Saikrishna Kanukollu received the B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India, in 2008, and the M.Tech. degree in power electronics and power systems from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, India, in 2010. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Power System Application Engineer at the ABB India Development Center, Bengaluru. At ABB, he worked on the developement of SCADA/EMS software called Network Manager. Later, he joined The Petroleum Institute (now part of Khalifa University), Abu Dhabi, UAE, in 2012 as a Research Engineer to work on a funded project with National Drilling Company (NDC), part of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). As part of this project, he worked with NDC to investigate power quality issues in AC/DC oil rigs and development of hardware prototypes to study harmonic mitigation schemes in oil rigs. From 2016 to 2021, he held the position as a Research Laboratory Engineer with ADNOC Research and Innovation Centre, Khalifa University (KU), where he played an instrumental role in the establishment of one of the UAE's largest research centers for power electronics and power systems. He was part of the development of two laboratories namely, Power Electronics and Sustainable Energy Lab (PEASE) and Energy Systems, Control and Optimization Lab (ESCO). During this tenure, he served in various capacities, overseeing the development of research facilities and the construction of hardware prototypes for both academia and industry (including power electronics, motor drives, renewable energy systems). He also worked on inter disciplinary research projects with ADNOC, such as development of AI based core flooding test accelerator devices. The two laboratoies later became part of Advanced Power and Energy Centre (APEC) at Khalifa University.
Since 2021, he has been working as a Full-Time Research Engineer with the Energy Systems, Control, and Optimization (ESCO) lab at KU, focusing on research in microgrids, grid forming converters, battery energy storage systems and the integration of renewable energy systems.
Saikrishna has diverse experience in power electronics and power systems including modeling and hardware development. He has supported several research projects and involved in hardware prototyping. As a research engineer and laboratory engineer, he served in various laboratory support roles such as laboratory design & development, HSE managment, purchase, researcher training.
Grid forming converter experimental test system.
Supervisor Dr. Ahmed Al Durra.
