Smart Electric Systems

About the research group

The Smart Electric Systems (SES) Research Group consists of researchers in the fields of automation, electrical engineering, information technology and telecommunication engineering. The group research and develops solutions based on modern information, communication and automation technology for the needs of the energy sector as well as for other fields of society. The applications include smart grids, wireless automation systems and various solutions for well being technology and environment.

The key research themes in the various research fields of the research group are listed below:

Automation Technology
•   Optics based measurements
•   Signal and image processing
•   FPGA
•   Soft computing
•   Optimization

Electrical Engineering
•   Smart Grids
•   Flexible energy resources
•   Power electronics
•   Intelligent control and management of energy systems
•   Electrical engineering education

Computer Science
•   Intelligent computational methods
•   Positioning technologies and systems
•   Computer vision
•   Internet of Things

Information Systems Science
•   Information systems in energy sector
•   Management of IT projects
•   Digital transformation
•   Computer ethics
•   Cybersecurity
•   IT services
•   User eXperience and accessibility
•   IT governance

Telecommunication Engineering
•   Radio resource management
•   Distributed automation systems
•   Wireless sensor networks

The research group is headed by Professor Kimmo Kauhaniemi.

News and events

17.05.2023 Energy

University of Vaasa to organise international conference on Future Energy Solutions FES2023, June 12–14

21.12.2022 Technology

How to control the emissions of energy-hungry data centres? – Significant funding from the Academy of Finland for the research infrastructure being built in Vaasa

Amir Farughian Vaasan yliopisto _ University of Vaasa

12.12.2022 Energy

New methods for indicating earth fault passages in electricity distribution networks

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Tue 20.6.2023 | 12:00 - 15:00

Dissertation: Chethan Parthasarathy (Electrical Engineering)

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Researchers from the Smart Energy Systems research group in the new FREESI laboratory.

Publications

Publications in the SoleCRIS research database

Research projects

Project	Duration	Actors
WSTAR - Wasa zero emission data centre	01/2023 - 12/2025	Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations, Smart electric systems
DiTArtIS - Network of Excellence in Digital Technologies and AI Solutions for Electromechanical and Power Systems Applications	10/2022 - 09/2025	Technology and Innovations, Smart electric systems, Renewable energy, VEBIC
CIRP-5G - Centralized Intelligent and Resilient Protection Schemes for Future Grids Applying 5G	05/2022 - 04/2024	Smart electric systems, Technology and Innovations
Use of Position Data in Industry	12/2021 - 08/2023	Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations, Smart electric systems
Education network for automated and connected transport for sustainable cities (ENACT)	01/2021 - 07/2023	Digital Economy, Executive Education, Smart electric systems
INdoor navigation from CUBesAt TEchnology (INCUBATE)	01/2021 - 12/2023	Digital Economy, International business and marketing, Marketing and Communication, Technology and Innovations, Smart electric systems
LEAP-RE - Long-Term Joint EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy	10/2020 - 12/2025	VEBIC, Technology and Innovations, Renewable energy, Smart electric systems
Cybersecurity Curricula Recommendations for Smart Grids, CC-RSG	10/2020 - 03/2023	Smart electric systems
Research Environment for Smart Grids and Flexible Energy Resources (SGFER) + investments	10/2020 - 05/2022	VEBIC, Smart electric systems
TULEVA –Logistics and resource management of the future via ubiquitous precision positioning methods	09/2020 - 08/2022	Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations, Smart electric systems, Networked value systems NeVS

Research group members

Electrical Engineering

Kimmo Kauhaniemi

Professor

School of Technology and Innovations, Electrical Engineering

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About the research group

News and events

University of Vaasa to organise international conference on Future Energy Solutions FES2023, June 12–14

How to control the emissions of energy-hungry data centres? – Significant funding from the Academy of Finland for the research infrastructure being built in Vaasa

New methods for indicating earth fault passages in electricity distribution networks

Dissertation: Chethan Parthasarathy (Electrical Engineering)

Publications

Research projects

Research group members

Electrical Engineering

Kimmo Kauhaniemi

Hannu Laaksonen

Timo Vekara

Marcelo Godoy Simoes

Seyed Ebrahimi

Nikolaos Chatziargyriou

Jose Fonseca e Castro Cavaleiro Ferreira

Joel Songok

Meysam Pashaei

Mahdi Shahparasti

Tariq Kamal

Qudrat Ullah

Seyedehsahar Seyedbarhagh

Jagdesh Kumar

Hosna Khajeh

Aushiq Memon

Miadreza Shafiekhah

Tiago Curi Busarello

Elahe Doroudchi

Otto Ellonen

Mazaher Karimi

Hussain Khan

Maarit Vesapuisto

Vahid Shahbazbegian

Khaled Fuad

Mikael Nordman

Sara Haghifam

Henrik Tarkkanen

Chethan Parthasarathy

Seyed Zandrazavi

Haresh Kumar

Automation Technology

Mats Björkqvist

Paul Geladi

Janne Koljonen

Timo Mantere

Talal Saleh

Severi Sutinen

Alfons Vaclavik

Petri Välisuo

Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering

Nasser Abdullah

Jani Boutellier

Ahmed Elgrgouri

Mohammed Elmusrati

Muhammad Faheem

Tobias Glocker

Laura Havinen

Riku Jäntti

Heikki Koivo

Jouni Lampinen

Matti Linna

Juha Miettinen

Teemu Mäenpää

Juho-Pekka Mäkipää

Jouko Paaso

Tomi Pasanen

Teemu Saari

Amit Shukla

Eljas Soisalon-Soininen

Maarit Välisuo