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    Professor Daryoush Habibi

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Professor Daryoush Habibi

Professor Habibi is a professional engineer with significant experience in industry and academia. He is currently the Head of the Centre for Green and Smart Energy Systems. Prior to this, he served as the Head of School and then as a Pro Vice-Chancellor and the Executive Dean of Engineering, during which time he initiated and led a program of rapid expansion and growth in ECU’s engineering portfolio. This resulted in increasing the number of engineering students from less than 100 to over 3000, making his School the fastest-growing engineering school in the nation, with corresponding growth in research productivity and impact. His other professional experience includes Telstra Research Laboratories, Flinders University, and Intelligent Pixels Inc., where he served as the Vice-President Engineering. From 2010 to 2013, Professor Habibi served as the Deputy President and then the President of the Australian Council of Engineering Deans (ACED).

Professor Habibi places great emphasis on students' well-being and progress, and on initiating and leading industry-engaged research that makes a genuine difference within the industry and the community. He has supervised over 40 PhD candidates and more than 10 Master by Research candidates to successfully complete their awards.

Professor Habibi holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Tasmania. His contributions to the engineering profession have been recognised by his appointment as a Fellow of Engineers Australia and a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology.

Research Areas and Interests

  • engineering design for sustainable development;
  • systems and networks reliability and quality of service;
  • renewable energy integration and management, energy security, and smart energy systems;
  • environmental monitoring technologies.
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