Dr. Olive Ray Assistant Professor
School of Electrical Sciences
( Electrical Engineering)

Research Interests

Multi- port Power Electronic Converters; Digital control of Power Electronics; Electric Vehicle subsystems

Contact Details

  • Room no. A-002, School of Electrical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, Permanent Campus Argul, 752050
  • +91-674-713-5772
  • olive@iitbbs.ac.in

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 2016 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  M. Tech Electrical Engineering 2011 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  B.E.E. Electrical Engineering 2009 Jadavpur University
 

Biosketch

 

Teaching

Academic Year 2018-19:
Autumn:
1. Electrical Technology (ET Lab)
2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
 
Spring:
1. Electrical Technology (ET Lecture)
2. HVDC and FACTS (half semester)
3. Control System Laboratory
 
Academic Year 2019-20:
Autumn:
1. Electrical Technology (ET Lab)
2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
3. Power Electronics
4. Simulation of Power Electronics Systems Lab
 
Spring:
1. Advanced Power Electronic Converters
2. HVDC and FACTS (full semester)
3. Electrical Technology Laboratory
 
Academic Year 2020-21:
Autumn:
1. Power Electronics Lab
2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
3. Power Electronics
4. Simulation of Power Electronics Systems Lab
 
Spring:
1. Advanced Power Electronic Converters
2. Control System Laboratory
3. Electrical Technology Laboratory
 
Academic Year 2021-22:
Autumn:
1. Electrical Technology
2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
3. Power Electronics System Simulation Lab
 
Spring:
1. Electrical Technology
2. Electrical Technology Laboratory
3. Advanced Power Electronics Converters (half semester)
 
Academic Year 2022-23:
Autumn:
1. Switched Mode Power Conversion
2. Measurement and Instrumentation (MEI) (half semester)
3. Switched Mode Power Conversion Laboratory
4. Power Electronics System Simulation Laboratory
 
Spring:
1. Advanced Power Electronics Converter
2. Electric Machines
 
Academic Year 2023-24:
Autumn:
1. Electrical Technology
2. Electrical Technology Laboratory
3. Power Electronics System Simulation Laboratory
 
Spring:
1. Advanced Power Electronics Converter
2. Control Systems Laboratory
 
 
 

Projects

Projects awarded as main investigator
 
1. Design, Development and Analysis of integrated dual output converter technology for renewable integration. [2 years]
 
2. Quadratic boost converter based multi-input power converter interface for renewable applications. [2 years]
 
3. Design, Development and Demonstration of Solar-PV On-board and Off-Board Electric Rickshaw Charging Insfrastructure.
 
4. Design and Development of Next Generation Cost Effective Reconfigurable On-board Battery Charger with Health and Fault Monitoring
 
Projects implemented as co-investigator
1. UI-ASSIST: US-Indian collaborative for smart distribution system with storage.
 
2. Development of adaptive motor controller for PMSM based three-wheeler Electric Vehicle
 
 
 
 
 

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1K. Biswas, R. Chakraborty, O. Ray and S. Boppu, "Switched-Resistance Method for Inductor DCR and Switch Parameter Estimation of DC-DC Converter," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 783-794, Jan.-Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2023.3320113.
2R. Chakraborty, K. Biswas and O. Ray, "Current-Sensorless Digital Current-Programmed Control of Integrated Dual DC Boost Converter," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2023.3346899.
3R. Chakraborty, K. Biswas and O. Ray, "Evaluation and Control of a Three-Port Universal Input Integrated Converter With Power Factor Correction and Active Power Decoupling," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2023.3317795.
4D. Rana and O. Ray, "Analysis and Control of Current-Fed Integrated Dual-DC Boost Converter Topology," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 556-566, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2021.3068058.
5S. Acharya, O. Ray and S. K. Mishra, "Powering Milliwatts to Megawatts," in IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 70-75, 1 March 2020, doi: 10.1109/MCE.2019.2954044.

