M. K. Ikram

Experience

A national science agency, a global engineering company and three universities across two countries. Research that has been tested in the real world, not only on paper.

Large group photo of researchers and industry partners at a Siemens and Swinburne event
With researchers and industry partners at a Siemens and Swinburne event.

Work

  1. Aug 2025 – now

    Sessional Lecturer

    Swinburne University of Technology

    Teach smart power grid design to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Wrote course materials, lab exercises and assessments.

  2. Jul 2025 – now

    Research Assistant

    Siemens–Swinburne Energy Transition Hub, Swinburne University of Technology

    Support research on electric car charging, local energy trading and smart grid planning. From Nov 2025 to Jul 2026 I also worked on a CSIRO research project on restarting the grid after blackouts, testing how solar and battery inverters can do the job that big coal and gas generators do today.

  3. Apr 2024 – now

    PhD Candidate

    Swinburne University of Technology

    Electric cars and peer-to-peer energy sharing. Fully funded by the Siemens–Swinburne Energy Transition Hub.

  4. Jan 2021 – Mar 2023

    Research Associate

    Aligarh Muslim University, India

    Designed and tested hardware that measures and controls power in small grids. Funded by the Government of India. Led to two journal papers and a patent.

  5. Oct 2021 – May 2022

    MATLAB Trainer

    Arena Multimedia, Aligarh

    Trained more than 120 engineering students in MATLAB and Simulink.

  6. Feb 2019 – May 2020

    Teaching Assistant

    Aligarh Muslim University, India

    Ran electrical engineering labs for classes of up to 120 students.

Education

  1. 2024 – 2028 (expected)

    PhD, Electrical Engineering

    Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
  2. 2018 – 2020

    Master of Technology, Instrumentation and Control

    Aligarh Muslim University, India

    Thesis on a new sensor for controlling voltage-support equipment. Funded by a national GATE scholarship.

  3. 2013 – 2017

    Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering

    Aligarh Muslim University, India

Training