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 Life 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, School of EECS, UQ
  • Editor-in-Chief IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
  • Leader: UQ Solar
  • Founding Director: Australasian Transformer Innovation Centre
  • Leader: Industry 4.0 UQ Energy TestLab
  • Senior Editor, IEEE Access
  • CIGRE Australian Panel A2 Member
  • Faculty Adviser: IEEE HKN-MU Kappa Chapter (UQ)
  • Student Counsellor: IEEE PES/DEIS UQ Student Branch

Past Activities:

  • IEEE Power & Energy Society Distinguished Lecturer (2015-2025)
  • ARC College of Expert Member (Jan 2020-April 2025)
  • Editorial Board Member, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (2020-2025)
  • Editorial Board Member & Consulting Editor, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (2020-2024)
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
  • Electrical College Board (Engineers Australia) Member (2015-2020)
  • IEEE Power & Energy Society Queensland Chapter: Chair (2021-2022)
  • 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 Engineering - Electrical, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
  • 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

693 works between 1985 and 2025
All (693) Book (3) Journal Article (260) Other Outputs (6) Edited Outputs (1) Conference Publication (415) Book Chapter (8)

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2022

Journal Article

Peer-to-peer kilowatt and negawatt trading: a review of challenges and recent advances in distribution networks

Azim, M. Imran, Tushar, Wayes, Saha, Tapan K., Yuen, Chau and Smith, David (2022). Peer-to-peer kilowatt and negawatt trading: a review of challenges and recent advances in distribution networks. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 169 112908, 1-23. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112908

Peer-to-peer kilowatt and negawatt trading: a review of challenges and recent advances in distribution networks

2022

Journal Article

Transactive energy for low voltage residential networks: a review

Nizami, Sohrab, Tushar, Wayes, Hossain, M.J., Yuen, Chau, Saha, Tapan and Poor, H. Vincent (2022). Transactive energy for low voltage residential networks: a review. Applied Energy, 323 119556, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119556

Transactive energy for low voltage residential networks: a review

2022

Journal Article

A hierarchical control scheme for residential air-conditioning loads to provide real-time market services under uncertainties

Lankeshwara, Gayan, Sharma, Rahul, Yan, Richard and Saha,Tapan (2022). A hierarchical control scheme for residential air-conditioning loads to provide real-time market services under uncertainties. Energy, 250 123796, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.123796

A hierarchical control scheme for residential air-conditioning loads to provide real-time market services under uncertainties

2022

Journal Article

Authenticating source information of distribution synchrophasors at intra-state locations for cyber-physical resilient power networks

Cui, Yi, Bai, Feifei, Saha, Tapan and Yaghoobi, Jalil (2022). Authenticating source information of distribution synchrophasors at intra-state locations for cyber-physical resilient power networks. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 139 108009, 108009. doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2022.108009

Authenticating source information of distribution synchrophasors at intra-state locations for cyber-physical resilient power networks

2022

Journal Article

Realizing multifractality of smart meter data for household characteristic prediction

Cui, Yi, Yan, Ruifeng, Sharma, Rahul, Saha, Tapan and Horrocks, Neil (2022). Realizing multifractality of smart meter data for household characteristic prediction. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 139 108003, 108003. doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2022.108003

Realizing multifractality of smart meter data for household characteristic prediction

2022

Journal Article

Topology detection in power distribution networks: a PMU based deep learning approach

Amoateng, David Ofosu, Yan, Ruifeng, Mosadeghy, Mehdi and Saha, Tapan K. (2022). Topology detection in power distribution networks: a PMU based deep learning approach. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 37 (4), 2771-2782. doi: 10.1109/tpwrs.2021.3128428

Topology detection in power distribution networks: a PMU based deep learning approach

2022

Journal Article

Identification of partial discharge through cable-specific adaption and neural network ensemble

Yeo, Joel, Jin, Huifei, Rodrigo Mor, Armando, Yuen, Chau, Tushar, Wayes, Saha, Tapan K. and Ng, Chee Seng (2022). Identification of partial discharge through cable-specific adaption and neural network ensemble. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 37 (3), 1598-1607. doi: 10.1109/TPWRD.2021.3093670

Identification of partial discharge through cable-specific adaption and neural network ensemble

2022

Journal Article

Security-constrained economic dispatch exploiting the operational flexibility of transmission networks

You, Lei, Ma, Hui, Saha, Tapan Kumar and Liu, Gang (2022). Security-constrained economic dispatch exploiting the operational flexibility of transmission networks. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 138 107914, 107914. doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107914

Security-constrained economic dispatch exploiting the operational flexibility of transmission networks

2022

Journal Article

Prosumer-Driven Voltage Regulation via Coordinated Real and Reactive Power Control

Yang, Jiakang, Tushar, Wayes, Saha, Tapan K., Alam, Mollah R. and Li, Yong (2022). Prosumer-Driven Voltage Regulation via Coordinated Real and Reactive Power Control. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 13 (2), 1441-1452. doi: 10.1109/TSG.2021.3125339

Prosumer-Driven Voltage Regulation via Coordinated Real and Reactive Power Control

2022

Journal Article

On recognition of multiple power quality disturbance events in electricity networks

Le, Vinh Hao, Ma, Hui, Ekanayake, Chandima and Saha, Tapan (2022). On recognition of multiple power quality disturbance events in electricity networks. IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, 16 (9), 1697-1713. doi: 10.1049/gtd2.12378

On recognition of multiple power quality disturbance events in electricity networks

