Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban

Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland

Web Page: sites.google.com/site/sanjeevikumarpadmanaban/
Educational Qualification
From 1998 to 2002, Bachelor of Engineering , Madras University, Chennai, India
From 2004 to 2006, Master of Technology , Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
From 2009 to 2011, Doctor of Philosophy , University of Bologna, Italy
Research Interests
? Design of HVDC (Bi-polar, Uni-Polar) transmission systems and Multi-terminal HVDC transmission networks. ? Novel converter configuration for HVDC transmission systems, Fault Identification, Monitoring and Control Strategies includes PWM modulation. ? Investigation for novel topologies of multiphase motor drives, multiphase inverter, multiphase-multilevel inverter with focusing space vector techniques for modeling and dynamic control. ? Controlling aspect of ac drives in particular, synchronous reference frame, stationary reference frame and direct torque controlling techniques. ? Design and analysis of conventional inverter, multilevel inverters, stacked multi-cell inverter for reduction of harmonics and fundamental improvement with PWM techniques. ? Design and analysis of ac/dc converter and high voltage dc-dc converter topologies. Power factor correction techniques for ac-dc converters, Alternative topologies for matrix converter, switch reduction techniques. ? Design and analysis
Achievements: ? Selected as a Nominee for “SD award for Contribution to Power Electronics 2006”, Soft Disk Magazine, Bhopal, India. ? Obtained “S” grade in M.Tech. Project for Hardware Implementation in DSP TMS320LF2407. ? Selected to pursue Ph.D. in Power Electronics with MHRD (India) Full Scholarship, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Madras 2007. ? Selected to pursue Ph.D. in Power Electronics with MIUR-Ministry for University Research, Government of Italy Comprehensive Full Scholarship, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy (2009-2011) with the merit of first rank in Ph.D competition 2009 by securing 110/120 marks. Scholarship amount 1050 Euros/month and allowances etc. ? Selected to pursue post-Doc Research Fellow. in Power Electronics with Department of Electrical Engineering Research Government of Italy Comprehensive Full Scholarship, University of Bologna, Italy (2011-2012). Scholarship amount 1500 Euros/month and allowances etc. ? Selected
Work Experience
From 2002 to 2004, Lecturer , IFET College of Engineering, India
From 2006 to 2007, Lecturer , IFET College of Engineering, India
From 2007 to 2008, Project Head , Ohm Technologies, Chennai, India
From 2007 to 2007, Manager Training , EduTech, LLC, Dubai
From 2009 to 2011, Ph.D (MIUR Research Fellow) , University of Bologna, Italy
From 2012 to 2012, Post-Ph.D Research Fellow , University of Bologna, Italy
From 2012 to 2013, Associate Professor , VIT University, Chennai, India
From 2013 to 2013, Assistant Professor , NIT (Govt. of India)
From 2014 to 2014, Lead Researcher , Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
From 2014 to 2014, Visiting Research Fellow (Short Period) , Qatar University, Qatar
Projects
From 2009 to 2011, Multiphase-Multilevel Inverter for Open-Winding Loads
Funded by MIUR, Govt. of Italy, University of Bologna, Italy
From 2012 to 2012, Fault Tolerant Analysis of Multiphase-Multilevel Inverter
Funded by DIE, Govt. of Italy, University of Bologna, Italy
From 2014 to 2014, Multiphase Matrix Converter for Open-Winding Machine
Qatar University, Qatar (1 Month project)
From 2014 to 2014, Multi Terminal HVDC System
Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland (4 Months)
Selected Publications