Students

Doctoral Students Supervised

No. Name Year Dissertation title
1 M.A. Moonem Summer 2016 Modular multi-level power converter for large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic system

 

Current Doctoral Students

No. Name Year Graduating Title of Research
1 T. Duman Fall 2017 N-port converter with distributed energy storage interface
2 S. Marti Fall 2017 Real-time simulations of power electronic systems

 

Masters Thesis Students Supervised

No. Name Year Thesis title
1 T. Janssen Spring 2016 Voltage, current and fault control of a multi-port power converter for a grid-connected photovoltaic system
2 A. Rifath Spring 2016 Analysis and simulation of power mismatch control in grid connected PV system with N-port converter
3 A. Camargo Spring 2015 Smart Imaging for Solar Photon-to-energy conversion and predictions for distributed grid operations
4 Meghasai Spring 2015 A study of functionalities of photovoltaic inverters using openDSS-Matlab tool
5 M. A. Demir Summer 2014 Triangular current mode modulation for direct AC-AC dual active bridge converter
6 T. Duman Spring 2014 Analysis, Modeling and Simulation of N-port converter for grid connected PV system
7 K. Dogansahin Spring 2014 Modulation technique for soft-switching operation of Neutral Point Clamped Dual Active Bridge Converter
8 J. Nummikoski Fall 2013 Sky-image based Intra-hour Solar Forecasting using Independent Cloud-motion detection and Ray-tracing techniques for Cloud shadow and Irradiance Estimation
9 H. Li Spring 2013 Neural network based learning method for estimating power output from forecasted irradiance for solar photovoltaic systems
10 M. Fennich Spring 2013 Tracking the global maximum power point of PV arrays under partial shading conditions
11 T. F. Mohammed Fall 2012 Quasi-static time-series simulation using openDSS in IEEE distribution feeder model with high PV penetration and its impact on solar forecasting
12 E. Morales Fall 2011 Voltage regulation and reactive power support via photovoltaic inverters as a smart grid application
13 S. N. Vaishnav Spring 2011 Single-stage bi-directional converter for plug-in hybrid vehicle charging and vehicle to grid application

Masters Project Students Supervised

No. Name Year Project title
1 J. Ahamioje Fall 2016 Interconnection study of distributed PV systems by interfacing MATLAB with OPENDSS and GIS
2 J. Moreno Spring 2015 Efficiency evaluation of N-port converter concept for large-scale solar photovoltaic system
3 S. Srinivasan Spring 2015 Improving solar sales process through reduction of soft costs and applications of lean tools
4 R. Muntha Spring 2015 Use of bidirectional DAB converters for battery charging and discharging
5 S. Madineni Summer 2014 Simulation studies of interleaved boost converter interfaced with a string of solar panels to reduce partial shading effect
6 R. Lucio Fall 2011 Simulation of photovoltaic microinverter using a dual active bridge series resonant topology
7 S. R. Gudipally Fall 2010 Reactive Power Support through Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operation of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles