Aston University is in the city centre of Birmingham, UK, and is a long established research-led University known for its world-class teaching quality and strong links to industry, government and commerce. Aston University is currently ranked 8th overall for graduate employment and in the UK's top 40 universities.

 

Power Electronics, Machines and Power System (PEMPS) research group has been built around the specialism of power electronics in the applications of power distribution systems. Since it formed in 2009, PEMPS group has grown significantly and now has a funding portfolio of more than £ 4 million. Currently the group has 4 academics, 4 post-docs, and 10 Ph.D students, and has three dedicated research labs with state-of-the-art equipment including high-speed LeCroy oscilloscopes and probes, programmable DC and AC loads, programmable DC and AC power supplies, power analysers, surface mount fabrication facilities, Opal-RT and DSpace rapid-prototyping systems, Agilent 1 GHz network analyser and an in-house built AC micro-grid. The Group has access to an extensive range of software tools such as Matlab/Simulink, Mathematica, PLECS, Micro-Cap Spice, PSCAD/EMTDC, COMSOL Multphysics, IPSA and ERACS, all with licenses