Professor Tapan Saha
Professor

Tapan Saha

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Background

Prof Tapan Saha was born in Bangladesh and immigrated to Australia in 1989. Tapan received his PhD from the University of Queensland in 1994. Previously, Tapan obtained a B. Sc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka in 1982 and a Master of Technology in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi in 1985. He has been with the University of Queensland since 1996, where he has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering since 2005. Previously he was an Adjunct Professor of Xi'an Jiaotong University and Hunan University in China. Previously he worked in James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville for two and a half years and in BUET for three and a half years.

Tapan Saha is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineers Australia. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) of Engineers Australia and a Registered Professional Engineer of the State of Queensland (RPEQ). He is on the National Engineering Register (NER). Prof Saha is on the APEC Engineer Register and on the Register of International Professional Engineers.

His current research projects are in the fields of:

  • Renewable energy integration to electricity grid
  • Smart condition monitoring for transformers and other ageing assets

Prof Saha is actively involved with a number of organisations:

  • Leader: Power, Energy and Control Engineering Discipline
  • Leader: UQ Solar
  • Founding Director: Australasian Transformer Innovation Centre
  • Leader: Industry 4.0 UQ Energy TestLab
  • IEEE Power & Energy Society Distinguished Lecturer
  • ARC College of Expert Member
  • Editorial Board Member, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
  • Editorial Board Member & Consulting Editor, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
  • Senior Editor, IEEE Access
  • Electrical College Board (Engineers Australia) Member (2015-2020)
  • CIGRE Australian Panel A2 Member
  • IEEE Power & Energy Society Queensland Chapter: Chair (2021-2022)
  • Faculty Adviser: IEEE MU Kappa Chapter (UQ)
  • Student Counsellor: IEEE PES/DEIS UQ Student Branch
  • Member, Queensland Electrical Branch (Engineers Australia, till 2023)

Availability

Professor Tapan Saha is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Engineering

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, Bangladesh University
  • Masters (Research) of Research, Indian Institute of Technolgy, Delhi
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Engineers Australia, Engineers Australia
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Research interests

  • Power systems analysis-renewable energy integration (Solar PV and wind)

  • Long distance transmission connection from renewnable energy sources to the main electricity grid

  • Intelligent Diagnostics of Aged Power Transformers & other ageing assets

  • Solar PV forecasting and large scale solar farm fault detection and diagnosis

Research impacts

Prof Tapan Saha has more than thirty years of research/teaching experience within the Australian universities. He has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering since 2005, and has established himself as an internationally recognised research expert in power & energy systems. He has published more than 660 papers in IEEE, IET and Elsevier Transactions & major power engineering peer reviewed conferences. He has successfully supervised 57 PhD & 11 MPhil students as a principal adviser and currently supervises 15 PhD students. He has also been supervising three PhD students through UQIDAR (https://www.uqidar.org/), which is a joint PhD program between UQ and IIT Delhi, India. He has been supervising two PhD students through UQ-DTU joint PhD program. He has received numerous grants from ARC, ARENA and other competitive agencies and also from the Australian electricity supply industry. He serves in a number of professional organisations, which includes IEEE, Engineers Australia and CIGRE. He has established a strong research collaboration with universities in Australia, India, China, USA and Canada. He works very closely with the Australian electricity supply industry.

A Brisbane start-up company Aurtra, founded on University of Queensland technology developed by Professor Tapan Saha, Dr Hui Ma, Dr Chandima Ekanayake and Dr Dan Martin to monitor the health of electricity network transformers has been acquired by French multinational Schneider Electric in a multi-million-dollar deal.

Prof Saha has published his 25 years research outcome on transformer in a book: Transformer Ageing : Monitoring and Estimation Techniques, which is published by Wiley & IEEE. This book is available through Amazon & also through this link

New Book

A New report has been published Comparing High Voltage Overhead and Underground Transmission Infrastructure for Powerlink.

