Dr Dilan Jayaweera, School of Electronic Electrical and Systems Engineering, University 麻豆精选

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

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

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 414 4294
Fax: +44 (0)121 414 4291
Email: d.jayaweera@bham.ac.uk

Address: Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering
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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

Dr Jayaweera is the Convenor of MSc Programme in Electrical 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

Alghamdi, A & Jayaweera, D 2025, '', IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 60470-60491.

Alghamdi, A & Jayaweera, D 2025, '', International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems.

Donaldson, DL, Ferranti, EJS, Quinn, AD, Jayaweera, D, Peasley, T & Mercer, M 2023, '', Meteorological Applications, vol. 30, no. 2, e2127.

Alghamdi, AAM & Jayaweera, D 2023, '', IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 17, no. 21, pp. 4677-4906.

Alharbi, BS & Jayaweera, D 2022, '', Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, vol. 10, no. 3, 9426544, pp. 710-718.

Donaldson, D, Alvarez Alvarado, M & Jayaweera, D 2022, '', IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

Alabri, W & Jayaweera, D 2022, '', IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 2399-2415.

Altamimi, A & Jayaweera, D 2021, '', Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 190, 106830.

Donaldson, DL, Piper, DM & Jayaweera, D 2021, '', IEEE Access, vol. 9, 9442713, pp. 79841-79852.

Conference contribution

Alghamdi, A & Jayaweera, D 2023, . in 2022 IEEE PES 14th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)., 22881325, Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, IEEE, pp. 1-6, 2022 IEEE PES 14th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20/11/22.

Donaldson, DL & Jayaweera, D 2022, . in 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT)., 9817497, Innovative smart grid technologies, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2022, New Orleans, United States, 24/04/22.

Alghamdi, AAM & Jayaweera, D 2022, . in 2022 IEEE 16th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics, and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG)., 9880902, Compatibility in power electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 16th IEEE International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics, and Power Engineering, CPE-POWERENG 2022, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 29/06/22.

Salinas-Herrera, F, Jayaweera, D, Alvarez-Alvarado, MS & Riofr铆o, X 2022, . in 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia)., 9715699, IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies--Asia, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT Asia 2021, Brisbane, Australia, 5/12/21.

Vasquez, WA & Jayaweera, D 2021, . in 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe)., 9639956, IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 11th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT Europe 2021, Espoo, Finland, 18/10/21.

Al Abri, W & Jayaweera, D 2021, . in 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe)., 9640198, IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 11th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT Europe 2021, Espoo, Finland, 18/10/21.