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Professor and Chair Name: Innocent E. Davidson
Tel: +27 31 373 2062
Email: innocentd@dut.ac.za
Campus: Steve Biko
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Bio: Prof IE Davidson (M’92, SM’02), IEEE, USA; Fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology, UK; Fellow, South African Institute of Electrical Engineers; Chartered Engineer, UK; registered Professional Engineer (P Eng.), Engineering Council of South Africa. He is a Full Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical Power Engineering; Director, Centre of Excellence in Smart Grids; Project Leader, Space Science Program, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. He has managed over R45million in research funds and he is the recipient of numerous awards, including: the Best Student Paper Award for the technical paper: “Intelligent Disbursement and Impact Analysis of DG on Distribution Networks to Mitigate SA Energy Shortages”, at the Clemson University Power Systems Conference, 8-11 March 2016, Clemson, SC, USA; the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Renewable and Energy Research and Applications Conference, Birmingham, UK, 20-22 Nov 2016 for the paper titled: “Harmonic Distortion of LCC-HVDC and VSC-HVDC Link in Eskom’s Cahora-Bassa HVDC Scheme”; Best Paper Award at the Clemson University Power Systems Conference, Clemson, SC, USA; 10-13 March 2020 for the paper titled: “Modelling and Assessment of the Fault Ride- Through Capabilities of Grid Supporting Inverter-Based Microgrids”. At DUT’s Annual Research & Innovation, Prof IE Davidson was the recipient of the “Top Impact Author Award”,
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Nov 2020; “Top Faculty Researcher of the Year (Platinum Category)”, Nov 2019; “Faculty Researcher of the Year”, Nov 2018. Prof. Davidson has supervised 4 Postdoctoral Research Fellows and graduated 8 PhD and 42 Masters students. He is the author/co-author of over 300 accredited journal articles, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and technical reports. He is a member of the Western Canada Group of Chartered Engineers (WCGCE); the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET Canada) British Columbia Chapter; member, IEEE Collabratec Communities on Smart Cities and IEEE (South Africa Chapter).
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Qualification & Institution: Bachelor of Engineering, BSc (Eng.) with Honours, Masters of Engineering, MSc (Eng.) degrees in Electrical Engineering, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch; Post-graduate Diploma in Business Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Associate Certificate in Sustainable Energy Management (SEMAC), British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, Canada; Course Certificate in Artificial Intelligence, University of California at Berkeley, USA.
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Courses Currently Teaching: PMAN101 Project Management; PMGM101 Principles of Management
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Area of Expertise: Electrical power systems; Grid integration of renewable energy using power electronics; HVdc power transmission, power system planning and economics; and Innovation for Smart Cities.