School of Electrical and Computer Sciences

Olive Ray

Dr. Olive Ray

Assistant Professor
Open Position

Positions for Junior Research Fellow are available under me. If you are a B.Tech student interested to work in the areas of Power Electronics, Electric Vehicles, you can send me an email if you are interested to work with my group. The student can also work towards MS by research program, subject to institute regulations.

Multi- port Power Electronic Converters; Digital control of Power Electronics; Electric Vehicle subsystems
Projects awarded as main investigator
1. Design, Development and Analysis of integrated dual output converter technology for renewable integration. [2 years]
2. Quadratic boost converter based multi-input power converter interface for renewable applications. [2 years]
3. Design, Development and Demonstration of Solar-PV On-board and Off-Board Electric Rickshaw Charging Insfrastructure.
4. Design and Development of Next Generation Cost Effective Reconfigurable On-board Battery Charger with Health and Fault Monitoring
Projects implemented as co-investigator
1. UI-ASSIST: US-Indian collaborative for smart distribution system with storage.
2. Development of adaptive motor controller for PMSM based three-wheeler Electric Vehicle
  • Academic Year 2018-19:
    Autumn:
    1. Electrical Technology (ET Lab)
    2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
    Spring:
    1. Electrical Technology (ET Lecture)
    2. HVDC and FACTS (half semester)
    3. Control System Laboratory
    Academic Year 2019-20:
    Autumn:
    1. Electrical Technology (ET Lab)
    2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
    3. Power Electronics
    4. Simulation of Power Electronics Systems Lab
    Spring:
    1. Advanced Power Electronic Converters
    2. HVDC and FACTS (full semester)
    3. Electrical Technology Laboratory
    Academic Year 2020-21:
    Autumn:
    1. Power Electronics Lab
    2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
    3. Power Electronics
    4. Simulation of Power Electronics Systems Lab
    Spring:
    1. Advanced Power Electronic Converters
    2. Control System Laboratory
    3. Electrical Technology Laboratory
    Academic Year 2021-22:
    Autumn:
    1. Electrical Technology
    2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
    3. Power Electronics System Simulation Lab
    Spring:
    1. Electrical Technology
    2. Electrical Technology Laboratory
    3. Advanced Power Electronics Converters (half semester)
    Academic Year 2022-23:
    Autumn:
    1. Switched Mode Power Conversion
    2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
    3. Switched Mode Power Conversion Laboratory
    4. Power Electronics System Simulation Laboratory
    Spring:
    1. Advanced Power Electronics Converter
    2. Electric Machines
    Academic Year 2023-24:
    Autumn:
    1. Electrical Technology
    2. Electrical Technology Laboratory
    3. Power Electronics System Simulation Laboratory
    Spring:
    1. Advanced Power Electronics Converter
    2. Control Systems Laboratory
           Academic Year 2024-25:
          Autumn:
           1. Control System Technology
           2. Power Electronics System Simulation Laboratory

Research Scholars

1. Ritam Chakraborty, Thesis Title “Analysis, Evaluation and Control of Quadratic-boost derived non-isolated three port dc-dc converter“, 2024.
2. Sanchari Hajari, Thesis Title “Studies on Control and Instrumentation Methods for Non-isolated Three-Port DC-DC Converter System”. Thesis under evaluation.
3. Kausik Biswas (2022-onwards) [PMRF scholar] [co-guidance]
4. Ritankar Kumar (2024- onwards)

 

 

        M.Tech and Dual Degree student thesis guidance   

 

S. no. Name of Student Title of Thesis Year of Graduation
1 Debjit Rana An Integrated Dual-DC Input Boost Converter Topology for Renewable Integration 2020
2 Prabhata Behera Modelling and Control of Integrated Dual

