Associate Professor Sunetra Chowdhury

Renewable Energy Systems, Distributed Generation, Power System Protection, Microgrids and Smartgrids

EE(Hons) PhD (Eng) Kolkata MIET SMIEEE MIE SMSAIEE

An NRF-rated researcher.

Research Interests

  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Distributed Generation
  • Power System Protection
  • Microgrids and Smartgrids

Postgraduate Supervision

Postdoc

  • Showers Sampson

PhD

  • Ernest Uyioghosa Igbineweka, Discrete wavelet transform-based smart fault detection and diagnostic tools for AC/DC hybrid microgrid integration to utility power network
  • Kaniki Jeannot Mpiana, Optimal Placement of Electric Vehicles Charging Stations and Small-scale Distributed Generation in a Distribution Network
  • Mbaimbai Nicky Kamwi, Optimal Sizing and Intelligent Management of Battery Storage for Power System Quality and Reliability

Masters

  • Luvo Xaba, Harmonic Mitigation in Power Network: An Investigation into the Potential of Intelligent Control of Grid-Integrated Renewable Energy Sources
  • Kalihonda Ed-Martin Sivute, System Costs, Reliability Costs, Feasibility and Portfolio Risks of a Fully Renewable Hybrid Power System for the Namibian Diamond Mining Industry
  • Mclazarus Banda Hastings Kaliya, An Extensive Examination of the Implementation and Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Predicting Faults within Micogrid Systems
  • Ndahepele Leonard Oletu, Impact of Distributed Generation on Traditional Protection Systems in a Distribution System and Transmission System

Current Undergraduate Teaching 

  • N/A