 Feb 2014 - 24 Nov 2017