STAFF PROFILE
Professor Brendan McGrath
Position:
Professor
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.
- Abdin, Z.,Al Khafaf, N.,McGrath, B. (2024). Feasibility of hydrogen hybrid energy systems for sustainable on- and off-grid integration: An Australian REZs case study In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 57, 1197 - 1207
- Palaparambil Dinesh, L.,Al Khafaf, N.,McGrath, B. (2024). A Gated Recurrent Unit for Very Short-Term Photovoltaic Generation Forecasting In: IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG 2023), Wollongong, Australia, 03/12/2023-06/12/2023
- 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
- Mehrnia, S.,Song, H.,Al Khafaf, N.,Jalili, M.,McGrath, B.,Meegahapola, L. (2023). Multi-Objective Electric Vehicle Charge Scheduling Using Incentive-Based Compensation Mechanism to Increase Vehicle-to-Grid Participation In: Proceedings of the 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2023), Singapore, 16/10/2023-19/10/2023
- Stinson, A.,McGrath, B.,Wilkinson, R.,Teixeira, C. (2023). Analytical Determination of the Harmonic Disturbance Rejection in a Synchronous Reference Frame Phase Locked Loop In: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2023), Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 29/10/2023-02/11/2023
- Ahmadi, S.,McGrath, B. (2023). Modelling and Identification of the Common and Differential Mode LCL Filter Parameters in Grid-Tied Voltage Source Inverters In: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2023), Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 29/10/2023-02/11/2023
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
15 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research 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)