Krishneel A. Singh received the B.E. degree in mechanical engineering and the M.Sc. degree in engineering from the University of the South Pacific, in 2017 and 2020, respectively, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in engineering specializing in renewable energy. He has experience as a Project Engineer and has worked on projects in the petroleum industry. He works as a Teaching Assistant in mechanical engineering with the University of the South Pacific. His research interests include wind energy, wind turbine design, wave energy, sustainable energy, and utilization of artificial intelligence for solving renewable energy problems.

B.E(Mechanical ), PGCTT MSc (S.Pac), PhD candidate     

Research Interest:

Data science, wind energy, wind turbine design, wave energy, sustainable energy, and utilization of artificial intelligence for solving renewable energy problems.

 Members of organization (if)

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Graduate Member

Undergraduate Courses:

• MM 101 – Engineering Graphics and Design
• MM 103 – Engineering Mechanics
• MM 312 – Solid Mechanics 2
• MM 221 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
• MM 222 – Fluid Mechanics
• MM 366 – Mechanical Vibrations
• MM481 – Project Management and Professional Engineering

Journals

• Singh, K., Bule, L., Khan, M. G., & Ahmed, M. R. (2019). Wind energy resource assessment for Vanuatu with accurate estimation of Weibull parameters. Energy Exploration & Exploitation, 37(6), 1804-1832.
• Singh, K. A., Khan, M. G. M., & Ahmed, M. R. (2022). Wind energy resource assessment for Cook Islands with accurate estimation of Weibull parameters using frequentist and Bayesian methods. IEEE Access.

Conferences

• Singh, K. A., Kutty, S. S., Khan, M. G., & Ahmed, M. R. (2019, December). Wind Energy Resource Assessment for Tokelau with Accurate Weibull Parameters. In 2019 9th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPES) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Singh, K. A., & Ahmed, M. R. (2019, December). Design and Optimisation of a 20kW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine using HARP_Opt. In 2019 9th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPES) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Singh, K. A., Kutty, S. S., Khan, M. G. M., & Ahmed, M. R. (2021, November). Wind Energy Resource Assessment for Suva, Fiji and Design of a 30 kW Wind Turbine. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 85642, p. V08BT08A039). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Msc Thesis

• Singh, K. A. (2020). WIND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS FOR VANUATU, TOKELAU AND THE COOK ISLANDS AND AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OF A WIND TURBINE

• Measurement and forecasting of wave characteristics with different models at different locations in Fiji and design and testing of Savonius rotors for wave energy extraction.
• Investigating the effect of different trailing edge configurations on the performance of small wind turbines.
• Wind energy resource assessment and small wind turbine design for various locations in the Pacific.

• Presented certificate twice for publishing A rank papers at the USP Research Excellence Awards in 2021 and 2024.
• Nominated for the 2019 Vice Chancellors award for best student research.