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Dr. Narottam Das

PhD, MScEng, BScEng, SMIEEE, FIEAust, CPEng, FIEB
Senior Lecturer - Engineering (Electrical)
School of Engineering and Technology
Centre for Intelligent Systems
(03) 9616 0691
0432 187 226 Mobile Phone
Melbourne
120 Spencer Street - Room 3.03 (Level 3)
Melbourne, VIC 3000
About Me

Dr Narottam Das received his B.Sc. Eng. (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chittagong, Bangladesh: M.Sc. Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan in 2000. Dr Das also received the Graduate Certificate in Tertiary and Adult Education degree from Central Queensland University Australia in 2023. 

Currently, he is working as a Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Technology (Melbourne Campus), CQUniversity Australia. Prior to join at CQUniversity, he worked as a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Toowoomba, QLD, Australia; Curtin University Sarwak Campus, Miri, Malaysia and Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia; Edith Cowan University (Joondalup Campus), WA, Monash University (Clayton Campus), VIC, Australia, NEC Yamagata Ltd., Yamagata, Japan and Bangladesh Export Import Company, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received NEC Yamagata Ltd., Japan award in 2001 for successful completion of the project entitled “Measurement and Evaluation for UMOS2 (Ultra-fast MOSFET2) TEG”.

He is the author/co-author of 4 books, 8 books chapters, over 220 referred international reputed journal papers and conference proceedings, and more than 20 industrial technical reports at NEC Yamagata Ltd., Japan. Dr. Das is a Senior member of the IEEE, Fellow, and CPEng. of the Institute of Engineers, Australia, and Life fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh.

His research interests include Power and Energy Systems, Power system communications, IEC 61850 for substation automation system, renewable (high-efficiency solar cells) energy technology and smart grid system, pulse propagation, optical non-linearity, wave-mixing, high speed communication devices, plasmonics and plasmonics based photodetectors. He is a regular reviewer for the IEEE Transaction papers and other Journal and conference papers in the area of communications and renewable energy (solar cells). Dr. Das is the editor of the books “Nano-structured Solar Cells”, “Advances in Optical Communication”, “Optical Communications Systems”, and “Optical Communication”, Intech Publisher, Vienna, Austria.

General
Background

I want to share Engineering Education research and teaching skills, experience, and expertise with engineering students, engineers, and research community. Over the years, I have developed strong research skills and delivered them within the research communities nationally and internationally. Effective teaching skills were very well appreciated by undergraduate and postgraduate students at academic institutions. With my teaching and research experiences, coupled with my expertise in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and related areas, I have demonstrated my ability to contribute significantly to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and research project supervision. My industry experience particularly that I had in Japan was well appreciated through NEC Yamagata Ltd., Japan award. Since completion of my PhD degree, I have actively contributed to Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and related research. I am very enthusiastic on the continuation of teaching and research in area of Electrical Engineering with the emphasis on electronics, circuits, smart grid, power and energy systems, power system communications for protection and control using IEC 61850, renewable energy and solar (PV systems and cells) energy Technology. 

Universities Studied At

  • PhD (Doctor of Engineering) in Electrical Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan.
  • Master of Science in Engineering (Electrical and Electronic), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Engineering (Electrical and Electronic), Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh. 
  • Graduate Certificate in Tertiary and Adult Education, Central Queensland University Australia. 

Universities Worked At

  • Current: School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), Melbourne Campus, VIC 3000, Australia
  • School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
  • Electron Science Research Institute (ESRI), Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 6027, Australia
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia 
  • Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa-City, Japan
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

Awards

  • Received CQUniversity, School of Eng. and Tech., 2020 Student Voice Awards and Commendations Award in ENEE20001 Advanced Power System Analysis and Control (Term 1, 2020).
  • Received University of Southern Queensland, School Specific Publication Excellence Awards 2016 and 2017 for excellent research publications in high ranked Journal articles in Elsevier and IEEE Transactions.
  • Vice Chancellor’s award from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Chittagong, Bangladesh in January 2014 for academic excellent achievement in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering “Smart Grid & Sustainable Power Systems”.
  • Australian Power Institute (API) 2012 Summer School Award for continuous professional development sponsored by Engineering Education Australia at Curtin University, Perth, WA.
  • LSI Design Conference on Product Development Department, NEC Yamagata Ltd. Award: Received NEC Yamagata Ltd., Japan award for the “Measurement and Evaluation for UMOS2 (Ultra-fast MOSFET2) TEG”, December 2001.
  • Semiconductors Niino Company Ltd. (Takahata-machi, Yamagata 992-0343, Japan) Scholarship from April 2000 to September 2000 for PhD research at the Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, Japan.
  • Monbusho Scholarship (Japanese Government Scholarship: Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan) from January 1996 to March 2000 for PhD research at the Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, Japan.
  • Merit Scholarship from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chittagong, Bangladesh as an Undergraduate student from 1987 to 1992.
  • District Board Scholarship from Faridpur as an Undergraduate student from 1987 to 1992 during the period of four-year undergraduate study at CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Previous teaching

