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Professor Dan Gladwin is a Professor of Electrical and Control Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He leads the Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group and serves as Deputy Director of the Centre for Research into Electrical Energy Storage and its Applications (CREESA). His research focuses on electrical energy storage technologies (batteries, supercapacitors, flywheels) across automotive, power grid, aerospace, rail, and consumer applications. Key projects include managing the UK's largest research-led energy storage test facility (4.1MW capacity) and leading a £3.8M lithium titanate grid storage project and an H2020 hybrid flywheel initiative.
- Education: MEng and PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield (2004, 2009)
- Professional Roles: Deputy Director of CREESA, leader in electrochemical energy storage for grids
Research interests include diagnostics/prognostics of high-power energy storage, optimization via genetic programming, and IoT/Industry 4.0 applications. He has supervised over 20 PhD students and contributed to 100+ peer-reviewed publications.
Notable facilities managed: 1,200m² energy storage test site with 11kV grid connection. Current projects include the TransEnergy railway energy storage initiative and hybrid flywheel systems for Europe's largest installation.
