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Barry Rawn studies the development of stressed centralized electricity infrastructure in relation to the rapid deployment of off-grid energy systems. He pursues interests in projects concerning transmission and distribution levels in Nigeria and contributes to the IEEE Working Group on Sustainable Energy for Developing Communities. As an Associate Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Africa, he teaches power and energy-related courses while facilitating local industrial collaboration and international research activities. Rawn has a track record in research focusing on the integration of renewable energy resources into electric power systems, as well as the modeling and control of these resources. He has held postdoctoral positions at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and KU Leuven (Belgium) and previously accepted a faculty position as a Lecturer at Brunel University London (UK), where he maintains an affiliation with the Smart Power Networks Theme at the Institute of Energy Futures.
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