Search Professor Tapan Saha’s works on UQ eSpace

687 works between 1985 and 2025
All (687) Journal Article (258) Book Chapter (8) Conference Publication (411) Book (3) Other Outputs (6) Edited Outputs (1)

361 - 380 of 687 works

2013

Conference Publication

Improving measurement techniques of power transformer insulation: a study of the intermolecular interactions between water and vegetable oil based dielectrics

Martin, D., Lelekakis, N., Ekanayake, C., Saha, T. and Ma, H. (2013). Improving measurement techniques of power transformer insulation: a study of the intermolecular interactions between water and vegetable oil based dielectrics. CEIDP 2013: Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, Chenzhen, China, 20-23 October, 2013. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/CEIDP.2013.6748239

Improving measurement techniques of power transformer insulation: a study of the intermolecular interactions between water and vegetable oil based dielectrics

2013

Journal Article

Control strategies for augmenting LVRT capability of DFIGs in interconnected power systems

Hossain, M. J., Saha, T. K., Mithulananthan, N. and Pota, H. R. (2013). Control strategies for augmenting LVRT capability of DFIGs in interconnected power systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 60 (6) 6357248, 2510-2522. doi: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2228141

Control strategies for augmenting LVRT capability of DFIGs in interconnected power systems

2013

Conference Publication

Variability and performance analysis of the PV plant at The University of Queensland

Raygani, Saeid Veysi, Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2013). Variability and performance analysis of the PV plant at The University of Queensland. 2013 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Hobart, TAS, Australia, 29 September–3 October 2013. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers). doi: 10.1109/aupec.2013.6725342

Variability and performance analysis of the PV plant at The University of Queensland

2013

Conference Publication

Adaptive blind equalization for automatic partial discharge signal processing and pattern classification

Chan, Jeffery C., Ma, Hui, Saha, Tapan K. and Ekanayake, Chandima (2013). Adaptive blind equalization for automatic partial discharge signal processing and pattern classification. 2013 Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, Chenzhen, China, 20-23 October 2013. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CEIDP.2013.6748108

Adaptive blind equalization for automatic partial discharge signal processing and pattern classification

2013

Conference Publication

Power transformer condition assessment using support vector machine with heuristic optimization

Cui, Yi, Ma, Hui and Saha, Tapan K. (2013). Power transformer condition assessment using support vector machine with heuristic optimization. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2013, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 29 September - 03 October 2013. Piscataway, NJ United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/AUPEC.2013.6725452

Power transformer condition assessment using support vector machine with heuristic optimization

2013

Conference Publication

State of the Art Review On Managing Vegetable Oil Filled Transformers

Martin, Daniel, Ma, Hui, Ekanayake, Chandima, Saha, Tapan, Lelekakis, Nick and Williams, Kerry (2013). State of the Art Review On Managing Vegetable Oil Filled Transformers. Cigre Study Communities B3 / D1 Colloquium Brisbane 2013, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8 - 13 September 2013. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: CIGRE.

State of the Art Review On Managing Vegetable Oil Filled Transformers

2013

Conference Publication

A comparative study on signal processing for partial discharge measurement

Chan, Jeffery, Ma, Hui and Saha, Tapan (2013). A comparative study on signal processing for partial discharge measurement. Cigré Colloquium. Managing Substations in the Power System of the Future: Trends in Technology, Design, Materials and Diagnostics, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8-13 September, 2013.

A comparative study on signal processing for partial discharge measurement

2012

Journal Article

Power transformer fault diagnosis under measurement originated uncertainties

Ma, Hui, Ekanayake, Chandima and Saha, Tapan (2012). Power transformer fault diagnosis under measurement originated uncertainties. IEEE Transaction on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 19 (6) 6396956, 1982-1990. doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2012.6396956

Power transformer fault diagnosis under measurement originated uncertainties

2012

Journal Article

Robust control strategy for PV system integration in distribution systems

Hossain M. J., Saha T. K., Mithulananthan, N. and Pota H. R. (2012). Robust control strategy for PV system integration in distribution systems. Applied Energy, 99, 355-362. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.027

Robust control strategy for PV system integration in distribution systems

2012

Journal Article

Assessment and enhancement of small signal stability of renewable-energy-based electricity distribution system

Dahal, Sudarshan, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2012). Assessment and enhancement of small signal stability of renewable-energy-based electricity distribution system. IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy, 3 (3), 407-415. doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2012.2187079

Assessment and enhancement of small signal stability of renewable-energy-based electricity distribution system

2012

Journal Article

Voltage variation sensitivity analysis for unbalanced distribution networks due to photovoltaic power fluctuations

Yan, Ruifeng and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2012). Voltage variation sensitivity analysis for unbalanced distribution networks due to photovoltaic power fluctuations. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 27 (2) 6134699, 1078-1089. doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2011.2179567

Voltage variation sensitivity analysis for unbalanced distribution networks due to photovoltaic power fluctuations

2012

Journal Article

Investigation of voltage stability for residential customers due to high photovoltaic penetrations

Yan, Ruifeng and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2012). Investigation of voltage stability for residential customers due to high photovoltaic penetrations. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 27 (2) 6144040, 651-662. doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2011.2180741

