Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Research Publications: 30 Journal Publications Since JUN 2011.

Dr. N. Prakash has teaching experience of 12 years and 20 Years of Industrial Experience. His approach towards the profession is as a mentor wanted to spark the logical thinking attitude in students and make them to materialize their simple but valuable ideas themselves; He has been awarded “Innovative Researcher and Dedicated Excellent Academician “ in the year 2017 and 2018 at Malaysia and “Innovative Scientific Researcher” in 2019 at Thailand. He has published 4 patents and 1 Licensed Patent. He conducted World Bank Training Program at Madhya Pradesh. He has mentored many student projects and has offered valuable support and guidance for Technical Project Contests.

Academic Records:

• He joined KCT/EEE in the year 2002. He completed his doctorate in the field of Power systems during 2015 and has received funding of Rs.45 lakhs from MNRE for KCT solar power installations. He has published more than 100 research papers in Journals and conferences. He received Best Researcher National award from DKIRF foundation for his contributions in renewable energy. He also received grant from TNSCST twice for implementation of projects related to Fuel Cell and Bionic Arm. He has filed and published a patent in the field of Bio metric sensors during the year 2020. He has also received accolades from AICTE for his contributions in organizing the Certification course titled ” Learn to Design a Solar System for Homes”. During 2016, he worked with World bank team in execution of projects in Rural parts of Madhya Pradesh for implementation of Sustainable irrigation systems for rural peoples with no electricity.
• He also holds the responsibilities as Director for 250 kW KCT solar Power Station and Secretary for Dr.N. Mahalingam Chess Academy at the KCT campus.
• He is a state Chess player during the year 1993 during school days and received Coimbatore district chess player awards during 1990 to 1994.

*Handled the core EEE Papers:

• For UG: DC Machines, AC machines, Electrical Machine Design, Power electronics, Power system analysis, Special machines, and controllers, Solid-state Drives, Power electronics for renewable energy systems, Industrial Utilization of electrical energy, Generation of electrical energy, Renewable energy systems, Measurements and Instrumentation, Computer architecture
• For PG: Analysis of Inverters, Analysis of power converters, Advanced Microprocessor and Microcontrollers, Emerging trends in Power Conversion technology, Special electrical machines, Flexible AC transmission systems, Computer-Aided design in Electrical systems, Industrial Control electronics.

Dr. R. Kavitha received her B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and M.E degree in Power Electronics and Drives from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai and doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India,. She has around 17 years of experience in teaching undergraduate and post graduate courses of Electrical and Electronics engineering. Her current research interests include power electronics, multilevel inverters, integration of renewable energy sources, optimization techniques and active harmonic analysis. She is passionate towards teaching and guiding the students for project/Design contest.

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.
• Research Publication: 22-Research articles and 25 conference proceedings.
• Editorial board member: Innovative scientific research professional, Malaysia.
• Dr. B. Karunamoorthy is an enterprising and engaging teaching professional who strongly believes in being a facilitator in the learning process. A doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, has more than 15 years of collegiate teaching experience.

I always take utmost care to make my class more interactive and encouraging the students to take up new innovative and creative ideas to implementation. I have been handling Power Plant Engineering subject for past three years, in which I arranged frequent visits to both plants outside the campus and KCT power house, to make them realize the theoretical concepts. I have been continuously motivating students to participate in paper presentation, quiz and other technical events outside KCT, to gain good exposure. I have also successfully guided a student to file a patent.

Departmental:
I am heading the Department Association for past three years, involving KCT leadership members to plan and execute various student welfare activities like Technical contests, societal services, placement and career based training. As an Exam coordinator, I and my team have been scheduling and conducting various exams for students, without any conflicts. For past five years, I am holding responsibility for maintaining the department funds. I am also been instrumental in adding a new course syllabus to 2009 Regulation, Criteria incharge for NBA and NAAC auditing, Placement in-charge. I have also helped in finding internship and inplant training opportunities for students, organized various National Conferences, Seminars and other value added programmes, and have also served as Chief Guest and Guest Speaker for various events.

