Dr. Hazlee Azil Bin Illias

Biography

Hazlee Azil Illias was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received the Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya, Malaysia in May 2006. Then, he immediately joined Freescale Semiconductors (M) Sdn. Bhd. as a product engineer before pursuing his PhD studies in January 2008. He obtained the PhD Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom in May 2011. He was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya from July 2011 to January 2017. Since January 2017, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya. He was the Head of Department of Electrical Engineering from September 2013 to July 2014. Since joining the University of Malaya, he has received funding and grants of nearly RM 2.8M (~USD 0.88M), published more than 40 journal papers in ISI-indexed publications and 40 refereed conference papers and successfully supervised to completion of 3 PhD, 3 Master's Degree by research and 15 Master's Degree project (by coursework) candidates. He is an active reviewer for numerous high quality journals, which include IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery and Measurement. Since November 2011, he has been the Head of University of Malaya High Voltage Laboratory and Research Group. Since June 2015, he has been the Secretary of IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) Malaysia Chapter. He is currently a Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) and IEM (Institution of Engineers Malaysia), a registered Chartered Engineer (C.Eng) and a Professional Engineer (P.Eng). His main research interests include modelling and measurement of partial discharge phenomena in solid dielectric insulation, condition monitoring, insulation system diagnosis, lightning overvoltage, transmission line modelling, optimisation methods and artificial intelligence techniques.

Research Interest

Polymers (Dielectric materials characterisation, epoxy resin and polyethylene applications in power engineering) Power Engineering (Insulation diagnostics, partial discharge measurement, finite element analysis modelling, condition monitoring, lightning overvoltage, optimisation techniques, artificial intelligence techniques) Power Engineering (transmission line modelling, load flow analysis, symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault, energy conversion, economic load dispatch, power system control)