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POWER ELECTRONICS AND ENERGY RESEARCH GROUP (PEER)

 
People
 

FACULTY MEMBERS

Dr. Pragasen Pillay

Dr. Luiz A. C. Lopes

Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Dr. Chunyan Lai
   

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES & collaborators

Dr. Maher Al-Badri
Dr. Mathews Boby
Dr. Cyusa S. Christophe
 
   

GRADUATE STUDENTS (Ph.D.)

1.

Luccas Matiuzzi Kunzler

2.

Rajendra Thike

3.

Vakacharla Venkata Ratnam

4.

Gabriel Renan Broday

5.

Dwaipayan Barman

6.

Bigyan Basnet

7.

Rama Krishna N. V. 

8.

Ronak Nemade

9.

Swati Tandon 

10.

 Tamanwè Payarou

11.

 Yupeng Liu 

12.

 Gayathri Tanuku

13.

 Sumeet Singh

14.

 Shiva Garaei

15.

 Mohanraj Muthusamy

16.

 Arvind Vyas Ramanan
17. Ying Zuo 18. Benoit Blanchard St-Jacques
       

GRADUATE STUDENTS (M.A.Sc)

1.

Koyelia Khatun

2.

 Karan M. Pande

3.

 Abhinandan Dixit

4.

 Ashutosh Patel

5.

 Yang Luo

6.

 Amirhossein Mehdizade Mehrjoy Araghi

7.

 Sukanya Dutta

8.

 Avishek Roy
9. Jingdi Wang    
       

 

FACULTY MEMBERS
 

Dr. Pillay

 Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Ph.D., P.Eng., C.Eng., FIEEE, FIEE
Professor
NSERC/Hydro-Québec Senior Industrial Research Chair
Office: SGW-EV S3.645
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 3108
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: pillay@encs.concordia.ca
Website http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~pillay/
Research Interests:
  • Modeling, analysis, design and control of Electrical Machines
  • Electric Motor Drive Systems
  • Traction Motors for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  • RenewableEnergy including Wind
  • Biomass and Solar Energy
  • Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency and Conservation
  • Sustainability issues in Power and Energy Engineering
Biography:

Professor Pillay (Fellow of the IEEE, 2005) is the NSERC/Hydro-Québec Senior Industrial Research Chair at Concordia University entitled “Design and Performance of Special Electric Machines” focusing on electric vehicle and alternate energy applications. The Chair was established in 2009 at Concordia and renewed in 2014, this was the first Industrial Research Chair at Concordia.

Dr. Pillay received the Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, in 1981 and 1983, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 1987. From 1988 to 1990 he was with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. From 1990 to 1995, he was with the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA. From 1995 to 2007, he was with Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA, where he held the Jean Newell Distinguished Professorship in Engineering. From January 1999 to August 2016 he was an adjunct Prof at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. In 2017, Dr. Pillay was appointed as Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, S.A.
Dr. Pillay is a member of the IEEE Power Engineering, IEEE Industry Applications, IEEE Industrial Electronics, and IEEE Power Electronics Societies. He is a member of the Electric Machines Committee and the Past Chairman of the Industrial Drives Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), the Past Chairman of the Induction Machinery Subcommittee of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, and the Past Chairman of the Awards Committee of the IAS Industrial Power Conversion Department. He has organized and taught short courses in electric drives at IAS Annual Meetings as well as to the Government of South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K., and a Chartered Electrical Engineer in the U.K. He is also a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario.
Dr. Pillay is the recipient of the Order of Mapungubwe from the President of South Africa in 2008 for contributions to South Africa in the area of energy conversion. He is also the recipient of the 2015 IEEE IAS Outstanding Achievement Award. He was also a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Industry Applications Society in 2012/2013. In 2015 he was the General co-Chair of the Energy Conversion Conference and Exposition, which is the largest and most important conference in his area of electric machines.
Professor Pillay has published more than 160 articles in refereed journals and around 280 technical papers in major conferences and meetings in North America and other international conferences.

Professor Pillay's Research Group Members
Photo taken on Friday, 18 MAY 2018
PEER-18-MAY-2018.

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Dr. Lopes

 Dr. Luiz A. C. Lopes
Ph.D., ing., SMIEEE
Professor
Office:  SGW-EV05.407 
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 3080
FAX: (514) 848-2802 
E-Mail: lalopes@encs.concordia.ca
Website http://explore.concordia.ca/luiz-ac-lopes
Research Interests:

  • Distributed power systems

  • Renewable energy sources

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  • Microgrids Islanding detection schemes

  • Control of power electronic converters

Biography:

Professor Lopes received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 1996.
From 1996 to 2001, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Federal University of Para, Belem, Brazil. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, where he has been since 2002.

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Dr. Rathore

 Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Ph.D., SMIEEE
Associate Professor
Office: SGW-EV05.159
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4486
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: akshay.rathore@concordia.ca
Website http://explore.concordia.ca/akshay-kumar-rathore
Research Interests:

  • Soft-Switching Techniques for High Frequency Link Power Converters

  • Resonant Converters

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  • Utility Interactive Inverters for Renewable Energy Applications

  • High Power Industrial AC Drives and Multilevel Inverters

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Biography:

Dr. Rathore received the master’s degree from the Indian Institute of technology (BHU), India, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 2008.He had two subsequent post-doctoral research appointments with the University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. He has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, since 2010. He has been actively involved in research on novel and innovative current-fed topologies and modulation techniques. He has authored over 180 research papers in international journals and Conferences including 60 IEEE Transactions. He has 1 European Patent on Optimal Pulse Width Modulation of Multilevel Inverters.
Dr. Rathore is a recipient of the 2017 IEEE IES early career Award, a winner and was a recipient of the 2013 IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Award and the 2014 Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award. He was also a recipient of the University Ph.D. Fellowship and the Thouvenelle Graduate Scholarship. He also received the Gold Medal for securing highest academic standing.
He is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, the IEEE Journal of Emerging Selected Topics in Power Electronics, the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, and IET Power Electronics, and an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal.

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Chunyan

 Dr. Chunyan Lai
 Ph.D., MIEEE
Assistant Professor
Office: GW-EV05.401      
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 5279
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: clai@encs.concordia.ca
Website
Research Interests:

  • Electric Motor Drives

  • Electric Machine Modeling, Control and Testing

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  • Grid-connected Power Converters

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Biography:

Dr. Lai received the Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Sun Yat-sen University, China, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, in 2017. Between 2010 and 2013, she spent two and a half years in the industry. She worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow for one year at the University of Windsor after she received her Ph.D. degree. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Research associateS, Postdoctoral fellows

&

collaborators

Al-Badri 

 Dr. Maher Al-Badri
Ph.D., P.Eng., SMIEEE
Office: SGW-EV S3.625      
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ex. 7087
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: ma_albad@encs.concordia.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:

  • Electrical Machines and Drives

  • Power Electronics 

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  • Renewable Energy Systems

  • Power System Analysis 

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Biography:

Dr. Al-Badri received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University, Montréal, Canada in 2015. He is currently a Research Associate in PEER group and Part-Time Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Dr. Al-Badri is IEEE Senior Member, Member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, Member of the IEEE IAS Electric Machines Committee, Member of the IEEE PES Electric Machinery Committee, Registered Canadian Professional Engineer (Ontario) and Member of The Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

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Mathews

 Dr. Mathews Boby
 Ph.D., MIEEE
Office: GW-EV S3.625      
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7070
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: mathews@encs.concordia.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:

  • Power Electronics

  • Induction Motor Drives

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  • Multilevel Voltage Source Inverters

  • Solar Grid Connected Inverters

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Biography:
Dr. Boby received his B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2010 from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, India and the M.Tech. degree in Electronics Design and Technology in 2014 and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 2017. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in PEER group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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Dr. CYUSA S. Christophe

 Dr. Cyusa S. Christophe
 Ph.D., MIEEE, MIEEJ
Office: GW-EV05.181      
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4489
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: ccyusa@encs.concordia.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:

