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Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Dr. Nawaz Hussain Assistant Professor
School of Electrical Sciences
( Electrical Engineering)

Research Interests

- Multilevel power conversion devices and control.
 
- Machine learning algorithms for power electronic converters.
 
- Model predictive control of power electronic converters.
 
- Stability analysis and optimization of power systems.
 

Contact Details

  • B-005, Ground floor, School of Electrical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  • nawazhussain@iitbbs.ac.in, nawaz.hussain.wt@gmail.com

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Power Electronics 2020 IIT Bombay
  M.Tech Power Electronics and Power Systems 2015 IIT Bombay
  B.Tech Electrical Engineering 2011 SVNIT Surat
 

Biosketch

Education: 

2020: Ph.D. (Doctorate) | IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

Thesis title: Investigations into the voltage instabilities and their mitigation in DC power systems with constant power loads.

Supervisor: Professor Vivek Agarwal.  

2015: M. Tech (Master of Technology) | IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

Specialization: Power Electronics and Power Systems. 

2011: B. Tech (Bachelor of Technology) | SVNIT Surat, Gujarat, India.

Specialization: Electrical Engineering.  

2007: Intermediate (+2) | Kendriya Vidyalaya Namrup, Assam. 

2005: Matriculation | Kendriya Vidyalaya Namrup, Assam.

Work Experience:

08/2023 - 11/2023: ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden, Switzerland | Scientist | Power Electronic Systems.

Job theme: AC and DC microgrid operation and control.  

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01/2021 - 08/2023: Hitachi Research and Development Limited, Hitachi, Japan | Researcher | Industrial Infrastructure Research.

Job theme: Control architectures for multilevel converters.

Patents submitted: 5 (Granted: 2: WO2023149202A1 (2023/8), US2024030824A1 (2024/1))

Related conference paper: Solid state transformer for electric vehicle charging.

Related website article: https://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2021/08/210825.pdf

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08/2011 - 06/2012: Tata Motors Limited, Gujarat, India | Graduate Engineer Trainee | Tata Nano plant.

Hobbies:  

Table tennis, Hindustani vocals, Travel, Indian spirituality.

 

Teaching

23-24:Spring Semester:  

1. Network Theory [EE2L001]

2. Power Systems Lboratory [EE3P006]

Non-teaching responsibilities:  

1. Internship and Placement coordinator.

2. Faculty-in-charge of school website.

3. Person-in-charge of Electrical Technology Lab.

 

 

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1G. Melath, M. N. Hussain and V. Agarwal, "A Nonlinear Adaptive Backstepping Controller for Stabilizing the DC Bus Voltage of an Islanded Hybrid Microgrid," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 538-548, July 2022, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2022.3160666.
2M. N. Hussain, G. Melath and V. Agarwal, "An Active Damping Technique for PI and Predictive Controllers of an Interlinking Converter in an Islanded Hybrid Microgrid," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 5521-5529, May 2021, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2020.3030875.
3M. N. Hussain and V. Agarwal, "Optimal Placement of Constant Power Loads at Different Buses of a DC Microgrid Ensuring Maximum Stability Margins," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 510-519, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2960882.
4M. N. Hussain and V. Agarwal, "A Novel Feedforward Stabilizing Technique to Damp Power Oscillations Caused by DC–DC Converters Fed From a DC Bus," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1528-1535, June 2020, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2898354.
5M. N. Hussain, R. Mishra and V. Agarwal, "A Frequency-Dependent Virtual Impedance for Voltage-Regulating Converters Feeding Constant Power Loads in a DC Microgrid," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 5630-5639, Nov.-Dec. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2018.2846637.

Conferences (International)

1M. N. Hussain, K. Furukawa, Y. Mabuchi and A. Choudhury, "A Solid-State Transformer with an AC Link for Multi-Port Fast Charging of Electric Vehicles," 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), Detroit, MI, USA, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ITEC55900.2023.10187085.
2A. Choudhury, Y. Mabuchi, K. Furukawa and N. Husain, "High Voltage Side DC-Bus Capacitor Voltage Balancing Control of a 350 kW Multiport EV Charging System," 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9947794.
3H. B, T. Kobaku, M. N. Hussain and V. Agarwal, "Stability Enhancement of Cascaded Power Converters Using Parallel Virtual Impedance Via Output Impedance Shaping of the Source Converter," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2020, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/PEDES49360.2020.9379354.
4M. N. Hussain and V. Agarwal, "Optimal Placement of Distributed Energy Resources in a DC Microgrid with Constant Power Loads to Minimize Bus Voltage Deviations and Line Losses," 2019 1st Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference (GPECOM), Nevsehir, Turkey, 2019, pp. 424-429, doi: 10.1109/GPECOM.2019.8778573.
5M. N. Hussain, R. Mishra and V. Agarwal, "A self-switched virtual impedance based stabilization method for a droop controlled DC microgrid with Constant Power Loads and input load filters," 2016 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Trivandrum, India, 2016, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PEDES.2016.7914287.
6R. Mishra, M. N. Hussain and V. Agarwal, "A Sliding Mode Control based stabilization solution for multiple Constant Power Loads with identical input filters interfaced with the DC bus of a ‘More Electric’ Aircraft," 2016 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Trivandrum, India, 2016, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PEDES.2016.7914300.
7M. N. Hussain and V. Agarwal, "A new control technique to enhance the stability of a DC microgrid and to reduce battery current ripple during the charging of plug-in electric vehicles," 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), Rome, Italy, 2015, pp. 2189-2193, doi: 10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165519.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • 2021: Certificate of Commendation for Safety and Health Excellence for Creating a safe environment for hardware experiments in the workplace at Hitachi R&D, Japan.
  • 2019: Certificate of Best Student Paper Award for the paper titled Optimal Placement of Distributed Energy Resources in a DC Microgrid with Constant Power Loads to Minimize Bus Voltage Deviations and Line Losses at 1st Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference held at Turkey.
  • 2019: Certificate in Recognition of Teaching Assistantship for the NPTEL online certification courseon Fundamentals of Power Electronics during January-April at IIT Bombay.
  • 2018: Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence in Teaching Assistantship in the course Introductionto Electrical and Electronic Circuits at IIT Bombay.
  • 2007: Certificate of Merit in CBSE AISSCE for being among the top 0.1 % of successful candidates across India in Physics.
  • 2006: Junior Scholarship in the Jagdish Bose National Science Talent Search competition.
 

Research Scholar

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Professional Experience

ABB Corporate Research Center Switzerland | Hitachi Research and Development Center Japan | [Details in the Biosketch above]

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