Mar’19 – Now: Assistant professor of Electric Mobility (Tenured), TU Delft

• DC systems, energy conversion & storage research group in Dept. of Electrical Sustainable Energy

• Key research areas: Electric vehicle and charging technology, Power electronics for EV charging and PV systems, Smart charging of electric vehicles, battery storage.  

Oct’17 – Feb’19: Postdoctoral Researcher - Dept. of Electrical Sustainable Energy, TU Delft

• Smart charging of electric vehicles (EME project, with Elaad, Driivz, AIT, EBG-compelo)

• Trolleybus grids with EV charging, PV and storage (EME project, with 8 European partners)

• Power converter and control for demand-side management of EV, PV, storage and heating (Flexgrid)

Oct’13 - Mar’18: PhD researcher - Dept. of Electrical Sustainable Energy, TU Delft

• Development of 10kW bidirectional V2G DC charger for electric vehicles using SiC devices that can be powered by both solar energy and AC grid (CCS/Chademo compatible)

• Comparison of topologies, loss models of power converter and use of SiC devices. Development of system design and charging algorithms to enable optimal charging of EV feet from solar energy. Done in collaboration with ABB, PRE Power Developers, Last Mile solutions

Feb’16 - Apr’16: Visiting researcher - Professor R. Baldick, University of Texas, Austin, USA

• Development of algorithm for smart EV charging based on PV, energy prices and ancillary services. Funded by Partners in International Business (PIB) initiative, Netherlands 

Aug’12 - Jul’13: Master thesis & Internship - GE Global Research, Munich

• Design and simulation of a power electronic assisted voltage regulator to balance fluctuations due to PV generation in MV & LV European distribution network

• Designed the controller for the rectifier & inverter and verified it in simulation & hardware

2023        - University Teaching Qualification, Netherlands

• Institute: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (TU Delft)

2013-18 - Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Cum laude)

• Institute: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (TU Delft)                

• Dissertation: Charging Electric Vehicles from Solar Energy: Power Converter, Charging Algorithm and System Design, Guide: Prof.dr.P. Bauer & Prof.dr.M. Zeman; Sponsor: TKI Top Sector Urban Energy

2011-13 - M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Track: Electrical Power Engineering (Cum laude)

• Institute: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (TU Delft)

• Dissertation: Design of a power electronic series compensator for grid voltage regulation,  Guide: Prof.dr.P. Bauer & Dr.T.Wijekoon; Sponsor: GE Global Research, Munich  

2007-11 - B.Tech. Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Gold medal)

• Institute: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India (NIT Trichy)

• Project: Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) scheme for wind energy system

Research:

• ‘Under 35 Innovator’ award from IEEE Industrial Electronic Society, 2019

• ‘Apple Prize’ for outstanding research work in the Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, TU Delft for the year 2016

• PhD research Awarded ‘Most Significant Innovation in Electric Vehicles’ from IDtechEx in Germany and the ‘Best Tech Idea of 2018’ by science magazine KIJK, 2018

• Featured on the Dutch national TV NPO1, in their prime time series ‘Breakthrough’ (Doorbraak) as part of the show Een Vandaag  in July 2017

• Selected as one of three finalists for the ‘emove360° award for Energy storage’ in 2017

Publications:

• Featured article in the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Journals and IETechnology News for G. Rituraj, G. R. Chandra Mouli and P. Bauer, "A Comprehensive Review on Off-Grid and Hybrid Charging Systems for Electric Vehicles," in IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, vol. 3, pp. 203-222, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/OJIES.2022.3167948

• Second prize in the Delft Energy Initiative ‘Best Energy Paper Award’, 2022 for W. Vermeer, G. R. C. Mouli and P. Bauer, "A Comprehensive Review on the Characteristics and Modelling of Lithium-ion Battery Ageing," in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2021, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 2205-2232, June 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2021.3138357 

• Best Paper award in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics for 2018, “Energy management system with PV power forecast to optimally charge EVs at the workplace" by D.vd. Meer, G.R. Chandra Mouli, G. Morales-Espana, L. Elizondo, and P. Bauer, https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2016.2634624 

• Best poster award for G.R. Chandra Mouli, V. Prasanth, J.A. Ferreira, P. Bauer, M. Zeman, “Charging of EV from PV and Contactless Power”, Energy Informatics & Management (EIM) conference, 2016

• Best paper award (Poster category) for G.R. Chandra Mouli, A. Nithya, V. Jayashankar, & P.R. Goundan, “Fail Safe Operation of Audio Frequency Track Circuits for Railway Signalling”, Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), 2009 Annual (pp. 1-5), https://doi.org/10.1109/INDCON.2009.5409373 

Education:

• Awarded the ‘Ambassador for Open and Online Education award’ by TU Delft, 2022

Research (co)supervised:

• PhD thesis of Ibrahim Diab received the ‘Apple Prize’ for outstanding research work in the Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, TU Delft for the year 2023

• Bachelor project of C. Zevenbergen, J. Klip, J. van der Weerd, J. Holshuijsen, O. Twisk, P. Kalk, which was awarded the second prize in the AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium - Student Design Competition for eVOTL design, 2021 

• MSc thesis of D.v.d Meer, which was awarded the second prize in Ward Vleugels Q-Park Thesis Award (Mobility & parking) in 2017

• MSc thesis of J. Sridhar, which was awarded the second prize for the UFD-Cofely Energy Efficiency Award in 2015