Research:
I have successfully got funded projects in association with LECS, RuTAG, TNAU,FITS and other similar industries. I have 16 Journal publications indexed with Scopus and Anna University Annexure I and II.

Institutional:
I have handled course in CEAD – Cameron PG Diploma Course. I have also been a part of Graduation Day Committee, Yugam, recruitment coordinator and various institutional level events. I am also the recipient of institutional awards like Teacher’s Day Special Award.

Dr. M. Nirmala Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering- Performance Evaluation of Nine switch Inverter with Intelligent control based DFIG for LVRT during Grid faults
Career Objective: To excel in teaching and research for the betterment of society.
Research Funded Projects: She has successfully carried out several sponsored research work for research establishments like ICSSR, RuTAG (IITM), and Re-KCT inhouse sponsored projects

Research Publications: She has published 19 research publications in various international journals, 14 publications in international conferences and national conferences.
Research Focus Area: Power Electronics, Machines, Control Systems and Renewable energy sources and power train for Electric vehicle, Battery Management system

She is a dedicated, ingenious, and goal-driven professional educator with a solid commitment to the academic growth and development of every student. She could efficiently guide both UG and PG students through their project work and also motivating them to turn up with innovative ideas as part of self-study and further recruitment process. Possessing tenure of 19 years in teaching and 7 years in the industry, Dr. M. Nirmala is continuously committed to developing her expertise in funded projects, Industry Institute interaction programmes and consultancy assignments etc. She is committed to professional ethics, standards of practice and easily adapting students diverse learning styles. She is passionate to learn the latest developments and update in the field of electrical engineering.

She is pursuing PhD and her research interests are Design of power converters for renewable energy applications. She is also interested in organising programmes for the motivation of renewable energy research. She is an active review committee member of International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER) which is a scopus journal. She has been reviewer for various IEEE international conferences. She has published many papers in International Journals and conferences. Her hobbies includes reading books and listening music.

Research Publications: 23 Journal Publications Since JUN 2011.

Reviewer: Reviewed around 10 Research Papers in International Journals of Electric Power Systems Research and International Journal of Electronics Since 2018.

Dr. S. Kaliappan has versatile teaching experience of 12 years after completing PG with about 3 yrs 10 Months experience at Park College of Engineering and Technology (Previous Institution) and nearly 9 Years 10 Months till date at Kumaraguru College of Technology. His approach towards the profession is as a mentor who ignites the logical thinking attitude in students and make them materialize their simple but valuable ideas; He took the initiative for conducting One Credit Course and handson training program in association with Altair Engineering India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. He has mentored many student projects and has offered valuable support and guidance for Technical Project Contests.

Sandhya Devi Ramiah Subburaj is Pursuing Ph.D. in Image Processing and Masters in Embedded System Technologies.

Research Publications: 7 Journal Publications since JAN 2020.

Editor: Co-Editor of the book entitled ‘Software Engineering for Automotive Systems: Principles and Application’’ yet to publish in April 2021

Book Chapters:

• Written a chapter on Edge Architecture Integration of Technologies in the book entitled Edge Computing and Computational Intelligence Paradigms for the IoT DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8555-8
• Written a chapter on Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Smart City Development for EAI/Springer Book Series entitled Innovations in Communications and Computing (Yet to publish in January 2021).

Sandhya Devi R. S has a versatile teaching experience of 11 years after completing PG with about 3.6 yrs experience at PSG College of Technology (Previous Institution) and nearly 7 years to date at Kumaraguru College of Technology. Her approach towards the profession is as a mentor who wanted to spark the logical thinking attitude in students and make them to materialize their simple but valuable ideas themselves; She took the initiative for conducting One Credit Course on Automotive Embedded Systems in association with TVS Motors, Hosur, India. The interactive sessions organized for students with experts of Apache Design, TVS-BMW motor design received a strong response and sparked students thinking beyond teaching. She has mentored many student projects and has offered valuable support and guidance for Technical Project Contests.

