Professor Gareth Harrison

Address:

Institute for Energy Systems
School of Engineering
The University of Edinburgh
King's Buildings
Mayfield Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JL

Telephone:

0131 650 5583

Email:

Gareth.Harrison@ed.ac.uk

January 2011 - Present

Bert Whittington Chair of Electrical Power Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh. Deputy Head of Institute for Energy Systems. Leadership of power systems and renewables research groups and supervision of team of post-doctoral and postgraduate researchers. Extensive teaching duties covering undergraduate and postgraduate energy and engineering courses.

August 2008 - December 2010

Senior Lecturer in Energy Systems, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh. Leadership of independent and collaborative research programmes and supervision of team of post-doctoral and postgraduate researchers. Extensive teaching duties covering undergraduate mechanical engineering and postgraduate energy courses.

January 2003 - July 2008

Lecturer in Energy Systems, School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh. Development of research programmes both independently and in collaboration with colleagues. Teaching duties cover undergraduate mechanical engineering. Supervision of postgraduate students.

October 2000 - December 2002

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh. Day-to-day management and implementation of research council-funded project to analyse and facilitate integration of renewable energy sources into distribution networks. Research developed novel techniques for determining the capacity of distributed renewable generation that may be accommodated in distribution networks. Techniques are being trialled with several UK network operators.

2001 - Present

External Consultant, University of Edinburgh. A variety of engagements, including an energy recovery audit for a water authority.

Postgraduate

1997 - 2000

University of Edinburgh

PhD Electrical Power Engineering - Graduated July 2001

An Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Hydro-Electric Power. Research examined the effect of climate on the financial performance of hydropower schemes. Commercially focussed and interdisciplinary, the research required contributions from finance, economics, hydrology and others. Funded by a Departmental Scholarship.

Undergraduate

1993 - 1997

University of Edinburgh

BEng (Hons) Electrical and Mechanical Engineering – awarded 2.1

Broad-based course with emphasis on power and control engineering. Successfully completed a research project and dissertation.

Secondary

1986 - 1993

Rainhill High School

A-Level – Physics (A), Chemistry (A), Applied Mathematics (A), Pure Mathematics (B), General Studies (A).

Departmental PhD Scholarship

Awarded to 'exceptional' PhD candidates, and funded through industrial links, the award covered fees, research costs and maintenance.

J M Lessells

Royal Society of Edinburgh Scholarship facilitating overseas travel.

IMechE Paper Prize

2007 Arthur Charles Main Award for best paper on a power industries subject published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (for Energy and Carbon Audit of an Offshore Wave Energy Converter).