  • Deliver/ conduct lectures, tutorials, labs, examinations, preparing exam papers, marking and consultations for undergraduate and postgraduate levels at University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia:
  • Ø ELE8707: Power Systems Analysis (Unit Coordinator/ Leader, S1 2015, 2016 & 2017)
  • Ø ELE4606: Communication Systems (Unit Coordinator, S2, 2015, 2016 & 2017)
  • Ø ELE4605: Fields and Waves (Unit Coordinator, S1 2015, 2016 & 2017)
  • Ø ELE5001: Industrial Communications Protocols (Assistant Examiner, S1 2015, 2016 & 2017)
  • Ø ELE5002: Industrial Communications Systems (Unit Coordinator/ Leader, S2, 2015 ~ 2017)
  • Ø ELE3805: Power Electronic Principles (Assistant Examiner, S2 2015 & 2016)
  • Ø ENG8411/2: Masters Project Supervision (S1, S2: 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018)
  • Ø ERP2015-7: Engineering Research Project 2016 (S1, S2: 2015, 2016 & 2017)
  • Ø ELE1002: Intro. to Eng. & Spatial Sc. Appls. (Assistant Examiner, S1, S2, S3: 2015 ~ 2018)
  • Ø ELE3914: Electrical and Electronic Practice D (Assistant Examiner, S1, S3: 2015 ~ 2018)
  • Ø ELE1911: Electrical and Electronic Practice A (Assistant Examiner, S1, S3: 2015 ~ 2018)
  • Ø MEC2901: Machine Practice 1 (Assistant Examiner, S1, S3: 2015, 2016 & 2017)
  • Ø ELE1801: Electrical Technology (Assistant Examiner, S3, 2014 & 2015)
  • Ø ENG4909: Work Experience Professional (Assistant Examiner, S1 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018)
  • Ø ENG3909: Work Experience Technologist (Assistant Examiner, S1 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018)

Professional Experience

  • Senior Design Engineer, Assembly Engineering Department (Process Section), Semiconductors Niino Company Ltd., and NEC Yamagata Ltd., Japan (2000 - 2004)
  • Maintenance Engineer /PABX Engineer, Bangladesh Export Import Company (BEXIMCO), Dhaka, Bangladesh (1995-1996)
  • Engineer “SSC/HSC Examinations Computerization Project” Computer center, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1994).

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow, The Institution of Engineers Australia.
  • CPEng, The Institution of Engineers Australia.
  • NER, The Institution of Engineers Australia.
  • Senior Member, The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES); Photonics Society (PHS), USA.
  • Life Fellow, The Institution of Engineers Bangladesh.
  • Editorial Board Member, "International Journal of Engineering Business Management", Intech, Austria.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver/ conduct lectures, tutorials, labs, examinations, preparing exam papers, marking and consultations for undergraduate and postgraduate levels:
  • Ø ENEE14006: Embedder Microcontrollers (UC /Lecturer, T1 2022)
  • Ø ENEX20001: Embedder System Design (UC /Lecturer, T1 2022)
  • Ø ENRP20001: Engineering Research Planning (UC /Lecturer/ Supervisor, T1 & T2 2021)
  • Ø ENEE12015: Electrical Power Engineering (UC /Lecturer/ Supervisor, T2 2021 - T2 2024)
  • Ø ENRI20003: Engineering Research Implementation (Unit Coord /Lecturer/ Supervisor, T2 2020)
  • Ø ENRP20001: Engineering Research Planning (Unit Coordinator/Lecturer/ Supervisor, T2 2020)
  • Ø ENEE20001: Advanced Power System Analysis & Control (Unit Coordinator/Lecturer, T2 2019, T1 2020)
  • Ø ENEE20002: Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives (UC/ Lecturer, T1 2019, 2022-2024)
  • Ø ENEE20001: Advanced Power System Analysis and Control (Lecturer, T1 2019, T1 2023 - 2024)
  • Ø ENEG20001: Australian Engineering Practice (Lecturer, T1 2019)
  • Ø ENRP20001: Engineering Research Planning (Lecturer/ Supervisor, T1 2019)
  • Ø ENRI20003: Engineering Research Implementation (Examiner/ Supervisor, T3 2018)
  • Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate (Masters & PhD) student’s thesis/ research projects.
  • Research for the development on smart grid systems using IEC61850 for power system protection and control, substation automation system for reliable power system.
  • Research for the development of photovoltaic (PV) cells for maximum power point tracking to improve the conversion efficiency of multi-junction solar cells.
  • Research for the development of high efficiency solar cells (renewable energy research project).
  • Research and development for high-speed communications devices, such as semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and plasmonics-based metal-semiconductor-metal photo-detectors (MSM-PDs).