Dc-Boost Converter for Solar-Storage and

Universal Input Applications

2021
3 Pragya Nand Singh Design, Analysis, and Hardware Implementation of DC-DC Converter for Solar-Battery Integration 2021
4 Akash Deep Design, Analysis and Control of Bidirectional DC-AC Converter For Storage Integration In Microgrid Application 2021
5 Shreeva Pattnaik Analysis, Design and Control of Integrated Dual Input Converter Topology for Battery Management Applications 2021
6 Vysyaraju Chetan Raju Development of Power Electronics Converter Emulation kit for Educational Use 2022
7 Pratik Priyam Design and Simulation of Battery Swap System for Electric Rickshaw Application 2022
8 Kausik Biswas

[co-guide]

Design, development and implementation of non-invasive current sensor for digitally controlled dc-dc converter 2022
9 Amrit Gaurav Rath Implementation of Model Predictive Control in Non-Isolated Step Up DC-DC Converters 2023
10 Dipal Roy Design of Inductor using Finite Element

Analysis and its Verification using Power

Electronic Converter

2023
11 Pusadapu Susmitha

[Co-guide]

Design and Implementation of Digitally Controlled DC-DC Converter

 

2023
12 A Kusalava Sarma FPGA based Controller design and

Emulation of Brushless DC motor

2023
13 P Kalyan Kumar [Co-guide] Design of CMOS On-Chip Multiphase Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter Using 180 nm Technology 2023
14 Arkadipta Chatterjee Application of Model Predictive Control for Solar Battery Interfaced Multiport dc-dc converter 2024
15 Shashank Seth Design, Optimization, and Testing of High Power Density Axial Flux BLDC Motors
with Enhanced Thermal Management for Portable Electric Scooters Application
2024
16 Raj Kamal DSP based controller development for Integrated On-board Charger  in E-rickshaw applications 2024
17 Sayan Laha Design and Development of a dual-source e-rickshaw emulation platform 2024

 

 

B.Tech student guidance

 

 

S. no. Name of Student Title of Thesis Year of Graduation
1 Gauravi K Modeling Perovskite Solar Cells and Study of its properties based on composition 2020
2 Anand Prakash Contact-less Operation of Smart

Elevator using Facial Recognition Technology

2020
3 Ashish Sandey Design and Development of Flyback Converter Topology for Bias Power Supplies 2020
4 Ankit Bakolia Design of regulated boost

converter for lead-acid battery charging system

2020
5 Neha Katla Design of buck converter for Lithium-ion battery charging applications 2020
6 Ranjith K Development of closed-loop control system for separately excited dc motor using integrated dual-

output converter

2021
7 Kalyanam Srikanta Development of MATLAB based application for Inductor Design in Power Converters 2021
8 Nidharshini K Study And Design Of Closed Loop Converter Using Planar Inductor 2021
9 Rahul Biswas Traction Power System 2021
10 Shinde Ujjwal Anil Remote Control of Buck/Boost Converter 2021
11 Raushan Kumar Simulation of Solar Electric Rickshaw 2022
12 Biswarupa Sahoo Evaluation of Mosfet Technologies

for DC-DC converters

2022
13 Soumyadip Das Design of a live solar panel monitoring system with live location 2022
14 Doddi Anjilikrishna Railway line power system load analysis 2022
15 Alla Satwik Peak current mode controller 2022
16 Ausaf Ahmad TK Evaluation of Thermal Characteristics of

Resistive Load with and without Heat Sink

2022
17 Alahari Sai Nagamanu DSP based Implementation of six phase permanent magnet synchronous motor controller 2023
18 Ravi Kumar Real Time Simulation of Hybrid Power System Connected with DC Distribution 2023
19 Aditya Raj Digital System Design for Power Electronics Converter using DLL 2023
20 P Nagamani Implementation of Standalone PV system with effective dc load sharing 2023
21 Shashank Seth Object Transport using a Set of Collaborative

Robots in an Unstructured Environment

2023
22 Ramireddy Y Reddy Zero Voltage Switching Buck converter 2023
23 K Jishnu Syam Ultrasonic Animal Deterrence System : A

