STAFF PROFILE
Professor Brendan McGrath
Position:
Acting Associate Dean
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399252168
Email:
brendan.mcgrath@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
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
- Abdin, Z.,Al Khafaf, N.,McGrath, B.,Catchpole, K.,Gray, E. (2023). A review of renewable hydrogen hybrid energy systems towards a sustainable energy value chain In: Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 7, 2042 - 2062
- Ahmadi, S.,McGrath, B. (2023). System Identification of the LCL Filter Parameters in Grid-Tied Voltage Source Inverters In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia), Jeju, Korea, 22/5/2023-25/5/2023
- Siraj, H.,McGrath, B.,Nutkani, I. (2023). Accurate State Space Resonators for the Implementation of Integral Dominant Voltage Controllers for LC Filter based Inverters In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia), Jeju, Korea, 22/5/2023-25/5/2023
- Agrawal, R.,McGrath, B.,Teixeira, C.,Wilkinson, R. (2023). A Small Signal Rotating Frame Model of a Self-synchronizing Single-phase Grid-tied Inverter In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia), Jeju, Korea, 22/5/2023-25/5/2023
- Mirza, A.,Nutkani, I.,Teixeira, C.,McGrath, B. (2023). A Sensorless Grid Voltage Estimation Scheme for a Single-phase Voltage Source Inverter In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2023 - ECCE Asia), Jeju, Korea, 22/5/2023-25/5/2023
- Kamoona, A.,Song, H.,Keshavarzian, K.,Levy, K.,Jalili, M.,Wilkinson, R.,Yu, X.,McGrath, B.,Meegahapola, L. (2023). Machine learning based energy demand prediction In: Energy Reports, 9, 171 - 176
- James, L.,Teixeira, C.,Wilkinson, R.,McGrath, B. (2022). A Fast Direct Power Digital Control Strategy for Dual Active Bridge DC-DC Converters In: 2022 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Himeji 2022- ECCE Asia), Himeji, Japan, 15-19 May 2022
- Takahira, H.,Holmes, G.,McGrath, B.,Meegahapola, L. (2022). An Integrated Simulation/Laboratory System to Investigate Grid/Inverter Stability Issues In: 2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), Kiel, Germany, 26-29 June 2022
- Palaparambil Dinesh, L.,Al Khafaf, N.,McGrath, B. (2022). Application of Recurrent Neural Network Model for Short Term Photovoltaic Generation Forecasting In: 2022 32nd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Adelaide, Australia, 26/9/2022-28/9/2022
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
15 PhD Completions5 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Electrical energy conversion, Smart energy, Renewable energy, Power electronics, Electrical power generation, Transmission and distribution
- Balance of System, Low-cost integration of on-site PV for large-scale industrial heat supply (Administered by Australian National University). Funded by: Advancing Renewables Program Australian Renewable Energy Agency from (2023 to 2026)
- 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 2024)
- Opportunity Assessment: N1 Electric Vehicles and the Grid. Funded by: Race for 2030 Limited CRC - Competitive from (2021 to 2021)