Researcher

My Expertise

Control Theory & Control Applications, Smart Structures, Modelling and Active Control of Noise and Vibrations

Biography

Research Experience

 Hemanshu's current research interests are in the areas of:

  • Modelling, dynamics, and control of renewable energy integration for smart grids
  • Control of mechanical systems - atomic force microscope and small UAVs
He has secured close to three million dollars in external research funding. His research is funded by ARC Discovery and Linkage grants. 
 
His fundamental contributions in the power systems area are: battery and...view more

Research Experience

 Hemanshu's current research interests are in the areas of:

  • Modelling, dynamics, and control of renewable energy integration for smart grids
  • Control of mechanical systems - atomic force microscope and small UAVs
He has secured close to three million dollars in external research funding. His research is funded by ARC Discovery and Linkage grants. 
 
His fundamental contributions in the power systems area are: battery and renewable resource integration, vehicle-to-grid for power quality support, analysis of power systems transient stability, robust feedback linearising control of synchronous machines and renewable resources, robust control for low-voltage-ride-through for wind generators, high-performance PV system control for real and reactive power support, and non-interacting controller design for distribution systems.
 
His contributions in the control of mechanical systems are spatial control, resonant control, and robust control that have been applied to high-speed AFM image scanning.
 
Hemanshu has published over 130 refereed journal papers in high-impact journals, one book, fifteen book chapters, and over 270 international conference papers - Google Scholar page.
 
He has supervised over 35 PhD students and fifteen Master's students to completion.
 
Editorships
 
  • Editor-in-Chief of Technology and Economic Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy - A Springer Journal
  • Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • Associate Editor of the IEEE Control System Society's (CSS) Conference Editorial Board (CEB),
  • Associate Editor of the IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, 2004-10.
International Collaboration
 
  • Columbia University, New York, USA
  • The University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
  • Aalborg University, Denmark

Awards

  • Best Paper Award (with N. K. Roy, M. A. Mahmud, and M. J. Hossain) at the 8th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2013) held 19-21 June 2013, Melbourne, Australia, for the paper entitled, "D-STATCOM Control in Distribution Networks with Composite Loads to Ensure Grid Code Compatible Performance of Photovoltaic Generators".
  • Elsevier Prize for Best Applications Paper (with Professor Ian Petersen) at IEE International Conference Control 2000, Cambridge, UK, September 2000. 
  • UNSW@ADFA Teaching Excellence Award 2006 - Citation and $3000 prize money
 

Additional Experience

  • 1989-Present University College, UNSW
  • 1985-86 Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
  • 1987-89 Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Professor Pota's main teaching interests are in analogue electronics, circuit theory, control engineering, and power systems. 

Consulting Interests

Power systems dynamics and control.

Administration Duties
 

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Location

Building 15 Room 214
School of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, PO Box 7916, Canberra BC ACT 2610, AUSTRALIA

Contact

+61 2 5114 5197