Odavic, Milijana, Professor

Professor Milijana Odavic

PhD, MSc, MEng

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor of Power Electronic Systems

Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group

m.odavic@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5170

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Professor Milijana Odavic
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Profile

I received my MSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 2004, where I was Research Assistant with the Department of Electric Machines, Drives, and Automation before joining the University of Nottingham.

After completing my PhD in power electronics, in 2008, I stayed with the Power Electronics and Machine Control (PEMC) group at Nottingham as a Research Fellow working on power electronics related research projects.

In the period from September 2012 to February 2013 I was Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, working with the team of Professor D Boroyevich and Professor R Burgos.

Since September 2013, I have been with the Electrical Machines and Drives (EMD) group at ��«Ӱҵ, where in November 2018, I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Power Electronics Systems.

My research is in the area of power electronics with particular focus on power converters topologies and modelling and control.

The research on power converters topologies includes modular multilevel/multiphase power converters as a part of a New Partnership in Offshore Wind: Siemens Wind Power Prosperity Partnership.

Currently we are exploring potentials of modular multilevel converters operating in boost mode. My research also includes fault-tolerant power converters for safety critical applications including aerospace and electric vehicles.

Ultra-efficient and power-dense power converters based on wide-bandgap semiconductors are of particular interest.

The research on modelling and control includes stability theory and modelling and prediction of dynamic interactions of power electronics dominated distribution systems.

Our recent works, including my collaborative work with the team of Prof. Bozhko at Nottingham, revealed significant effects of simultaneous parametric uncertainties and their interactions on the stability of power electronics systems.

My research also includes control of power converters for actuation, EV&HEV traction, and wind and PV energy systems.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
MSc, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
MEng, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Research interests

Modular power electronics converters topologies
Modelling and control of power electronics systems
Robust stability of power electronics distribution systems
Wide-bandgap semiconductors based power converters
Modelling and control of micro-grids

Publications

Journal articles

Xu J, Odavic M, Zhu ZQ, Wu Z-Y & Freire N (2022) . IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 1-1.
Xu J, Odavic M, Zhu Z-Q, Wu Z-Y & Freire N (2021) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36(12), 14491-14507.
Thakur SS, Odavic M, Allu A, Zhu ZQ & Atallah K (2021) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
Thakur SS, Odavic M & Zhu ZQ (2021) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
Xu J, Odavic M, Zhu Z, Wu Z-Y & Freire NMA (2021) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 57(4), 3763-3775.
Xu J, Odavic M, Zhu ZQ, Wu Z & Freire N (2021) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
Wang T, Zhu ZQ, Freire NMA, Wu Z, Odavic M, Foster M & Stone D (2020) . IET Power Electronics.
Thakur S, Odavic M, Allu A, Zhu ZQ & Atallah K (2020) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
Nesterov N & Odavic M (2019) . The Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 4315-4320.
Guan Y, Vedreño-Santos F, Azar Z, Thomas AS, Li G-J, Odavic M & Zhu Z-Q (2019) . The Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 4090-4095.
Dragan RS, Clark R, Hussain EK, Atallah K & Odavic M (2018) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
Sumsurooah S, Odavic M, Bozhko S & Boroyevic D (2017) . IEEE Electrification Magazine, 5(4), 62-71.
Santos FV, Odavic M, Guan Y, Azar Z, Thomas A, Li GJ & Zhu ZQ (2017) . Iet Power Electronics, 10(12), 1461-1467.
Hu Y, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53(5), 4526-4535.
Hu Y, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53(5), 4483-4492.
Guan Y, Zhu ZQ, Li G, Ziad A, Thomas AS, Vedreño-Santos F & Odavic M (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity.
Sumsurooah S, Odavic M, Bozhko S & Boroyevich D (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 33(6), 5426-5441.
Guan Y, Zhu ZQ, Azar Z, Thomas AS, Vedreño-Santos F, Li G & Odavic M (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity.
Hu Y, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2017) . CES Transactions on Electrical Machines and Systems, 1(2), 180-188.
Zhan H, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53(4), 3609-3620.
Hu Y, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 32(3), 1231-1239.
Sumsurooah S, Odavic M & Bozhko S (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 33(1), 833-844.
Zhan H, Zhu ZQ, Odavic M & Li Y (2016) . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 63(11), 6777-6789.
Santos FV, Guan Y, Azar Z, Thomas A, Li G, Odavic M & Zhu ZQ (2016) . IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity.
Penzkofer A, Cooke G, Odavic M & Atallah K (2016) . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 53(1).
Hu Y, Odavic M & Zhu ZQ (2016) . IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 31(3), 1080-1089.
Zhan H, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2016) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 32(5), 3808-3817.
Hu Y, zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2016) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 1-1.
Sumsurooah SS, Odavic MO & Bozhko SB (2016) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 52(5), 4416-4425.
Moore DC, Odavic M & Cox SM (2014) . IMA JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, 79(6), 1061-1076.
Biagini V, Zanchetta P, Odavic M, Sumner M & Degano M (2013) . IEEE Transactons on Industrial Informatics, 9, 600-608.
Odavic M, Biagini V, Sumner M, Zanchetta P & Degano M (2013) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 49(1), 159-167.
Odavic M, Biagini V, Zanchetta P, Sumner M & Degano M (2011) . IET Power Electronics, 4(4), 414-423.
Lenwari W & Odavic M (2011) A comparison of high performance control algorithms for three-phase shunt active power filters. International Review on Modelling and Simulations, 4(6), 2851-2857.
Odavic M, Sumner M, Zanchetta P & Clare JC (2010) . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 25(1), 131-141.
Odavic M, Jakopovic Z & Kolonic F (2006) Sinusoidal active front end under the condition of supply distortion. Journal for Control, Measurement, Electronics, Computing and Communications, 46(3-4), 135-141.