Investigation of voltage stability for residential customers due to high photovoltaic penetrations

2012

Journal Article

Statistical learning techniques and their applications for condition assessment of power transformer

Ma, Hui, Saha, Tapan K. and Ekanayake, Chandima (2012). Statistical learning techniques and their applications for condition assessment of power transformer. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 19 (2) 6180241, 481-489. doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2012.6180241

Statistical learning techniques and their applications for condition assessment of power transformer

2012

Journal Article

Statistical analysis of diagnostic indicators during an accelerated ageing experiment for XLPE cable specimens

Thomas, Andrew J. and Saha, Tapan K. (2012). Statistical analysis of diagnostic indicators during an accelerated ageing experiment for XLPE cable specimens. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 19 (1) 6148528, 274-282. doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2012.6148528

Statistical analysis of diagnostic indicators during an accelerated ageing experiment for XLPE cable specimens

2012

Conference Publication

Performance of MRAS based speed estimators for grid connected doubly fed induction machines during voltage dips

Verma, V., Hossain, M. J., Saha, T. and Chakraborty, C. (2012). Performance of MRAS based speed estimators for grid connected doubly fed induction machines during voltage dips. 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, 22 - 26 July 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers). doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345006

Performance of MRAS based speed estimators for grid connected doubly fed induction machines during voltage dips

2012

Conference Publication

Investigation into the implementation of silicone coatings on high voltage insulators in Queensland

Hugall, Alexander, Saha, Tapan, Krake, Paul and Bekker, Rikus (2012). Investigation into the implementation of silicone coatings on high voltage insulators in Queensland. 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, United States, 22-26 July 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6343961

Investigation into the implementation of silicone coatings on high voltage insulators in Queensland

2012

Conference Publication

Interpretation of dielectric response measurements of transformer insulation under temperature variations and transient effects

Ma, Hui, Saha, Tapan K. and Ekanayake, Chandima (2012). Interpretation of dielectric response measurements of transformer insulation under temperature variations and transient effects. 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, United States, 22-26 July 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6344903

Interpretation of dielectric response measurements of transformer insulation under temperature variations and transient effects

2012

Conference Publication

Investigation on the impacts of hybrid multi-terminal HVDC system combining LCC and VSC technologies using system identification

Nguyen, Mai Huong, Sah. Tapan Kumar and Eghba, Mehdi (2012). Investigation on the impacts of hybrid multi-terminal HVDC system combining LCC and VSC technologies using system identification. 2012 22nd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, Bali, Indonesia, 26-29 September 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE.

Investigation on the impacts of hybrid multi-terminal HVDC system combining LCC and VSC technologies using system identification

2012

Conference Publication

Modeling and planning of EV fast charging station in power grid

Dharmakeerthi, C. H., Mithulananthan, Nadarajah and Saha, T. K. (2012). Modeling and planning of EV fast charging station in power grid. 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, United States, 22-26 July 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345008

Modeling and planning of EV fast charging station in power grid

2012

Conference Publication

A study on suitability of different transformer winding models for frequency response analysis

Yousof, M. F. M., Ekanayake, Chandima, Saha, Tapan K. and Ma, Hui (2012). A study on suitability of different transformer winding models for frequency response analysis. 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, United States, 22-26 July 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345217

A study on suitability of different transformer winding models for frequency response analysis