  • Electrical Machines Designs

  • Mechatronics

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  • Electrical Drives & Motion Control

  • EV and Renewable Energies

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Biography:
Dr. CYUSA S. Christophe was born on Nov. 08, 1982, in Kigali, Rwanda. He received the BSc.Eng. in Electrical Power Engineering from University of Rwanda in 2007; MSc.Eng. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University (OK, USA) in 2011, and Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Yokohama National University (JAPAN) in 2018.
Since 2009, he has been on the Academic Staff with the College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda.
Dr. Cyusa was a recipient of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition 2016 Best Paper Award and the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) Industry Applications Society (IAS) SAMCON 2017 Excellent Presentation Award.
From Apr. 2018 to Oct. 2018, he was working as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Yokohama National University. From Nov. 2018, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow in PEER Group, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Concordia University (Montreal, QC, CANADA).

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GRADUATE STUDENTS (Ph.D.)
 

Luccas

 Luccas Matiuzzi Kunzler
Research Topic: Power Balance Technique for Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Cells in a Hybrid Power Amplifier with Wide Output Voltage Variation
Supervisor: Dr. Luiz Lopes
Office: SGW-EV S3.615
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: l_kunzle@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: MAY 2016
Expected Graduation: MAY 2020
Research Interests:
Power Electronics; Multilevel Converters; Hybrid Power Amplifier
Biography:
Luccas Matiuzzi Kunzler received his Bachelor and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering at Federal University of Santa Maria - Brazil. Currently he is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Luiz Lopes at Concordia University , Montréal, Canada. 

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Rajendra

 Rajendra Thike
Research Topic: Online Parameter Determination of Electrical Machines
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.625
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: r_thike@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2017
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Electrical Machine Modelling; Renewable Energy; Electric Drives; Power Electronic Converters
Biography:
Rajendra Thike received his Bachelor's degree from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2010, and the Master's degree from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2016, all in electrical engineering. He had worked as a design and installation engineer at Solar Electricity Company, Kathmandu and as an assistant lecturer at Khwopa Engineering College, Bhaktapur, Nepal after his graduation. He had also worked as an electrical engineer at the Ministry of Energy, Government of Nepal for three and a half years.
He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Venkata

 Vakacharla Venkata Ratnam
Research Topic: New Topologies for Soft Switching Current-fed Isolated DC-DC Resonant Converters for DC micro grids Applications
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV S3.645    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: v_enkat@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2017
Expected Graduation: DEC 2019
Research Interests:
Soft Switching Converters; Current, Voltage and Impedance Fed Converters
Biography:
Vakacharla Venkata Ratnam has completed bachelors in electrical and electronics engineering from V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College,Vijayawada in 2012, Masters in Power Electronics from IIT BHU, Varanasi in 2015. Later he worked as Assistant Professor in VIEW college, Visakhapatnam from 2015-2016.Later he registered for PhD in Concordia University in 2017. He has published two journals in IEEE transactions on power electronics and Industry applications. Presented 3 papers in conference. He secured full scholarship to support his studies during PhD.

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Gabriel

 Gabriel Renan Broday
Research Topic: Analysis, Design and Control of Bidirectional DC-DC Converters for Microgrids and Energy Storage Systems Applications
Supervisor: Dr. Luiz Lopes
Office: SGW-EV S3.615
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: g_broday@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2017
Expected Graduation: JAN 2021
Research Interests:
Power Converters; Energy Storage Systems; Microgrids; Renewable Energy Sources
Biography:
Gabriel Renan Broday was born in Ponta Grossa, Brazil, in 1992. He received the B. S. degree in Electronics Engineering, and the M. S. degree in Electrical Engineering, both from the Federal University of Technology of Parana, Ponta Grossa, Brazil, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He is currently working towards the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Dwaipayan

 Dwaipayan Barman
Research Topic:
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.306
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
E-Mail: d_barman@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2017
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Design of Electrical Machines for Electrical Vehicle and Renewable Energy Applications
Biography:
Dwaipayan Barman has received B. E. degree from Jadavpur University, India in 2011 and M. Tech. degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in 2013 both in electrical engineering. Currently He is a PhD student in the department of Electrical and Computer engineering at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. He was a research associate from December 2013 to July 2017 at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

