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Why did you choose to do a PhD?
My research experience from undergraduate projects inspired me to dig deep into power electronics and renewable energy, and to find a way to meaningfully contribute to combating climate change. I also realized my passion for teaching when I conducted workshops as an UG student. Both of these drove me to pursue a PhD as the first step into a career in academia.
Why did you choose to do graduate education at NUS? If you received offers from other universities, why did you pick NUS?
NUS has a relatively small but strong team working on Power and Energy, which made me excited to be part of the research here. The learning opportunities as well as the funding provided for research students are both excellent.
Briefly share about your research or thesis (i.e. dissertation topic for Masters by Coursework students).
My research focuses on the practical aspects of integrating renewables into the grid. The current vulnerabilities in the grids have been highlighted by large-scale events such as floods, hurricanes and fires. There is clearly a need to make the grid more resilient, so that the energy sources with high uncertainties such as solar and wind can be successfully integrated. My research focuses on mitigating the stability issues in emerging power systems, and how “microgrids” can be leverage for the above goal. I work on developing control schemes that can allow electric utilities to retain stable operation as the grid-conditions change rapidly in real-time.