Graduate Student Thesis Contest 2015 Evaluation Result Evaluat Name, Academic title, ion Current status and result affiliation Thesis title, Institution Thesis Advisor Modeling and Control of a Bioinspired Robotic Fish Underwater Vehicle and its Propulsion Mechanism, 2014 Sanjib Kumar Panda, PhD Associate Professor & Area Director Power and Energy Group, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore eleskp@nus.edu.sg Category: PhD Thesis Abhra Roy Chowdhury, M.Tech, PhD 1st Prize Contest Winners Student, National University of Singapore (NUS) abhra.roychowdhury@u.nu s.edu , royabhro@gmail.com Ali Mohammadi, PM. Tech, PhD 2nd Prize Post doc in UTBM, Université de Technologie Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France ali.mohammadi@utbm.fr National University of Singapore, Singapore Analysis and Diagnosis of Faults in the PEMFC for Fuel Cell Electrical Vehicles, 2014 Université de Technologie BelfortMontbéliard, France Dr. Abdesslem Djerdir Associate Professor, Institute of Research on Transportation, Energy and Society, Université de Technologie BelfortMontbéliard abdesslem.djerdir@ut bm.fr Category: Master Thesis / Diploma Thesis Devendra R Patil, M. Tech PhD Student, University of Texas at Dallas, TX USA drp140230@utdallas.edu Multi-input DC-AC converter for renewable energy source and low frequency ripple reduction circuit for battery charger application, 2013 Dr. Vivek Agarwal Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay agarwal@eeiitb.ac.in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharastra, India 1st Prize Libin Varghese, M.Tech. Research Engineer, Resnova Technologies Pvt. Ltd libins07@gmail.com A Cost Efficient FPGA Based Brushless DC Motor Driven Special Assistance Rollchair for the Mobility Impaired, 2014 J.T. Kuncheria, M. Tech Professor, EEE Dept., Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology kuncheriajt@rajagirite ch.ac.in Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kerala,India 2nd Prize 3rd Prize -- -- -- Kafalis Konstantinos, Dipl. Eng. Modeling – Simulation of an Elevator's Electric Drive System, 2015 Dr. Athanasios D. Karlis Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace akarlis@ee.duth.gr Postgraduate Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh), Greece kkafalis@ee.duth.gr ; konskafa@gmail.com 4th Place Lorenzo Chiavaroli, M.Tech. Trainee, Siemens Transformers S.p.A., Trento, Italy chiavaroli.lorenzo@gmail. com Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece Analysis of the Energetic Performances of an Energy Storage System in a Real Micro-grid Application, 2014 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Prof. Ing. Maria Carmen Falvo, Assistant Professor Department of Astronautics, Electrical and Energetics Engineering mariacarmen.falvo@u niroma1.it 5th Place David Balango, M.Sc. El. Eng. PhD Student, Student Group of High Voltage Technology and Equipment, Department of Electric Power Engineering Budapest Engineering, University of Technology and Economics dbalango@gmail.com 6th Place Pavol Štefanec, tefanec, Ing. PhD Student, Student Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia pavol.stefanec@fel.uniza.s k Modelling Dynamic Rating of Power Lines, 2014 Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary PLC Control system Design for Vehicle Tire Molds Preheating, 2014 University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia Bálint Németh, Senior Lecturer nemeth.balint@vet.bm e.hu Richard Cselko, Assistant Lecturer richard.cselko@ieee.or g Department of Electric Power Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Ec Economics Michal Frivaldsky, PhD Associate Professor Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zilina michal.frivaldsky@fel. uniza.sk Evaluation Committee 2015 Prof. Gustavo Ramos Lopez , Colombia, University of o the Andes IAS Executive Board Member-at-Large, Member arge, Appointed Member by the IAS President Prof. Branislav Dobrucky, Slovakia, University of Zilina Czechoslovakia Section IES/IAS Chapter, Appointed Member by the CMD Chair Mr. Camilo Andres Ordonez Medina, Medina Colombia, University of the Andes 1st Prize Recipient of the 2014 Contest Mrs. Yao Yingbei, China, South--East China Grid Ltd. IAS CMD Graduate Student Thesis Contest Committee Chair, Cha Secretary of the Evaluation Committee Dr.-Ing. Peter Magyar, IAS CMD chair Chair of the Evaluation Committee