Dr. Sai Ram Boggavarapu
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Communication Engineering
IIT Dharwad
I am currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering at IIT Dharwad. Before joining here, I worked as a Global Support Engineer at COMSOL Multiphysics Pvt. Ltd. In this organisation, I provided technical support to customers, colleagues, and distributors worldwide. I have mainly focused on the Multiphysics Finite Element (FE) analysis of Low-frequency magnetic components like Rotating Machines, Transformers, etc. Along with this, I also worked on simulations related to Plasma reactors and Semiconductor devices.
My PhD thesis focuses on deriving magneto-mechanical hysteresis models and formulations to model the anisotropic behaviour of grain-oriented materials used in power transformers. The developed models are implemented in FE formulations. I am well-versed in coding platforms like MATLAB and SCILAB and have developed FE codes for electromagnetic problems.
Ongoing Research:
Semi-analytical formulations for rapid analysis of electric motors
Modelling and characterisation of rotational magnetic characteristics of steel laminations
Multiphysics analysis of electrical machines and equipment
Magnetic components for power electronics
Development of digital twins for condition monitoring of distribution transformers
Professional Experience:
Worked as a Global Support Engineer for COMSOL Multiphysics Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru (from May 2021 to August 2023)
Worked as an Assistant Professor (Tenure) at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai (from Jan. 2021 to April 2021)