Dr Sampath Jayalath

Power Electronics, Wireless Power Transfer, e-mobility

BEng(Hons) Sheffield MSc(Eng) PhD Cape Town

Research Interests

  • Power Electronics
  • Wireless Power Transfer
  • Renewable Energy Applications
  • Electromagnetic Devices/robotics

Postgraduate Supervision

PHD

  • Girish Awadhwal, Machine Learning for Optimized Wireless Power Transfer Systems
  • Nikhil Bejrajh, Wireless Multi-Device Charging Utilizing Non-Planar Magnetic Coils
  • Phemelo Bobo Maile, Enhancing Wireless Power Transfer System Performance through Parameter Design and Control Optimization

Masters

  • Timika Buthuram, Wireless Power Transfer of an Electric Vehicle
  • Nuvit Ilkin Demirtas, Novel LLC 1MHz WPT System
  • Malick Jappie, An Optimisation Method for the Design of Wireless Power Transfer Coils
  • Letsolo Edward Leoma, Development of a battery swapping infrastructure for an electric rickshaw.
  • Matekoa Benedict Motsoasele, A Wavelet Approach To Estimation of Impedance and Thevenin Equivalent Parameters Using PMU Data
  • Patrizi Gianluca Nicola,  A Wireless Power Transfer Charging System for a Drone
  • Petkar Sanaa, Human Gait Measurement Using Total Harmonic Distortion: A Physiotherapy App
  • Mpho Casey Ramphabana, Design and Optimisation of a Power Distribution and Motor Control System for a Lightweight Electric Urban Vehicle
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Current Undergraduate Teaching 

  • Introduction to Electrical Engineering & Power Utilization [EEE2041F]
  • Electrical Machines and Power Electronics [EEE4117F]