Team

Reyhaneh Eskandari comes from Iran. She was born in 1994. She attended Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Tabriz in 2011 and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering- Power in 2015. She started the Master program in 2015 and graduated with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering- Power Electronics in 2017. Her research background mostly involves power electronic converters and renewable energy resources. Her Master’s dissertation was about soft-switching DC-DC converters. She has started her Ph.D. program since 2021 in the University of Twente and is working towards ETUT project.

Her Ph.D. research topic with the EEMCS group at the University of Twente is developing “Battery surveillance and protection techniques combined with power converters’’.

Cathrine E. S. Feloups was born in July 1993, in Qena, Egypt. She obtained her B.Sc.Eng. degree and M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering Department from Faculty of Engineering, South  Valley University, Qena, Egypt, in 2016 and 2019, receptively. Since 2016, she has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, South Valley University, as a demonstrator and since 2019 as an assistant lecturer. Since October 2021, she has started her Ph.D. studies as ESR2 in the ETUT project and was recruited as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) at the University of Twente, Netherlands.

Her Ph.D. research topic with the EEMCS group at the University of Twente is developing new smart control and modulation techniques for power electronics to achieve EMC standards.

Sohaib Qazi was born in Srinagar, Kashmir, in 1995. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical Power and Energy Systems from National Institute of Technology Srinagar in 2018 and 2021, respectively. His Master’s thesis involved the Design and Control of Direct Matrix Converter fed Systems. His research interests include the analysis and modulation of power electronic converters, variable speed drives, and the integration of renewable energy systems.

Since 2021, Sohaib is working as a Ph.D. candidate in the ETUT project for a joint doctoral degree with the University of Twente and the University of Nottingham. His primary focus is the analysis and design of line-side power converters for improved transportation electrification.

Ivan Struzhko was born in Mariupol (Ukraine) in the 1991 year. Graduated In 2009 Mariupol City Technological Lyceum and entered Pryazovskyi State Technical University (Mariupol). And 6 years later, in 2015, received a master’s degree in Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics with honours. M.Sc. research was “Impact of the high-frequency voltage components on the cable line operation”, during that study the events with kHz-range harmonics occurrence in the medium-voltage grids were analyzed and the impact of the high-frequency voltage components on the cable line operation was investigated.

From 2015 to 2019 he worked as an Electric and Power Energy Engineer at the Armavirskiy Machine-Building Plant. My main responsibility was providing the operation, maintenance, repair and retrofitting of the electrical and power equipment as well as heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems along with air- and gas- communications. Returned in 2019 back to Mariupol and worked at the Pryazovskyi State Technical University as a teaching assistant. Furthermore from September 2020 to May 2021 he worked as a physics teacher at Mariupol City Technological Lyceum.

From 2021, he is an PhD candidate and employer at the University of Twente, EEMCS-PE department. His primary focus is on Cognitive techniques to exploit the diversity between PE and sensors to achieve EMC.

Regis Nibaruta is a Burundi native, currently pursuing a PhD as an ESR05 within the ETUT project for a joint doctoral degree at the Dnipro National University of Railway Transport (DU) and the University of Twente (UT). Prior to this position, he was a World Bank scholar at the Addis Ababa University, African Railway Center of Excellence, where he obtained his 2^nd master’s degree in Railway Engineering (Traction and Train Control). He also holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering (Power System) from the Pan African University Institute of basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation. He earned a Bachelor of Technology from the Defense University, College of Engineering in 2016 and has had multiple hands-on trainings including Smart grid and mobile robotic fabrication and programing at AFRICA-ai-JAPAN Project. His main areas of interest in research include battery management systems, power electronics, and modern optimization techniques.

His research within the ETUT project focuses on power quality issues such as voltage variations over long distances and the impact of converter pollution, with a particular emphasis on battery-powered equipment and new railway crossing equipment.

Rodika Botnarevscaia was born in 1971 in Moldova. She obtaineda diploma in Automation and telemechanics in railway transport from the College of Railroad Transport in 1990. She then worked with the State Enterprise Railways of Moldova (CFM Moldova) as an operational mechanic, and then as an engineer in the linear control room of the Railway Department. While still at CFM Moldova, she joined Dnipro National University of Railway Transport where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2008 and then master’s degree in 2009. Her master’s degree research focused on “Equipment of a railway station with devices of Block Route Relay Interlocking” from which she was able to publish two articles. First article is titled: Elaboration of laboratory stand for diagnostics of railway   switching-cross motor, and second article is titled: Diagnostics three-phase power asynchronous motors. 