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Bigyan

 Bigyan Basnet
Research Topic: Modelling Analysis and Control of Variable Flux Machine
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.645
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: b_basnet@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2021
Research Interests:
Electric Drives; Real-time simulations
Biography:
Bigyan Basnet received his bachelor’s degree from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2013 and Master’s degree from Ulsan University, South Korea in 2017, both in Electrical Engineering. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Rama_updated_17_Aug_2020  Rama Krishna N. V.
Research Topic: Power conversion topologies-modulation-control
Supervisor: Dr. Luiz Lopes
Office: SGW-EV S3.645    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: r_vaddip@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2018
Expected Graduation: NOV 2021
Research Interests:
Power conversion topologies-modulation-control, energy systems, real-time control, Nonlinear control and multi-agent control.
Biography:
Mr. Rama received B.E degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, in 2009, and the M.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power & Control from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 2011. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
He joined as Technologist (Automation) in Tata Steel Limited, India in 2011 and left as Manager(Electrical Maintenance) in 2017. He has built expertise in Purdue hierarchy of automation. He worked extensively in process control & instrumentation, plant digitization, industrial safety, Power system switch-gear(LV & MV), PLC (Siemens, Honeywell and Allen Bradley), DCS (Siemens and Honeywell), GE iFix SCADA, Bosch Rexroth MAC8 gimbal control system and motor drives.

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Ronak

 Ronak Nemade
Research Topic: Multilevel Power Converters
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: FG 1100.10    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424
E-Mail: r_nemade@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2018
Expected Graduation: DEC 2021
Research Interests:
Power Electronics Converters; Modulation Techniques; Electrical Machine & Drives; Power-Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulations; Real-time Simulations
Biography:
Ronak Nemade received his B.E. in Power Electronics from Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, India, in 2013 and his M.Tech. in Power Electronics & Drives from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India in 2016. He is presently working towards the PhD degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Concordia University under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Rathore. He was working with Industrial Electronics group, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, Rajasthan, India from Sept-2016 to Feb-2017. From Feb-2017 to Dec-2017 he worked as Senior Design Engineer - Power Electronics with The TATA Power Company Limited - Strategic Engineering Division. He is recipient of Concordia University International Tuition Award of Excellence ENCS and Concordia University Graduate Fellowship Award.

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Swati

 Swati Tandon
Research Topic:
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV S3.306    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
E-Mail: s_tando@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2018
Expected Graduation: APL 2021
Research Interests:
Soft switching converters, Current fed converters, Electric vehicle/FCV application
Biography:
Swati Tandon received her bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Uttarakhand Tech. University, Dehradun, India in 2011 and master’s degree from the Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India in 2013. She has worked as Assistant Manager-Design and development center, Electrical & Automation Division, Larsen & Toubro limited, Mumbai, India.
Swati is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.

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Tamanwe

 Tamanwe Payarou
Research Topic: Emulation of Permanent Magnet Machines using FEA Look-up Table Based Machine Models
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.645
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: t_payaro@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2021
Research Interests:
Power Electronics Converters; Renewable Energy Sources and Systems; Electrical Transportation Systems
Biography:
Tamanwè Payarou received the Bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering department from the University of Dokuz Eylul, Izmir, Turkey, in 2016 and the Master's degree from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2018 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
Tamanwè is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia, under the supervision of Prof. Pragasen Pillay. He is a recipient of the Concordia Merit Scholarship ENCS for his Master’s program. He is also the recipient of the Concordia University International Award of Excellence for his ongoing Ph.D.