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    AI Driven Diagnostics and Predictive Maintenance of solar farms using Solaris AI Platform
    Australia's Economic Accelerator Innovate Grants
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2027
    Control Design for Stable Hybrid Renewable Generators with Grid-forming and Grid-following Technologies
    Australian Renewable Energy Agency Advancing Renewables Program
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2028
    Energy Queensland Community Batteries Project [ARENA project led by Energy Queensland]
    Energy Queensland Limited
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Optimising future copper production in the NW Mineral Province -Stage 1 scoping
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2026
    Solar PV Based Hybrid Microgrid System for Efficient Building Energy Management (SPARC grant administered by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Accelerating Australia's Power System Transformation (administered by CSIRO)
    CSIRO
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2029
    Australasian Transformer Innovation Centre
    The Australian Power Institute Limited
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Application of Multimodal Sensors to Reduce Transformer Failures
    Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Investigation of loop delays for solar farm controllers via hardware-in-the-loop testing
    EPEC Group Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Solar Photovoltaics forecasting for efficient power management
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Non-Destructive Testing for Condition Assessment of Wooden Poles
    Energy Networks Association Limited
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    2021/ARP018 - University of Queensland, Platform for Solar Farm Pre-commissioning
    Australian Renewable Energy Agency
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Enabling the Queensland Power System of the Future
    Queensland Government Advance Queensland Platform Technology Program
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Pilot project to trial Solar F2D2
    Australian Renewable Energy Agency
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Overhead Conductor Condition Monitoring
    Energy Networks Association Limited
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Synchrophasor Measurement Data Applications for Distributed Energy Resource Connection and Distribution System Management
    NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Redback Smart Monitoring Platform (Advance Queensland Platform Technology Program grant administered by Redback Operations Pty Ltd)
    Redback Technologies Australia
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Increasing Visibility of Distribution Networks to Maximise PV Penetration Levels
    Australian Renewable Energy Agency
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Power Quality Monitoring of Grids with High Penetration of Power Converters
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Preventing transformer failures caused by silver sulphide
    Energy Networks Association Limited
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Advanced Pulsed Power: an emerging technology for science and engineering systems
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Monitoring and Management System for Smart Distribution Networks
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Millimetre Waves for Imaging and Sensing
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Sustainable operation of transformers with better understanding of technical and economic constraints
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    RAC - Collinsville Solar Thermal Power Station
    RATCH-Australia Corporation Limited
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    An investigation of the impacts of increased power supply to the national grid by wind generators on the Australian electricity industry
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Transformer Oil Health Index
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Development of smart power transformers with intelligent monitoring, diagnostic and life management systems
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Determining the benefits of embedded storage within a localised solar powered distribution network
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Investigation of stability and power quality issues from the wide spread PV integration into electricity distribution networks
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Optimum location of FACTS devices with advanced control scheme for improving the security of complex power grid
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Energy Transformed Flagship: Low Emissions Distributed Energy (CSIRO Flagship administered by University of Technology, Sydney)
    University of Technology Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2016
    Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence
    Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Distributed generation evaluation facility and power control (ARC LIEF Administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2010
    Investigation of key factors affecting the polarisation based diagnostics of power transformers
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Advanced Planning Tools for the Prevention of System-wide Blackouts of Large Power Systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Emergency Control for Power Systems Separation (DP0559461 administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2008
    Investigation of Demand Diversity and Appropriate New Generation Entry into Electricity Market Simulation Tools
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    Expected reliability of meshed and extended transmission systems
    Powerlink Queensland (Government Entity)
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    Condition assessment of medium voltage XLPE - insulated cables degraded by water treeing
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2005
    Power delivery in a deregulated environment
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2003
    Investigations into the impact of Electricity System Requirements on the Design of Powerformers
    ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2002
    Investigations into the impact of electricity system requirements on the design of powerformers
    ARC (Australian Postgraduate Award-Industry)
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2002
    Accurate interpretation and theoretical modelling of return voltage measurement for predicting useful remaining life of aged power transformers.
    Transgrid
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Reliability of metal oxide surge arrester
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Theoretical modelling of interfacial polarisation spectra measurement for predicting useful remaining life of aged power transformers
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant
  • 1997
    An assessment of distribution system power quality
    University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Tapan Saha is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Data-driven adaptive control of converter-driven oscillations with multiple converter-interfaced generators

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Feifei Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Electrical Control of Hybrid Power Plants Connected to Weak Grids

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Digital Twin of Transformer

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hui Ma, Dr Chandima Ekanayake

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Coordinated Frequency Control for Power Networks with High Inverter-interfaced Energy Resources

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Feifei Bai

  • Master Philosophy

    Frequency Stability Control for Power Grids with Inverter-based Resources

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Feifei Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Adaptive, secure and resilient programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and data transfer protocols

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ryan Ko

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multi-Port Super-Fast EV Charger Controller Development and its Impact on Power Networks

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Feifei Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Impact of distributed energy resources (DER) on the life expectancy of transformer

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hui Ma, Dr Chandima Ekanayake

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Control algorithms for the grid forming inverters to enhance stability and performance

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rahul Sharma

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Identification of power oscillations from variable renewable energy-based generators

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Feifei Bai

  • Master Philosophy

    Mitigation of Power Transformer failure due to Corrosive Sulphur

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hui Ma, Dr Chandima Ekanayake

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Grid-edge technology development for renewable energy transition

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Feifei Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    New Electricity Market Mechanism for Electric Vehicles to Address Emerging Distribution Network Operational Challenges

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rahul Sharma, Dr Wayes Tushar

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • National grid
  • Power systems analysis
  • Power transformers
  • Renewable energy
  • Renewable energy integration
  • Solar PV and Wind energy

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