Manjunath MATAM

(PhD candidate)


418 Dana Research Center
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115


m.manjunath@neu.edu

About Me:

I received my Bachelors in Electrical (major) and Masters in Power electronics and drives (major). Currently, pursuing Ph.D. at NIT Goa, India. Prior to joining Ph.D., I worked for some time at Industry, and NIT Goa University.

Research Interests:

Applications of Power electronics to Solar PV systems, Dynamic PV reconfiguration.

Ongoing Projects:

Project: Dynamic PV reconfiguration of large PV plants.
Description: The goal is to develop efficient algorithms for Dynamic PV reconfiguration of large PV plants operating under healthy and faulty conditions to enhance the PV performance.

Publications

[1] M. Manjunath, B. V. Reddy, and G. A. Reddy, "Optimized reconfigurable solar PV battery charger using relay switch matrix,"in Proc. of 7th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC),2015, pp. 1-6.

[2] Manjunath, M., Singh, P., Mandal, A. & Parihar, G. S. (2014). Consumer behaviour towards electricity- a field study. Energy Procedia,54, 541- 548.

[3] Manjunath, Matam; Samuel, Anudevi; Birodkar, Vighnesh; Beg, Mirza Omar, "A novel proposal for Electrical Load Online Census (ELOC)," Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON),Dec. 2013

[4] Manjunath Matam, Prashant Singh, Abhilash Mandal and Gaurav Singh Parihar "Consumer Behavior towards Electricity-A Field Study: Phase I" 4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER),Dec. 2013

[5] Manjunath Matam, Rohit Naik, Steve desouza "AcaDeM 1.0- A Power Saving Model for Academic Institution" 4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER), Dec. 2013

[6] Manjunath Matam, Shivprakash Gupta "Opportunities and Obstacles for Renewable Energy India 2020" 4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER), Dec. 2013

[7] Manjunath Matam, Keith Peres Da Costa "Multi Time Zone System -India"4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER), Dec. 2013.

Awards

Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship, Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF), New Delhi, India.

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