Biography

Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban (M’12–SM’15, IEEE) received a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, in 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 an Assistant Professor at the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark. He continued his activities from March 2021 as an Associate Professor with the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) Laboratory, Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark. Since January 2023, he has been a Full Professor in Electrical Power Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Cybernetics, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway. S. Padmanaban has authored over 800+ scientific papers and received 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, UK. He received a lifetime achievement award from Marquis Who’s Who - USA 2017 for contributing to power electronics and renewable energy research. He is listed among the world’s top 2 scientists (from 2019) by Stanford University USA. He is an Editor/Associate Editor/Editorial Board for refereed journals, in particular the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 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).

Area of Interest:

Physical Science Engineering

100%

Electronics

62%

Multiphase Motor Drives

90%

Multiphase Inverter

75%

Multiphase-Multilevel Inverter

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
50

Chapters
0

Articles
800

Abstracts
150

Selected Publications

Saraswathi, A., P. Sanjeevikumar, S. Sutha, F. Blaabjerg, A.H. Ertas, V. Fedak, 2015. Analysis of enhancement in available power transfer capacity by STATCOM integrated SMES by numerical simulation studies. Eng. Sci. Technol. Int. J., .
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Sanjeevikumar, P., J.L.F. Daya, F. Blaabjerg, N. Mir-Nasiri and A.H. Ertas, 2015. Numerical implementation of wavelet and fuzzy transform ifoc for three-phase induction motor. Eng. Sci. Technol. Int. J., .
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Sanjeevikumar, P., G. Grandi, O. Ojo and F. Blaabjerg, 2015. Direct vector controlled six-phase asymmetrical induction motor with power balanced space vector pwm multilevel operation. Int. J. Power Energy Convers., .
Sanjeevikumar, P., G. Grandi, F. Blaabjerg, J.O. Ojo and P.W. Wheeler, 2015. Power sharing algorithm for vector controlled six-phase ac motor with four customary three-phase voltage source inverter drive. Eng. Sci. Technol. Int. J., 16: 408-415.
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Sanjeevikumar, P., G. Grandi, F. Blaabjerg, P.W. Wheeler and O. Ojo, 2015. Analysis and implementation of power management and control strategy for six-phase multilevel AC drive system in fault condition. Eng. Sci. Technol. Int. J., .
Sanjeevikumar, P., F.J.L. Daya, F. Blaajerg, P.W. Wheeler, P. Szczesniak, V. Oleschuk, and A.H. Ertas, 2015. Wavelet-fuzzy speed indirect field oriented controller for three-phase AC motor drive-investigation and implementation. Eng. Sci. Technol. Int. J., .
Sanjeevikumar, P., 2015. Linear switched reluctance motor for water aerator: A design for application. Int. J. Anal. Electr. Mach., 1: 29-38.
Ramachandiran, G., S. Padmanaban, F. Blaabjerg, O. Ojo, and V. Subbiah, 2015. Analysis and implementation of parallel connected two induction motor single inverter drive by direct vector control for industrial application. IEEE Trans. Power Electron., 30: 6472-6475.
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Gunabalan, R., V. Subbiah and P. Sanjeevikumar, 2015. Vector control of three-phase parallel connected two motor single inverter speed sensor-less drive. Turk. J. Electr. Eng. Comput. Sci., .
Febin Daya, J.L., P. Sanjeevikumar, F. Blaabjerg, P.W. Wheeler and J.O. Ojo, 2015. Implementation of wavelet-based robust differential control for electric vehicle application. IEEE Trans. Power Electron., 30: 6510-6513.
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Febin Daya, J.L., P. Sanjeevikumar, F. Blaabjerg, P. Wheeler, O. Ojo, A.H. Ertas, 2015. Analysis of wavelet controller for robustness in electronic differential of electric vehicles - an investigation and numerical implementation. J. Electr. Power Compon. Syst., .
Dragonas, F.A., G. Nerrati, P. Sanjeevikumar and G.Grandi, 2015. High-voltage high-frequency arbitrary waveform multilevel generator for DBD plasma actuators. IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., 51: 3334-3342.
Sanjeevikumar, P., 2014. Multiphase-multilevel asymmetrical AC motor drives. Ind. Eng. Manage., .
Padmanaban, S., E. Kabalci, A. Iqbal, H. Abu-Rub and O. Ojo, 2014. Control strategy and hardware implementation for DC-DC boost power conversion based on proportional-integral compensator for high voltage application. Eng. Sci. Technol. Int. J. 10.1016/j.jestch.2014.11.005.
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Grandi, G., P. Sanjeevikumar and Y. Gritli, 2013. Transient analysis and control strategies for a quad-inverter multiphase multilevel motor drive in faulty conditions. J. Energy Power Eng., 7: 1304-1315.
Daya, J.L.F., V. Subbiah and P. Sanjeevikumar, 2013. Robust speed control of an induction motor drive using wavelet-fuzzy based self-tuning multi-resolution controller. Int. J. Comput. Intelli. Syst., 6: 724-738.
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Daya, J.L.F., P. Sanjeevikumar, V. Subbiah and A. Iqbal, 2013. A novel wavelet-fuzzy based indirect field oriented control of induction drives. J. Power Elect., 13: 656-668.
Oleschuk, V., G. Grandi and P. Sanjeevikumar, 2011. Simulation of processes in dual three-phase system on the base of four inverters with synchronized modulation. Adv. Power Elect., Vol. 2011. .
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Rajambal, K., P. Sanjeevikumar and A. Chinnaponnu, 2010. Comparison of MLI and Z-source inverter for transformerless operation of single-phase photovoltaic systems. Thammasat Int. J. Sci. Technol., 15: 37-47.
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Sanjeevikumar, P., P. Pugazhendiran and V. Rajeswari, 2009. Improvement of power system voltage stability using fuzzy based index. J. Electr. Eng., 9: 50-56.
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Rajambal, K., P. Sanjeevikumar and Anbarasan, 2009. Identification of voltage collapse point in self excited induction generator. Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol., 31: 441-446.
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Sanjeevikumar, P., B. GeethaLakshmi and P. Danajayan, 2008. Fine tuning of cascaded D-Q axis controller for AC-DC-AC converter without DC link capacitor using artificial neural network. Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol., 30: 85-92.
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Sanjeevikumar, P. and K. Rajambal, 2008. Extra high voltage DC-DC boost converters with simplified control strategy. Int. J. Model. Simulat. Vol. 2008. .
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Sanjeevikumar, P. and K. Rajambal, 2008. AC-DC-AC converter with reduced switches as matrix converter. Asian Power Electr. J., 2: 61-65.
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Rajambal, K., P. Sanjeevikumar and G. Balaji, 2008. Investigation of DC-DC converter topologies for future microprocessor. Asian Power Electr. J., 2: 91-97.
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