Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books

• Silva S. (2018) A Concise Introduction to Industrial Metrology. Godage International Book publishers, Sri Lanka.

• Silva S. (2018) Practical guide book No. 01 – Electronics (Op Amps, Oscillators, Digital Counters and PCB Designing). Godage International Book publishers, Sri Lanka.

Journal Articles

• Silva Thotabaddadurage S., Kularatna N. and Steyn-Ross DA. (2023) Magnetic Design Aspects of Coupled-Inductor Topologies for Transient Suppression. Electronics (Switzerland) 12(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics12010246.

• Thotabaddadurage SS., Kularatna N. and Alistair Steyn-Ross D. (2023) Importance of Leakage Magnetic Field and Fringing Flux in Surge Protector Design. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 59(1): 289-299. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2022.3208920.

• Fernando J., Kularatna N., Silva S. and Thotabaddadurage SS. (2022) Supercapacitor assisted surge absorber technique: High performance transient surge protectors for consumer electronics. IEEE Power Electronics Magazine 9(2): 48-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPEL.2022.3171644.

• Silva S. (2022) Permeance based Design and Analysis of Supercapacitor Assisted Surge Absorber for Magnetic Component Selection. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Electronic ISSN: 1557-9948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2022.3172769.

• Silva Thotabaddadurage SU., Kularatna N. and Steyn-Ross DA. (2021) Optimization of Supercapacitor Assisted Surge Absorber (SCASA) Technique: A New Approach to Improve Surge Endurance Using Air-Gapped Ferrite Cores. Energies 14(14): 4337-4337. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14144337.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Silva S. and Avery H. (2023) Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Charging Efficiency Evaluation. In EEA2023 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Electricity Engineers'​ Association of New Zealand.

• Udayanga STS., Kokuhennadige S., Fernando J., Kularatna N. and Steyn-Ross DA. (2021) Supercapacitor assisted surge absorber (SCASA) technique: selection of magnetic components based on permeance. In 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/apec42165.2021.9487254.

• Udayanga STS., Kularatna N. and Steyn-Ross DA. (2020) Permeance based model for the coupled-inductor utilized in the supercapacitor assisted surge absorber (SCASA) and its experimental validation. In 2020 2nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics for Sustainable Energy Systems (IESES) IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ieses45645.2020.9210663.

• Sadeeshvara Udayanga ST., Kularatna N. and Steyn-Ross DA. (2019) Investigating the impact of ferrite magnetic cores on the performance of supercapacitor assisted surge absorber (SCASA) technique. In 2019 IEEE 28th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isie.2019.8781402.

• Silva S. (2015) An Analogy between Linguistics and Science: A comparative study. In Proceedings of International Conference on the Humanities.

• Silva S. (2015) Impact of Climate change on Tourism in Sri Lanka: An Investigation. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of the South and Southeast Asian Association.

• Silva S. (2015) Literature as an inspiration for scientific thinking: An Investigation. In Proceedings of International Postgraduate Research Conference 2015.

Oral Presentations

• Silva S. (2023) Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Charging Efficiency Evaluation. Christchurch: EEA2023 Conference, June 2023 (Organized by Electricity Engineers'​ Association of New Zealand), 28 Jun 2023.

• Silva S. (2018) Modelling of a RL circuit subjected to a high voltage transient and investigating the importance of inductors in surge protection. University of Waikato: Waikato Young Research Engineers Symposium (WYRES 2018), 06 Jul 2018.

• Silva S. (2018) Supercapacitor Assisted Dual-mode Surge Protector. University of Waikato, New Zealand: Waikato Young Research Engineers Symposium (WYRES 2018), 24 Jul 2018.

Theses / Dissertations

• Silva S. (2021) Permeance based modelling, design and optimization of supercapacitor assisted surge absorber (SCASA). Hamilton, New Zealand. University of Waikato.

Review and Refereeing

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Journal reviewing / refereeing
• Applied Sciences ( 2022 - 2023)
• Electronics ( 2022 - 2023)
• Energies ( 2022 - 2023)
• IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics ( 2021 - 2023)
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics ( 2021 - 2023)
• IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics ( 2022 - 2023)
• IET Power Electronics ( 2022 - 2023)
Conference reviewing / refereeing
• 37th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC 2022), Texas, USA. ( 2021 - 2023)
• 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2021), Toronto, Canada. ( 2021 - 2023)
• IEEE Region Ten Conference (TENCON 2021), Auckland, New Zealand. ( 2021 - 2023)

Research Groups

Future Research

• Surge protection and power quality
• Supercapacitor applications
• High frequency magnetics
• Power MOSFET research
• Transformer design and magnetic materials
• EVSE and EV charging efficiency and OCPP compliance testing