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Stephen is the Director of Aurora Power Consulting and has 20+ years of experience in power system analysis and design, gained from working in a number of different industries including Consultancy, Transmission & Distribution and Oil and Gas. He has a wealth of experience of different kind of systems and configurations from LV up to 400kV.
Stephen’s primary role is running the day to day business of Aurora, but is also an expert user of DIgSILENT, ETAP and PSCAD and still manages to find time to carry out some power system studies. His interests include power system stability, EMT modellings and control systems. He is a regular member of several review and oversight panels and sits on the DER forum and Grid Code Development Forum contributing to various standards used within the UK. Stephen is also actively pursuing a PhD in electrical engineering at Brunel University, in the field of power system stability and renewable power integration, with a particular interest in sub synchronous oscillations (SSO) associated with IBRs,
Craig is an experienced power systems engineers with 12+ years experience and a proven track record of management and project delivery within the electricity supply industry. He has experience in the design and modeling power systems from LV up to and including 400 kV. He has worked in numerous different design areas including renewable power, data centres, nuclear, transmission and distribution and rail.
His experience includes roles as the Consultancy Manager for Burns & McDonnell and as a senior consultant at TNEI and 1898 & Co. with experience including power system studies in DigSILENT, PSCAD, IPSA, ETAP and SKM along with earthing studies in CDEGS. Analysis has included all design stages from concept development to full detail design. Craig has a particular interest in control systems design and configuration.
Ross is a chartered electrical engineer with over 15 years’ experience working in the electrical power systems industry for DNO’s, an ICP, and consultancy companies both in the United Kingdom and in New Zealand. Having completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at Canterbury in New Zealand, he then went on to complete a MSc in Electrical Power Systems at the University of Bath.
He has experience of HV and EHV design and power system studies and simulation using DIgSILENT and IPSA as well as earthing studies using the CDEGS design suite. Ross is skilled in the design and analysis of high voltage electrical systems, including both primary plant and secondary protection & control systems, with a particular focus on G99 and Grid Code compliance. As Power System Studies Team Leader, Ross is responsible for leading the System Studies Engineers to produce high-quality reports based on technically sound analysis of electrical power systems that informs our clients in a clear manner, removing uncertainty from their decision making.
Dr Yingxun Zhou is a Principal Consultant Electrical Design Engineer and has over 15+ years experience in power system modelling and analysis, gained from work at NG ESO (now NESO), with responsibility for introducing DIgSILENT to within NESO, and operational considerations for day ahead planning. He has gained experience in product development and network innovations from both SSE and OVO energy.
Yingxun is enthusiastic about the role of big data and the convergence between economics and financial instruments and power system analysis. His areas of interest include real time planning, curtailment analysis, frequency analysis of large systems and the role of AI, scripting and automation for large data systems and networks.
Dr Peter Rush is a Principal Consultant with over 40 years’ experience in power system analysis and has an impressive track record with career highlights including editor of the well known Network Protection Automation Guide (NPAG). Peter has a wealth of knowledge across a wide range of aspects of power system analysis and has worked across a wide range of industries including Oil & Gas, Transmission & Distribution and the industrial sectors. Peter is an expert in power system studies of all types and focuses primarily on the use of ETAP, whilst gaining confidence in using DIgSILENT Powerfactory. He has a special interest in power system stability and control and synchronous machines, and his PhD (from back in the day) was on the use of synchronous condensers, and he is interested to see the return of such devices to the UK network as part of the planned drive to reach net zero carbon targets.
Jesus is a highly skilled Power System Studies engineer with over 13 years’ experience in power system analysis and HV design, gained from working on a variety of large-scale industrial plants and power stations, with a cumulative total of over 1200 MW. Jesus particularly enjoys helping to develop and train junior members of the team and watching the grow in confidence and ability.
He is an expert user of DigSILENT PowerFactory, SKM Powertools, ETAP and CYMGrd, as well as experienced with packages such as EMTP-RV and Matlab. He enjoys all aspects of power system analysis, with a particular focus in power system transient events and earthing studies.
Callum is an experienced Power System Studies engineer with over 5 years’ experience in power system analysis and HV electrical design, gained through both renewable development and consultancy roles.
Callum specializes in power system studies such as loadflow, short circuit, motor starting, harmonics, G99 compliance, transformer energisation, protection coordination studies and arc flash analysis. Callum is familiar with ETAP, DIgSILENT PowerFactory and AMTECH. He particularly enjoys developing scripts to automate some of the more tedious aspects of large simulations and has helped develop a number of in house tools.
Dylan is an Electrical Studies engineer, with a strong background in HV / EHV design and power system protection systems, with 4+ years experience gained from one of the leading UK ICPs. Experience includes protection systems design, and panel wiring design, relay programming files, substation design and project management and control.
Dylan has gained experience in carrying out power system studies across a range of different fields and areas using DIgSILENT PowerFactory, and has focused on helping client optioneer and develop concepts to help maximize CAPEX and OPEX values and availability.
Hesam Maleki is an Electrical Design Engineer and System Studies engineer with over 13 years’ experience in designing ancillary electrical systems for hydro-power plants, combined cycle power plant, oil and gas projects and power system analysis. He has recently completed an MSc in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
Hesam specializes in electrical design, power systems analysis, protection, and earthing studies. Hesam is familiar with ETAP and DIgSILENT and is currently developing his skills in CDEGS. Hesam is also an expert user of Python and is looking forward to using his skills to help automate some of the various studies processes within DIgSILENT.
Alan Philip Binu joined Aurora in 2022 as part of our graduate recruitment program, and has quickly developed a strong set of skills in power system analysis and modelling techniques in DIgSILENT Powerfactory and ETAP.
Alan has completed a number of challenging studies already including several G99 G99 Type C / D studies, protection coordination, and G5.5 Stage 3 harmonic assessments. He is also learning key aspects of HV (11kV and 33kV) design, such as cable sizing, protection scheme development and equipment specification.
Sarath Shaji is joined Aurora in 2023 as part of our graduate electrical engineer intake, and has quickly started learning how to use DIgSILENT Powerfactory, and has been impressing everyone with his hard work, dedication and enthusiasm.
Sarath has completed a number of interesting and challenging studies already, considering the areas of loadflow, short circuit studies, IDMT protection, P28, G99 Type B compliance and G5.5 Stage 2 harmonic studies. He is also learning key aspects of HV (11kV and 33kV) design, such as cable sizing, protection scheme development and equipment specification.
Sanaz joined Aurora in 2024 as part of our graduate electrical engineer intake, after completing an internship. Sanaz has a background in physics and studies molecular physics at a masters level, and brings an interesting and new perspective to our studies on fault current interruption, magnetic fields and EMF studies.
Sanaz has completed a number of interesting and challenging studies already, considering the areas of loadflow, short circuit studies, and has started to develop an interest in cable sizing calculations and process after completing some challenging studies using the Cableizer program.
Zoe is responsible for the most important part of the business – making sure the accounts and up to date and ensuring everything is running smoothly behind the scenes for the day-to-day administration duties that are essential to keeping the business operations running smoothly. She is experienced in a number of different areas and manages both the accounts and business development.
Aurora Power Consulting are a leading independent power systems consultancy. We provide specialist power systems analysis services using software such as DIgSILENT, ETAP, PSCAD, EMTP-ATP, CDEGS and XGSLab.
