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Dr. Satish Naik
Assistant Professor, Senior Member IEEE & SIRE Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
PB Road, Dharwad, Karnataka, India - 580011
email: satish[at]iitdh[dot]ac[dot]in
Research Interests
Power Electronics
Electric Vehicles
Transportation Electrification
DC Circuit Breakers (LVDC, MVDC)
Grid Integration of Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen
News: Dr. Satish Naik is selected for Indo German Science and Technology Centre's Paired Early Career Fellowship in Applied Research (PECFAR). He will be visiting Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany during, Nov - Dec 2024.
News: Dr. Aditya P, successfully defended his MS thesis, April 2024, and joins The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA as a PhD Scholar.
News: Dr. Satish Naik is selected for IEEE Industrial Electronic Society's Young Professional Fellowship (IEEE IE SYPA) , 2023.
About
I am working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, at the Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT) Dharwad, Karnataka, India since February 2019. Currently, I am leading a group of researchers developing power electronic systems for various applications,
namely Electric Vehicle Chargers, Inverters for Grid-tied inverters, and DC Circuit Breakers for the Next-Generation Transportation Systems. I am also strongly involved in teaching various core courses both for undergraduate
and post-graduate programs at IIT Dharwad.
From July 2018 to January 2019, I worked for Mahindra Electric wherein
I was responsible for the development of electric vehicle charger. During my tenure as a post-doctoral fellow with
Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara at PEMSES - Power Electronics, Microgrids, and Subsea Electrical Systems Center
at the University of Houston, Texas, USA, I was responsible for the development of dc circuit breakers for subsea systems. In August 2014, I joined the power electronics
group with Prof. L. Umanand at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research (ICER)
at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India as a Ph.D. scholar, and received the doctorate in February 2018. My Ph.D. research work focused on the
development of novel multilevel inverters topologies for grid-tied applications. I received the Master
of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India in July 2012. Later, from August 2012 to 2014, I worked for
the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, and I was responsible for the development of
high-power radar power supplies.
Resume
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
August 2014 - February 2018
Institute: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IN
Thesis Title: Multilevel Inverters for Grid-tied Solar PV Systems
Master of Engineering
August 2010 - July 2012
Institute: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IN
Course: Electrical Engineering - High Voltage Engineering
Bachelor of Technology
2006 - 2010
Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, IN
Course: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor
February 2019 - Present
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, IN
Manager R&D
July 2018 - January 2019
Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited, Bangalore, IN
Post Doctoral Fellow
September 2017 - May 2018
University of Houston, TX, USA
Scientist
August 2012 - 2014
Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), DRDO, IN
Visiting Positions
Visiting Professor
August - December 2022
Department of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics
Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.
Visiting Research Fellow
March 2022
PEMSES - Power Electronics, Microgrids, and Subsea Electrical Systems Center
University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Publications
Journal Publications:
Public Profile Links
Projects
Ongoing Projects:
Development of Intelligent Circuit Breakers for Residential DC Microgrids
Principal Investigator (PI), Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Jan 2024-2027.
Completed Projects:
Development of Direct Current Hybrid Circuit Breaker for DC Grid Applications
Principal Investigator (PI), Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Startup Research Grant (SRG), 2019-2021. Completed, March 2022
Design Validation and Performance Analysis of the Antenna Power Supply Unit
Principal Investigator (PI), Funding Agency: Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), DRDO, Govt. of India, 2022-2023.
Development of DC Circuit Breakers for Next-Generation Transportation Systems (NGTS)
Principal Investigator (PI), Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, SIRE, August- December 2022.
Host Institute: Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia, EU
Development of Electric Vehicle Chargers
Principal Investigator (PI), Funding Agency: IIT Dharwad, Startup Research Grant (SRG), 2019-2021.
Completed, December 2021
Financial Assistance to attend 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Principal Investigator (PI), Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, International Travel Support, March 2022.
