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Qualifications
- M.Eng. (Elec) RMIT University
- B.App.Sc. (Physics) Ballarat College of Advanced Education
- Dip. T.T. Hawthorn State College of Victoria
- T.Tr.I.C. Hawthorn State College of Victoria
- Cert. Electronics SMB Ballarat
- Unrestricted Elec. Mech. Licence, SMB Ballarat,
Teaching Areas
| EK580 . |
Electricity and Magnetism |
First Year |
All Eng |
| EK671 |
Electronic Circuits and Systems |
Second Year |
Mech/Elec |
| EK645 |
Electric Motors and Machines |
Second Year |
Mech/Elec |
| EK731 |
Electrotechniques |
Third Year |
Mech/Elec |
| EK833 |
Industrial Control Systems 1 |
Fourth Year |
Mech/Elec |
| EK834 |
Industrial Control Systems 2 |
Fourth Year |
Mech/Elec |
| EK837 |
Industrial Data communications |
Fourth Year |
Mech/Elec |
| AAP20 |
Certificate IV in O.H. & S. |
Post Grad |
Industry |
| BA400 |
Engineering fundamentals |
Mars Dip. |
Industry |
Research Interests (main areas of expertise)
- Industrial Automation including Programmable Logic Controllers.
- Microcontroller Applications using Intel, PIC, Motorola, Zilog or TI DSP.
- Data Acquisition and Control 24/7 Collection and Processing of Data and Signals.
- Non Invasive Measurement of Electrical Power Systems HV and LV.
- Condition Monitoring of Vibration and Industrial Noise.
- Design of Discrete Linear and Digital Electronic Circuits and Systems
- Electrical Safety
(Current research and consulting interests)
- Development of agricultural wireless network FarmLAN ™ (Astec)
- This project is nearing completion of the first commercial prototype which involves UHF radio transceiver control and automation of farm technology.
- Batteries Centre for Excellence (in conjunction with Sinclair Knight, Merz)
- This project was initiated by the Australian Defence, Battlespace Communications Operations Group (B.C.O.G.) Battery technologies include Lithium Ion, Lithium Sulfur Dioxide and Magnesium.
- High voltage Instrumentation A novel and inexpensive method of measuring voltage and current on HV power lines without the need for expensive isolation such as that of CT’s and PT’s
- Industrial machine condition monitoring and control
- Signal collection and processing everything from Frogs and Bats to machines and noise.
- Several Industrial and Agricultural microcontroller projects.
Recent projects involving I.P. protection:
(Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Design or Trade Secret)
- Design of new Out of Balance current relay and arc fault detection
- (CER Technology, HTS Systems New Zealand)
- Design of microcontroller based Enuresis Alarm
- (Farish Bissell Industries)
- Development of Fine Fuel Moisture Meter in conjunction with Dept of Conservation and Natural Resources
- (Device currently in production)
- Design of Barrier for Handicapping Harness Racing Mobile Starts with Dr. S.Simmons, (Harness Racing Victoria)
- High Voltage Protection Instrumentation (replacement for CT and PT’s)
- Portable Device for measuring the accuracy of CT’s in line.
- Design of L.E.D. based Variable message Signs
Memberships (Professional associations:)
- Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (MIEEE )
- Member, Australian Institute of Physics (MAIP)
Recent Publications
Hood G.K., The Effects of Voltage Variation on the Power Consumption and Running Cost of Domestic Appliances, AUPEC’04 Brisbane September 26 -29 2004
Hood, G.K., Long, B.J. On Line High Frequency Monitoring of Distribution Transformers, AUPEC'99, Darwin, Northern Territory, September 26-29 1999
Hood, G., Measurement and Analysis of High Voltage Signals for More Intelligent Protection, AUPEC,98 Hobart, Tasmania, September 27-30 1998
Martin, R., Hood, G., The Lydiard st. Railway Gates - The Drama of their Preservation, Proceedings of the 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage , Ballarat , Victoria, March 15- 18, 1998
Subic, A., Hood, G.K., Molloy, E., Trevenen, J., Harnessing and Converting Reuseable Energy Through Applied Design. A.A.E.E. Sydney, N.S.W. December 15-18 1996
Hood, G.K., Al-Dabbagh, M., The Challenge for Integration of Protection and Control for Modern Substations. AUPEC 96, Melbourne Victoria October 2-4 1996
Hood, G.K., Al-Dabbagh, M., Keogh, T. Accurate High Voltage Measurement Using D.S.P. Technology
Distribution 2000 Brisbane Queensland Nov 6-8 1995
Abdallah, M., Hood, G.K. Preparing for a New Engineer; Whose Responsibility ? Inspiring Integration - Australasian Association of Engineering Education Conference Sydney Australia December 14 1994
Hood, G.K., Al-Dabbagh, M., Keogh, T. Integrated Protection and Control for Substation Automation
Transmission and Distribution Europe 94 Amsterdam Holland October 10-12 1994
Hood, G.K., Al-Dabbagh, M. Digital Signal Processor Algorithms For the Integration of Protection and Control Systems Distribution 2000 Melbourne Victoria November 9-12 1993
Hood, G.K., Al-Dabbagh, M., Abdallah, M., Integrating Protection and Control Systems Using Modern High Speed Digital Techniques IPEC’93 International Power Engineering Conference Singapore March 18-19 1993
Al-Dabbagh, M., Hood, G.K. Integrating Protection and Control Systems in Substations Using Digital Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition Techniques AUPCEC 92 Australasian Universities Power and Control Engineering Conference Brisbane Queensland October 1-2 1992
Al-Dabbagh, M., Debnath, K., Hood, G.K. A New Structure for Integrating the Protection and Control Systems in Present and Future Substations AUPCEC 91 Australasian Universities Power and Control Engineering Conference Melbourne Victoria October 3-4 1991
Al-Dabbagh, M., Hood, G.K. Integrated Expert System for the Protection and Control of Substation in Power Systems IMACS- MCTS 91 Modelling and Control of Technological Systems Symposium Lille France May 7-10 1991
Review articles
Hood G.K., Electrical Engineer May 1995 Book Review Microwave Horns and Feeds A.D. Olver, et.al |
