STAFF PROFILE
Professor Brendan McGrath
Position:
Assistant AD Electrical & Biomedical Eng
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399252168
Email:
brendan.mcgrath@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
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Research supervision
Research
Dr McGrath ’s research addresses fundamental questions concerning the modulation and control of power electronic conversion systems. He has made a significant contribution to the understanding of multilevel converters, including the fundamental modulation principles and dynamic control problems such as natural balancing mechanisms. Particular research interests include:
- Modulation theory for power electronic systems.
- Advanced converter topologies, such as multilevel and current-fed converters.
- High performance closed loop control and dynamic modelling of power electronic systems.
- Power electronic applications, including motor drives, DC-DC converters for battery chargers and grid connected inverters.
- Senior lecturer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Program director:
- Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) – BH075
- Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) / Bachelor of Business (Management) – BH081
- Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) / Bachelor of Commerce – BH083
- PhD Monash 2003
- BE(Hons) Monash 1997
- BSc Monash 1997
- GCertHighEd Monash 2010
Awards
- Recipient of the Douglas Lampard research medal from Monash University, 2004.
Professional affiliations
- Member of the IEEE and the following societies within this body:
- Industry Applications Society (IAS)
- Power Electronics Society (PELS)
- Industrial Electronics Society (IES)
- Associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
- Associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Employment history
- May 2010 – present, Senior lecturer : School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University
- 2010, Senior lecturer : Dept. of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University
- 2007 – 2010, Lecturer : Dept. of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University
- 2005 – 2007, Lecturer : School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle.
- Al Khafaf, N.,Song, H.,McGrath, B.,Jalili, M. (2023). Identification of low voltage distribution transformer–customer connectivity based on unsupervised learning In: Energy Reports, 9, 72 - 79
- Al Khafaf, N.,Asgharian Rezaei, A.,Moradi Amani, A.,Jalili, M.,McGrath, B.,Meegahapola, L.,Vahidnia, A. (2022). Impact of battery storage on residential energy consumption: An Australian case study based on smart meter data In: Renewable Energy, 182, 390 - 400
- Nazib, A.,Holmes, G.,McGrath, B. (2022). Self-Synchronising Stationary Frame Inverter-Current-Feedback Control for LCL Grid-Connected Inverters In: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 10, 1434 - 1446
- Ahmed, M.,Ganeshan, A.,Moradiamani, A.,Al Khafaf, N.,Nutkani, I.,Vahidnia, A.,Jalili, M.,Hasan, K.,Datta, M.,Razzaghi, R.,McGrath, B.,Meegahapola, L. (2022). Effects of Household Battery Systems on LV Residential Feeder Voltage Management In: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 37, 5325 - 5336
- Ling, W.,Dalzell, G.,Yu, X.,McGrath, B.,Sokolowski, P. (2022). An interpretable classification approach for Solar PV load profiles using decision trees In: Proceedings of the IEEE 31st International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Anchorage, United States, 01/06/2022 - 03/06/2022
- James, L.,Teixeira, C.,Wilkinson, R.,McGrath, B.,Holmes, G.,Riedel, J. (2022). Adaptive Modulation of Resonant DAB Converters for Wide Range ZVS Operation with Minimum Reactive Circulating Power In: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 58, 7396 - 7407
- Mu, P.,McGrath, B.,Holmes, D.,Teixeira, C. (2021). Small Signal Stability Analysis of Paralleled Grid-Forming Islanded Voltage Regulated Inverters using Self Synchronization In: Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2021), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 10-14 October 2021
- Meegahapola, L.,McGrath, B.,Hasan, K.,Jalili, M. (2021). Final Report N1 Opportunity Assessment-Electric vehicles and the grid In: RACE2030 CRC Sydney, Australia
- Bryant, J.,McGrath, B.,Meegahapola, L.,Sokolowski, P. (2021). Small-Signal Stability Analysis of Voltage Source Inverters Operating under Low Short-Circuit Ratios In: Proceedings of the 14th IEEE PowerTech 2021, Madrid, Spain, 28 June-2 July 2021
- Bryant, J.,McGrath, B.,Meegahapola, L.,Sokolowski, P. (2021). Small-Signal Modeling and Stability Analysis of Paralleled Grid-Feeding Voltage Source Inverters In: 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Washington, DC, United States, 26-29 July 2021
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
14 PhD Completions6 PhD Current Supervisions and 2 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Electrical energy conversion, Smart energy, Renewable energy, Power electronics, Electrical power generation, Transmission and distribution
- Supporting the Electrification of Victoria’s Future Fleet (VHESIF Pool 2). Funded by: Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund (VHESIF) - Pool 2 from (2021 to 2025)
- ICECRP Clean Energy Living Lab (Integrated Circular Economy Hub - VHESIF Pool 1). Funded by: Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund (VHESIF) - Pool 1 from (2021 to 2025)
- Project 69: C4NET Demand Response Initiative - Optimisation of behind the meter DER generation assets within network constraints: A roadmap to successful DR program. Funded by: Centre for New Energy Technologies (C4NET) from (2021 to 2023)
- Opportunity Assessment: N1 Electric Vehicles and the Grid. Funded by: Race for 2030 Limited CRC - Competitive from (2021 to 2021)
- Donald and Tarnagulla Microgrid Feasibility Study – Area Hosting Capacity Assessment (administered by C4NET). Funded by: Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund - Microgrids: Competitive from (2020 to 2023)