Curriculum Vitae
- University lecturer with five years of experience in lecturing engineering undergraduates. An active speaker in disseminating research findings to the public and peers. An outreach ambassador to promote engineering to the next generation to study STEM with a special focus on the previously disadvantaged and underrepresented groups.
Education
PhD in Electrical Engineering
- University: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Research Topic: Optimization of Magnetic Couplers for Inductive Power Transfer Applications
- Advisor: Prof. Azeem Khan
- Scholarships: 1. National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Innovation Doctoral Non-SA scholarship
- 2. University of Cape Town Scholarship for International Students for Doctoral Studies
MSc in Electrical Engineering
- University: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Research Topic: Design of LCL-filters for Grid-Connected Voltage Source Inverters
- Advisor: Dr. Moin Hanif
- Scholarships: 1. National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Innovation Master's Non-SA scholarship
- 2. University of Cape Town Scholarship for International Students for Masters Studies
BEng in Electronics Engineering
- University: Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), Sheffield, UK
- Research Topic: Pedometer Algorithm
- Advisor: Dr. Nimsiri Abhayasinghe
Lecturer- University of Cape Town - Mar. 2019 - Present
Teaching Responsibilities:
- 1. Introduction to Electrical Engineering & Power Utilization [EEE2041F] - 2020 - present
- 2. Electrical Machines and Power Electronics [EEE4117F]- 2019 - present
- 3. Final Year Project Supervision [EEE4022F/S] - 2019 - present
- 4. Power Systems Engineering [EEE3100S] - 2019
- 5. Power Distribution & Transmission Networks [EEE4117F]- 2019
Administrative Responsibilities:
- 1. Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment future dreamers 2050 strategic group - 2023-present
- 2. Departmental Authority for Ethics - 2023- present
- 3. Course convenor for EEE2041F/EEE2049W and EEE4117F - 2020 - present
- 4. Electrical Engineering (EE) student advisor for 3rd year- 2022 - present
- 5. Member of EE department's admission, outreach, and promotion committee - 2022 - present
- 6. Member of Engineering and Build Environment Faculty Time Table Committee - 2022
- 7. UCT Open day facilitator for EE - 2019-present
Part Time Lecturer- University of Cape Town - 2017 - 2019
Teaching Responsibility: Electrical Machines and Power Electronics [EEE4117F]
Tutor- University of Cape Town - 2014 - 2017
Tutoring Responsibilities: Electrical Engineering I (EEE2030F), Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (EEE2038), Power Engineering (EEE3057S-A), Energy conversion and Utilization (EEE3044S)
Teaching Assistant- Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology- 2013 - 2014
Tutoring Responsibilities: Electrical Engineering I (EEE101), Control Systems (297), Digital Signal Processing (293), Electronic Engineering 3.
Industry
Agrilogiq
- 2023
- Agrivoltaics greenhouses to tackle the food and energy challenges in Rural Africa.
Energy system planning (ESP) group
- 2023
- Develop fundamental models for grid-forming inverters to understand the dynamics of the power system.
Government Motor Transport (GMT) Department of Western Cape
- 2021
- A feasibility study on electric vehicle deployment in South Africa.
Academia
Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Solutions
- (2024-present)
- Joint supervision with Dr. Ananth Bharadwaj, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Plan
Wireless Power Transfer Systems to enable long-distance power transfer
- (2024-present)
- Joint supervision with Dr. Cheng Zhang, University of Manchester, UK.
Wireless Power Transfer Systems for agricultural applications
- (2024-present)
- Joint supervision with Dr. Xing Zhao, York University, UK.
Induction Heating Technology for geysers
- (2023-present)
- Joint supervision with Prof. David Stone, University of Sheffield, UK.
Autoethnography
- (2023-present)
Research involving early career academics from several institutes writing about their academic experience.
Grid Forming Inverters
- (2022-present)
Collaboration with the power systems research group at the university of cape town to develop a hardware prototype to realize
grid-forming inverters based on the general power theory proposed by Emeritus Professor CT Gaunt.
Educational Tool Development
- (2021-present)
- Collaboration with the MATLAB Academia Team to develop interactive graphical user interface-based teaching and learning tools.
Modelling the Human Gait
- (2013-present)
- Collaboration with Dr. Nimsiri Abeysinghe and Prof. Iain Murray from Curtin university, and Dr. Abdul Yunus from the University of Cape Town
uYilo Kick Start Fund -2024 USD 26,000
- Project: Develop a Non-planar wireless e-scooter charger.
Innovation Builder Fund -2023 USD 16,000
- Project: Develop a Non-planar wireless e-scooter charger.
DST/NRF Wind Energy Research Spoke -2021-2023 USD 85,000 p.a.
- Project: Develop robust passive filters for grid-connected inverters.
