
Newsletter
Here is a collection of all the newsletters published by Inter-oPEn. The newsletter is published twice a year and should provide people with a brief overview of what has happened, what is happening and what will happen in the project.

Internal Power Flow Control For Modular Multilevel Converter During Submodule Failure
A publication by Tuanku Badzlin Hashfi.

Training module 4
The Inter-Open’s fourth training module, titled “Managing Complex Systems: Change Management in the Critical Infrastructure Domain” was held in Brussels, Belgium, on December 2 and 3. On the first day, the meeting opened with a series of research presentations from all doctoral candidates. Each of us had the opportunity to

HVDC technologies, valuable connections and fika
One of the primary objectives of the Inter-oPEn project is to educate and train highly qualified researchers to facilitate the interoperability of Power Electronics (PE) assets within modern power networks, thereby ensuring their safe and reliable operation. In line with this goal, I recently had the valuable opportunity to attend

SEMIC 2025 Conference
As part of the INTER-OPEN project, we are pleased to highlight the participation of our doctoral researcher, Donia Ayari, and Mohammadtaher Azampour at the SEMIC 2025 Conference held in Copenhagen on 25–26 November 2025, organised by the European Commission in partnership with the Danish Presidency of the Council of the

HVDC technology and HVDC grids (EES-UETP) at KTH
This week from Nov17- 19th, we Emmanuel, Gerald and Alejandra participated in a Course: HVDC technology and HVDC grids (EES-UETP) as part of our training and continuous learning on the HVDC field. It was organized by: _ Dr. Staffan Norrga (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Dr. Ilka Jahn (KTH Royal Institute

Participation in the Int:net Summer School on Governance in Energy Interoperability
As part of the INTER-OPEN project, we’re proud to highlight the participation of our doctoral candidates, Donia Ayari and Mohammadtaher Azampour who participated in the “Int:net Summer School on Governance in Energy Interoperability” in Vienna taking place at the Austrian Institute of Technology from 23. to 27 June 2025 .

Participation in IEEE PowerTech 2025 Conference, Kiel, Germany
As part of the Inter-oPEn project, we, Abdolhamid Farshadi (TUBS) and Tuanku Badzlin Hashfi (TU DELFT), had the opportunity to participate in the 16th IEEE PowerTech Conference 2025, held in Kiel, Germany, from June 29 to July 3, 2025. We had the pleasure of attending several insightful panel discussions and

Researcher & Theses
10 doctoral candidates collaborate to build up Inter-oPEn – check them all!

Ali Sajjadi (RWTH-ACS)
An introduction of the Doctoral candidate from RWTH-ACS (no. 1) and thesis.

Musa Mathew (RWTH-IAEW)
An introduction of the Doctoral candidate from RWTH-IAEW (no. 2) and thesis.

Alejandra Obando (UPC)
An introduction of the Doctoral candidate from UPC (no. 3) and thesis.

Emmanuel Sule (KUL)
An introduction of the Doctoral candidate from KUL (no. 4) and thesis.

Gerald Cham Kpu (KTH)
An introduction of the Doctoral candidate from KTH (no. 5) and thesis.

Mahnoor Hassan (KIT)
An introduction of the Doctoral candidate from KIT (no. 6) and the thesis.

Abdolhamid Farshadi (TUBS)
An introduction of the Doctoral candidate from TUBS (no. 7) and thesis.

Donia Ayari (RUG-QCELS)
An introduction of the Doctoral Candidate from RUG-QCELS (no. 8) and the thesis.

Mohammadtaher Azampour (RUG-STeP)
An introduction of the Doctoral candidate from RUG-STeP (no.9) and the thesis.

Tuanku Badzlin Hashfi (TUD)
An introduction of the Doctoral Candidate from TU Delft (no. 10) and the thesis.