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Yupeng

 Yupeng Liu
Research Topic: Electric Machine Emulation
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV
Telephone: (514) 848-2424
E-Mail: l_yupen@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2021
Research Interests:
Power Electronics; Solid-State Transformer; Microgrid Power management
Biography:
Yupeng Liu received his Bachelor and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering at China Agricultural University, China, in 2015 and 2017. From 2017 to 2018 he spent one year in the industry. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Gayatri

 Gayathri Tanuku
Research Topic: Emulation of Induction Machines
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.615
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: g_tanuku@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2021
Research Interests:
Electrical Machines, Renewable Energy Sources, Micro grid, Smart grid
Biography:
Gayatri Tanuku received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India 2009 and Master’s degree in Power System Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India in 2013. She worked as a Ratified Assistant professor in Veltech University, Chennai, India.
Gayathri T is currently pursuing PhD in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University under the supervision of Prof. Pragasen Pillay. She is currently the recipient of Concordia International tuition award of excellence ENCS.

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Sumeet

 Sumeet Singh
Research Topic: Electric Machine Design with Different Permanent Magnet Shapes for Electric Vehicle Application
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.615
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: s_sume@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2021
Research Interests:
Power Electronics; Electrical Machines and Drives; Renewable Energy Sources
Biography:
Sumeet Singh received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering department from BEC, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India in 2014 and the Master's degree in Power Electronics from Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India in 2016. He has worked as a Project Research Associate at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India from August 2016 to May, 2018.
Sumeet is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Pragasen Pillay. He is a recipient of the Concordia University International Award of Excellence ENCS for his ongoing Ph.D.

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Shiva Garaei

 Shiva Garaei
Research Topic:
Supervisor: Dr. Chunyan Lai
Office: SGW-EV S3.306
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
E-Mail: s_garaei@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: MAY 2019
Expected Graduation: JAN 2023
Research Interests:
Electrical Machines and Drives; Modeling and Optimization of Electric Vehicles
Biography:
Shiva Garaei received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Shiraz University of technology, Shiraz, Iran in 2011 and master’s degree from the University of Tabriz, Tabriz , Iran in 2015. She is pursuing the Ph. D. degree in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University under the supervision of Dr. Chunyan Lai.

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Mohanraj

 Mohanraj Muthusamy
Research Topic: Core Loss and Machine Design
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.645
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: m_mohanr@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2019
Expected Graduation: AUG 2023
Research Interests:
Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of Electrical Machines.
Biography:
Mohanraj has received his Bachelors degree in Anna University in 2012, and M.Tech Degree from Karunya University in 2014, Coimbatore. He worked as a Lecturer at VSB College of Engineering and as a Junior Research Fellow at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Mohanraj is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

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Arvind

 Arvind Vyas Ramanan
Research Topic: Permanent magnet Motor design
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.615
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: r_arvind@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2019
Expected Graduation: AUG 2023
Research Interests:
Future propulsion systems (motors, drives, power electronics, alternative energy sources)
Biography:
Arvind Vyas Ramanan his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and electronics engineering from Anna University, Chennai India in 2006. He worked in L&T India for almost 4 years. He completed Masters in Applied Science at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in 2013. Worked in MDA Corporation, Montreal, Canada for almost 4 years.
Will be pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

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Ying Zuo

 Ying Zuo
Research Topic:
Supervisor: Dr. Chunyan Lai
Office: SGW-EV S3.306
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
E-Mail: zu_ying@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2019
Expected Graduation: AUG 2023
Research Interests:
Electric machine model; Intelligent motor drive control
Biography:
Ying Zuo received her bachelor’s degree in detection, guidance and control technology from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China in 2018 and master’s degree in electronic engineering from Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon, France in 2019. She is pursuing her Ph. D. degree in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Dr. Chunyan Lai.

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GRADUATE STUDENTS (M.A.S.c)
 

Koyelia

 Koyelia Khatun
Research Topic: Thesis- Small signal modelling of current-fed dc-dc converter
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV-S3.306    
Telephone: (514)848-2424 Ext.4126
E-Mail: k_khatun@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Switching converter, Electric hybrid vehicle, resonant converter, High power industrial AC drives and multi-level Inverter
Biography:
Koyelia Khatun received her B.Tech degree from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University Of Technology, Kolkata,India in 2016. She has worked as Technical Assistant nearly for 1.5 years in India. Currently Koyelia is pursuing her MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.