Professional Interests

 

  • Initial Collaboration discussion with "NOV Completion & Production Solutions, Fluid Motion Solutions" Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2022).
  • Research and development collaboration with Global Renewable Energy Solutions (GRES) Pty Ltd., Truganina, Melbourne, Victoria.(2020-2024). 
  • Nortel (Avaya Ltd., Australia) - Edith Cowan University Industry Collaboration between Nortel (Avaya Ltd. and ECU) for the demonstration of high-speed plasmonic MSM photodetectors for telecommunication applications. 
  • Pacific Satellite’s (Industry Collaborator) collinear antenna modeling/ design (using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Software, fabrication/ characterization, measurement and analysis to improve the antenna gain for wireless communication systems in rural Australia (During 2008 ~ 2009). 

Key Achievements

  • Led the CRC research project (industry funded project $1M) to investigate on condition monitoring of transformers and health management (During 2011~2014).
  • Established the IEC 61850 based Protection Lab at Curtin University, Perth, WA with industries support from ABB, ALSTOM, GE and so on. This is in collaboration with Prof. Syed Islam and Shamtanu Kumar (During 2014~2015). 

Computer Software

  • OPNET (Optimized Network Engineering Tool) software or Riverbed modeler for Smartgrid communications using IEC 61850. OPNET simulation software used jointly with the C++ programs. This C++ program is used as part of IEC 61850 simulation.
  • Ansys/Ansoft (Simplorer and Maxwell) software for winding fault analysis of power transformers.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for frequency response analysis (FRA) of high power transformers.
  • Optiwave-FDTD (version 8), RSOFT, MPC software packages for nano-structured devices design.
  • RF Sputtering Technology for metal deposition on different substrates.
  • Operation and application of AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) systems for the measurement of nano-scale device characteristics.
  • Dual beam FIB-SEM operation for nanostructures fabrication and imaging of nano-scale devices.
  • ADS (Advanced Design System) and CST (computer simulation technology) suites for microwave Antenna design, simulation and data analysis.
  • Lab View/ Elvis operation for measurement and design of electronic circuits.
  • Operations in Windows, Macintosh, Unix, HP 9000 Terminal, and SUN-OS Terminal (Solaris). Version 5.6, Programming in Fortran-77, Turbo C, C++, Pascal, Mathematica, Matlab etc. Circuit Maker and SPICE simulations.
  • ICS (Interactive Characterization Software) for Semiconductor Characteristics Testing and Design Programs, TESEC 941-TT/A for Semiconductor Testing and Measurement Programs.
  • Completed the prescribed course in J750 Programming for the LSI/ VLSI Tester, May 7~9, 2003 at Teradyne K.K. Inc. (Tokyo Office), Japan.
  • Completed the prescribed course for installation, operation and application of NT-MDT AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) systems for nanotechnology, Nov. 8~16, 2010 by NT-MDT (Russia) service Engineer (Edith Cowan University, Joondalup), Australia.

Industry Reports

  • Published more than 20 industrial technical reports (research and development on semiconductor devices for mass production) at NEC Yamagata Ltd., (internal) Japan.

