Dr Michael Jack | Associate Professor (Group Leader) | |
Dr Phoung Nguyen | PhD Student (2013-2017). Primary supervisor. | Statistical Mechanics of Molecular Motors |
Camilla Tumlin | Honours Student (2015) | Exploring the efficiency of a nanoscale heat engine by numerically modelling Brownian motion in two dimensions |
Jefferson Dew | Honours Student (2016) | Electrical Peak Load Reduction by Managing Domestic Hot Water Cylinder Demand |
Xiao Dong Shu | PGDipSci Student (2016) | Economic Optimisation of Photovoltaic Panel Orientation for Commercial Installations |
Caitlin Tromop | MSc Student (2015-2017) | Exergy Analysis of New Zealand |
Imran Kahn | PhD Student (2015-2019). Co-supervisor. | A Temporal Approach to Characterizing Electrical Peak Demand |
Jack Devine | MSc Student (2017-2018) | Self-induced temperature gradients in Brownian dynamics |
Nazul Jared Lopez Alamilla | PhD Student (2015-2019). Primary supervisor. | Energy Landscapes of Motor Proteins |
Carsten Dortans | MSc Student (2017-2018) | The technical potential for demand response in New Zealand’s residential sector |
Sam Aitken | Honours Student (2017) | Technoeconomic Feasibility of Battery-Based Demand Response: Case Study on the University of Otago |
Tupuivao Vaiaso | PGDipSci Student (2018) | Matching Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Generation to Demand Profiles |
Rafferty Parker | PGDipSci Student (2018) | Smart Control Scenarios of Domestic Water Heaters in New Zealand |
Tupuivao Vaiaso | MSc Student (2018-2019) | 100% renewable electricity for Samoa |
Rafferty Parker | MSc Student (2019-2020) | A Comparative Study of Electricity Demand Forecasting Models for Residential Hot Water at the Individual Household Level |
Jefferson Dew | Current PhD Student. Co-supervisor | Demand Response in the Agricultural Sector – A Socio-technical Study |
Carsten Dortans | Current PhD Student. Co-supervisor | The influence of grid-edge technology on the electricity system and households in New Zealand |
Aminat Razaq | MSc Student (2020-21) | Smart Control of Water Heaters for Micro Grid Balancing |
Felix Cook | Honours Student (2019) | Matching tidal power generation with demand in New Zealand 2019 |
Adam Decker | Honours Student (2020) | A Simple Model of Interacting Molecular Motors |
Ngaio Fulton | Honours Student (2021) | The potential of Night-time Photovoltaics to address winter peak electricity demand |
Aleida Powell | Honours Student (2021) | Modelling the Long-term Impacts of Increased Demand Response within a 100% Renewable New Zealand Power System |
Adam Deaker | MSc Student (2021-22) | Operator Methods for Many-Body Brownian Motion |
Aleida Powell | Current MSc Student | |
Anthony Mirfin | Current PhD Student | A pay-for-performance programme design to enable demand flexibility and energy efficiency to act as resources in virtual power plants |
Al-hasan Ali Mohammed Abdulwahid | Current PhD Student | Role of Hydrogen in New Zealand |