Shesha Jayaram

Professor, PhD
Shesha Jayaram

University of Waterloo 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
200 University Avenue West 
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 
Canada

Centre for Environmental Information Technology (EIT) 3105
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 35337
E-mail: jayaram@ecemail.uwaterloo.ca

Research

Areas:

  • 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
Collaborations:
  • 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

Graduate students and visitors supervision