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Karan Pande

 Karan M. Pande
Research Topic:
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV-S3.306    
Telephone: (514)848-2424 Ext.4126
E-Mail: k_pande@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Electric Vehicle Charger Development, Electric vehicle charging facilities development and planning, Operation of charging distribution network, Construction and operation of charging facilities, Fuel cell construction and operation, Renewable Energy Sources.
Biography:
Karan Pande received his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (R.T.M.N.U), Nagpur, India in 2016. He was working as an Assistant Manager in India’s leading Business Consulting and market research firm “BDB India Pvt. Ltd” from August 2016 to August 2018. During his senior year in under graduation he pursued his six months internship with “SMS Infrastructure Limited” on their live project for TNEB (Tamil Nadu Electricity Board) named “R-APDRP” and one month internship with “Reliance Power” Nagpur. Currently Karan is pursuing his MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.

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Abhinandan Dixit

 Abhinandan Dixit
Research Topic: Thesis- Design and Development E-Rickshaw Battery Charger
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV-S3.306    
Telephone: (514)848-2424 Ext.4126
E-Mail: a_ix@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Energy Sources, Power Electronics, Solar DC Microgrid, DC/DC Converter, MPPT Control
Biography:
Abhinandan Dixit received his B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (V.I.T), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India in August 2018. During his undergraduation he worked as a Research Assistant at University Of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada through Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Program from May 2017 to August 2017. Currently Abhinandan is pursuing his MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore. He is the recipient of Mitacs Graduate Fellowship and Concordia University Split Merit Scholarship.

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Ashutosh_Patel

 Ashutosh Patel
Research Topic: Winding Modeling Techniques for Electrical Stress Analysis in VSI-Fed Traction Electric Machines
Supervisor: Dr. Chunyan Lai
Office: SGW-H 943    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext.
E-Mail: as_at@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2017
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and drives, Electric machine design, Electric vehicles.
Biography:
Ashutosh Patel received his B.E in electrical engineering from L.D.R.P – Institute of Technology and Research. Currently Ashutosh Patel is pursuing his MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Chunyan Lai.

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Yang Luo

 Yang Luo
Research Topic:  
Supervisor: Dr. Chunyan Lai & Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW- S3.615    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: y_uo2018@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: MAR 2019
Expected Graduation: MAR 2021
Research Interests:
Electric Motor Drives, Power Electronics
Biography:
Yang received her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Wuhan University, China. Currently, she is pursuing her MASc degree under the supervision of both Dr.Chunyan Lai and Dr.Pragasen Pillay in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada. She is the recipient of Concordia University Split Merit Scholarship.

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Amirhosein

 Amirhossein Mehdizade Mehrjoy Araghi
Research Topic: Single stage single-phase grid connected inverter
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW- S3.306    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
E-Mail:
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: Aug 2020
Research Interests:
Electric Motor Drives, Power Electronics
Biography:
Amirhossein holds a bachelor degree in Amirkabir university, Tehran Iran,  form 2010 to 2014 and has done military service in Airforce division from 2014 to 2016. He has roughly four years of experience in designing and calculating the appropriate budget for high voltage posts.
He is currently pursuing his MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.

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Sukanya

 Sukanya Dutta
Research Topic: Analysis and Design of High-Frequency Soft Switching High Gain DC-DC Converter
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-H943    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext.
E-Mail: su_dutta@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2019
Expected Graduation: Aug 2021
Research Interests:
DC-DC Converters, EV Battery Charging, Power Electronics Application in Power Systems
Biography:
Sukanya Dutta received her B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, India in 2019.
Currently, she is pursuing her Master of Applied Science (MASc) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.

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Avishek Roy

 Avishek Roy
Research Topic:  
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-H 943    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext.
E-Mail: av_roy@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2019
Expected Graduation: AUG 2021
Research Interests:
Renewable Energy Sources; Power System; Sustainable Power Generation; Transformation of Energy Systems; Hybrid Electrical Vehicles.
Biography:
Avishek Roy received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from AIUB, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is currently a Master of Applied Science student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Jingdi Wang

 Jingdi Wang
Research Topic:  
Supervisor: Dr. Luiz Lopes and Dr. Ursula Eicker
Office: SGW-H 943    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext.
E-Mail: w_jingdi@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Power Electronics
Biography:
Jingdi Wang received her bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Communication University of China, China. She is pursuing her MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of both Dr. Luiz Lopes and Dr. Ursula Eicker.

