Professor Campbell Booth

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

I have been a member of the Strathclyde community since I began studying as an undergraduate student in the department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 1987. I completed my Phd, then occupied a number of research posts before becoming a lecturer in 2007, and I am now a Professor and am presently serving as Vice Dean - Research, in the Faculty of Engineering, having previoulsly held the position of Head of the EEE Department from 2017-2021.

My research is aligned with my belief that the future for energy networks in the UK and internationally will present numerous technical challenges. There remains political and technical uncertainty surrounding the future energy mix, with nuclear, renewables, clean coal and carbon capture, gas (including gas sourced from the "fracking” process), all potentially having a role in supplying future energy needs. Research into large and small scale storage continues, and the omnipresent “smart grid” continues to attract attention and investment. Regardless of the future situation, it is clear that it will be markedly different from the present day, and the dynamic behaviour of the power system, and consequently its control and protection, will require significant investigation to ensure that future systems are fit for purpose and continue to provide secure, reliable and quality power for consumers.

My activities focus on the protection and control of present and future power systems incorporating high penetrations of distributed renewable energy sources, storage, power converters and DC links. I ensure that my work leads to tangible outputs wherever possible: many of my projects involve prototyping, real time simulation and laboratory demonstration, which is increasingly including activities at the Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC). My recent publications have addressed: demonstration and quantification of protection issues for power systems incorporating distributed generation; strategies for operation, control and protection of multi-terminal HVDC systems; the design and applicability of superconducting fault current limiters; the design and applicability of distributed optical sensing for power system control and protection; and adaptive protection and communications technologies for the enhanced protection and monitoring of future systems.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

The IET Best Paper Award 2025 (DPSP APAC 2025): Recipient; 9/1/2025
Spectator Magazine Economic Innovator of the Year: Recipient; 11/11/2022
Best Paper Award: Recipient; 24/10/2019
Sustainable Energy Award: Recipient; 1/12/2017
Best Offshore Renewables Innovation at the 2017 UK Energy Innovation Awards.: Recipient; 1/11/2017
Winner of Best University Technology: Recipient; 24/4/2014

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Publications

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Publications

Frequency behaviour prediction based on machine learning for future low-inertia power systems: Shen Lu, Hong Qiteng, Booth Campbell; 2024 59th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC) 2024 59th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), pp. 1-6 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1109/upec61344.2024.10892554
Feasibility of achieving fast RoCoF-based LOM protection – a case study of Hong Kong distribution network: Liu Di, Ho Wong Shek, Hong Qiteng, Dysko Adam, Poon Paul, Paladhi Subhadeep, Yiu Chan Chi, Ng Pang Yiu, Booth Campbell; The 18th IET International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection, pp. 1-6 (2025)
Impact of converters’ negative-sequence fault current injection on distance protection: Liu Di, Hong Qiteng, Cao Shuxiu, Dyśko Adam, Xu Lie, Booth Campbell; The 18th IET International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection (2025)
Real-time power system dispatch scheme using grid expert strategy-based imitation learning: Xu Siyang, Zhu Jiebei, Li Bingsen, Yu Lujie, Zhu Xueke, Jia Hongjie, Chung Chi Yung, Booth Campbell D, Terzija Vladimir; International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems Vol 161 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110148
Evaluation of travelling wave protection performance in converter-dominated networks: Liu Di, Hong Qiteng, Dyśko Adam, Mohemmed Mohseen, Booth Campbell; IET Conference Proceedings Vol 2024, pp. 107-114 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2024.0884
Variable DC voltage based reactive power enhancement scheme for MMC‐STATCOM: Yu Lujie, Wang Guoyan, Wu Tong, Zhu Jiebei, Booth Campbell D; IET Smart Grid Vol 7, pp. 427-441 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1049/stg2.12147

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Teaching

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Teaching

I teach a number of classes, including:

Second year class "Electronic and Electrical Principles II", which covers a number of laboratory-based projects, development of professional skills including technical writing and presenting, and a number of invited guest lectures that highlight the wide range of careers and activities within electrical and mechanical engineering.
Fourth and fifth year power system protection classes.
Short courses to industry, including distance and on-line learning offerings.
Visiting lectures and courses at other Universities.
I am also a STEM Ambassador, which involves attending careers fair and talking to school pupils about engineering education and career options.

Research

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Research Interests

Power system protection - transmission and distribution systems
Impact of renewables and energy storage on power system behaviour
Power system automation
Lead for the PNDC activities associated with protection and automation
Lead TIC activities on low carbon energy

Professional Activities

2nd Joint China-UK Experts Symposium on Sustainable Development and Decarbonisation (S2D2): Organiser; 2/11/2024
Protection of modern and future MV Networks: Speaker; 24/8/2023
Joint UK-China Expert Symposium on Sustainable Development and Decarbonisation: Organiser; 8/6/2023
China-UK Joint Workshop on Effective Protection and Control Solutions to Enable Zero-Carbon Power Systems: Chair; 20/5/2021
Design and Validation of a Wide Area Monitoring and Control System for Fast Frequency Response in Future Low Inertia Systems: Contributor; 22/9/2020
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (Journal): Peer reviewer; 31/1/2020

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Projects

Shell-iCase protection project: Hong, Qiteng (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Dysko, Adam (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator); 03-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2028
SSEN-Field Trial- Additional Tests: Hong, Qiteng (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Dysko, Adam (Co-investigator) Liu, Di (Co-investigator); Extension/additional funding associated with RKES 210195; 15-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
SIF-INSIGHT Alpha: Hong, Qiteng (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Dysko, Adam (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Papadopoulos, Panagiotis (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Digital Twin Study: Hong, Qiteng (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Papadopoulos, Panagiotis (Co-investigator) Stephen, Bruce (Co-investigator); 14-Jan-2023 - 02-Jan-2024
SIF-INSIGHT Innovative Network Status Intelligence Gathered by Holistic Use of Telemetry and Simulation: Hong, Qiteng (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Dysko, Adam (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Papadopoulos, Panagiotis (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Faheem Ul Haq, F: Papadopoulos, Panagiotis (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Faheem Ul Haq, F (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2026