Sumedha Rajakaruna

Sumedha Rajakaruna (M’93–SM'xx) received the B.Sc.Eng. degree from the University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in 1989, the M.Sc. degree from the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 1993. In 1986, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, as an Assistant Lecturer. Upon the completion of post-graduate studies, he served the same department as a Senior Lecturer from 1993 to 1999. After a period of one year in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, as a Visiting Professor, he joined the Power Engineering Division, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in October 2000 as an Assistant Professor. He is currently a Senior Lecturer with Curtin University, Perth, Australia His current research interests include distributed generation, new energy storage techniques, and induction generators. He is a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer.

Publications

2022

Journal Articles (Research)

• Hettiarachchi, D., S. Rajakaruna, S. S. Choi, and A. Ghosh. 2022. "A new approach to identify the optimum frequency ranges of the constituent storage devices of a hybrid energy storage system using the empirical mode decomposition technique." Journal of Energy Storage 51 (104285)

2021

Conference Articles (Research)

• Bandara, G. A. M. T., S. Rajakaruna, and A. Ghosh. 2021. "Evaluating of Frequency Response Time Characteristics of Large Scale Energy Storage Systems in High Renewable Energy Penetrated Power Systems."
• Youngleson, T., and S. Rajakaruna. 2021. "Building a Low-Cost Climate Chamber to Test Lithium Ion Batteries under Site Conditions."
• Overington, S., and S. Rajakaruna. 2021. "Application of Battery State of Charge Swing Control for Overall Performance Improvement in Diesel-Solar Hybrid Off-Grid Power Systems."

2019

Journal Articles (Research)

• Datta, A. J., A. Ghosh, F. Zare, and S. Rajakaruna. 2019. "Bidirectional power sharing in an ac/dc system with a dual active bridge converter." IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution 13 (4): 495-501.

2018

Journal Articles (Research)

• Ashourpouri, A., A. Ghosh, and S. Rajakaruna. 2018. "Droop based Demand Dispatch for Residential Loads in Smart Grid Application." International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems 19 (3)
• Barbieri, F., C. Rifflart, B. T. Vo, S. Rajakaruna, and A. Ghosh. 2018. "Intrahour cloud tracking based on probability hypothesis density filtering." IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 9 (1): 340-349.
• Conference Articles (Research)
• Datta, A. J., A. Ghosh, and S. Rajakaruna. 2018. "Power sharing in a hybrid microgrid with bidirectional switch." In 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Jul 16, 2017, Illinois, USA.
• Yatiyana, E., S. Rajakaruna, and A. Ghosh. 2018. "Wind speed and direction forecasting for wind power generation using ARIMA model." In Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2017, Nov 19, 2017, Melbourne, Australia
• Datta, A. J., A. Ghosh, and S. Rajakaruna. 2018. "Power sharing and management in a utility connected DC microgrid."
• Hettiarachchi, H. W. D., S. Rajakaruna, S. S. Choi, and A. Ghosh. 2018. "Determination of hybrid energy storage system capacity based on empirical mode decomposition for a high PV penetrated standalone microgrid."