Conference proceedings papers

Ambreen T, Atallah K & Odavic M (2023) . 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific), Vol. 00 (pp 1-3), 28 November 2023 - 28 November 2023.
Betha HV, Odavic M & Atallah K (2023) . 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Vol. 00 (pp 6553-6555), 29 October 2023 - 29 October 2023.
Vardhan H, Odavic M & Atallah K (2023) . 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 19 March 2023 - 23 March 2023.
Betha HV, Odavic M & Atallah K (2023) . 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 19 March 2023 - 23 March 2023.
Alzahrani T, Odavic M, Thakur SS & Atallah K (2023) . 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 19 March 2023 - 23 March 2023.
Vardhan H, Odavic M & Atallah K (2022) . 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). Detroit, MI, USA, 9 October 2022 - 9 October 2022.
Alzahrani T, Odavic M, Thakur SS & Atallah K (2022) . 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 9 October 2022 - 13 October 2022.
Liu T, Zhu Z, Foster M, Odavic M, Griffo A & Li G (2020) Sensorless control for permanent-magnet synchronous machine drives considering resistance asymmetry. IET Power Electronics Machines and Drives Conference, 15 December 2020 - 17 December 2020.
Foster M, Zhu Z, Stone D, Griffo A, Odavic M & Li G (2020) Multivariable generalized predictive speed control for permanent magnet synchronous machine with enhanced luenberger speed observer. IET Power Electronics Machines and Drives Conference, 15 December 2020 - 17 December 2020.
Foster M, Zhu Z, Odavic M, Griffo A, Stone D & Li G (2020) Impact of magnetic coupling in transverse flux permanent magnet machine for wind power application. IET Power Electronics Machines and Drives Conference, 15 December 2020 - 15 December 2020.
Hoang K, Atallah K, Odavic M, Birchall J & Calverley S (2019) . 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). Baltimore, MD, USA, 29 September 2019 - 3 October 2019.
Thakur SS, Odavic M & Zhu ZQ (2019) . 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 29 September 2019 - 3 October 2019.
Xu J, Odavic M & Zhu Z (2019) . 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 29 September 2019 - 3 October 2019.
Kumar DKP, Li GJ, Zhu ZQ, Foster MP, Stone DA, Griffo A, Odavic M, Clark R & Thomas A (2019) . 2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 11 August 2019 - 14 August 2019.
Xu J, Odavic M, Zhu Z & Wu Z (2019) . 2019 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 3 June 2019 - 6 June 2019.
Hoang K, Atallah K, Odavic M, Birchall J & Calverley S (2019) . 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC), 7 November 2018 - 9 November 2018.
Kumar DKP, Li GJ, Zhu ZQ, Foster MP, Stone DA, Griffo A, Odavic M, Clark R & Thomas A (2019) Influence of Demagnetization on Selecting the Optimum Slot/Pole Number Combination for 3MW Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Vernier Machine. 2019 22ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND SYSTEMS (ICEMS 2019) (pp 5317-5322)
Alsharif R, Odavic M & Atallah K (2017) . 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 1594-1601). Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1 October 2017 - 5 October 2017.
Allu A, Odavic M & Atallah K (2017) . 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 504-510). Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1 October 2017 - 5 October 2017.
Zhan H, Zhu ZQ, Odavic M, Wu Z & Thomas AS (2017) . 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), 21 May 2017 - 24 May 2017.
Dragan RS, Clark RE, Hussain EK, Atallah K & Odavic M (2017) . 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), 21 May 2017 - 24 May 2017.
Zhan H, Zhu ZQ, Odavic M, Wu Z & Thomas AS (2017) . 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), 21 May 2017 - 24 May 2017.
Zhan H, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2016) . 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 18 September 2016 - 22 September 2016.
Hu Y, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2016) . 2016 XXII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), 4 September 2016 - 7 September 2016.
Hu Y, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2016) . 2016 XXII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), 4 September 2016 - 7 September 2016.
Hu Y, Zhu ZQ & Odavic M (2016) . 2016 XXII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), 4 September 2016 - 7 September 2016.
Hussain EK, Clark RE, Atallah K, Odavic M & Dragan RS (2016) . 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016)
Alsharif R & Odavic M (2016) . 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), 5 September 2016 - 9 September 2016.
Sumsurooah S, Bozhko S, Odavic M & Boroyevich D (2015) . IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 9 November 2015 - 12 November 2015.
Hill CI, Areerak K, Yang T, Bozhko S & Odavic M (2015) . 2015 International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles (ESARS), 3 March 2015 - 5 March 2015.
Sumsurooah S, Odavic M & Bozhko S (2015) . 2015 International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles (ESARS), 3 March 2015 - 5 March 2015.
Romlie MF, Klumpner C, Rashed M, Odavic M & Asher G (2013) Analysis of stability aspects of a large constant power load in a local grid. 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. Lille, France
Sumsurooah S, Odavic M & Boroyevich D (2013) Modelling and robust stability analysis of uncertain systems. Simulation Series, Vol. 45(10) (pp 117-124)
Odavic M, Biagini V, Sumner M, Zanchetta P & Degano M (2011) . IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings (pp 1483-1488)
Biagini V, Odavic M, Zanchetta P, Degano M & Bolognesi P (2010) Predictive control of a parallel active filter for aircraft power systems. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. Bari
Wang J, Sumner M, Thomas D, Odavic M & Christopher E (2010) . International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway and Ship Propulsion, ESARS 2010
Biagini V, Odavic M, Zanchetta P, Degano M & Bolognesi P (2010) . IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (pp 2702-2707)
Odavic M, Sumner M, Wheeler P & Li J (2010) . IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings (pp 3044-3049)
Lenwari W, Odavic M & IEEE (2009) A Comparative Study of Two High Performance Current Control Techniques for Three-Phase Shunt Active Power Filters. 2009 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVE SYSTEMS, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 1238-+)
Odavic M, Sumner M & Zanchetta P (2009) Control of a multi-level active shunt power filter for more electric aircraft. 13th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE '09
Odavic M, Zanchetta P & Sumner M (2007) . IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference) (pp 1863-1868)
Odavic M, Zanchetta P, Sumner M, Jakopovic Z & IEEE (2006) High perfonnance predictive current control for active shunt filters. 2006 12TH INTERNATIONAL POWER ELECTRONICS AND MOTION CONTROL CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-4 (pp 435-+)
Odavic M, Zanchetta P, Sumner M & IEEE (2006) A genetic algorithm design method for a current controller employing "two ahead" prediction. 2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, VOLS 1-6 (pp 2461-+)
Odavic M, Zanchetta P, Sumner M, Ladisa C & Jakopovic Z (2006) . IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference) (pp 4713-4718)
Sladic S, Odavic M & Jakopovic Z (2004) Real-switch simulation model of single phase active power filter. International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics. Opatia, Croatia
Odavic M, Sladic S & Jakopovic Z (2004) Digital control of universal power converter. International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics. Opatia, Croatia
Odavic M, Jakopovic Z & Bencic Z (2004) PWM boost type converter connected to the grid. International Conference on Power Electronics and Motion Control. Riga, Latvia
Sladić S, Odavić M & Jakopović Z (2004) Single phase active power filter with sliding mode control. Proceedings of the Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON, Vol. 3 (pp 1133-1136)
Odavic M (2001) Improvement of power quality by means of power converters. International Conference on Equipment Diagnosis and Electrical Energy Quality. Zagreb, Croatia
Jakopovic Z & Odavic M (2000) Adaptive model of dc/dc converter in CCM and DCM. International Conference on Power Electronics and Motion Control. Kosice, Slovakia

Teaching activities

Leader and lecturer of EEE6205 (MEng/MSc module)
Project supervision of BEng/MEng/MSc students

Professional activities and memberships

Departmental Coordinator for Erasmus and Study abroad
EEE Athena SWAN team member

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