Conferences (International)

1K. Biswas, O. Ray and S. Boppu, "State Machine Based Inductor Current Estimation Technique for Digitally Controlled DC-DC Converter," 2022 IEEE 1st Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), kharagpur, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ONCON56984.2022.10126985.
2S. Bharti, C. N. Bhende and O. Ray, "Control of Six-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Electric Vehicle Application," 2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), Hyderabad, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SeFeT55524.2022.9908704
3P. N. Singh, S. Hajari, O. Ray and S. R. Samantaray, "Development of Controller HIL Test-bed for Solar-battery integration," 2021 1st International Conference on Power Electronics and Energy (ICPEE), Bhubaneswar, India, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICPEE50452.2021.9358471.
4S. K. Bagudai, O. Ray and S. R. Samantaray, "Evaluation of Control Strategies within Hybrid DC/AC Microgrids using Typhoon HIL," 2019 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Jaipur, India, 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICPS48983.2019.9067331.
5O. Ray, M. S. Rana, S. Mishra, K. Davies and S. Sepasi, "Battery-swap Technology for e-Rickshaws: Challenges, Opportunity and Scope," 2020 21st National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/NPSC49263.2020.9331876.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • PACE Fellowship
  • Second Prize for Student Thesis Contest - PhD Category awarded by IEEE Industry Applications Society at IAS Annual Meeting 2016, Portland, OR, USA
  • IEEE PEDES ’96 Award from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for best Power Electronics-based project
 

Research Scholar

Research Scholars
1.       Sanchari Hajari (2019- onwards) 
2.       Ritam Chakraborty (2020- onwards) [Thesis submitted]
3.       Kausik Biswas (2022-onwards) [co-guidance]
             
      
        M.Tech and Dual Degree student thesis guidance    
 

S. no.

Name of Student

Title of Thesis

Year of Graduation

1

Debjit Rana

An Integrated Dual-DC Input Boost Converter Topology for Renewable Integration

2020

2

Prabhata Behera

Modelling and Control of Integrated Dual

Dc-Boost Converter for Solar-Storage and

Universal Input Applications

2021

3

Pragya Nand Singh

Design, Analysis, and Hardware Implementation of DC-DC Converter for Solar-Battery Integration

2021

4

Akash Deep

Design, Analysis and Control of Bidirectional DC-AC Converter For Storage Integration In Microgrid Application

2021

5

Shreeva Pattnaik

Analysis, Design and Control of Integrated Dual Input Converter Topology for Battery Management Applications

2021

6

Vysyaraju Chetan Raju

Development of Power Electronics Converter Emulation kit for Educational Use

2022

7

Pratik Priyam

Design and Simulation of Battery Swap System for Electric Rickshaw Application

2022

8

Kausik Biswas

[co-guide]

Design, development and implementation of non-invasive current sensor for digitally controlled dc-dc converter

2022

9

Amrit Gaurav Rath

Implementation of Model Predictive Control in Non-Isolated Step Up DC-DC Converters

2023

10

Dipal Roy

Design of Inductor using Finite Element

Analysis and its Verification using Power

Electronic Converter

2023

11

Pusadapu Susmitha

[Co-guide]

Design and Implementation of Digitally Controlled DC-DC Converter

 

2023

12

A Kusalava Sarma

FPGA based Controller design and

Emulation of Brushless DC motor

2023

13

P Kalyan Kumar [Co-guide]

Design of CMOS On-Chip Multiphase Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter Using 180 nm Technology

2023

14

Arkadipta Chatterjee

Application of Model Predictive Control for Solar Battery Interfaced Multiport dc-dc converter

2024

15

Shashank Seth

TBD

2024

16

Raj Kamal

DSP based controller development for Integrated On-board Charger  in E-rickshaw applications

2024

17

Sayan Laha

Design and Development of a dual-source e-rickshaw emulation platform

2024

 
 
B.Tech student guidance

 
 

