Enes Durbaba

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I worked as research assistant in electrical and electronics engineering department at Dokuz Eylul University December 2014 - December 2022. I have worked as a hardware design engineer in a company since December 2022. My research field is power electronics and electric machines. I do research especially on converters for the renewable energy systems. Also, my research interests includes model predictive controller, deadbeat controller, repittive controller.

Power Electronics Engineer

  • Birthday: 3 May 1991
  • Website: https://enesdurbaba.github.io
  • Phone: +90 xxx xxx xxxx
  • City: Ankara, Turkey
  • Age: 31
  • Degree: PhD. Canditate
  • Email: info.enesdurbaba@gmail.com
  • Website2: Google Scholar

Besides being a researcher, I spend time with my family and friends. I like to discover new places and new tastes. I am a volunteer evaluation agent of the Teknofest competition. I am interested in quantum programming as a hobby. Also, I am a big fan of Galatasaray.

Facts

  • I worked as research assistant in electrical and electronics engineering department at Dokuz Eylul University December 2014 - December 2022. Now, I have worked as a hardware design engineer in a company since December 2022. My research field is power electronics and electric machines.I assisted the power electronics laboratory and energy conversion laboratory courses when I was a research assist.

  • I am a PhD. Canditate at the Dokuz Eylul University. I completed the courses and work on the my PhD thesis that is the model predictive control (MPC) of the modular multilevel converter (MMC).

  • I completed the master degree in electrical and electronics engineering department of Dokuz Eylul University . The topic of my thesis was Single Phase Grid Connected Photovoltaic System.

  • I completed my undergraduate education in electrical and electronics engineering department of the University of Eskisehir Osmangazi, whose education language is English with bachelor degree 3,22/4 and I have Certificate of Honor Student which given by ESOGU.

    • Papers
    SCI-SCI expanded

    Conference Paper
    International

    Projects
    Supported by Tübitak
    2241A & 1001 & 1002

    Patent
    International

    Computer Skills

    I simulate converter circuits using Matlab/Simulink. I use Altium Designer for PCB and electronic design. I use the TI microcontrollers (F28377S/D) and I use CCS as a development environment with C language. Programs that I frequently use in my research and projects:

    Matlab 90%
    Simulink 90%
    C 75%
    Altium Designer 70%
    Verilog 60%
    MS Project 35%

    Resume

    I am a Researcher in the field of Power Electronics and Electrical Machines.

    Summary

    Enes Durbaba

    Researcher & Academician with 8+ years of experience designing and developing power electronics converters..

    • I have worked as Hardware Design Engineer since December 2022.
    • I worked as research assistant atDokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering between 2014-2022.
    • enesdurbaba@gmail.com

    Education

    PHILOSOPHY OF DOCTORATE & ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

    2018 - Present

    Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, TURKEY

    Thesis: Modular multilelvel converter with model predictive current controller.

    Master of Science & Electrical and Electronics

    2015 - 2018

    Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, TURKEY

    Thesis:PV system connected to grid through DC/DC buck-boost converter and DC/AC unipolar switching inverter.

    Bachelor of ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

    2009 - 2014

    Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, TURKEY

    Thesis: Quadcopter with SLAM.

    Papers

    SCI-SCI expanded Papers

    • Azizoglu, B.T., Balikci, A., Akpinar, E. et al. Channel current analysis of GaN HEMTs with source sense pin in DC/DC boost converters. J. Power Electron. 21,713–723(2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43236-020-00215-3
    • E. Akpınar, A. Balıkcı, E. Durbaba and B. T. Azizoğlu, "Single-Phase Transformerless Photovoltaic Inverter With Suppressing Resonance in Improved H6," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 8304-8316, Sept. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2018.2886054.

    CONFERENCE PAPERS

    • A. Balıkcı, E. Akpınar, E. Durbaba, A. E. Kocamis and B. T. Azizoglu, "Dead-time Effect on the Leakage Current of Grid Connected Single-Phase Photovoltaic Inverter," 2021 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2021, pp. 249-254, doi: 10.1109/EPEC52095.2021.9621461.
    • B. T. Azizoğlu, A. Balıkcı, E. Durbaba, E. Akpınar and A. E. Kocamış, "Comparing the Efficiency of Cascode GaN and Enhancement GaN in Boost Converter of PV System," 2020 IEEE 14th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG), 2020, pp. 340-345, doi: 10.1109/CPE-POWERENG48600.2020.9161593.
    • E. Durbaba, E. Akpinar, A. Balıkcı, B. T. Azizoglu and A. E. Kocamis, "Fast Prototyping of A Photovoltaic System by Using DSP in MATLAB Simulation Loop," IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2019, pp. 1768-1773, doi: 10.1109/IECON.2019.8926786.
    • A. Balıkcı, B. T. Azizoğlu, E. Durbaba and E. Akpınar, "Efficiency calculation of inverter for PV applications Using MATLAB and SPICE," 2017 International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM) & 2017 Intl Aegean Conference on Electrical Machines and Power Electronics (ACEMP), 2017, pp. 593-598, doi: 10.1109/OPTIM.2017.7975033.
    • A. Balikci, E. Akpmar and E. Durbaba, "Single-phase STATCOM with multilevel U-cell converter," 2017 10th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ELECO), 2017, pp. 340-344.

    Professional Experience

    Hardware Design Engineer at Aselsan

    Dec. 2022 - Present

    Ankara, Turkey

    • I work in the field of Power Electronics.
    • I work on DC/DC converters.
    • I work on electrical motor drivers.

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Dec. 2014 - Dec. 2022

    Izmir, Turkey

    • I worked in the field of Power Electronics and Electric Machinery.
    • I was responsible for the power electronics and electrical machines laboratory.
    • I worked in the Tubitak projects (1001 and 1002).

    DHMI Antalya Airport (trainee)

    June 2013 - July 2013

    Antalya, TURKEY

    • I worked as a trainee engineer.
    • I did start-up maintenance and repair of high voltage systmes and transformer

    Tubitak Uzay (trainee)

    June 2012 - July 2012

    Ankara, TURKEY

    • I worked as a trainee software engineering in the embedded systems unit.
    • I used arm based development board NXP LPC 2378 and IAR Embedded Workbench



    Projects

    Tubitak 1002

    2021 - 2022
    • Title: Modular Multilevel Converter Design With Pv System Support For Load Balancing And Reactive Power Compensation.
    • Role: Scholarship.
    • Responsibility: Design of GaN base single phase transformerless photovoltaic inverter, Design of power optimizer (Boost converter), Test of all hardware, and development of control software.

    Tubitak 1001

    2018 - 2020
    • Title: Design and Modeling of Solar Energy Conversion System with High Energy Efficiency.
    • Role: Scholarship.
    • Responsibility: Design of GaN base single phase transformerless photovoltaic inverter, Design of power optimizer (Boost converter), Test of all hardware, and development of control software.

    Tubitak 2241A

    2013 - 2014
    • Title: Quadcopter with SLAM
    • Role: Team Member.
    • This project is our Industry supported undergraduate graduation project. A quadcopter capable of mapping and localization in indoor environments has been studied.

    Patent

    International

    • Dokuz Eylül University, 2020. A Single Phase Inverter For Photovoltaic Panels. WO2020068022A2.

    Projects

    I worked as research assistan in electrical and electronics engineering department at Dokuz Eylul University December 2014-2022. My research field was power electronics and electric machines

    • All
    • Thesis
    • Tubitak

    Contact

    Feel free to contact me.

    Location:

    Ankara, Turkey

    Call:

    +90 xxx xxx xxxx