Somasundaram Essakiappan, Ph.D.

Somasundaram Essakiappan, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty
Electrical and Computer Engineering
EPIC 2171
Education and Training:
  • Ph.D Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2014
  • M.S. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2010
  • B.E. College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2007
Research Areas:
  • Power Electronics for Distributed Energy Resources
  • Control of Power Electronics
  • Electric Motors and Motor Drives
  • Modernization of Power Distribution Systems
Selected Publications:
  1. S. Essakiappan, P.R. Chowdhury, K.P. Schneider, S. Laval, K. Prabakar, M. Manjrekar, Y.N. Velaga, N. Shepard, J. Hambrick, B. Ollis, “A Multi-Site Networked Hardware-in-the-Loop Platform for Evaluation of Interoperability and Distributed Intelligence at Grid-Edge,” in IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, vol. 8, pp. 460-471, 2021
  2. P.R. Chowdhury, Y.N. Velaga, S. Essakiappan, K. Prabakar, M. Manjrekar, K.P. Schneider, S. Laval, “Demonstrating Distribution System Resiliency through Grid-Edge Microgrids, on a Multi-Site Networked Hardware-in-Loop Platform”, 2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, Kiel, Germany, June2022
  3. P. Han, M.G. Kesgin, D.M. Ionel, R. Gosalia, N. Shah, C.J. Flynn, C. Goli, S. Essakiappan, M. Manjrekar, “Design Optimization of a Very High Power Density Motor with a Reluctance Rotor and a Modular Stator Having PMs and Toroidal Windings”, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Vancouver, Canada, October 2021
  4. A.S. Siddiqui, P. R. Chowdhury, Y. Gui, M. Manjrekar, S. Essakiappan and F. Saqib, “Design of Secure Reconfigurable Power Converters,” IEEE CyberPELS 2019, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 2019
  5. S. Essakiappan, R. Sarup, N. Mbacke, M. Manjrekar, S. Laval, K. Schneider, “Coordinated Power and Energy Management Using Cluster of Microgrids to Improve Grid Availability and Resiliency”, Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition 2019, Baltimore, Maryland, September – October 2019
  6. S. Essakiappan, E. Shoubaki, M. Koerner, J. F. Rees and J. Enslin, “Dispatchable Virtual Power Plants with Forecasting and Decentralized Control, for High Levels of Distributed Energy Resources Grid Penetration,” 2017 IEEE 8th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, Florianopolis, Brazil, April 2017
  7. S. Essakiappan, H.S. Krishnamoorthy, P. Enjeti, R.S. Balog, S. Ahmed, “Multilevel Medium Frequency Link Inverter for Utility Scale Photovoltaic Integration”, IEEE Transactions in Power Electronics, July 2015
  8. P. Garg, S. Essakiappan, H.S. Krishnamoorthy, P. Enjeti, “A Fault Tolerant 3-phase Adjustable Speed Drive Topology with Active Common Mode Voltage Suppression”, IEEE Transactions in Power Electronics, May 2015
  9. S. Essakiappan, H.S. Krishnamoorthy, P. Enjeti, R.S. Balog, S. Ahmed, “A New Control Strategy for Megawatt Scale Multilevel Photovoltaic Inverters Under Partial Shading”, 3rd International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, Aalborg, Denmark, June 2012
  10. H.S. Krishnamoorthy, S. Essakiappan, P.N. Enjeti, R.S. Balog, S. Ahmed, “A New Multilevel Converter for Megawatt Scale Solar Photovoltaic Utility Integration”, Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition 2012, Orlando, Florida, February 2012