The University of Southampton

The Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory (TDHVL) is an active centre for research into dielectric materials and insulation systems, as well as high voltage and related phenomena. We are part of the Electrical Power Engineering (EPE) Research Group. Our state-of-the-art facilities are also used for commercial testing, supported by a specialist engineering team who are all actively involved in internationally leading research.

  • 22 September 2023

    TDHVL kicks off the trial phase of the solar...

    TDHVL kicked off the trial phase of the Solar Pump App in India, Jointly developed by Dr. Stratis Batzelis, TDHVL member and RAEng research fellow, and Prof Bikash Pal?s group at Imperial College London.

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  • 18 September 2023

    TDHVL PhD Student Wins Best Conference Paper...

    A paper by Xi Luo (PhD student), Dr Stratis Batzelis and Dr Abhinav Kumar Singh from the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory (TDHVL), University of Southampton, was selected as one of the Best Conference Papers at the 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) General Meeting (GM) held in Orlando, Florida.

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  • 6 September 2023

    TDHVL visits Indian partners of the...

    Dr Stratis Batzelis of TDHVL visited Indian partners of the RE-EMPOWERED project (Re-empowering European and Indian communities) in 3-6 September 2023 as part of another round of EU-India knowledge exchange activities.

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    As a PhD student in Electronics and Computer Science, you will be part of world-leading research as it happens.

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