Smart Grids Masterclass

Dr. Sivaneasan received the B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2007 and 2012 respectively. In 2011, he joined the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as a Research Engineer and subsequently as a Research Fellow until 2015. He then joined Nanyang Polytechnic as a Lecturer in 2015. In 2019, he joined Singapore Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor. Dr Sivaneasan conducted research and development in the areas of power engineering in particular microgrids and smart grid technologies. Till date, Dr Sivaneasan has gathered more than ten years of lecturing, tutoring and laboratory supervision experience in numerous electrical engineering modules. He is also a recognized Associate Adult Educator under the Institute for Adult Education. He has taught various industry relevant Continuing Education and Training (CET) programs for working adults and foreign participants.

Dr. Kerk obtained his bachelor's in 1999, his master’s in 2002 from the NUS, and, subsequently, his PHD from SUTD in 2020. He started as a SCADA EMS engineer in Power Automation, a joint venture between Singapore Power Group and Siemens AG, and has been involved in the power industry ever since. He has been involved in smart metering and power system control systems to support proper management of the electrical network for Singapore Power’s (SP) transmission and distribution (T&D) network. Similarly, he is involved in many of the solutions provided to the regional utilities by Taiwan Power Company, Formosa Taiwan, TNB Malaysia, Meralco Philippines, PEA/MEA Thailand, PLN Indonesia, and even in the Middle East.

One of his key responsibilities involves monitoring the Quality of Supply (QoS) for key customers across key transmission and distribution substations, including those that supply to large critical customers such as wafer fabs, airports, large industrial plants, and key government installations. More recently, he has also been involved in integrating many of the renewable energy projects, smart homes, and energy storage systems implemented by the grid. His recent publications and work focus on microgrids, non-intrusive load management (NILM), smart distribution boards, and condition monitoring.

Chern Yuen is a senior economist within the Energy Market Company (EMC), a fully owned subsidiary of SGX. As part of the market administration team, he is responsible for proposing rule changes to evolve the market design for the National Electricity Market of Singapore (NEMS), and he is currently working on issues related to energy storage systems, demand response, and large-scale imports. He is also part of the training team at EMC, providing industrial training to industry players, market operators, regulators, and academics.

Previously, as a consultant at Frontier Economics, Chern Yuen was tasked with conducting robust analysis to formulate data-backed recommendations across a wide range of industries, including energy, transport, and water.

Zhenhui is the chief economist of the Energy Market Company (EMC), a fully owned subsidiary of SGX. He has over 10 years of experience in the energy and power sector in Singapore. He first worked as a regulator in the gas and electricity sectors and later as an economist with the Electricity Market Company. In 2020, as the appointed Chairman of Industrial Working Group 1, he created and submitted an industry-endorsed recommendation report to Singapore's regulator on the proposed forward capacity market.

Now he advises the rule change panel on industry proposals that enhance the reliability, efficiency, and transparency of the SWEM. He is also in charge of the training team at EMC, which provides industrial training to both local and overseas industry players, market operators, regulators, and academics. He specialised in energy policy, energy market surveillance, statistical data analysis and modelling, predictive modelling, business intelligence, and project management.