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Paul L. Lewin was born in Ilford, Essex in 1964. He received his BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southampton, UK in 1986 and 1994, respectively. He joined the academic staff at the University in 1989 and is currently a Professor and Head of Electrical Power Engineering within the School of Electronics and Computer Science. He also serves as the Director of the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory. His research interests are in the applied areas of signal processing and control, with a focus on high voltage engineering, which includes condition monitoring of high voltage cables and plants, surface charge measurement, and high voltage insulation/dielectric materials. He is particularly interested in the automation field, specifically in the practical application of repetitive control and iterative learning control algorithms. Over his career, he has received funding grants exceeding £34M, supervised 50 graduate students to successful completion of their doctoral theses, and published over 500 refereed conference and journal papers in his research areas. Paul is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has served as the general chair for the IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics in 2007 and the IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference in 2015. Additionally, he was the President of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society during 2016-2017 and has been an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation.
University of Southampton • Southampton, England
Leads the Department of Electrical Power Engineering and oversees academic and research activities.