Background Info
THE POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVES RESEARCH GROUP (PEDG) IS A RESEARCH GROUP FORMED UNDER THE FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA. THE GROUP IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF POWER ELECTRONICS STATIC APPLICATIONS SUCH AS RENEWABLE/ALTERNATE ENERGY POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, ACTIVE POWER FILTERS, STATIC VAR GENERATORS, BATTERY CHARGERS AND DC POWER SUPPLIES. IN THE FIELD OF DRIVES, THE GROUP FOCUSES ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE DRIVE SYSTEMS, WHICH INCLUDE DIRECT TORQUE CONTROL AND FIELD-ORIENTED CONTROL.FLAGSHIPCHARGING THE GROUP CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF ELEVEN MEMBERS. IN RECENT YEARS THE GROUP HAS GROWN ITS EXPERTISE THROUGH ITS INVOLVEMENT IN CARRYING OUT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND CONSULTANCIES FOR INDUSTRIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THE RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN WIDELY KNOWN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS AT BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. PEDG IS ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH INDUSTRY AND UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGE UNIVERSITIES IN MALAYSIA THROUGH PLATFORMS RANGING FROM SHORT-TERM TO LONG-TERM CONSULTANCY, JOINT RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING AND TRAINING AS WELL AS POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISIONS.