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Yam P. Siwakoti is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with an emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, and automotive engineering. They have contributed to several subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as mechanical engineering.

In their body of work, Siwakoti has addressed multiple topics, notably advanced DC-DC converters, multilevel inverters and converters, silicon carbide semiconductor technologies, microgrid control and optimization, advanced battery technologies research, photovoltaic system optimization techniques, and wireless power transfer systems.

Their recent publications illustrate the depth of their research in power electronics and inverter technologies. Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverters: A Comprehensive Review (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • A Novel Generalized Common-Ground Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Suitable for Transformerless Grid-Connected Applications (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • Six-Switch Step-Up Common-Grounded Five-Level Inverter With Switched-Capacitor Cell for Transformerless Grid-Tied PV Applications (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • A New Switched-Capacitor Five-Level Inverter Suitable for Transformerless Grid-Connected Applications (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • A Fault-Tolerant Hybrid Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Siwakoti has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Frede Blaabjerg
  • Reza Barzegarkhoo
  • Sze Sing Lee
  • Dylan Dah-Chuan Lu
  • Majid Farhangi

Their research outputs are often published in leading journals such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • IET Power Electronics
  • International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications

Best Publications

  • Step-Up DC–DC Converters: A Comprehensive Review of Voltage-Boosting Techniques, Topologies, and Applications

    Mojtaba Forouzesh;Yam P. Siwakoti;Saman A. Gorji;Frede Blaabjerg

  • Impedance-Source Networks for Electric Power Conversion Part I: A Topological Review

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Fang Zheng Peng;Frede Blaabjerg;Poh Chiang Loh

  • High-Efficiency High Step-Up DC–DC Converter With Dual Coupled Inductors for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems

    Mojtaba Forouzesh;Yanfeng Shen;Keyvan Yari;Yam P. Siwakoti

  • Impedance-Source Networks for Electric Power Conversion Part II: Review of Control and Modulation Techniques

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Fang Zheng Peng;Frede Blaabjerg;Poh Chiang Loh

  • Transformerless Inverter Topologies for Single-Phase Photovoltaic Systems: A Comparative Review

    Noman H. Khan;Mojtaba Forouzesh;Yam P. Siwakoti;Li Li

  • Common-Ground-Type Transformerless Inverters for Single-Phase Solar Photovoltaic Systems

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Frede Blaabjerg

  • Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverters: A Comprehensive Review

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  • Y-source impedance network

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Poh Chiang Loh;Frede Blaabjerg;Graham Town

  • A New DC–DC Converter for Photovoltaic Systems: Coupled-Inductors Combined Cuk-SEPIC Converter

    Kumaran Nathan;Saikat Ghosh;Yam Siwakoti;Teng Long

  • A-Source Impedance Network

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Frede Blaabjerg;Veda Prakash Galigekere;Agasthya Ayachit

  • New Magnetically Coupled Impedance (Z-) Source Networks

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Frede Blaabjerg;Poh Chiang Loh

  • Y-Source Boost DC/DC Converter for Distributed Generation

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Poh Chiang Loh;Frede Blaabjerg;Soren Juhl Andreasen

  • A Novel Generalized Common-Ground Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Suitable for Transformerless Grid-Connected Applications

    Reza Barzegarkhoo;Sze Sing Lee;Shakil Ahamed Khan;Yam Siwakoti

  • A Novel Seven-Level Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Converter With Reduced Active Switching Devices and DC-Link Voltage

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Akshay Mahajan;Daniel J. Rogers;Frede Blaabjerg

  • Single Switch Nonisolated Ultra-Step-Up DC–DC Converter With an Integrated Coupled Inductor for High Boost Applications

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Frede Blaabjerg

  • Comparison of Impedance-Source Networks for Two and Multilevel Buck–Boost Inverter Applications

    Oleksandr Husev;Frede Blaabjerg;Carlos Roncero-Clemente;Enrique Romero-Cadaval

  • A New Switched-Capacitor Five-Level Inverter Suitable for Transformerless Grid-Connected Applications

    Reza Barzegarkhoo;Yam P. Siwakoti;Frede Blaabjerg

  • Switched Capacitor Integrated (2 n + 1)-Level Step-Up Single-Phase Inverter

    Noman Habib Khan;Mojtaba Forouzesh;Yam P. Siwakoti;Li Li

  • Quasi-Y-Source Boost DC–DC Converter

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Frede Blaabjerg;Poh Chiang Loh

  • Six-Switch Step-Up Common-Grounded Five-Level Inverter With Switched-Capacitor Cell for Transformerless Grid-Tied PV Applications

    Reza Barzegarkhoo;Yam Prasad Siwakoti;Naser Vosoughi;Frede Blaabjerg

  • A Fault-Tolerant Hybrid Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter

    Haider Mhiesan;Yuqi Wei;Yam P. Siwakoti;H. Alan Mantooth

  • Analysis and Design of a Novel Six-Switch Five-Level Active Boost Neutral Point Clamped Inverter

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Aswin Palanisamy;Akshay Mahajan;Stephan Liese

Frequent Co-Authors

Frede Blaabjerg
Frede Blaabjerg Aalborg University
Poh Chiang Loh
Poh Chiang Loh Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dylan Dah-Chuan Lu
Dylan Dah-Chuan Lu University of Technology Sydney
Kyo-Beum Lee
Kyo-Beum Lee Ajou University
Ricardo P. Aguilera
Ricardo P. Aguilera University of Technology Sydney
Dmitri Vinnikov
Dmitri Vinnikov Tallinn University of Technology
Youguang Guo
Youguang Guo University of Technology Sydney
Jianguo Zhu
Jianguo Zhu University of Sydney
Marian K. Kazimierczuk
Marian K. Kazimierczuk Wright State University
Erik Schaltz
Erik Schaltz Aalborg University

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