• Activity based teaching and Assesments, Signal Processing in Embedded Drives
• Prepartion Phase: Working in Space vector modulation for Power converters.
• Research Publications: 15+ research articles and 10+ Conference Proceedings
• Editoral Board Member: IET Power Electronics

Mr. T. VIswanathan working as Assistant Professor in EEE Department Kumaraguru College of Technologu. I received my B.E. Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi with an honor of 49th Rank in Anna University, Chennai and M.E. Degree in Power Electronics and Drives at CEG, Anna University, Chennai with honor of 3rd rank. My innovative idea Water Monitoring System in Remote Villages has got approved by Gandhigram University and IIT Madras and has been implemented in the villages of Virudhunagar District. I worked as Guest faculty at College of Engineering for Part-time Students. I am reviewer of IET Power Electronics Journal. My area of interest are Computer vision using Deep Learning and Signal Processing in Power Electronics.

Mr. N. Mohana Sundaram is a passionate teacher, who believes that the Teaching community has a key role in imparting moral values to the students, in addition to their technical knowledge. Having an Industrial Experience of about 3 Years and a Teaching Experience of 6+ years, he has been continuously involved in the student mentoring process. He is the receipient of KCT Teaching Proficiency Awards consecutively and wishes to bring laurels as a Teacher to his alma mater.
An ardent lover of the Tamil Language, he likes reading Tamil Books and listening to speeches. He has also contributed to translating NPTEL technical lectures into the Tamil Language, for the benefit of students. Reading and Listening to Music are his stressbusters, while he feels his family is the strong motivation factor for him.

Mr. S. Arunkumar is a dedicated, resourceful and goal driven self-educator with a solid commitment to the academic growth and development of every student in the class with five years of teaching experience. Published 14 international papers and 3 conference proceedings. Passion towards uniqueness in teaching with innovative ideas and concepts to be implemented in a practical manner. Efficiently guided the students to come up with innovative ideas in their mini-project and project works as Newton’s words, “No ever discovery was ever made without a bold guess”. Motivated school students and created an awareness in the usage of electrical appliances. Exploring new ideas, travelling through experiences, surfing and music are his leisure hours. Focus on practical oriented and innovative approach towards teaching is the main key to achieve the award of merit for student development and to receive the alumni fund for his student’s project work highlights his performance in academic growth.

Mr. Suryaprakash Shanmugasundaram is an enterprising and engaging teaching professional who strongly believes in being a facilitator in the learning process. He has more than 5 years of teaching experience and has completed British Council English Literacy Certification. He is presently in charge of Innovation Ambassador at Kumaraguru College of Technology and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He has completed his Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Specializes in Embedded System Technology. He is currently pursuing his research in the field of IoT in Industrial Automation. He has published 15 research papers in Scopus indexed journals and has also attended many national-level Workshops and Seminars. He has organized programs such as FDP, STTP, training programs. He has guided many students’ projects. He has also received funding for student projects from TNSCST and received awards from Texas Instruments in appreciation for Fostering an ecosystem bridging Government, Industry, and Academia.

• Approved Anna university Research supervisor
• Selected as Commissioned officer in Indian Navy
• Having 7 plus year experience in project management and design in electrical industry.
• Having 3 plus year experience in smart grid consultancy project works under R-APDRP projects
• Having experience in smart meters, DLMS meters, IEC61850 and DLMS protocols
• Having experience in research and development of inverter/converter, multilevel inverters and roof top solar systems.
• Published many papers in national, international journals and conferences

Skill sets:

• Understanding various components, communication modules, and AMI for smart meters.
• Understanding various components, communication modules for smart grid technology.
• Understanding of SCADA/DMS.
• Preparation of RFP, DPR for smart grid projects
• Testing of IEC61850, DLMS protocol.
• Inverter, Converter design, and developments.
• Designing, sizing, and preparing layouts of various electrical systems for substation, power
  stations.
• Understanding of control circuits, motor starter panels, ACDB, DCDB, selection of
  components
• Procurement activities, Coordination with erection and commissioning of various equipment in
  site.
• Co-ordination with site Engineer, Customer, and Various government officials.

