BE (Hons), MEngSci, PhD

Professor Holmes has a Masters degree in power systems engineering, and a PhD in PWM theory, and has been a faculty member of the ECSE department for over 20 years. He has a distinguished teaching and research record in electrical power and power electronics, and currently heads the Power Electronics Research Group at Monash University, where he manages graduate students and research engineers working together on a mixture of theoretical and practical R&D projects. The present research interests of the group include fundamental modulation theory, current regulators for drive systems and PWM rectifiers, active filter systems for quality of supply improvement, resonant converters, current source inverters for drive systems, and multilevel converters.

Professor Holmes has a strong and continuing commitment and interest in the control and operation of electrical power converters. He has made a significant contribution to the understanding of PWM theory through his publications and has developed close ties with the international research community in the area. He has been a member of the IEEE since 1987, is an active committee member for both the Industrial Applications Society and the Power Electronics Society, and has published over 100 papers at international conferences and in professional journals. He is the recipient of two prize paper awards from IEEE IAS conferences, and supervised the winner of the Myron Zuker Student Prize in 2000. He has just published a major reference textbook on Pulse Width Modulation, co-authored with Professor Lipo of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.

5th year BSc (CompSci), BE (Elec)

Chris has been co-leader of the team since the commencement of the project. He has been actively involved in task delegation, team leadership, and has an active role in overseeing hardware development.

Since graduating in 2005, Chris has entered into a graduate program with Alinta, one of Australia's leading energy infrastructure companies.

4th year BE (Elec)

Damian has been involved in the design of the power stage topology, losses calculations, device selection, heatsink design and many hardware construction related tasks. He has extensively tested the input power stage prototype designs.

Since graduating in 2005, Damian has entered into an engineering role with NHP. NHP brings together leading products, systems and solutions from across four key electrotechnology sectors - Motor Control, Power Distribution, Control & Panel and Automation & Safety.

5th year BSc (CompSci, Maths), BE (Elec)

David has been the principle software leader since the commencement of the project. He has overseen the entire software project and has worked with the control, switching, grid connection, and hardware design groups in order to implement each concept in detail. He has also worked on simulation, information management and developed the team’s website.

Since graduating in 2005, David has entered into an engineering role with CiSRA, the largest Canon research and development (R&D) centre outside of Japan. CiSRA is committed to researching and developing innovative digital imaging technologies.

5th year BSc (CompSci), BE (Elec)

John has also been co-leader of the team since the commencement of the project. He has been primarily responsible for project timeline, task delegation, team finance and sponsorship coordination. John led the research group into the design of the output stage and gate driver circuitry, and was involved in sourcing of components and hardware construction.

Since graduating in 2005, John has entered into an engineering role with Ford Motor Company Australia, one of the country's leading car manufacturers. Ford Motor Company has been making cars in Australia since 1925, and is also the only Australian manufacturer to wholly design, develop and build a range of vehicles locally.

5th year BSc (CompSci, Maths), BE (Elec)

Matthew has focused his time on research for the output H-bridge topology, grid connection, gate drivers for the H-bridge, CAD modeling of the inverter to aid with PCB layout, design and construction of the case and other structural components. Matthew has actively participated in seeking sponsorship and reading/understanding relevant standards.

Since graduating in 2006, Matthew has continued to work in the Electrical department with Shedden Uhde, a leading project delivery contractor serving the process and resources industries.

5th year BSc (CompSci), BE (Elec)

Nirooshan was initially working on researching into viable topologies for both input and output stages. He has been responsible for the design of the output filter and analogue sensors. He has also been involved with control and software implementation.

Since graduating in 2005, Nirooshan has entered into a graduate program with Alinta, one of Australia's leading energy infrastructure companies.

5th year BSc (CompSci), BE (Elec)

Pascal has been a specialist in designing and construction of magnetics and general unit/box construction. He was initially involved in the research of components for the first prototype cycle.

5th year BSc (CompSci), BE (Elec)

Praveen was involved with the researching and design of input stage topology, gate driver circuitry, and grid anti-islanding. He has also been responsible for LCD programming, obtaining sponsorship and writing the user manual, and component selection.

Since graduating in 2005, Praveen has entered into a graduate program with Shedden Uhde, a leading project delivery contractor serving the process and resources industries.

5th year BSc (CompSci), BE (Elec)

Przemyslaw led the team through initial stage of competition through to submission of project proposal. He was involved with the design of sensor signal conditioning circuitry. His primary responsibility was the design of open and closed loop control and its simulation and digital implementation.

Since graduating in 2005, Przemyslaw has entered into an engineering role with Calyptech, a leading electronic product development company offering turnkey product solutions and complete outsource design services in a range of industry segments including Semiconductors, Networking, Telecommunications, Consumer, Defence and Medical.

5th year BSc (CompSci), BE (Elec)

Wang has been the head of the sub group dealing with simulation. He played a key role in the design of the LCD daughterboard, and was involved in the design of magnetic components, components selection and sourcing, and DSP programming.

Since graduating in 2005, Wang is a MEngSc by Research E&CSE candidate and is currently a lab demonstrator.