Chem Nayar
Professor
Curtin University
of Technology
Building 204:205, GPO Box U1987
Curtin University
of Technology
Perth, Western Au
Australia
6845
Telephone: +61 8 9266 7934
Fax: + 61 8 9266 2584
Email address: c.v.nayar@curtin.edu.au
URL: http://www.ece.curtin.edu.au
Key words:
Wind Energy, Power
quality, Power electronics, Photovoltaics, Inverters
Research description:
Professor Nayar's research
expertise is in the area of power electronics applied to renewable energy
systems and electric power distribution systems (including the development of
uninterrupted power supply systems, study of power quality issues and active
filter development for harmonic current cancellation and dynamic voltage
restoration during sag/swell conditions). He has developed a strong
infrastructure and research team at Curtin
University in this field.
In 1989, he established the Power Electronics Research Unit which was upgraded
to a University Research Centre called the Centre for Renewable Energy and
Sustainable Technologies Australia (CRESTA) in 1996. He was the Program Manager
(Power Conditioning) for the Australian Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for
Renewable Energy – a major Australian initiative involving universities,
industries and utilities). During his tenure in Curtin University, he has
participated in R&D projects that have attracted about $8 million from
funding bodies such as the Energy Research and Development Corporation,
Australian Research Council, Department of Education, Employment and Training,
Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia, Electrical
Research Board, AusAID, the Alternative Energy
Development Board and the Australia India Business Council, in addition to
funding from industry. He has supervised 10 PhD students and 10 Research
Masters students; Other achievements include:
Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Renewable Energy Engineering (currently
discontinued), General Chair for PEDES’98, and Co-Chair Australasian
Universities Power Engineering Conference in 2001. Chair Person for the panel
session on power electronics for renewable energy in IEEE PES Summer
2000;Worked as a consultant for the United Nations Asia Pacific Centre for
Transfer of Technology (APCTT) in New Delhi, the Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), International Centre for Application of Solar
Energy (CASE), the Asian Development Bank ( Rural Electrification project in
Philippines), Consultant - German funding Agency GTZ, UNESCO coordinator
(Australia) for Online Training Programme in
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Consultant for Australian Aid Agency (AusAID), the India Renewable Energy Development Agency
(IREDA), many industries in Australia and India. Recipient of Australian
International Education Foundation Fellowship valued at A$25,000
for promoting Australian renewable energy technology in India. Member of the IEEE PES Energy Development and Power Generation
Committee, Fellow IEAust-NPER. Founder
Chairman and Managing Director – Regen Power Pty Ltd
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