Shesha Jayaram

• Analysis or conduction and breakdown mechanisms in insulating materials under High Voltave (HV) stress
• Use of partial discharge and other high frequency components as diagnostic tools for insulation failure analysis
• High voltage engineering applications to industrial processes, and development of power supplies
• High voltage testing techniques
• Pulse power applications to electrostatics problems

• General Electric, Peterborough: High voltage coil insulation for large motors and generators.
• University of Western Ontario: Adjunct Professor, 1992-present. Have been working with Professor Castle in Applied Electrostatics area and co-supervised Rachel Feng for her MASc thesis work.
• University of Guelph: "Development of non-thermal sterilization methods using Pulse Power Application", Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Strategic Grant 1999-2002.
• McMaster University: "Control of particulate contamination, mercury and other trace elements in coal combustion flue-gas by advanced electrostatic precipitation techniques", NSERC Strategic Grant 1994-97, and Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre (ESTAC) Grant 1997-99, NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) matching fund, 1999-2000.
• Educating Advocates for a Change in Health (EACH) Engineering Inc.: With Dr. Edward Cherney's collaboration the area of polymeric insulation has been developed to a great extent at the University of Waterloo, where Dr. Cherney is appointed as an adjunct professor.
• Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), Japan: Involved in co-supervising two graduate students with Profs. Kosaki and Nagao in the area of cryogenics and polymeric composite insulation system at TUT during my sabbatical.
• Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden: Involved in co-supervision of Hans Edin, a Ph.D. student with Dr. Uno Gafvert, and Professor Roland Erisksson, during my sabbatical.
• Flexible Engineered Solutions (FES) (Adwel3) International Ltd.: Have been supervising Testing of Generator Couples manufactured by FES (Adwel) International Ltd. Scarborough, Ontario.

Recognition

• Swedish Government Fellowship: Tenured Faculty Review (TFR) Visiting Professor Program, "Women in engineering sciences" Fellowship - 770,000 SEK, 1999.
• Japanese Government Fellowship: Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture - 6,500,000 Yen, 1998/99.
• The 1998 State Award (Gold Medal) from Karnataka State, India - for contributions to Science & Technology Development.
• Member, NSERC Electromagnetics and Electrical Systems Grant Selection Committee, September 2000-July 2003.​

Publications

• See Professor Jayaram's full publication list (PDF).

Graduate students and visitors supervision

• See Professor Jayaram's full list of graduate students and visitors supervised, both currently and in the past (PDF).