Biography

 

I. Education

·       2008 - 2010: Currently studying her PhD in Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland (UQ)

·       2007 - 2008: Master of Engineering in Electricity Market, The University of Queensland - GPA: 6.38/7

·       2001 - 2006: Engineer in Electrical Power System Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) - GPA: 7.96/10

·       1998 - 2001: High School for gifted pupils in Mathematics and Computing, Hanoi University of Science

 

II. Research

·       PhD project: “Power systems stability issues due to long distance transmission”

·       Postgraduate project: “Dynamic Simulation for Wind farm in A Large Power System”

·       Graduated thesis: “Planning and restructuring Hoan Kiem district power grid”

 

III. Awards and Achievements

·       International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) from UQ

·       Australian Postgraduate Award Industry (APAI) from QGECE

·       Travel Award for PES General Meeting 2010 from IEEE QLD Chapter

·       Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement at UQ

·       Bursary for best students at high school and HUT

 

IV. Publications

·       Mai H. Nguyen, Tapan K. Saha, Mehdi Eghbal, “Hybrid Multi-terminal LCC HVDC with a VSC converter: A case study of Simplified South East Australian System”, Proc. of 2012 IEEE PES General Meeting, San Diego, California, USA

·       Mai H. Nguyen, Mehdi Eghbal, Tapan Saha, Nilesh Modi, “Investigation of Oscillation Damping for Connecting Remote Generators to a Large Power System” ISGT2011 Asia, Perth, Australia

·       Mai H. Nguyen, Tapan K. Saha and Mehdi Eghbal, “Impact of High Level of Renewable Energy Penetration on Inter-area Oscillation”, AUPEC 2011, Brisbane, Australia

·       Minh X. Bui, Mai H. Nguyen, Tapan Saha, “Dynamic simulation of HVDC interconnection in large power system”, Proc. of 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

·       Mehdi Eghbal, Tapan K. Saha and Mai H. Nguyen, “Optimal Voltage Level and Line Bundling for Transmission lines”, AUPEC 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand

·       Mai H. Nguyen, Tapan K. Saha and Mehdi Eghbal, “A Comparative Study of Voltage Stability for Long distance HVAC and HVDC interconnections”, Proc. of 2010 IEEE PES General Meeting,  Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

·       Mai H. Nguyen, Tapan K. Saha and Mehdi Eghbal, “Impacts of HVAC Interconnection Parameters on Inter-area Oscillation”, AUPEC 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand

·       Mai H. Nguyen and Tapan K. Saha, “Power loss evaluations for long distance transmission lines”, AGEC2009, Brisbane, Australia November, 2009

·       Mai H. Nguyen, Tapan K. Saha, “Dynamic simulation for wind farm in a large power system”, AUPEC2008, Sydney, Australia

 

V. Research Interest