EBE URC Block Grant -2022 USD 2000
- Project: Develop a wireless power charger for e-bikes
URC Research Development Grant -2022 USD 3000
- Project: Develop a photovoltaic to electric vehicle charger
Building Research Active Academic Staff Grant (BRASS) -2021 USD 20,000
- Project: Develop a wireless power charger for drones
Eskom Tertiary Education Support Programme -2020 USD 4250
- Project: Develop a micro-grid
New Academic Practitioner Programme (NAPP) -2019 USD 280
- Project: Perform research in the field of engineering education
URC University Start-up Grant -2019 USD 1400
- Project: Facilitate initial research activities
Academic
Akshay Jankee
- (completed)
- Degree: Doctoral
- Thesis Title: Testing the general power theory for power quality improvement
- Co-supervised with Associate Professor David Oyedokun
Nikhil Bejrajh
- (2023-present)
- Degree: Doctoral
- Thesis Title: Wireless Power Transfer for e-scooter charging
Girish Awadhwal
- (2024-present)
- Degree: Doctoral
- Thesis Title: Pending (In the area of wireless power transfer for electric vehicles)
Academic
Musa Thokwe
- (2021-present) Part-time
- Degree: MSc by research (Part time)
- Thesis Title: LCL filter design
for a grid-connected three-phase inverter under grid disturbances
Uvir Gordhan
- (completed)
- Degree: MSc by research (Part time)
- Thesis Title: Wireless Power Transfer for UAVs
Gianluca Patrizi
- (2022-present)
- Degree: MSc by research
- Thesis Title: LCL filter design
for a grid-connected three-phase inverter under grid disturbances
Phemelo Maile
- (2023-present)
- Degree: MSc by research
- Thesis Title: Fast wireless charging of e-scooters
Sanaa Petkar
- (2023-present)
- Degree: MSc by research
- Thesis Title: Physiotherapy Assistor
Sigrid Aadnesgaard
- (2024-present)
- Degree: MSc by research
- Thesis Title: Electromagnetic Energy Robotics
Invited Speaker at Engineering Simulation Conference 2024
Invited Speaker at 32nd Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference (SAUPEC 2024)
Invited Speaker at E-mobility Congress South Africa-2023
Workshop at the first international Microwave & Antenna Symposium in Africa (IMAS)-Feb 2023
Invited speaker at New Academics' Regional Colloquium (NATRC)- Sept-2022
Invited speaker at Africa and International use of energy conference
IEEE IAS/IES/PELS Combined SA Chapter Chair
- (2022-present)
- Workshops Organized:
- 1. Unlocking Simulink’s Potential: Empowering Embedded Systems with Code Generation, 26th and 27th of July
- 2. Power-efficient remote sensing systems with drones and wireless sensor networks, 07 Jun 2023
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions
- (2016-present)
- 1. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- 2. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
- 3. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
- 4. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
- 5. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics
- 6. IEEE Access
- 7. IEEE Industrial Applications
- 8. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
- 9. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society
- 10. IEEE Transaction on Magnetics
International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN)
- (2015-2022)
IEEE Member/ IEEE Industrial Electronics society
- (2021-present)
IEEE Student Member
- (2016-2020)
Engineering and Build Environment Research Student Award (MSc) - 2016
University of Cape Town Research Associateship (MSc) - 2014
Zone 24x7 Excellence Award for Best Overall Performance in BEng (Hons) in Electronics Engineering - 2012
Best Performance in the Final Year in BEng(Hons) Electronics Engineering - 2012
National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Innovation Doctoral Non-SA Scholarship - USD 30,000
University of Cape Town Scholarship for International Students for Doctoral Studies - USD 7,500
National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Innovation Masters Non-SA Scholarship - USD 7,800
University of Cape Town Scholarship for International Students for Masters Studies - USD 3,000
NRF South Africa Travel Grant to attend IEEE WPTC-Montreal-2018 - USD 3,000
IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Travel Grant to attend COBEP-Brazil-2015 - USD 500
NRF South Africa Travel Grant to attend IEEE COBEP-2015 - USD 1,250
University of Cape Town Travel Grant to attend IEEE IFEEC-2015 - USD 850
- Professor Azeem Khan
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Room 5.22.5, 5th Floor,
- Menzies Building,
- Library Road, Upper Campus,
- University of Cape Town,
- Tel. no: +27 21 650 5956
- Email: azeem.khan@uct.ac.za
- Professor Iain Murray
- John Curtin Distinguished Professor
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Curtin University,
- GPO Box U1987
- Perth WA 6845
- Tel. no: +61 8 9266 4540
- Email: I.Murray@curtin.edu.au
- Professor Paul Barendse
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Room 5.22.4, 5th Floor,
- Menzies Building,
- Library Road, Upper Campus,
- University of Cape Town,
- Tel. no: +27 21 650 4489
- Email: paul.barendse@uct.ac.za
- Dr Nimsiri Abhayasinghe
- Senior Lecturer,
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Curtin University,
- GPO Box U1987
- Perth WA 6845
- Email: k.abhayasinghe@curtin.edu.au