S. no.

Name of Student

Title of Thesis

Year of Graduation

1

Gauravi K

Modeling Perovskite Solar Cells and Study of its properties based on composition

2020

2

Anand Prakash

Contact-less Operation of Smart

Elevator using Facial Recognition Technology

2020

3

Ashish Sandey

Design and Development of Flyback Converter Topology for Bias Power Supplies

2020

4

Ankit Bakolia

Design of regulated boost

converter for lead-acid battery charging system

2020

5

Neha Katla

Design of buck converter for Lithium-ion battery charging applications

2020

6

Ranjith K

Development of closed-loop control system for separately excited dc motor using integrated dual-

output converter

2021

7

Kalyanam Srikanta

Development of MATLAB based application for Inductor Design in Power Converters

2021

8

Nidharshini K

Study And Design Of Closed Loop Converter Using Planar Inductor

2021

9

Rahul Biswas

Traction Power System

2021

10

Shinde Ujjwal Anil

Remote Control of Buck/Boost Converter

2021

11

Raushan Kumar

Simulation of Solar Electric Rickshaw

2022

12

Biswarupa Sahoo

Evaluation of Mosfet Technologies

for DC-DC converters

2022

13

Soumyadip Das

Design of a live solar panel monitoring system with live location

2022

14

Doddi Anjilikrishna

Railway line power system load analysis

2022

15

Alla Satwik

Peak current mode controller

2022

16

Ausaf Ahmad TK

Evaluation of Thermal Characteristics of

Resistive Load with and without Heat Sink

2022

17

Alahari Sai Nagamanu

DSP based Implementation of six phase permanent magnet synchronous motor controller

2023

18

Ravi Kumar

Real Time Simulation of Hybrid Power System Connected with DC Distribution

2023

19

Aditya Raj

Digital System Design for Power Electronics Converter using DLL

2023

20

P Nagamani

Implementation of Standalone PV system with effective dc load sharing

2023

21

Shashank Seth

Object Transport using a Set of Collaborative

Robots in an Unstructured Environment

2023

22

Ramireddy Y Reddy

Zero Voltage Switching Buck converter

2023

23

K Jishnu Syam

Ultrasonic Animal Deterrence System : A

Sustainable Solution for Reducing Wildlife

Casualties and Crop Losses

2023

24

Rishi Lal

Design and Development of a Battery Pack and

Modelling its Thevenin Equivalent

2024

25

Mendhe Arush Mohan

Analysis and Evaluation of Battery Energy Storage System in a Distributed Generation System

2024

26

Surakanti Harnav Reddy

Simulation of an Induction Cooktop Circuit,

Implementation of Control and Safety Features for an Induction Cooktop Using Microcontroller Unit

2024

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Professional Experience

Positions of Responsibility

 

Current Administrative Assignments:

1. Associate Warden, Mahanadi Hall of Residence [01-12-2023 till date]
 
2. Coordinator for M.S by Research Program for Electrical Engineering discipline [2023 onwards till date]
 
3. Professor in Charge for Electrical Technology Lab, Electric Vehicle Lab, Simulation Lab, and Power Electronics and Drives Lab.
 
 

Previous Administrative Assignments:

1. Faculty Advisor for 2019 Batch of B.Tech and Dual Degree students of Electrical Engineering [2019-2023]
 
2. M.Tech. Coordinator for Power Electronics and Drives Specialization [2022-2023]
 
3. Undergraduate Coordinator for Electrical Engineering Discipline [2019-20, 2022-23]
 
4. Faculty Advisor, Games and Sports of Student Gymkhana [2019-22]
 
5. PhD Coordinator for Electrical Engineering discipline [2020-22]
 
6. B.Tech project coordinator for Electrical Engineering [2019-22]
 
7. Internship coordinator for Electrical Engineering [2019-20]
 
8. Member of Departmental Purchase Committee [2019-20]
 
 
 
 
 

Open Positions

Positions for Junior Research Fellow are available under me. If you are a B.Tech student interested to work in the areas of Power Electronics, Electric Vehicles, you can send me an email if you are interested to work with my group. The student can also work towards MS by research program, subject to institute regulations.

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