My research interests are in areas of photovoltaic system technology, converters for grid connected photovoltaics and grid integration of renewable energy systems.

Howitt, C., Blake, E., Calais, M., Cornellor, Y., Frid, S., Lewis, S., Mocerino, M., Parker, L., Sparrow, L., Ward, J., Zadnik, M., (2012),Increasing Accessibility to Science in Early Childhood Teacher Education Through Collaboration Between Teacher Educators and Science/Engineering Academics,In: Issues and Challenges in Science Education Research: Moving Forward, Springer, pages 157 to 173. Holtorf, H., Urmee, T., Calais, M., Pryor, T., (2015), A model to evaluate the success of Solar Home Systems, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 50, , pages 245 - 255. Holtorf, H., Urmee, T., Calais, M., Pryor, T., (2015), Incorporating the user perspective into a proposed model for assessing success of SHS implementations, AIMS Energy, 3, 4, pages 679 - 698. Holtorf, H., Urmee, T., Calais, M., Pryor, T., (2015), A model to evaluate the success of Solar Home Systems, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 50, , pages 245 - 255. Calais, M., Borle, L., Meek, L., Agelidis, V., (2003), Dual ramptime nonlinear current control applied to a single phase five level cascaded inverter, International Journal of Electronics, 90, 11-Dec, pages 721 - 735. Calais, M., (2001), Marketing residential grid-connected PV systems using a Balanced Scorecard as a marketing tool, Renewable Energy, 22, 2001, pages 211 - 216. Calais, M., (2000), A cascaded inverter for transformerless single phase grid-connected photovoltaic systems, Renewable Energy, 22, 2001, pages 255 - 262. Zaman, A., Parlevliet, D., Calais, M., Djordjevic, S., Pulsford, S., Bruce, A., Passey, R., (2014),PV System Reliability - Preliminary Findings from the PV Module and System Fault Reporting Website,In: Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2014. Holtorf, H., Calais, M., Pryor, T., Urmee, T., (2012),An approach to Solar Home System's success,In: 2nd International Conference on the Developments in Renewable Energy Technology, ICDRET. Calais, M., Ruscoe, A., Glenister, S., (2011),Findings and Recommendations from a PV System Safety Audit of 20 Western Australian Public School Installations,In: 49th Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) Annual Conference (2011). Rose, S., Calais, M., Pryor, T., (2011),Performance Evaluation and Software Simulation of the 56 kWp Murdoch University Library Photovoltaic System,In: 49th Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) Annual Conference (2011). Marinelli, M., Calais, M., (2011),Painting the picture - a statistical update on women in engineering in Australia,In: 15th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES15) (2011). Calais, M., Ruscoe, A., Morris, C., Dymond, M., Pezeshki, H., (2010),Transformerless PV inverters - Recent Test Results and a Discussion of DC Current Injection and Safety Issues,In: Solar2010, the 48th Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) Annual Conference (2010). Calais, M., Ruscoe, A., Dymond, M., (2009),Transformerless PV Inverter Issues RevisitedAre Australian Standards Adequate?,In: Solar09, the 47th ANZSES Annual Conference. Calais, M., (2009),Collaborating with 'real' scientists and engineers to increase pre-service early childhoodteachers' science content knowledge and confidence to teach science,In: International Science Education Conference 2009. Calais, M., Wilmot, N., Ruscoe, A., Arteaga, O., Sharma, H., (2008),Over-Current Protection in PV Array Installations,In: 3rd International Solar Energy Society Conference Asia Pacific Region (ISES-AP) and the 46th Australian New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) Conference (2008). Linhart, F., Calais, M., Cole, G., Hinrichsen, V., (2006),Design of a software tool for PV-system-specific lightning protection,In: 44th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) (2006). Myrzik, J., Calais, M., (2003),String and module integrated inverters for single-phase grid connected photovoltaic systems - A review,In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Bologna PowerTech Conference (2003). Calais, M., (2000),A transformerless five level cascaded inverter for photovoltaic energy generation,In: . Calais, M., (2000),A transformerless five level cascaded inverter based single phase photovoltaic system,In: .