Research Area:

2007-Present: PhD in High-Voltage DC power transmission systems, the University of Sydney, Australia.
Supervised by Prof. Vassilios G. Agelidis who holds the EnergyAustralia chair of Power Engineering at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering.

Curriculum Vitae:

2006: PhD in Power Systems, Murdoch University, Australia.

2004-2005: Worked as maintenance engineer in a Power Solutions company.
UPS training in General Electric Digital Energy, Switzerland.
Power Rectifiers training in ELTEK, Norway.

2002-2003: Joined MSc in Power Electronics and Drives, the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, UK.
MSc project: Power factor correction circuit.

1999–2002: BEng Electronics and Communication Engineering, the University of Birmingham, UK.
Final project: Synthesised source using frequency doubling.

1997-1999: Military service in the National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus.

1994-1997: "Institute of Mathematics and Science" and "Lyceum of Apostles Peter and Paul", Limassol, Cyprus.

Publications:

[4] N. Flourentzou, M.S.A. Dahidah, V.G. Agelidis, "On distributing multilevel SHE-PWM waveforms in HVDC systems built with conventional three-phase VSC modules," in IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'08), Rhodes, Greece, Jun. 2008, pp. 4124-4129.

[3] N. Flourentzou, V.G. Agelidis, "Harmonic Performance of Multiple Sets of Solutions of SHE-PWM for a 2-Level VSC Topology with Fluctuating DC-Link Voltage," in Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, (AUPEC'07), Perth, Dec. 2007, pp. 811-817.

[2] V.G. Agelidis, G.D. Demetriades, N. Flourentzou, "Recent advances in high-voltage direct-current power transmission systems," in International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT'06), India, Dec. 2006, pp. 206-213.

[1] V.G. Agelidis, G.D. Demetriades, N. Flourentzou, "Recent advances in high-voltage direct-current power transmission systems," in National Power Electronics Conference of China, Xian, China, Sep. 2006.

Presentations:

[3] IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC 2008, Rhodes, Greece, Session TH1, Jun 15-19, 2008.

[2] Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2007, Perth, Session 7C, December 09-12, 2007.

[1] 9th International Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exhibition, Energy Delivery - Solutoins for the 21st century (energy21C), Sydney, November 11-14, 2007.


 

Qualifications:

Reviewer for the Power Electronics Sociaty of the IEEE.

Teaching certificate from the University of Sydney.

Reviewer of Engineers Australia.

   

Awards and Scholarships:

Postgraduate Research Support Scheme (PRSS) in 2007 and 2008.

WGW traveling Scholarship for three years.

Norman I Price Scholarship of the University of Sydney.

ABB Research Scholarship.

   

Professional Memberships:

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers IEEE

The Institution of Engineering & Technology IET

The Institution of Engineers Australia EnergyAustralia

Cyprus Scientific & Technical Chamber (ETEK) ETEK

 

Hobbies:
- Kitesurfing
- Swimming
- Volley-ball
- Water-ski
- Playing jazz guitar
- Horse riding
- SLR film photography