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Dr Benjamin Chong

Dr Benjamin Chong

  • Position: Lecturer
  • Areas of expertise: Electrical engineering; Power electronics; Battery Energy Management, Renewable energy; Photovoltaic energy; Electric drives.
  • Email: B.Chong@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 9091
  • Location: 3.64 School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Profile

  • Fellow of HEA and member of IET
  • Best Lecturer at the School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2023. 
  • Member of University’s Assessment Strategy Expert Group
  • Nominated several times for LUU Partnership Awards. 
  • Highly recommended in the faculty of EPS for Inspirational Teaching/Supervisor.
  • Champion for lifelong learning
  • PebblePad Explorer and Trailblazer.
  • Contributor to the textbook "Modern Control Systems" by Dorf & Bishop (13th Edition), 2016.  
  • PhD, University of Leeds (2011).
  • Electrical Engineer at Batang Ai Hydroelectric Power Station, Malaysia (2005-2006).
  • BEng in Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds (2004).

Responsibilities

  • Power and Energy Systems Theme Team Leader
  • Level 1 Year Tutor

Research interests

Discipline-specific research: Battery Energy Management, Photovoltaic Energy System and Applications, Grid Connection of Renewable Energy Systems, Power Electronics Applied to Power Systems. 

Scholarship: Lifelong learning, Student sense of belonging, Digital education. 

 

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • BEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering
  • PhD

Student education

Dr Chong is the leader for Power and Energy Systems theme which focuses on all activities relating to student education for the areas including power engineering, power electronics, renewable energy, drives and control. He is currently leading and delivering the module relating to power electronics, control and electric drives. He is also supervising both undergraduate BEng and MEng, and postgraduate MSc projects.

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute of Communication and Power Networks
  • Smart energy systems

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>