Completed, March 2022
Collaborations/Funding Agencies/Sponsors:
Students
Current Students:
Nandakumar S
Date of joining: August 2020, Date of Graduation: Expected - August 2024
Current Position: Ph.D. Scholar at IITDh as well as Scientist "F", LRDE, DRDO
Daniel Anselm DSA
Date of joining: August 2023, Date of Graduation: Expected -
Current Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Aditya Shirodkar
Date of joining: August 2023, Date of Graduation: Expected -
Current Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Prashant Pithanishetty
Date of joining: August 2023, Date of Graduation: Expected -
Current Position: M.S. Scholar
Graduated Students:
Aditya Pogulaguntla, M.S. Scholar
Date of joining: Jan 2022, Date of Graduation: April 2024
Current Position: PhD Scholar, The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
Venkata Raghavendra Itte, Ph.D Scholar
Date of joining: August 2019, Date of Graduation: December 2022
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, at Prof. Fred Wang's Research Group, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Ajmal Muhammed C N, Junior Research Fellow
Date of joining: August 2020, Date of Graduation: December 2021.
Current Position: PhD Scholar, The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
Gyana Manjari Sahoo, Ph.D Scholar
Date of joining: August 2021, Date of Graduation: July 2022.
Current Position: PhD Scholar, IIT Bombay, India
!!! The list is limited to only - Ph.D, JRF, and MS Scholars.
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
- EE429: Design of Power Converters, [Aug 2021]
- EE425: Advanced Power Electronics and Drives, [Aug 2019, Aug 2020]
- EE101: Introduction to Electrical and Electronics Engineering, [Mar 2021, Mar 2022, Mar 2023]
- EE206: Introduction to Electrical Machines, [Jan 2020, Jan 2021]
- EE222: Introduction to Power Electronics, [Mar 2020]
- EE205: Network Theory, [May 2019, Aug 2019]
- EE206: Electrical Machines and Power Electronics, [Mar 2019]
- EE311: Electrical Machines and Power Electronics Laboratory, [Aug 2019, Aug 2023]
- ME311: Hands-on Engineering Laboratory, [Aug 2019, Nov 2021, May 2022]
Postgraduate Courses
- EE429: Design of Power Converters, [Aug 2021]
- EE425: Advanced Power Electronics and Drives, [Aug 2019, Aug 2020, Aug 2021]
- EE641: Photovoltaic System Design, [Aug 2023]
Reference Materials
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Power Electronics
- P.C. Sen, Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons-1996.
- L. Umanand, ``Power Electronics – essentials and applications," Wiley 2009.
- M.H. Rashid, Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications, Third Edition, Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi-2004.
- Ned Mohan, Tore M, Undelnad, William P, Robbins (3rd Edition), Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design; Wiley 2002.
- Cyril W Lander, “Power Electronics” The McGraw-Hill Companies, 3rd ed, 1993
- Danial W. Hart, Power Electronics, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Indian Edition 2011.
- A Fitzgerald, Charles Kingsley, Stephen Umans, Electric Machinery, 6th Edition.
- P.C. Sen, Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons-1996.
- Stephen Chapman, Electric Machinery Fundamentals, 4th Edition
- P. S. Bimbhra, Electrical machinery, Khanna Publishers.
- Del Toro, Basic Electric Machines, Pearson, 2016
- N Balabanian and T.A. Bickart, Linear Network Theory: Analysis, Properties, Design and Synthesis, Matrix Publishers, Inc. 1981.
- L.O. Chua, C.A. Desoer, E.S. Kuh, Linear and Nonlinear Circuits, McGraw - Hill International Edition 1987.
- Suresh Kumar, Electric Circuits and Networks, Pearson, 1st edition 2008.
- M.E. Van Valkenburg, Network Analysis, Ed3, 1974 or new editions.
- Anant Agarwal and Jefferey H. Lang, “Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronics Circuits,” Morgan Kaufmann publishers, 2005.
- Wlilliam H. Hayt, Jr., Jack E. Kemmerly and Steven M. Durbin, “Engineering Circuit Analysis,” Tata McGraw-Hill
Electrical Machines
Network Theory and Intro to Electrical Engineering
Gallery
Lab Photographs
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Event Photographs
IEEE Events - Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), USA; IEEE Talks in Tallinn, Estonia
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6th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SEMINAR "Intelligent and Efficient Energy Management for Zero Energy and Resource Efficient Smart Buildings and Districts --- TalTech and IEEE Estonia Section, Tallinn
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