Professor Mithulan Nadarajah
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Mithulan Nadarajah

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Background

Prof. Mithulan has a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His B.Sc. (Eng.) and M. Eng. degrees are from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, in May 1993 and August 1997, respectively. Prior to joining the University of Queensland from 2009, Mithulan was at the Energy Field of Study, AIT. His previous professional positions include Planning Engineer at Generation Planning division at Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Sri Lanka and Project Leader, at the Centre of Excellence in Electric Power Technology (CEEPT) at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

His main research interest is on Grid Integration of Renewable Energy (GIRE). In this research topic, he has been leading the research in two themes: Planning and Operational Planning of grid integration of renewable energy. He conducted significant amount of research relating to Large Scale PV plants - better known as LSPV. His research has been used by industries and received high citations. Based on his research, he published over 375 articles, including one book, eight book chapters, technical reports, refereed journal and conference papers.

He had supervised 33 Ph.D. students (UQ, CQU, UNSW, UNITEN and AIT), 50 research Masters (at AIT) and over 200 thesis project students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels to successful completion. He had been involved in over 30 projects (research, teaching and learning) with a total budget of over 4 million AU$, as a principal or co-principal investigator. His recent grants are from Australian Research Council (ARC), Government of India, Indonesia and Malaysisa and Sterling Wilson Company. Previous projects were funded by European Union (EU) and other international donor agencies such as Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), NORAD, ARC, CSIRO and Australian Power Institute (API). His research network includes most of the member nations in ASEAN, other Asian countries such as India, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and a number of European countries (France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, The Netherlands). He also served as the Coordinator of Energy Field of Study and Director of Regional Energy Resource Information Centre (RERIC), at AIT, from September 2005 to December 2007.

He had been the Director of Higher Degree Research (HDR) studies and Post Graduate Coordinator at the school of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, since July 2019, until January 2025, looking after the welfare of over 300 higher degree research scholars.

He was invited to join the editorial board of the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences Electronic Engineering Journal - an international open access journal. He is a senior member of IEEE.

Availability

Professor Mithulan Nadarajah is:
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Fields of research

Engineering

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
  • Masters (Extended) of Electrical - Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology Thailand
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Waterloo
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Power System Stability and Dyanmics

  • Stability Challenges in Renewable Energy Integration

  • Stability Challenges in EV and community energy storage integration

Search Professor Mithulan Nadarajah’s works on UQ eSpace

403 works between 1998 and 2026
All (403) Book (2) Journal Article (170) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (222) Book Chapter (8)

121 - 140 of 403 works

2020

Conference Publication

Design of solar-powered charging station for electric vehicles in power distribution system

Jensanyayut, Thanat, Phongtrakul, Tipthacha, Yenchamchalit, Kulsomsap, Kongjeen, Yuttana, Bhumkittipich, Krischonme and Nadarajah, Mithulananthan (2020). Design of solar-powered charging station for electric vehicles in power distribution system. 2020 8th International Electrical Engineering Congress (iEECON), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 4-6 March 2020. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/iEECON48109.2020.229545

Design of solar-powered charging station for electric vehicles in power distribution system

2020

Journal Article

Novel control design for simultaneous damping of inter-area and forced oscillation

Surinkaew, Tossaporn, Shah, Md Rakibuzzaman, Muyeen, S. M., Nadarajah, Mithulananthan, Emami, Kianoush and Ngamroo, Issarachai (2020). Novel control design for simultaneous damping of inter-area and forced oscillation. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 36 (1) 9141443, 1-9. doi: 10.1109/tpwrs.2020.3009422

Novel control design for simultaneous damping of inter-area and forced oscillation

2020

Conference Publication

Improving synthetic inertial response of supercapacitor using supplementary control signal

Akram, Umer, Mithulananthan, N. and Shah, Rakibuzzaman (2020). Improving synthetic inertial response of supercapacitor using supplementary control signal. 9th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPES), Perth, WA, Australia, 10-12 December, 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ICPES47639.2019.9105606

Improving synthetic inertial response of supercapacitor using supplementary control signal

2020

Journal Article

Frequency security constrained energy management in an isolated power system

Akram, Umer, Nadarajah, Mithulananthan, Shah, Rakibuzzaman and Shafiq, Saifullah (2020). Frequency security constrained energy management in an isolated power system. WSEAS Transactions on Power Systems, 15, 222-229. doi: 10.37394/232016.2020.15.26

Frequency security constrained energy management in an isolated power system

2020

Book Chapter

Integration of renewable energy in smart grid

Morais, H., Vale, Zita A., Soares, João, Sousa, T., Nara, Koichi, Theologi, Aimilia-Myrsini, Rueda, Jose, Ndreko, Mario, Erlich, István, Mishra, Sukumar, Pullaguram, Deepak, Faria, Pedro, Mori, Hiroyuki, Takahashi, Masato, Raza, Muhammad Qamar, Nadarajah, Mithulananthan, Shi, Ruifeng, Lee, Kwang Y., Rivera, Sergio and Romero, Andrés (2020). Integration of renewable energy in smart grid. Applications of Modern Heuristic Optimization Methods in Power and Energy Systems. (pp. 613-773) Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119602286.ch6

