A/ProfKosala Gunawardane
Associate Professor
School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG
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- Associate ProfessorSchool of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG
BIO
Dr. Gunawardane is currently Associate Professor in Renewable Energy Engineering at UTS. She was Associate Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand prior to joining UTS. She was also the founding Director of the Centre of Future Power and Energy Research (CFPER) at AUT. She served as the Deputy program leader of Offshore Renewable Energy Systems in the Blue Economy Corporate Research Centre in Australia.
She completed her undergraduate degree in Electronic and Telecommunication engineering from the University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka in 2005. She received her Ph.D. degree in Power Electronic Engineering from the University of Waikato, New Zealand, in 2014. She is an IEEE senior member and was the vice chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering NZ North chapter.
Her research interests include Renewable energy applications, Hydrogen and Fuel cells, DC-microgrids, supercapacitor applications, and Power Electronics. She secured several NZ government funding and Australian CRC funding as the primary investigator.
She was a finalist in the 2018 NZ Women of Influence in Science and Innovation category.
She completed her undergraduate degree in Electronic and Telecommunication engineering from the University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka in 2005. She received her Ph.D. degree in Power Electronic Engineering from the University of Waikato, New Zealand, in 2014. She is an IEEE senior member and was the vice chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering NZ North chapter.
Her research interests include Renewable energy applications, Hydrogen and Fuel cells, DC-microgrids, supercapacitor applications, and Power Electronics. She secured several NZ government funding and Australian CRC funding as the primary investigator.
She was a finalist in the 2018 NZ Women of Influence in Science and Innovation category.
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Technology Sydney, School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Sydney, Australia11 Apr 2023 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate ProfessorAuckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand3 Jan 2023 - 24 Mar 2023
- Senior Lecturer above the barAuckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand25 Nov 2021 - 30 Dec 2022
- Senior LecturerAuckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand25 Oct 2018 - 28 Oct 2021
- LecturerAuckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand28 Jan 2014 - 25 Oct 2018
DEGREES
- PhD, Power ElectronicsUniversity of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
- B Eng, Electronics and Telecommincation EngineeringUniversity of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak and peer review
- Sinhala; SinhaleseCan read, write, speak and peer review
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Media enquiries
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Membership of an advisory committee