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Keynote Speaker I
Keynote Speaker I
Prof. Dr. Eng. Ir. Syafaruddin, S.T, M.Eng, IPU
Head of Research and Development (R&D)
in Energy and Electricity Systems
Universitas Hasanuddin
Indonesia
Prof. Dr. Eng. Ir. Syafaruddin received his Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree in Electrical Engineering from Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia, in 1996, his Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Queensland, Australia, in 2004, and his Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) degree from Kumamoto University, Japan, in 2009. He has been working at Kumamoto University for two years as a Project Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Technology, sponsored by the Endowed Chair of Kumamoto University.
His current position is Professor in Energy Conversion in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia. He has been a member of the Executive Professional Engineer in Indonesia since 2020. He visited Northern Illinois University, United States of America (USA), in 2018 for the Scheme of Academic for Mobility Exchange (SAME) program. Recently, Professor. Syafaruddin has been involved in academic research activities in the Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), for the topic of Anaerobic Digestion method for waste energy in campus and optimized scheduling of Electric Vehicle (EV) based Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) systems to alleviate the peak load conditions on campus. His research interests include Distributed Generation planning, Real-time simulation, Renewable Energy, especially Photovoltaic (PV) systems including Maximum Power Point (MPP) control, Inverter configuration, Partially Shaded cases, Fault-tolerant for household PV application and Intelligent Control application to Power Systems.
Keynote Speaker II
Keynote Speaker II
Ir. Norul Rafiq Bin Namas Khan, C. Eng
SMIEM, MIET, ACPE, MIEEE
Director at Volta Forensic
Volta Engineering and Inspection Sdn. Bhd.
Selangor, Malaysia
Ir. Norul Rafiq Bin Namas Khan, C. Eng. is a Professional Engineer who offers experience and knowledge in failure investigation to contribute to high quality electrical engineering solutions and improvement programs. He has carried out technical services for international clients across Europe, Middle East, Africa, America, Australia and Asia – a total of over 30 countries in 6 continents.
He has over 17 years’ experience conducting over 200 root cause investigations for a broad array of medium and high voltage equipment failures, some of which have resulted in loss of life and damage to property from fire incidents. Such investigations are mainly carried out for the purpose of continuous engineering practice improvements, claims (insurance and warranty), as well as arbitration and litigation pursuits. The investigations cover equipment voltage classes ranging from 0.415 to above 500 kV (LV, MV, HV and EHV) for both AC and DC currents. These include over 30 failure investigations involving interconnectors and inter-array subsea power cable systems in Europe and Southeast Asia.
He currently leads Volta Forensic, a Malaysian based forensic engineering company and is an external consultant for Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) Research and Development (R&D). He also serves as an associate for KEMA Labs testing, inspection and certification services for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
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