Professor Mithulan Nadarajah

Professor

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
mithulan@eecs.uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 54194

Overview

Prof. Mithulan has a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His B.Sc. (Eng.) and M. Eng. degrees are from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, in May 1993 and August 1997, respectively. Prior to joining the University of Queensland from 2009, Mithulan was at the Energy Field of Study, AIT. His previous professional positions include Planning Engineer at Generation Planning division at Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Sri Lanka and Project Leader, at the Centre of Excellence in Electric Power Technology (CEEPT) at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

His main research interest is on Grid Integration of Renewable Energy (GIRE). In this research topic, he has been leading the research in two themes: Planning and Operational Planning of grid integration of renewable energy. His research has been used by industries and received high citations. Based on his research, he published over 320 articles, including one book, eight book chapters, technical reports, refereed journal and conference papers.

He had supervised 29 Ph.D. students (UQ, CQU, UNSW, UNITEN and AIT), 50 research Masters (at AIT) and over 170 thesis project students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels to successful completion. He had been involved in over 30 projects (research, teaching and learning) with a total budget of over 3.6 million AU$, as a principal or co-principal investigator. His recent grants are from Australian Research Council (ARC), Government of India, Indonesia and Malaysisa and Sterling Wilson Company. Previous projects were funded by European Union (EU) and other international donor agencies such as Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), NORAD, ARC, CSIRO and Australian Power Institute (API). His research network includes most of the member nations in ASEAN, other Asian countries such as India, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and a number of European countries (France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, The Netherlands). He also served as the Coordinator of Energy Field of Study and Director of Regional Energy Resource Information Centre (RERIC), at AIT, from September 2005 to December 2007.

He has been the Director of Higher Degree Research (HDR) studies and Post Graduate Coordinator at the school of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, since July 2019, looking after the welfare of over 275 higher degree research scholars.

He was invited to join the editorial board of the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences Electronic Engineering Journal - an international open access journal. He is a senior member of IEEE.

Research Interests

  • Power System Stability and Dyanmics
  • Stability Challenges in Renewable Energy Integration
  • Stability Challenges in EV and community energy storage integration

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Waterloo
  • Masters (Extended) of Electrical - Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology Thailand
  • Bachelor of Engineering, University of Peradeniya

Publications

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

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Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Habibullah, Mohammad, Mithulananthan, N., Sharma, Rahul and Shah, Md. Rakibuzzaman (2021). A comprehensive stability analysis of multi-converter-based DC microgrids. Emerging power converters for renewable energy and electric vehicles: modeling, design, and control. (pp. 281-314) edited by Md. Rabiul Islam, Md. Rakibuzzaman Shah and Mohd. Hasan Ali. Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003058472-8

  • Morais, H., Vale, Zita A., Soares, João, Sousa, T., Nara, Koichi, Theologi, Aimilia-Myrsini, Rueda, Jose, Ndreko, Mario, Erlich, István, Mishra, Sukumar, Pullaguram, Deepak, Faria, Pedro, Mori, Hiroyuki, Takahashi, Masato, Raza, Muhammad Qamar, Nadarajah, Mithulananthan, Shi, Ruifeng, Lee, Kwang Y., Rivera, Sergio and Romero, Andrés (2020). Integration of renewable energy in smart grid. Applications of Modern Heuristic Optimization Methods in Power and Energy Systems. (pp. 613-773) Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119602286.ch6

  • Hung, Duong Quoc, Shah, Md Rakibuzzaman and Mithulananthan, N. (2016). Technical challenges, security and risk in grid integration of renewable energy. Smart power systems and renewable energy system integration. (pp. 99-118) edited by Dilan Jayaweera. Cham, Switerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-30427-4

  • Dharmakeerthi, C. H. and Mithulananthan, N. (2015). PEV load and its impact on static voltage stability. Plug-In Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids: Integration Techniques. (pp. 221-248) edited by Sumedha Rajakaruna, Farhad Shahnia and Arindam Ghosh. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-299-9_8

  • Aziz, Tareq, Saha, Tapan K. and Mithulananthan, Nadarajah (2014). A review of interconnection rules for large-scale renewable power generation. Large scale renewable power generation: advances in technologies for generation, transmission and storage. (pp. 151-171) edited by Jahangir Hossain and Apel Mahmud. Signapore: Springer Science+Business Media. doi: 10.1007/978-981-4585-30-9_6

  • Hung, Duong Quoc and Nadarajah, Mithulananthan (2011). DG Allocation in Primary Distribution Systems Considering Loss Reduction. Handbook of renewable energy technology. (pp. 587-635) edited by Ahmed F. Zobaa and Ramesh Bansal. Singapore: World Scientific. doi: 10.1142/9789814289078_0023

  • Mathur, Hitesh D., Hien, Nguyen Cong, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah, Joshi, Dheeraj and Bansal, Ramesh C. (2011). Distributed Generation: A Power System Perspective. Handbook of renewable energy technology. (pp. 563-585) edited by Ahmed F. Zobaa and Ramesh Bansal. Singapore: World Scientific. doi: 10.1142/9789814289078_0022

  • Sode-Yome, Arthit, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah and Lee, Kwang Y. (2007). Voltage Stability Assessment and Enhancement of the Thailand Power System. Power Plants and Power Systems Control 2006. (pp. 119-121) Elsevier Ltd. doi: 10.1016/B978-008046620-0/50020-7

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