Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles: Select Proceedings of Areev 2020 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811616419)

Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban (Member'12-Senior Member'15, IEEE) received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 2012. He was an Associate Professor at VIT University from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, he joined the National Institute of Technology, India, as a Faculty Member. In 2014, he was invited as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, funded by the Qatar National Research Foundation (Government of Qatar). He continued his research activities with the Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland, in 2014.

Further, he served as an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2016 to 2018. From March 2018 to February 2021, he has been a Faculty Member with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark. Since March 2021, he has been with the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) Laboratory, Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark.

S. Padmanaban has authored over 300 scientific papers and was the recipient of the Best Paper cum Most Excellence Research Paper Award from IET-SEISCON'13, IET-CEAT'16, IEEE-EECSI'19, IEEE-CENCON'19 and five best paper awards from ETAEERE'16 sponsored Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer book. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K. He is an Editor/Associate Editor/Editorial Board for refereed journals, in particular the IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL, IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications, IEEE ACCESS, IET Power Electronics, IET Electronics Letters, and Wiley-International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Subject Editorial Board Member--Energy Sources--Energies Journal, MDPI, and the Subject Editor for the IET Renewable Power Generation, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, and FACETS journal (Canada).

Dr.Nagesh Prabhu is currently a Professor and Head at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Karnataka, India. He obtained his AMIE Electrical Engineering from Institution of Engineers, Kolkatta, M.Tech from Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal, and Ph.D. in Power Systems and Power Electronics from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. His major areas of research interest include Power System Dynamics and control HVDC, FACTS, Power Quality & Custom Power Controllers for Smart Grid Applications. He has published over 60 papers in International Journals, conferences. He is a Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, Senior Member of IEEE, USA, Fellow of Indian Society for Lighting Engineers. He has delivered invited lectures at several international conferences and has been a resource person for several FDPs & workshops. He has guided four research scholars for their Ph.D. degree and two research scholars are currently pursuing their Ph.D. under VTU Belagavi. India. He is presently serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE ACCESS Multidisciplinary Journal and is a regular reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, International Journal of Power and Energy Systems (Elsevier), International Journal of Electric Power System Research (Elsevier), Ain Shams Engineering Journal (Elsevier), International Journal of IET - Generation Transmission & Distribution., Journal of Power Electronics, Korea, International Journal of control, Singapore and International Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (Elsevier).

Dr. Suryanarayana K is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NMAMIT, Nitte, Karnataka, India. He obtained his B.E in EEE from Mangalore University, M.Tech in System Analysis, and Computer Applications from Karnataka RegionalEngineering College, Surathkal, and Ph.D. in the area of Power Electronics from VTU, Belagavi. His major areas of research interest include - Power Electronics, Control Systems, and Signal Processing. He has published papers in International Journals, presented papers at international and national conferences. He served as a consultant for PiOCtave Solutions, Bengaluru, Pii-Tech Solutions, Bengaluru, and HEXMOTO Controls Pvt. Ltd, Mysuru. He has worked at various industries like Central ResearchLaboratory (Bharat Electronics Limited), Sling Media Pvt. Ltd, Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd and Tandberg Technology India Pvt. Ltd. He is a member of IEEE and ISSI.