Integration of renewable energy in smart grid

2019

Journal Article

Optimization based design of dual input pss for improving small signal stability of power system with RESs

Setiadi, Herlambang, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah, Krismanto, Awan Uji and Kamwa, Innocent (2019). Optimization based design of dual input pss for improving small signal stability of power system with RESs. International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 11 (4), 778-795. doi: 10.15676/ijeei.2019.11.4.10

Optimization based design of dual input pss for improving small signal stability of power system with RESs

2019

Journal Article

Hybrid energy stoarage system for frequency regulation in microgrids with source and load uncertainties

Akram, Umer, Shah, Rakibuzzaman and Mithulananthan, Nadarajah (2019). Hybrid energy stoarage system for frequency regulation in microgrids with source and load uncertainties. IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, 13 (22), 5048-5057. doi: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2018.7064

Hybrid energy stoarage system for frequency regulation in microgrids with source and load uncertainties

2019

Journal Article

Enabling resilient wide-area POD at BESS in Java, Indonesia 500 kV power grid

Setiadi, Herlambang, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah, Shah, Rakibuzzaman, Raghunathan, T. and Jayabarathi, T. (2019). Enabling resilient wide-area POD at BESS in Java, Indonesia 500 kV power grid. IET Generation Transmission & Distribution, 13 (16), 3734-3744. doi: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2018.6670

Enabling resilient wide-area POD at BESS in Java, Indonesia 500 kV power grid

2019

Journal Article

An ensemble framework for day-ahead forecast of PV output in smart grids

Raza, Muhammad Qamar, Mithulananthan, N., Li, Jiaming, Lee, Kwang Y. and Gooi, Hoay Beng (2019). An ensemble framework for day-ahead forecast of PV output in smart grids. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 15 (8), 4624-4634. doi: 10.1109/tii.2018.2882598

An ensemble framework for day-ahead forecast of PV output in smart grids

2019

Journal Article

Dynamic voltage stability of unbalanced distribution system with high penetration of single-phase PV units

Islam, Monirul, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah, Hossain, Jahangir and Shah, Rakibuzzaman (2019). Dynamic voltage stability of unbalanced distribution system with high penetration of single-phase PV units. Journal of Engineering, 2019 (17), 4074-4080. doi: 10.1049/joe.2018.8049

Dynamic voltage stability of unbalanced distribution system with high penetration of single-phase PV units

2019

Journal Article

An assessment of the solar photovoltaic generation yield in Malaysia using satellite derived datasets

Ahmed, Tofael, Mekhilef, Saad, Shah, Rakibuzzaman and Mithulananthan, Nadarajah (2019). An assessment of the solar photovoltaic generation yield in Malaysia using satellite derived datasets. International Energy Journal, 19 (2), 61-75.

An assessment of the solar photovoltaic generation yield in Malaysia using satellite derived datasets

2019

Journal Article

Resilient wide-area multi-mode controller design based on Bat algorithm for power systems with renewable power generation and battery energy storage systems

Setiadi, Herlambang, Mithulananthan, N., Shah, Rakibuzzaman, Lee, Kwang Y. and Krismanto, Awan Uji (2019). Resilient wide-area multi-mode controller design based on Bat algorithm for power systems with renewable power generation and battery energy storage systems. IET Generation Transmission and Distribution, 13 (10), 1884-1894. doi: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2018.6384

Resilient wide-area multi-mode controller design based on Bat algorithm for power systems with renewable power generation and battery energy storage systems

2019

Journal Article

A modified backward and forward sweep method for microgrid load flow analysis under different electric vehicle load mathematical models

Kongjeen, Y., Bhumkittipich, K., Mithulananthan, N., Amiri, I. S. and Yupapin, P. (2019). A modified backward and forward sweep method for microgrid load flow analysis under different electric vehicle load mathematical models. Electric Power Systems Research, 168, 46-54. doi: 10.1016/j.epsr.2018.10.031

A modified backward and forward sweep method for microgrid load flow analysis under different electric vehicle load mathematical models

2019

Journal Article

Design of wide-area POD with resiliency using modified DEA for power systems with high penetration of renewable energy

Setiadi, Herlambang, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah and Shah, Rakibuzzaman (2019). Design of wide-area POD with resiliency using modified DEA for power systems with high penetration of renewable energy. IET Renewable Power Generation, 13 (2), 342-351. doi: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2018.5564

Design of wide-area POD with resiliency using modified DEA for power systems with high penetration of renewable energy

