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Sharmila Sumsurooah

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

SHARMILA SUMSUROOAH received the M.Sc. degree in electrical technology for renewable and sustainable energy systems in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in robust stability analysis of power electronic systems in 2016, both from the 海角黑料, Nottingham, U.K. Her Ph.D. degree was undertaken in collaboration with the Center for Power Electronics Systems, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. She is currently an Assistant Professor with the Power Electronics, Machines and Control Research Group of the 海角黑料. Her research interests include the design and optimisation of electrical power systems for aircraft applications, stability analysis and advanced energy management.

Expertise Summary

Dr Sharmila Sumsurooah is an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the 海角黑料, specialising in electrical power systems for future green aircraft. She has contributed new modelling tools, stability鈥慳nalysis methods and supervisory鈥慶ontrol architectures through her leadership of major Clean Sky 2 projects, advancing methodologies for more electric aircraft and hybrid鈥慹lectric propulsion. She has authored over 30 publications across leading IEEE journals and international conferences in aircraft electrification. She supports the development of others through supervision of PhD and undergraduate students, high鈥憄erforming teaching, and her work as an ICF鈥慳ccredited coach supporting staff into leadership roles. She contributes to the wider research community as founder and lead of the international Solutions for Aircraft Electrification Leadership (SAEL) workshop series, keynote speaker, panellist, reviewer and conference organiser. Her engagement with policymakers, industry and the public-including COP26, Evidence Week in Parliament, Futureproof 2026 sustainability future forum and outreach selected for the University's 100 Ways to Change the World campaign-supports broader societal understanding of pathways to net鈥憐ero aviation.

Research Summary

  • Road mapping of hybrid electric propulsion development as part of the IMOTHEP project
  • Developing Electrical Power Systems for Highly Electrified Aircraft with industrial partner

Recent Publications

  • BALLUKJA, ERJON, NIEWIADOMSKI, KAROL, PENA-QUINTAL, ANGEL, THOMAS, DAVID W. P., SUMSUROOAH, SHARMILA and SUMNER, MARK, 2022. In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility & Signal/Power Integrity (EMCSI). 232-237
  • RECALDE, ANGEL, BOZHKO, SERHIY, ATKIN, JASON and SUMSURROAH, SHARMILA, 2021. In: 2021 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS). 1-15
  • RECALDE, ANGEL, BOZHKO, SERHIY, ATKIN, JASON and SUMSURROAH, SHARMILA, 2021. In: 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 106-111

Past Research

  • Co-investigator on the project ENIGMA on the design and development of the global centralised smart supervisory controller (CSS) for aircraft electrical power system
  • Technical lead on the Clean Sky project TRADE to develop an analysis and design platform suitable to support early aircraft design studies, which include the design analysis and optimisation of electric power systems for turbo-electric propulsion.
  • Within the Clean Sky project MALET developed advanced, multi-level models of an autotransformer for the More Electric Aircraft in Modelica
  • My PhD work provided crucial theoretical and practical tools for applying the innovative technique to assess and ensure robust stability of the More Electric Aircraft electrical system under wide range of operational scenario and flight conditions.
  • My MSc research work focussed on the Frequency Domain Modelling of Cascaded Multilevel Converters
  • BALLUKJA, ERJON, NIEWIADOMSKI, KAROL, PENA-QUINTAL, ANGEL, THOMAS, DAVID W. P., SUMSUROOAH, SHARMILA and SUMNER, MARK, 2022. In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility & Signal/Power Integrity (EMCSI). 232-237
  • RECALDE, ANGEL, BOZHKO, SERHIY, ATKIN, JASON and SUMSURROAH, SHARMILA, 2021. In: 2021 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS). 1-15
  • RECALDE, ANGEL, BOZHKO, SERHIY, ATKIN, JASON and SUMSURROAH, SHARMILA, 2021. In: 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 106-111

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