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ALUMNI
Alumni_June_2020
1. Mr. Aditya Kumar Bhatt Looking for Engineering work
2. Dr. Sivanagaraju Gangavarapu Looking for Engineering work
3. Mr. Jaydeep Bhalala Electrical Design Engineer, Noreast Electronics, Hawkesbury, ON, Canada
4.  Ms. Seyedeh Nazanin Afrasiabi Looking for Engineering work
5.  Dr. Amitkumar Kortagere Sashidhar Specialist in Simulations and PHIL, Opal-RT, Montreal, QC, Canada
6.  Mr. Muhammad Ali Akbar Looking for Engineering work
7.  Mr. Vincent Prévost Candidate for Engineering Profession at Pageau Morel, Montreal, QC, Canada
8.  Dr. Mahmud Ghasemi Bijan Electrical Engineer at ElectroMagneticWorks, Montreal, QC, Canada

9. 

 Ms. Manisha Verma Electronics Design Engineer at Ossiaco, Montreal, QC, Canada
10.  Dr. Hemanth Kumar Tanneru Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
11.  Ms.Karin Rezende Feistel Embedded Hardware Engineer at unu, Berlin
12.  Dr. Chirag Desai Test and Support Engineer for Bombardier Transportaion at Expleo Canada
13.  Mr. Zaid Hamed Zaid Looking for Engineering work
14.  Mr. Saroosh Saeed Technical Support Specialist - DAS, SCADA, Renewable Energy, Cloud at Power Factors, Montreal,Canada
15.  Dr. Mohammad Masadeh Research Associate, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
16.  Dr. Seyede Sara Maroufian Electric Motor Design Engineer, TM4, Boucherville, Québec, Canada
17.  Dr. Khalid Elamari Working in Lybia
18.  Dr. Ahmad Malkawi Assistant Professor at the University of Jordan, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Amman, Jordan
19.  Dr. Akrem Mohamed Aljehaimi Assistant Professor at Misurata University, Libya
20.  Dr. Amirmasoud Takbash Electric Motor Design Engineer at Genesis Robotics, Langley, BC, Canada
21.  Dr. Mohammadhosssein Ashourianjozdani Electrical Engineer at EMTP-RV, Powersys, Montréal, Québec, Canada
22.  Mr. Mohamed Ismail Omer Technical Presales Engineer at Maya HTT, Montréal, QC
25.  Mr. Mohammadhossein Afshin  Electrical Engineer Intern, GE, Canada 
24.  Mr. Avinash Sharma  Looking for Engineering Job 
25.  Mr. Deepak Chetia  Member, Technical Staff I (Power Engineer), MDA Corporation, Canada  
26.  Mr. Ahmed Kotb Abdalla  Junior Electrical Designer at Murata Power Solutions, Markham, Ontario, Canada
27.  Dr. Suvendu Samanta Postdoctoral Fellow, North Carolina State University, NC, USA
28 

Mr. Joseph Woods

Past Technician, Retired
29.  Dr. R. Sudharshan Kaarthik Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India
30. 

Mr. Ashutoshkumar Choubey

Power Electronics Engineer at MDA Corporation
31. 

Ms. Samhita Dey

Technical Support, GEXEL, Montréal, Québec, Canada
34. 

Ms. Nazli Kalantari

Looking for Engineering Job
33.  Ms. Nina Naghizadeh Algorithm Design Development Engineer at General Motors, ON, Canada
34. 

Dr. Jemimah C. Akiror

Maintenance Manager, Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), Uganda
35. 

Dr. Ayman Al-Quraan

Assistant Professor, Yarmook University, Jordan
36. 

Dr. John Wanjiku

Low-frequency Electromagnetics Product Specialist, Mechanical Analysis Division, Mentor Infolytica, a Siemens Business, Montréal, Canada (formerly Infolytica Corporation)

37. 