2019

Journal Article

Optimal DG sizing and location in modern power grids using PEVs load demand probability

Kongjeen, Yuttana, Bhumkittipich, Krischonme and Mithulananthan, Nadarajah (2019). Optimal DG sizing and location in modern power grids using PEVs load demand probability. Transactions on Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Communications, 17 (1), 51-59. doi: 10.37936/ecti-eec.2019171.215410

Optimal DG sizing and location in modern power grids using PEVs load demand probability

2019

Conference Publication

Optimal sizing and location of the charging station for plug-in electric vehicles using the particle swarm optimization technique

Yenchamchalit, Kulsomsup, Kongjeen, Yuttana, Bhumkittipich, Krischonme and Mithulananthan, Nadarajah (2019). Optimal sizing and location of the charging station for plug-in electric vehicles using the particle swarm optimization technique. 6th International Electrical Engineering Congress (iEECON 2018), Krabi, Thailand, 07-09 March 2018. New York, NY, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/IEECON.2018.8712336

Optimal sizing and location of the charging station for plug-in electric vehicles using the particle swarm optimization technique

2019

Conference Publication

Investigation of power oscillation at common DC bus in DC grid

Habibullah, Mohamad, Mithulananthan, N., Zare, Firuz and Alkaran, Davood Solati (2019). Investigation of power oscillation at common DC bus in DC grid. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (IEEE ICIT 2019), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 13-15 February 2019. New York, NY, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/ICIT.2019.8843694

Investigation of power oscillation at common DC bus in DC grid

2019

Conference Publication

Large-scale PV voltage regulation: survey of recent practice

Alzahrani, Saeed, Shah, Rakibuzzaman, Mithulananthan, N. and Sode-Yome, Arthit (2019). Large-scale PV voltage regulation: survey of recent practice. IEEE PES GTD 2019 Grand International Conference and Exposition Asia (GTD Asia), Bangkok, Thailand, 19-23 March 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/GTDAsia.2019.8715941

Large-scale PV voltage regulation: survey of recent practice

2019

Conference Publication

Investigation of distributed generator impacts on peak fault current characterstics of power networks

Upadhayay, Nimisha, Nadarajah, Mithulananthan and Ghosh, Arindam (2019). Investigation of distributed generator impacts on peak fault current characterstics of power networks. 2019 9th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPES), Perth, WA, Australia, 10-12 December 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ICPES47639.2019.9105459

Investigation of distributed generator impacts on peak fault current characterstics of power networks

2019

Journal Article

Coordinated EV charging for correlated EV and grid loads and PV output using a novel, correlated, probabilistic model

Shariful Islam, Md, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah and Quoc Hung, Duong (2019). Coordinated EV charging for correlated EV and grid loads and PV output using a novel, correlated, probabilistic model. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 104, 335-348. doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2018.07.002

Coordinated EV charging for correlated EV and grid loads and PV output using a novel, correlated, probabilistic model

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Unlocking Data for Climate Action and Resilient Mobility (Royal Academy of Engineering grant led by UoBham)
    University of Birmingham
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Stability Analysis of Power System with Massive Power Electronic Devices (externally administered via The University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Investigation of stability and power quality issues from the wide spread PV integration into electricity distribution networks
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Applications of AI in Novel Control and Forecasting Schemes for Microgrid

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Md Mejbaul Haque

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Advanced Control Strategies and Energy ManagementTechniques for Enhanced Stability in Distributed Energy Resource-Integrated Power Systems

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Design and Control of MW-Scale Microgrid for Indonesian Islands Considering Indigenous Energy Resources

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Wayes Tushar

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Power Restoration in Transition from Traditional to Modern Grids with Renewable Black Start Units

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Md Mejbaul Haque

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Aiding Massive EV Transition in Power Grids with Modelling, Impacts, and Smart Solutions

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Planning and operation of renewable energy parks with green hydrogen production

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Wayes Tushar

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Augmentation of Large-Scale Photovoltaic Plants with Synchronous Condenser, Battery Energy Storage and Their Evaluation for Stability and Reliability

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Wayes Tushar

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Dynamic EV Hosting Capacity of Distribution System with PV Considering Protection

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Md Mejbaul Haque, Professor Frederik Geth

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Techno-Economic Analysis of Super Grid Connections considering Net Zero Transition in Indonesia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Wayes Tushar

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Model and Data Driven Methodology for Stability Assessment of Power Systems with High Penetration of Power Electronic Devices

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Feifei Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Designing and Operating Large-Scale PV Plants Beyond Business-As-Usual: Electricity to Ancillary Services

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Generation-Transmission Planning for Regional Power Interconnection with High Renewable Energy Penetration

    Principal Advisor

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Energy - renewable, electrical
  • Power grids
  • Power systems
  • Renewable energy
  • Renewable energy integration

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