Hariharan Krishnaswami
Address
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA circle, San Antonio TX 78249
Ph.: (210) 458-5086
E-mail: Hariharan.Krishnaswami@utsa.edu
Education:
Year
2009
2002
1999
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science
Bachelor of Science
Major
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Institution
University of Minnesota
Indian Institute of Science
Anna University
Professional Employment History
Year
08/2009-Present
06/2009-08/2009
09/2008-05/2009
09/2005-08/2008
04/2002-08/2005
01/2000-03/2002
Institution
Role
University of Texas at San Antonio Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Teaching Assistant w/ Instructional
Duties
University of Minnesota
Teaching Assistant
University of Minnesota
Research Assistant
GE Healthcare
Senior Design Engineer
Indian Institute of Science
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Activities Summary
Publications
1. Krishnaswami, H. and Mohan, N.; "Three-Port Series-Resonant DC–DC Converter to
Interface Renewable Energy Sources With Bidirectional Load and Energy Storage Ports,"
Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on, vol.24, no.10, pp.2289-2297, Oct. 2009.
2. Krishnaswami, H. and Ramanarayanan, V.; “Control of high frequency ac link electronic
transformer,” IEE Proceedings in Electric Power Applications, vol. 152, no. 3, pp. 509516, May 2005
3. M.A. Moonem and Krishnaswami, H.; "Analysis and Control of Multi-level Dual Active
Bridge DC-DC Converter," to be published in Energy Conversion Congress and
Exposition (ECCE), 2012 IEEE, Sept. 2012
4. M.A. Moonem and Krishnaswami, H.; " Analysis of Dual Active Bridge based Power
Electronic Transformer as a Three-Phase Inverter," accepted for publication in Industrial
Electronics Society Annual Conference (IECON), 2012 IEEE, Oct. 2012
5. Touseef F. Mohammed and Krishnaswami, H.; “Voltage Profile Simulation using
OpenDSS in High Penetration PV Scenario,” Poster Presentation at IEEE T&D
Conference, Orlando, 2012
6. E. Mohyedinbonab, E. Morales, H. Krishnaswami and M. Jamshidi, “Bi-directional
Multi-Mode Grid-Tied Converter for Solar Energy Conversion Systems,” Proceedings of
World Automation Conference, 2012
7. Krishnaswami, H.; , "Photovoltaic microinverter using single-stage isolated highfrequency link series resonant topology," Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
(ECCE), 2011 IEEE , pp.495-500, 17-22 Sept. 2011
8. Vaishnav, S.N.; Krishnaswami, H.; , "Single-stage isolated bi-directional converter
topology using high frequency AC link for charging and V2G applications of PHEV,"
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2011 IEEE , pp.1-4, 6-9 Sept.2011
9. H. Krishnaswami and N. Mohan, “Constant switching frequency series resonant threeport bi-directional dc-dc converter,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists
Conference (PESC’08), 2008, pp. 1640–1645.
10. H. Krishnaswami and N. Mohan, “Simulation model of a three-port bi-directional series
resonant dc-dc converter to determine component specifications,” in Proc. SCS Grand
Challenges in Modeling and Simulation (GCMS’08), 2008.
11. H. Krishnaswami and N. Mohan, “A current-fed three-port bi-directional dc-dc
converter,” in Proc. IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference
(INTELEC’07), 2007, pp. 523–526.
12. R. K. Gupta, H. Krishnaswami, and N. Mohan, “A unified analysis of ccm boost pfc for
various current control strategies,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electronics, Drives and Energy
Systems (PEDES’06), 2006, pp. 1–5.
Invited Presentations
1. H. Krishnaswami, “Power Electronics Teaching Lab Implementation: Barriers and
Solutions,” DOE Consortium Workshop, University of Minnesota, 8-9 Aug 2011
2. H. Krishnaswami, “Large Scale Renewable Energy Generation,” UTSA College of
Sciences Conference, 30 Sept 2011
3. H. Krishnaswami, “Reforming power related curriculum – power electronics,” ONR/NSF
Sponsored Workshop on Electric Energy Systems Curriculum for Sustainability 2-5 Feb
2012
Granting Activities
Proposals Awarded
1. Title: Installation of Distributed Solar Energy Resources at UTSA campus with Sensor
Network Monitoring and Control, Mar 2010 to Dec 2011
Agency: State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (co-PI)
Project dates: March 2010 - December 2011
2. Title: A Nationwide Consortium of universities to revitalize electric power engineering
education by state-of-the-art laboratories
Agency: University of Minnesota through Department of Energy
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Project dates: July 2010 - July 2013
3. Title: Distributed and Secure Smart Grid Network
Agency: City Public Service (CPSEnergy) through Texas Sustainable Energy Research
Institute (TSERI), UTSA
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (co-PI)
Project dates: January 2010 - May 2012
4. Title: Modeling Photo-voltaic systems with spatial and temporal variability for building
and distribution grid integration studies
Agency: UTSA
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Project dates: September 2011 - August 2012
5. Title: Integration of high penetration levels of PV into the Electric Distribution System
Agency: City Public Service (CPSEnergy) through TSERI, UTSA
Collaborator: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Project dates: January 2012 - Aug 2012
Patents Issued
1. G. Shanmugavel and H. Krishnaswami, “Proximity Detector and Radiography System,”
US Patent 6,985,556 Issued 10 Jan 2006
2. H. Krishnaswami and V. Ramanarayanan, “An improved electronic transformer,” India
Patent 580/MAS/2002, Aug. 03, 2007
Awards and Honors
 Nominated by the College of Engineering for UTSA President’s Distinguished Award for
Teaching Excellence.
 Featured in UTSA Office of Research’s Annual Discovery Magazine in the article titled
“UTSA pushes to the forefront of renewable energy research”.
 Awarded student travel grant by the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of
Minnesota to attend Power Electronics Specialists Conference at Rhodes, Greece in 2008.
 Awarded scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development,
Government of India for the Masters program at the Indian Institute of Science.
Teaching Activities
Teaching accomplishments
 Established a new hardware and simulation teaching laboratory for power electronics and
power systems courses
 Created a new undergraduate concentration area in electric power engineering and
updated the undergraduate catalog with this new concentration area.
 Leading the activities involved in continuous improvement in the new electric power
engineering curriculum.
Courses Taught
Semester
Course Number and Name
Fall 2009
EE2213 Electric Circuits/Electronics
Spring 2010 EE5243 Advanced Power Electronics
Fall 2010
EE4753 Computer Analysis of Power
Systems
Spring 2011 EE4953/EE5243 Power Electronics
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Course Level
Lower Division Undergraduate
Graduate
Undergraduate – Seniors
Undergraduate – Seniors and
Graduate
Graduate
Undergraduate – Seniors and
Graduate
EE6343 Advanced Power Converters
EE4953/EE5243 Power Electronics
EE4953 Power Engineering Laboratory
Students Graduated
 Number of students graduated with Masters Degree: 4
 Currently enrolled: 2 Masters thesis students and 1 PhD student
 All students supported by Research Assistantships from various research projects
External Service Activities
Committee Name
Level / Dates
NSF Panelist
NSF
Conference organizer
Journal Reviewer
UT Austin
April 7 2011
Continuous
Session Chair
Feb 4-6 2010
Role
Invited Panelist for ECCS division of the NSF
directorate of Engineering
UT Smart Grid Conference
IET Journal in Power Electronics, IEEE
Transactions in Sustainable Energy Systems,
IEEE Power Electronics Letters, IEEE Systems
Journal
ONR/NSF Sponsored Workshop on reforming
electric energy systems curriculum