Sustainable Solution for Reducing Wildlife

Casualties and Crop Losses

2023
24 Rishi Lal Design and Development of a Battery Pack and

Modelling its Thevenin Equivalent

2024
25 Mendhe Arush Mohan Analysis and Evaluation of Battery Energy Storage System in a Distributed Generation System 2024
26 Surakanti Harnav Reddy Simulation of an Induction Cooktop Circuit,

Implementation of Control and Safety Features for an Induction Cooktop Using Microcontroller Unit

2024

 

  1. K. Biswas, R. Chakraborty, O. Ray and S. Boppu, “Switched-Resistance Method for Inductor DCR and Switch Parameter Estimation of DC-DC Converter,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 783-794, Jan.-Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2023.3320113.
  2. R. Chakraborty, K. Biswas and O. Ray, “Current-Sensorless Digital Current-Programmed Control of Integrated Dual DC Boost Converter,” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2023.3346899.
  3. R. Chakraborty, K. Biswas and O. Ray, “Evaluation and Control of a Three-Port Universal Input Integrated Converter With Power Factor Correction and Active Power Decoupling,” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2023.3317795.
  4. D. Rana and O. Ray, “Analysis and Control of Current-Fed Integrated Dual-DC Boost Converter Topology,” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 556-566, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2021.3068058.
  5. S. Acharya, O. Ray and S. K. Mishra, “Powering Milliwatts to Megawatts,” in IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 70-75, 1 March 2020, doi: 10.1109/MCE.2019.2954044.
  1. K. Biswas, O. Ray and S. Boppu, “State Machine Based Inductor Current Estimation Technique for Digitally Controlled DC-DC Converter,” 2022 IEEE 1st Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), kharagpur, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ONCON56984.2022.10126985.
  2. S. Bharti, C. N. Bhende and O. Ray, “Control of Six-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Electric Vehicle Application,” 2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), Hyderabad, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SeFeT55524.2022.9908704
  3. P. N. Singh, S. Hajari, O. Ray and S. R. Samantaray, “Development of Controller HIL Test-bed for Solar-battery integration,” 2021 1st International Conference on Power Electronics and Energy (ICPEE), Bhubaneswar, India, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICPEE50452.2021.9358471.
  4. S. K. Bagudai, O. Ray and S. R. Samantaray, “Evaluation of Control Strategies within Hybrid DC/AC Microgrids using Typhoon HIL,” 2019 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Jaipur, India, 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICPS48983.2019.9067331.
  5. O. Ray, M. S. Rana, S. Mishra, K. Davies and S. Sepasi, “Battery-swap Technology for e-Rickshaws: Challenges, Opportunity and Scope,” 2020 21st National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/NPSC49263.2020.9331876.
Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 2016 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  M. Tech Electrical Engineering 2011 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  B.E.E. Electrical Engineering 2009 Jadavpur University
  • PACE Fellowship
  • Second Prize for Student Thesis Contest – PhD Category awarded by IEEE Industry Applications Society at IAS Annual Meeting 2016, Portland, OR, USA
  • IEEE PEDES 96 Award from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for best Power Electronics-based project

Current Administrative Assignments:

1. Associate Warden, Mahanadi Hall of Residence [01-12-2023 till date]
2. Coordinator for M.S by Research Program for Electrical Engineering discipline [2023 onwards till date]
3. Professor in Charge for Electrical Technology Lab, Electric Vehicle Lab,  and Simulation Lab .

Previous Administrative Assignments:

1. Faculty Advisor for 2019 Batch of B.Tech and Dual Degree students of Electrical Engineering [2019-2023]
2. M.Tech. Coordinator for Power Electronics and Drives Specialization [2022-2023]
3. Undergraduate Coordinator for Electrical Engineering Discipline [2019-20, 2022-23]
4. Faculty Advisor, Games and Sports of Student Gymkhana [2019-22]
5. PhD Coordinator for Electrical Engineering discipline [2020-22]
6. B.Tech project coordinator for Electrical Engineering [2019-22]
7. Internship coordinator for Electrical Engineering [2019-20]
8. Member of Departmental Purchase Committee [2019-20]
9. co- PIC for Power Electronics Lab [2018-24]
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