Current Research Focus 

1. Electric Transportation

2. Predictive control of AC drives

3. Wide band gap device based power converter design

4. Application of AI in Power Electronics

Post Doctoral Project at NUS

1. Design and development of high power converter with wide band gap devices

2. Development of traction motor drives for two-wheeler electric vehicle

Post Doctoral Project at IIT Madras

Design and Development of High-Power SiC MOSFET-Based Traction Inverter for 150kW IPMSM Drives in High-Performance Electric Vehicles 

Masters Project : Performance studies of a separately excited DC motor speed control fed by a buck converter using optimized FOPID controller 

Technical Expertise

• Specialized in designing SiC MOSFET gate drivers, incorporating safeguards against various failure modes.

• Proficient in schematic design, component footprint creation, and PCB layouting.

• Skilled in ensuring functional safety among gate drivers, FPGAs, and DSPs.

• Experienced in selecting power semiconductors (SiC MOSFETs, Si IGBTs) and passive components for power electronics products.

• Hands-on experience with various intelligent power modules for voltage source inverters.

• Adept in datasheet analysis and critical component selection for design optimization, focusing on heat dissipation and switching losses.

• Expertise in developing current reference tables for IPMSM drives in MTPA and flux-weakening regions.

• Designed control schemes for both IPMSM and IM drives.

• Developed and tested a predictive torque control scheme for speed sensorless IM drives, addressing various experimental challenges.

• Innovated predictive flux and current control schemes for enhanced performance in speed sensorless IM drives.

• Proficient in simulation tools such as LtSpice, MATLAB-Simulink, and PLECS.

• Versatile in real-time processors including DS 1202, dSPACE1103, dSPACE1104, TMS320F28379D.