Dr. Olive Ray Assistant Professor
School of Electrical Sciences
( Electrical Engineering)

Research Interests

Multi- port Power Electronic Converters; Digital control of Power Electronics; Electric Vehicle subsystems

Contact Details

  • Room no. A-002, School of Electrical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, Permanent Campus Argul, 752050
  • +91-674-713-5772
  • olive@iitbbs.ac.in

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Education

 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
 

Biosketch

 

Teaching

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
 
 
 

Projects

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
 
 
 
 
 

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1K. 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.
2R. 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.
3R. 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.
4D. 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.
5S. 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.

Conferences (International)

1K. 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.
2S. 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
3P. 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.
4S. 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.
5O. 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.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • 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
 

Research Scholar

Research Scholars
1.       Sanchari Hajari (2019- onwards) 
2.       Ritam Chakraborty (2020- onwards) [Thesis submitted]
3.       Kausik Biswas (2022-onwards) [co-guidance]
             
      
        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 [INAE Innovative Project Award 2022]
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 Electronics Converter
2023
11
A Kusalava Sarma
FPGA based controller design and emulation of Brushless DC motor
2023 
12 Raj Kamal   2024 (expected)
13 Sayan Laha   2024 (expected)
14 Arkadipta Chatterjee   2024 (expected)
15 Shashank Seth   2024 (expected)
 
 

Professional Experience

Positions of Responsibility

 

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, Simulation Lab, and Power Electronics and Drives 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]
 
 
 
 
 

Open Positions

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.

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