Stewart Hardie B.E.(Hons), PhD

EPECentre Engineer

BIOGRAPHY

Stewart has recently completed postgraduate research at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Canterbury, leading towards a PhD degree. The research developed a method for identifying partial discharge pulses and determining the number of partial discharge sources within a power transformer while it is on-line and subject to external electrical interference. Digital signal processing techniques included automated Fourier domain filtering, wavelet transforms, directional coupling analysis and cluster neural networks.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research interests include renewable energy components and systems, the use of signal processing and computers in power systems, and the general application of new technology and ideas to improve current power systems.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Hardie, S.R. and Bodger, P.S., “A new technique for detecting partial discharges within an on-line power transformer subjected to interference”, Electrical Engineers' Association (EEA) Conference 2006, Auckland, New Zealand, 16-17 June 2006.

CONTACT DETAILS

Electric Power Engineering Centre

University of Canterbury

PB 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand

Phone: +64 3 366 7001 x7141

Fax: +64 3 364 2761

Email:stewart.hardie@epecentre.ac.nz