After completing her studies at the university, she continued to work as an operation engineer at the State Enterprise Railways of Moldova (CFM Moldova) until July 2021. Her main responsibilities included monitoring the proper operation of all automation devices on the entire railway, as well as ensuring the smooth operation of communication devices.

From 2021, she is a PhD candidate and employed within the ETUT project towards a joint doctorate between the DniproNational University of  Railway Transport (DU) and University of Twente (UT). Her research as an ESR 06 focuses on EMC of traction supply railway system with new (digital) communication devices.

Muhammad Jaseel K A was born in Kerala, India in 1996. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Mahatma Gandhi University, India in 2018, and a Master’s degree in Power Electronics from APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, India in 2021. His master’s thesis focused on the design of a high voltage gain switched Buck-boost converter with coat circuit.

Muhammad Jaseel has been a Ph.D. candidate in the ETUT project since October, 2021, as part of a joint doctoral degree between the Dnipro National University of Railway Transport and the University of Nottingham. His research thesis is mainly on EMC of dc traction supply railway system (power converters) with automatics devices.

Hafte Hayelom Adhena was born in Maychew, Tigray, Ethiopia. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical and Electronics Engineering from Mekelle University – Mekelle Institute of Technology in 2015 and a Joint Erasmus Mundus master’s degree in Sustainable Transportation and Electrical power Systems (EMJMD STEPS) from University of Sapienza – Italy, University of Nottingham – UK, and University of Oviedo – Spain in 2020. His Master’s thesis was development of an Energy Management System for the Integration of energy storage solutions and distributed resources under the self-consumption scenario.

From 2015 to 2018, he worked as an assistant lecturer in Mekelle University – Mekelle Institute of Technology. From 2021 to June 2022, he worked as a researcher in university of Oviedo, Spain. His main responsibility was development of energy management methods for smart buildings with distributed generation and storage systems that includes building-to-building energy exchange.

Since October 2022, Hafte is working as a Ph.D. candidate in the ETUT project at the University of Nottingham. His Ph.D. is about EMC of AC and DC traction supply railway systems with automatic devices.

Peyman was born in 1996, in Iran. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Azad Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, in 2019. He got his master’s degree at the Center of Energy Science, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Moscow, Russia in 2021. His master thesis project was ” A Multi-port Isolated Bidirectional DC/DC Converter For Multi-level Inverter Applications”. His research interests include high-power multi-port DC/DC converters and high-power DC/AC converters for hybrid energy storage and microgrid applications.

Peyman has started his Ph.D. program in 2021 at the University of Nottingham and is about optimised power converter topology and incorporating battery management systems

Iqra Aitbar (born August 1995, Islamabad, Pakistan) received her BS degree in Electrical Engineering in 2017 from Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad with Cum Laude Honors and her MS degree in Electrical Engineering (RF and Microwave) in 2021 from National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad with Summa Cum Laude Honors. From 2017 to 2018, she worked as a Teaching/ Research Associate at Institute of Space Technology and then switched to industry from 2018 to 2021. Her research background mostly involves EMC/EMI standardization and testing.

Her Ph.D. research topic with the ETUT project at the University of Nottingham is “Time / Frequency domain characterisation of converter emissions’’ 

Pablo Briceño was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1990. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical Machines and Drives from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in 2017 and 2021, respectively. His Master’s thesis involved the Design and Control of Multilevel Current Source Inverter.

From 2018 to 2021 he worked as an Electric and Power Energy Engineer at the project Mining Electromobility with fuel cells. His main responsibility was Implemented technical support in the selection of powertrain for electric vehicles with fuel cells oriented towards mining.

Since December 2021, Pablo is working as a Ph.D. candidate in the ETUT project at the University of Nottingham. His primary focus is the design of a line side converter to enable the railway to be a collaborative user of electrical energy.

Sviatoslav Voskresenskyi was born in Dnipro, Ukraine. He accomplished his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Dnipro National University of the Railway Transport (DNURT) in 2018 and 2019 correspondingly. During the Master’s course he participated in ERASMUS+ action and had one semester internship at the Czech Technical University in Prague. In 2020 he was enrolled to the DNURT PhD program where he had a year of studying before taking part at the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action in 2021. In between Master’s graduation and enrolment to PhD course he was employed in a small local R&D company as an electronic engineer.

His Ph.D. research at the University of Nottingham is topic is focused on optimal simulation of converter emissions for first time right design.