B. T. (Toan) Phung

Senior Lecturer in Energy Systems

	Telephone:	+61 (2) 9385 5407
	Facsimile:	+61 (2) 9385 5993
	Email:
	Room:	107, EE Building

Qualifications

	B.E. (electrical engineering), University of Wollongong, 1978.
	M.Eng.Sc. (electrical engineering), University of NSW, 1982.
	PhD. In Electrical Engineering, University of NSW, 1998

Membership of Professional Societies

	The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Member
	CIGRE- Australian Panel D1 Member

Employment

	Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA), Engineer, 1978-1980
	The University of New South Wales, Professional Officer, 1980-2001
	The University of New South Wales, Senior Lecturer, 2002 - Present

Teaching Areas

	Electrical Energy Systems
	Power System Equipment
	Power System Analysis
	High-Voltage Engineering

Continuing Education Activities

ESAA Short Courses in Electrical Insulation & Insulation Condition Monitoring.

Research Interests

	Electrical Insulation - characteristics of gaseous, liquid and solid ielectrics; study of insulation ageing mechanisms; diagnostic methods.
	Partial Discharge Measurement - advanced computer-based data acquisition,conventional and ultra-high frequency discharge detection, acoustic methods, noise and interference reduction using signal processing.
	Partial Discharge Analysis - application of modern digital analysis methodsfor discharge characterisation and pattern recognitions for fault diagnosis.
	Power System Equipment - on-line condition monitoring of strategic plantitems such as HV cables, power transformers, generators and switchgear.
	Power System Analysis - computational techniques
	Optical Fibre Sensors - application in power engineering
	Power Quality - harmonics, transients, etc
	Artificial Intelligence - neural networks and fuzzy logic for pattern recognition.

Selected Publications