People

Lab Director

Sandun Kuruppu (Senior Member, IEEE) is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Western Michigan University (WMU), and the director of TEAMS Lab at WMU. He obtained his BS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka followed by MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. He was with the ECE department at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) as an associate professor (tenured), prior to joining WMU. His industrial stint includes Delphi Electronics and Safety (now BorgWarner), Texas Instruments Kilby Research Lab and Nexteer Automotive.

Dr. Kuruppu has received over $3.4 Million in external funding as the Principal Investigator, including the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE) - Vehicle Technology Office. He was the recipient of Ruth and Tedd Braun Fellowship and Award for Excellence in Online Teaching at SVSU in 2021. He has been serving as one of the student activities chairs for IEEE ECCE conference since 2022 and an associate editor for IEEE Educational Videos on Power Electronics since 2020. Dr.Kuruppu serves as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems and IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. He is also an honorary lecturer at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SandunKuruppu/

Publications: Google Scholar

Current Team Members

PhD Students

Sachith Wijesooriya (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2023. He then joined the Smart Grid Laboratory at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, as a Research Engineer, in collaboration with LTL Transformers (PVT) LTD. His current research interests include electrical machines and controls, soft-switching modeling of converters and their controls, power systems, and power electronics.

MS Students

Undergraduate Students

Former Students

Thilina Dissanayake (WMU MSEE, 2025 - 2026)
Gayan Dissanayake (WMU MSEE, 2025 - 2026)
Tessa Biondo (WMU MSEE, 2025 - 2026)
Gabe McKinney (WMU ECE BS, 2025 - 2026)
Ujala Anuradhi (WMU ECE MS, 2023 - 2025)
Ramitha Dissanayake (WMU ECE MS, 2023 - 2025)
Prabath Binduhewa (2024 - 2025)
Brycen Halfmann (2023 at SVSU)
Collin Schultz (2022 at SVSU)
Garret Ray (2021 at SVSU)
Sandun Hettiarachchi (2021 at Electrical & Electronics Eng., University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, MS)
Lihini Rajapaksha (2021 at Electrical Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology)
Gayan Edirisinghe (2021 at Electrical Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology)
Rhishav Mahaju (2019 at SVSU)
Amina Shrestha (2019 at SVSU)
Rabail Khan (2019, Exchange Student from Pakistan at SVSU)
Alexander Shibilski (2017-2018 at SVSU)
Nathan Scharich (2017-2018 at SVSU)

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