Andrew Swingler
Adjunct Professor
Email: aswingler@upei.ca
Mailing Address:
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
- Remote Community Electrification
- Battery Performance
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Energy Systems Modelling
- Solar Photovoltaic Energy Systems
Education
- Dip Tech (Electrical Technology) – Nova Scotia Community College
- BEng (Electrical Engineering) – Lakehead University
- PhD (Electrical Engineering) – University of British Columbia
Biography
Dr. Andy Swingler is an expert in renewable energy systems and has more than 15 years of product-based industry experience; including serving as Head of Technology Anticipation for Schneider Electric’s global off-grid solar business. Since 2016 Dr. Swingler has held an appointment of Associate Professor within the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island. Dr. Swingler started his career as an electrician’s helper before obtaining a technologist diploma at the Nova Scotia Institute of Technology, a bachelor’s degree at Lakehead University and finally a Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia in 2004 – all in the field of Electrical Engineering and with a focus on power electronics for renewable energy applications. Dr. Swingler’s experience and expertise ranges across the intelligent grid spectrum from the optimal design of high-performance off-grid PV-hybrid power systems to the integration and optimization of injecting PV and stored energy directly to the grid. In addition to investigating energy storage system performance Dr. Swingler continues to design and manage a number of pioneering remote micro-grid research projects in Canada.