Editor

  • Guest Editor, Energies (Journal): Special Issue on “New Technologies in Photovoltaic Solar Cells”, 2023-2025.
  • Guest Editor, Energies (Journal): Special Issue on “Nano-structured Solar Cells”, 2016-2023.
  • Editorial Board Member, “Int’l J. of Eng. Business Management”, InTech, Austria, 2013 ~ 2021.
  • Book Editor (2012): Optical Communications Systems, InTech Publisher, Vienna, Austria.
  • Book Editor (2012): Optical Communication, InTech Publisher, Vienna, Austria.
  • Book Editor (2014): Advances in Optical Communication, InTech Publisher, Vienna, Austria.
  • Book Editor (2016): Solar Cells, In-Tech Publisher, Vienna, Austria. 

Consultancy Work

 

  • Received industrial consultancy grant/ income $25,000.00 (with A/Prof. Tony Ahfock) from Power and Water (PaWa) Corporation, Darwin, NT, Australia (April ~ May, 2015) for 5-days workshop on “Protection and Industrial Communication Protocols for Power Systems”.
  • During 2014~2015, I (with Prof. Syed Islam and Shamtanu Kumar) received industrial collaboration grant $350,000.00 for IEC 61850 based Protection Lab setup at Curtin University, Perth, WA. Involved industries are: ABB, ALSTOM, GE and so on.
  • Nortel (Avaya Ltd., Australia) - Edith Cowan University Industry Collaboration Research Grant (Nortel-ECU) for the demonstration of high-speed plasmonic MSM photodetectors for telecommunication applications [$23,000.00]. Received in Nov. 2010.
  • Edith Cowan University - Research Infrastructure Block Grant (ECU-RIBG) for nano-technology laboratory setup (to purchase laboratory equipment: Atomic Force Microscopy). [$165,000.00]. Received in Aug. 2010.

 

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Research Supervision
Accreditation

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  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Current Supervision
Master of Research
Harmonic Analysis, Sizing and Impact of Passive and Active Filtering on Wind Power Plants
Principal Supervisor
Doctor of Philosophy
Long-term sustainability of solar power generation as a green energy source: A case study
Associate Supervisor
Master of Research
A New Machine-learning Algorithm for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications with Hardware Implementation<br>
Principal Supervisor
Doctor of Philosophy
Development of an Asset Management Maturity Model for the Australian Mineral Refining Industry.
Associate Supervisor
Master of Research
A Comprehensive Analysis of Load and Dispatchable Generation Units Control in a Microgrid
Principal Supervisor
Doctor of Philosophy
PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVE CONTROL-BASED STAND- ALONE PV PANELS WITH LOSS-MITIGATED HARRIS HAWKS OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM CONTROL
Principal Supervisor
Master of Research
An Innovative Design of a Cost-effective Wearable Exoskeleton Limb
Associate Supervisor
Master of Research
Proactive Fault Detection using Machine Learning to Aid Predictive Maintenance in Photovoltaic Systems.
Associate Supervisor
Doctor of Philosophy
Long-term sustainability of solar power generation as a green energy source: A case study
Associate Supervisor
Master of Research
Estimation of abnormal Ultrasound Fetal Lung image-based Machine learning Techniques
Principal Supervisor
Master of Research
Effective Sizing and Optimization of Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources for Micro Distributed Generation System
Principal Supervisor
Master of Research
Comprehensive Analysis of Mitigating the Losses for Photovoltaic Panels to Enhance the Conversion Efficiency of Output Power
Principal Supervisor
Master of Research
Analysis of Domestic Energy Management in Victoria
Principal Supervisor
Master of Research
Proactive Fault Detection using Machine Learning to Aid Predictive Maintenance in Photovoltaic Systems.
Associate Supervisor
Master of Research
An Innovative Design of a Cost-effective Wearable Exoskeleton Limb
Associate Supervisor
Master of Research
Effective Sizing and Optimization of Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources for Micro Distributed Generation System
Principal Supervisor
Master of Research
Analysis of Domestic Energy Management in Victoria
Principal Supervisor
Master of Engineering
A Comparative Study on Biogas Production from Food Waste using Aspen Plus and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
Principal Supervisor
Master of Research
An Innovative Design of a Cost-effective Wearable Exoskeleton Limb
Associate Supervisor
Master of Engineering
A Comparative Study on Biogas Production from Food Waste using Aspen Plus and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
Principal Supervisor
Research Interests
Engineering

Electrical engineerin - Electrical energy storage

Engineering

Electrical engineerin - Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

Engineering

Electrical engineerin - Photovoltaic power systems

Technology

Nanotechnology - Nanoelectronics

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