Dr Waqquas Bukhsh
Senior Lecturer
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. I study how to plan and operate energy systems efficiently, in particular electricity systems. My research is highly multidisciplinary, drawing on electrical engineering, mathematics and computer science to develop tools that support better decision-making.
I work closely with industry partners such as the National Energy System Operator (NESO), SSE, RES, and Gurobi to turn research into practical solutions for system operation, planning, and market design. I developed OATS, an open-source simulation tool, and led the creation of the Bulk Dispatch Optimiser (BDO), now used by NESO’s Electricity National Control Centre, saving consumers an estimated £15 million each year. I also led the development of planning tools for Pakistan’s electricity system operator NTDC, supported by the World Bank.
Before joining Strathclyde, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Technical University of Denmark and a visiting lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. I hold a PhD in Operational Research from the University of Edinburgh.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Carpentries Instructor. I am passionate about turning research into real-world impact.
Qualifications
- PhD in Operations Research and Optimization, The University of Edinburgh, 2014.
- BS in Mathematics, COMSATS University, 2008
Publications
- Strategic Transmission Planning for Great Britain Using Future Operational Scenarios : A new methodology to evaluate and plan UHV links for a clean, secure, and affordable electricity system
- Bukhsh Waqquas
- (2025)
- Stochastic transmission expansion planning for the GB grid : modeling future energy scenarios and budget constraints
- Cao Shengming, Bukhsh Waqquas, He Runsheng
- 10th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (2025)
- A machine learning approach to solve the DC optimal power flow problem
- He Runsheng, Bukhsh Waqquas, Cao Shengming, Stephen Bruce
- 10th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (2025)
- An ACDC Security-Constrained Optimal Power Flow for Great Britain HVDC Integration
- Hodges Sam, Bukhsh Waqquas, Bell Keith, Grothey Andreas, McKinnon Ken, Tian Shangen
- IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2025 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe 2025 (2025)
- Learning of wide-area dynamics in power systems with physics informed neural networks
- Kilembe Alinane B, Bukhsh Waqquas, Papadopoulos Panagiotis N
- IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (2025)
- Explainable DC optimal power flow decisions
- Fritz Benjamin, Bukhsh Waqquas
- IEEE PowerTech 2025 conference (2025)
Teaching
- EE313/EM301: Engineering Analysis
- EE994: Energy Storage Systems
- EM270: Programming Design
- EE707: Managing Risk and Uncertainty in Grid Operation
Research Interests
Waqquas's research interests lie in the areas of optimisation, networks, algorithm design and analysis, and applications of optimisation to electricty networks.
Professional Activities
- Optimising real-time decisions in a changing electricity system
- Speaker
- 19/5/2025
- Achieving a carbon-free grid: why optimisation must lead the way
- Speaker
- 4/11/2024
- Tough going: Pakistan's LNG imports recover but long-term supply hurdles persist
- Recipient
- 3/5/2024
- Transforming electricity balancing: bulk dispatch optimisation, from proof-of-concept to implementation
- Speaker
- 12/3/2024
- Energy Magazine - Innovative electricity system balancing tool helps keep Britain’s lights on
- Recipient
- 6/3/2024
- TechXplore - Innovative electricity system balancing tool helps keep Britain's lights on
- Recipient
- 6/3/2024
Projects
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES) - Innovation Centre Project - Grid Constraints
- Bukhsh, Waqquas (Principal Investigator) Stephen, Bruce (Co-investigator)
- 17-Jan-2024 - 25-Jan-2024
- Assessing the Potential for Hydrogen to Reduce Curtailment of Renewable Electricity in Scotland
- Hawker, Graeme (Principal Investigator) Bukhsh, Waqquas (Co-investigator)
- 18-Jan-2021 - 14-Jan-2022
- OATS Training Course for National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) Pakistan
- Bukhsh, Waqquas (Principal Investigator)
- A day-long training workshop for the control engineers of the National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) of Pakistan. The workshop provides hands-on experience of solving power flow and optimal power flow problems using Strathclyde's power systems simulation tool OATS.
- 21-Jan-2021 - 21-Jan-2021
- Rethinking the Design of Great Britain’s Capacity Market
- Bukhsh, Waqquas (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
- IAA Balancing the Electricity System – Bulk Despatch
- Bukhsh, Waqquas (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
- NIA Project: Application of convex optimisation to enhance National Grid's NOA process
- Bukhsh, Waqquas (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator)
- 16-Jan-2019 - 15-Jan-2021
Contact
Dr
Waqquas
Bukhsh
Senior Lecturer
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: waqquas.bukhsh@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7233