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Keith Bell

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Strathclyde in Glasgow

Name

Keith Bell
Job Title

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Organisation

University of Strathclyde in Glasgow
Field

Academic
Speciality

Progress Towards Sustainability

Biography

Biography

Dr. Bell graduated from the University of Bath with a BEng (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1990 and, after a spell as a community worker, a PhD in 1995. After working with Ansaldo Trasporti in Italy and as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Manchester, he spent 7 years as a power system planner with National Grid, the British transmission system operator, in War wick, England. Keith is a member of CIGRE Study Committee C1 on “System Development and Economics” (CIGRE is the International Council on Large Electric Systems) and of the Council of the IET Power Academy, a UK initiative to encourage graduates into electric power engineering. He is involved in a number of research initiatives in the UK and Europe concerned with new technology to facilitate grid integration of renewable generation and smart grids and works regularly with both industry and government.