Prof. Ramakrishna Gokaraju

Principal Investigator

Prof. Ramakrishna Gokaraju, B.E., M.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan,
Room 3B33, Engineering Building, 57 Campus Drive,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
Tel: (306) 966-5385; Email: rama.krishna@usask.ca

Current Graduate Students

  • Completed M.Sc.  in April 2017.  Continuing for Ph.D. with Rama Gokaraju.
  • PhD Research: Microgrid Protection.
  • Lab Support Engineer (Power System Stream), Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan. (September 2013-Current).
  • Received NSERC Industrial Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Industrial Sponsor: SaskPower), May 2012-August 2013.
  • Obtained Bachelor of Engineering Degree (with Great Distinction), Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, June 2012.

Research: High-Speed Relaying. IEC 61850 -- SV & GOOSE
  • Saskatchewan Innovation Scholarship (2016-17)
  • NSERC Discovery Grant Funding (2014-17)
  • NSERC Engage Grant Funding (RTDS Technologies, 2015-16)

  • Current Research Work: Dynamic Model of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) based Nucelar  Generator for  Analyzing its Flexible Operation, and Power System  Dynamic Studies.
  • Funding Support:
    • Sylvia Fedoruk Centre for Nuclear Innovation
    • NSERC DG
    • Department Devolved Scholarship

Research Topic: High Speed Relaying.

Doing MSc Studies Part-time at the University of Saskatchewan. Full-time instructor in the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Regina. Leads the Protection & Relay Testing Laboratory at the University of Regina.

High Speed Relaying Using Least Squares.

  • NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship with Littelfuse Startco (IPS-1)
  • NSERC Discovery Grant.
Some of the current and former students during IEEE Section AGM held in Saskatoon in December 2016.

Former Graduate Students & PDF

High-Speed Digital Distance Relaying for Extra High Voltage Transmission Lines (September 2014-October 2017 Full-time; November 2017-August 2020 Part-time)

Thesis Title: Dynamic Modelling of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors for Electricity & Other Applications.

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF), Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, June 2017-June 2019. 
  • Current Research Work: Hosting Capacity Analysis -- photovoltaic generation, battery energy storage, flexible operation of small modular reactors for remote communities. 
  • Funding Support:
    • Received post-doctoral fellowship from Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, June 2017-November 2017.
    • Research Assistantship: Sylvia Fedoruk Centre for Nuclear Innovation & NSERC DG (November 2017-June 2019).

  • Dissertation on "A New Relaying Method for Third Zone Distance Relay Blocking During Power Swings".

  • Reserach on Phasor Estimation Technique to Minimize the Impact of CCVT Transientsin Distance Protection.
  • Department Devolved Scholarship
  • NSERC Discovery Grant.
  • U of S Graduate Scholarship Recipient.

  • Dissertation on "Power System Dynamics Enhancement Through Phase Unbalanced and Adaptive Control Schemes in Series FACTS devices"
  • NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship
  • Dean's Scholarship
  • College of Engineering Haid Scholarship
  • College of Engineering Research Top-Up Award
  • Department Devolved Scholarship
  • NSERC Engage Grant
  • Dr. Rai is currently working as Sr. Transmission Planner at BC Hydro, Vancouver, Canada.

  • Research on Special Protection Scheme for Voltage Instability Prediction.
  • NSERC Discovery Grant.
  • Department Devolved Scholarship

  • Thesis on the Impact of Wind Power on Power System Security

  • Research on Design and Implementation of ANN Based Phase Comparators for Transmission Line Protection
  • NSERC Discovery Grant
  • Department Devolved Scholarship

  • Reasearch at the University of Saskatchewan on Devloping A Kalman Filtering Technique To Reduce Impact of CCVT Transients on Distance protection Wide Area Protection and Control
  • Canadian Commonwealth Student Exchange Program, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

  • Dissertation on "A Local Measurement Based Protection Methodology for Initiating Controlled Islanding in Power Systems"
  • Saskatchewan Innovation and Opportunity Scholarship award (2016)
  • NSERC Discovery Grant

  • Dissertation on "Multi-Band Subsynchronous Damping Controller for Type III DFIG Wind Turbines with Single Mass and Multi-Mass Rotor Models".
  • NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship (IPS-1, SaskPower).
  • Saskatchewan Innovation & Opportunity Scholarship
  • Graduate Teaching Fellowship.

  • Dissertation on "Fault Location in Grid-Connected Ungrounded PV Systems Using Wavelets".
  • NSERC Discovery and Engage Grant

  • Dissertation on "Dynamic Phasor Modeling of Type 3 Wind Farm including Multi-mass and LVRT Effects".
  • NSERC Discovery Grant

  • Dissertation on "Power System Stability Analysis Using Wide Area Measurement System".
  • NSERC Grants.

  • Research on Real-Time Simulations Approach for Analyzing Voltage Instability Protection in Power Systems
  • NSERC Engage Grant
  • College of Graduate Studies Dean's Scholarship
  • NSERC Discovery Grant

  • Research on Experimental Investigation on Transformer Internal Fault Protection

  • Thesis on Short Circuit Modeling of Wind Generators
  • NSERC Discovery Grant, NSERC Engage Grant

  • Thesis on Loss Minimization Using Power Flow Controllers
  • College of Engineering Scholarships
  • ECE Department Teaching Assistantships

  • Thesis on A State Deviation Method for Transient Stability Prediction in Large Power Systems Internconnected With Wind Generators
  • Saskatchewan Innovation & Opportunity Scholarship
  • NSERC Discovery Grant.

  • Research on Experimental Investigations for Proactive Arc Flash Detection Using Voltage & Current Measurements

  • Reserach on Generator Phase Backup Protection
  • Canadian Commonwealth Student Exchange Program, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India

  • Reserach on Loss of Excitation Protection
  • Canadian Commonwealth Student Exchange Program, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India

  • Thesis on "A Fast Method for Out-of-Step Protection Using State-Plane Trajectories Analysis".
  • Department Devolved Scholarship
  • NSERC Discovery Grant.

  • Thesis on An Adaptive Add-On Control System for a Unified Power Flow Controller
  • Department Devolved Scholarship
  • NSERC Discovery Grant.

  • Thesis on A Functional Link Network Adaptive Power System Stabilizer

  • Thesis on Damping Power Oscillations Using a Phase Imbalanced Hybrid Series Capacitive Compensation Scheme
  • NSERC Discovery Grant

  • Thesis on Turn-to-turn Fault Detection in Transformers Using Negative Sequence Currents
  • Teaching Assistantships
  • NSERC Discovery Grant.

  • Thesis on Transient Modeling of Sen Transformer
  • NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship with Magna Electric Corporation

  • Thesis on Out-of-Step Protection Using Energy Equilibrium Criterion in the Time Domain
  • Department Devolved Scholarship
  • NSERC Discovery Grant.
  • Completed his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada in August 2012.
  • Currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, U.S.A.