Mr. Hesam Akbarian

Advanced Electrical Specialist at Contiental Automotive, Canada
38. 

Dr. Jonathan Maisonneuve

Assistant Professor, Oakland University, USA
39. 

Dr. Maher Al-Badri

Research Associate and Part-Time Professor, Concordia University, Canada
40. 

Dr. Abhijit Choudhury

Researcher, Experimental Power Grid Centre, Singapore
41. 

Mr. Harjot Singh Saini

ABB Inc., USA
42. 

Mr. Tasneem Rumman Huq

Controls Development Engineer at General Motors, Canada
43. 

Mr. Maninder Singh

OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES,  Canada
44. 

Dr. Lesedi Masisi

Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA
45. 

Dr. Nathan Curry

Director of Business Development for Isolated Habitats, Terragon, Canada
46. 

Dr. S. Morteza Taghavi

Electric Motor Design Engineer, Persimmon Technologies Corporation, Wakefield, MA USA
47. 

Dr. Maged Ibrahim

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Council Canada - CNRC-NRC, Boucherville, Québec, Canada
48. 

Ms. Nazak Soleimanpour

Ph.D student at École Polytechnique de Montréal
49.  Dr. Sheldon Williamson Past Faculty, currently Associate Professor at University of Ontario, Institute of Technology
50. 

Dr. Florence Berthold

Famic Technologies, Canada
51. 

Mr. Arvind Vyas Ramanan

MDA Corporation, Canada
52. 

Mr. Ebrahim S. Dehaghani

Building Electrical and Life Safety Syatems Inspector at Troy Life and Fire Safety Ltd.
53. 

Mr. Tochukwu Louis Oranugo

Group Manager, Maintenance at Labatt Brewing Company Limited
54. 

Dr. Miguel Torres

Assistant Professor at Universidad de O'Higgins
55. 

Mr. Sean Smithson

MacDonald Dettwiler & Assoc., Canada
56. 

Mr. Kang Chang

Electrical Engineer, Mentor Graphics Canada, a Siemens Business
57. 

Dr. Nayeem Ninad

Researcher at CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
58.

Dr. Olivare Dzune Mipoung

Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, USA
59.

Ms. Lekha Sejpal

ABB, Canada
60.

Dr. Rachel Namuli

Consultant Engineer, Uganda
61.

Dr. Natheer Alatawneh

Hardware Designer at Cysca Technologies Inc., Montréal, Québec, Canada
62.

Dr. Arbi Gharakhani Siraki

Hyperloop One, USA
63.

Mr. Arash Shafiei

Electrical Designer at Mobile Climate Control
64.

Dr. Maged Barsom

Technical Support Specialist at Rockwell Automation
65.

Mr. Mohammad Sharafat

Junior Electrical Engineer at SES Engineering
66.

Mr. Moustafa Dalal Bachi

Sr. Electrical Advisor at Enbridge Pipelines, Canada
67.

Mr. Abdul Adud Shikder

Private Business, Canada
68.

Dr. Reinaldo Tonkoski

Associate Professor, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
69.

Dr. Youcef Berrouche

Energy Consultant at Mondevert, Canada
70.

Dr. Zahra Amjadi

Visiting Assistant Professor, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, USA
71.

Mr. Peng Zang

Avionic Engineer, Cabin Engineer at Air Canada
72.

Mr. Giampaolo Carli

Power Electronics Designer at EMD Technologies - Heico Corporation, Canada
73.

Mr. Pablo Cassani

Hardware and Firmware Developper at Genetec, Canada
74.

Mr. Xin Li

SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit (formerly Interfleet), Canada
75.

Ms. Di Wu

Senior Engineer at Lea+Elliott, Inc., USA

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 Concordia University

Mailing Address:
Power Electronics and Energy Research Group (PEER)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Concordia University
Sir George William Campus
SGW-EVS3.605
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Montréal (Québec) H3G 1M8
Email: peer@encs.concordia.ca

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updated June. 2020