2022

Journal Article

Frequency response of PV inverters towards high renewable penetrated distribution networks

Bai, Feifei, Cui, Yi, Yan, Ruifeng, Saha, Tapan Kumar, Gu, Huajie and Eghbal, Daniel (2022). Frequency response of PV inverters towards high renewable penetrated distribution networks. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 8 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.17775/CSEEJPES.2021.08470

Frequency response of PV inverters towards high renewable penetrated distribution networks

2022

Journal Article

Thermal analysis of natural cooling type distribution transformer retrofilled with natural ester oil

Dixit, Anupam, Ekanayake, Chandima, Ma, Hui, Saha, Tapan K. and Ansari, Muhammad Hafeez (2022). Thermal analysis of natural cooling type distribution transformer retrofilled with natural ester oil. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 29 (1), 1-1. doi: 10.1109/tdei.2022.3148447

Thermal analysis of natural cooling type distribution transformer retrofilled with natural ester oil

2022

Journal Article

Experimental study on partial discharge inception voltage of pressboard-enclosed void at different frequencies from the perspective of the first partial discharge time lag

Zhong, Xin, Gawasingha Arachchige, Thanuja , Ma, Hui, Ekanayake, Chandima and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2022). Experimental study on partial discharge inception voltage of pressboard-enclosed void at different frequencies from the perspective of the first partial discharge time lag. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 29 (4), 1-1. doi: 10.1109/tdei.2022.3183674

Experimental study on partial discharge inception voltage of pressboard-enclosed void at different frequencies from the perspective of the first partial discharge time lag

2022

Journal Article

Control algorithms to mitigate the effect of uncertainties in residential demand management

Lankeshwara, Gayan, Sharma, Rahul, Yan, Ruifeng and Saha, Tapan K. (2022). Control algorithms to mitigate the effect of uncertainties in residential demand management. Applied Energy, 306 117971, 117971. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117971

Control algorithms to mitigate the effect of uncertainties in residential demand management

2021

Conference Publication

Plan2Defend: AI planning for cybersecurity in smart grids

Choi, Taejun, Ko, Ryan K. L., Saha, Tapan, Scarsbrook, Joshua, Koay, Abigail M. Y., Wang, Shunyao, Zhang, Wenlu and St Clair, Connor (2021). Plan2Defend: AI planning for cybersecurity in smart grids. 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 5-8 December 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/isgtasia49270.2021.9715679

Plan2Defend: AI planning for cybersecurity in smart grids

2021

Journal Article

Electrical tree driven breakdown of XLPE under step stress breakdown test at multiple frequencies

Arachchige, Thanuja Gawasingha, Zhong, Xin, Ekanayake, Chandima, Ma, Hui and Saha, Tapan (2021). Electrical tree driven breakdown of XLPE under step stress breakdown test at multiple frequencies. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 28 (6), 2065-2073. doi: 10.1109/tdei.2021.009903

Electrical tree driven breakdown of XLPE under step stress breakdown test at multiple frequencies

2021

Journal Article

Cooperative negawatt P2P energy trading for low-voltage distribution networks

Azim, M. Imran, Tushar, Wayes and Saha, Tapan K. (2021). Cooperative negawatt P2P energy trading for low-voltage distribution networks. Applied Energy, 299 117300, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117300

Cooperative negawatt P2P energy trading for low-voltage distribution networks

2021

Journal Article

Roles of retailers in the peer-to-peer electricity market: a single retailer perspective

Tushar, Wayes, Yuen, Chau, Saha, Tapan, Chattopadhyay, Deb, Nizami, Sohrab, Hanif, Sarmad, Alam, Jan E. and Poor, H. Vincent (2021). Roles of retailers in the peer-to-peer electricity market: a single retailer perspective. iScience, 24 (11) 103278, 103278. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103278

Roles of retailers in the peer-to-peer electricity market: a single retailer perspective

2021

Conference Publication

Control of residential air-conditioning loads to provide regulation services under uncertainties

Lankeshwara, Gayan, Sharma, Rahul, Yan, Ruifeng and Saha, Tapan K. (2021). Control of residential air-conditioning loads to provide regulation services under uncertainties. 2021 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2021, Washington, DC United States, 26 - 29 July 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9637890

Control of residential air-conditioning loads to provide regulation services under uncertainties

2021

Journal Article

Evaluating the feasibility of transactive approach for voltage management using inverters of a PV plant

Alam, Mollah Rezaul, Alam, M.J.E., Somani, Abhishek, Melton, Ronald B., Tushar, Wayes, Bai, Feifei, Yan, Ruifeng and Saha, Tapan K. (2021). Evaluating the feasibility of transactive approach for voltage management using inverters of a PV plant. Applied Energy, 291 116844, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116844

Evaluating the feasibility of transactive approach for voltage management using inverters of a PV plant

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2030
    A Reliable and Secure Net-Zero Power System for Australia
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 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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Available projects

  • A Reliable and Secure Net-Zero Power System for Australia

    Project summary: Two PhD students will be recruited for the ARC Discovery Project ‘A Reliable and Secure Net-Zero Power System for Australia’. One student is expected to have expertise in power system analysis and data-driven modelling. The student is expected to have specific skill in data-driven impedance modelling method for small-signal stability assessment and data-driven transient stability evaluation method. The second student is expected to have expertise in power electronics with skill in hardware experiments and some experience in small-signal and transient stability of renewables. Experience in systems level validation of hardware through hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing will be an advantage.

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Tapan Saha directly for media enquiries about:

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

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