Dr Manoj Datta

Research interests

• Modelling and control of AC/DC and Hybrid Microgrid
• Distributed Generation Modelling, Forecasting, Optimisation, and Control
• Application of Intelligent Algorithms in Power System Control.
• Motor Drives (IM, SRM, IG, PMSG, PMSM)

Research grants

• Smart and sustainable power system by incorporating modern power electronics, intelligent controls, PV systems, and electric vehicles, Principal Investigator, Funded by: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan, Amount: 15,000,000 JPY, 2012.
• Dynamic Grid Support and Control by Using PV Systems from the Perspective of Green Smart Grid, Co-Principal Investigator, Funded by: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan, Amount: 3,000,000 JPY, 2011.
• Efficient controls of large PV power systems, clustered PV systems, and PV-diesel hybrid systems in Okinawa Island, Principal Investigator, Funded by: The Power Academy of Japan, Japan, Amount: 1,000,000 JPY, 2010.
• Study of the MW-class Solar Plant in the Miyakojima Island, Principal Investigator, Funded by: Marubun Research Promotion Foundation, Japan, Amount: 1,000,000 JPY, 2010.

Google Scholar

• Lecturer (Electrical Engineering)
• Research and supervision (Electrical Power Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems)

• D.Eng. (Interdisciplinary Intelligent Systems Engineering), 2011
• M.Eng. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering), 2008
• B.Sc. (Electrical and Electronic Engineering), 2003

Fellowships

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship, 2011.

Professional affiliations

• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE, USA (Power Engineering Society)
• Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, IEEJ, Japan (Power and Energy Society)

Employment history

• June 2013 – present, Lecturer: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Australia
• 2012 – 2013, Assistant Professor: Dept. of Human and Information Systems, Gifu University, Japan

Professional activities

Reviewer:

• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 
• IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
• IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications
• IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
• IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
• IEEE Power and Energy Technology Systems Journal
• IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
• IET Renewable Power Generation 
• IET Control Theory & Applications
• Renewable Energy
• Electric Power Components and Systems