Professor Paul Barendse

(Deputy Head of Department) Drives, Power electronics and Condition Monitoring

MSc(Eng) PhD Cape Town MIEEE

Research Interests

Postgraduate Supervision

Post-doc

PhD

Awingot Richard Akparibo, Single stage inverter-based pertubation technique for online condition monitoring of photovoltaic cells
Simisi William Mosamane, Online impedance spectroscopy for extraction of diagnostic data from an energy conversion system using power electronics
Nyakudarika Manuella Maria Amilha, Variable Flux Permanent Magnet Machine - Condition Monitoring; Application to Wind Energy
Obiora-Okeke Chinazom Albert, Condition Monitoring of Wind Generators

Masters

Ahereza Ian, Improving Electric Vehicle Powertrain
Devon Jordan Pugin, Investigating the effects on the battery caused by faults on the battery in an EV drivetrain
Mukendi Alonso Kalonji, Condition Monitoring of Inverter-Fed Permanent Magnet Synchronous machines
Mukwena Moserie Adolf, Fault Detection and Diagnosis Techniques for Wind Turbine Power Converters using Real-Time Monitoring Data

Current Undergraduate Teaching