Dr. Georgia Pierrou
Dr. Georgia Pierrou
Staff of Professorship for Electric Power Systems
Additional information
Research area
Georgia's research interests are in the dynamic analysis, optimization, and control of electric power systems integrating renewable energy and electrified transportation. Her current research focuses on leveraging the control capabilities of distributed energy sources to provide ancillary services to the transmission network, such as voltage support. She has also recently worked on “RailPower: Power and Energy for the future railways”, a project supported by the ETH Mobility Initiative together with the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT).
Education
09.2017-10.2021: PhD in Electrical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
09.2012-07.2017: M.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Future Digileaders |
| 2023 | Best Poster Award - Center for Sustainable Future Mobility |
| 2022 | EECS Rising Stars |
| 2022 | D. W. Ambridge Prize |
| 2021 | Green Talents Award |
| 2020 | AQPER Student Contest Finalist |
| 2019 | McGill GREAT Award |
| 2019 | Constantina N. Frangouli Family Scholarship |
| 2018 | George Kontaxis Award |
| 2017 | Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Fellowship |
| 2016 | Stiftung Mercator Schweiz Scholarship |