I am Dr. V.Kandasamy, completed UG PG and Ph.D. in the year 1998, 2002, and 2016 respectively. My field of experience in VLSI Design, Embedded system design. I got an AICTE grant of Rs. 740000/= for MODROB scheme in the year 2017.

Mr. M Mathankumar is graduated in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Specialized in the fields of Embedded Systems, Energy Efficient Sensor Networks. He aims to establish himself in the field of education and research by knowledge sharing and development. He has the ability to deliver lectures confined to recent technologies and innovations. He strongly believes in his capability in extensive research and skills in executing internal administrative tasks.

Dr. K. Paramasivam is presently associated with Kumaraguru College of Technology (Autonomous), Coimbatore, India as Professor, EEE Department, Head-Govt. schemes & Projects and IPR Cell.
He has more than 24 years of teaching experience with 19 years of research experience. Eight research scholars completed Ph.D. and 6 research scholars are pursuing Ph.D. under his guidance. He has completed three funded projects from AICTE-RPS, Govt. of India and consultancy work of worth Rs. 23 Lakhs. He has filed three patents to his credit. He has published 136 research papers in Journals and Conferences with good citation index of 177, h-index: 8 and i-10 index: 6.
Awards: He had received Dedicated Service Award from Freescale system, Best Technology Driven Researcher award from KCT twice, Outstanding service award from IAJIT journal and Anna University IPR award 2019. He has completed AU-CIPR, CIPAM certificate course on IPR and Patent Drafting. He is Innovation Ambassador of MHRD IICs for IPR and Technology transfer.

Dr. Thirumoorthi Ponnusamy has multi-dimensional expertise. He received B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Madras; M.Tech., Power Electronics and Drives from SASTRA University, and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. He has 27 years of experience in the paper industry, steel industry, teaching and research. He has published about 30 international research papers, guiding 11 Ph.D. scholars and working on research projects. He is “C” certificate holder in NCC and “C” license for electrical facility of industries. Currently he is Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in Kumaraguru College of Technology. His research focus includes Power Electronics applications to power systems, Electrical Drives, Intelligent Controllers, Smart Systems.

Dr. Premalatha K has expertise in design and control of  power electronic converters.  She received B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Madras, M.Tech. degree in Power Electronics & Drives from SASTRA University and Ph.D. degree from Anna University Chennai. Her Ph.D. dissertation was on design and development of controller for self-excited induction generator. She is Associate professor in EEE and has more than 23 years of experience in teaching and research. She is actively involved in organizing several value-added programs. She has several publications in national & international journals.   Her research interests include controller for DC-DC converters, wind energy conversion systems and stability analysis. She is a member of ISTE, SSI, IEI(I)and IET.

Preparation phase :
Research Publications: 10 research articles and 8 conference proceedings

R.Sureshkumar completed his B.E in Electrical Engineering from GCT, Coimbatore, and M.E (Applied Electronics) from PSG College of Technology. Currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering. He has 10 Years of Teaching Experience. His research interest includes renewable energy systems and virtual Instrumentation.

Mr.V R Balaji completed his Master degree in Power Electronics & Drives at GCT, Coimbatore in the year 2013. He pursued his Bachelor degree in the specialization of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in the year 2008 at Sudharsan Engineering college, Pudukkottai. He has 10 years of experience in various electrical stream, Out of this he hold 3 years of expertise in electrical maintenance and 7 years of teaching experience at Kumaraguru college of Technology, Coimbatore.

He and his team seeking fund from USISTEF to create a affordable climate smart solar roofing kit with smart energy console for micro irrigation and 24/7 home energy. He extended his technical knowledge to reduce the farmer’s workload with solar powered auto irrigation system which has been continued since 2015.

Moreover, he is doing consultancy projects on goodwill manner for various industries such as Keerthi Internationals for developing a 1 kW dual rotor counter rotation wind generator, which is a new designed wind generator to absorb wind power at low wind speeds
Apparently, he taught Electromagnetic Fields, control systems, special electrical Machines, Power Quality, Real time systems subjects and practical sessions continuously in his academic career to transform his technical knowledge to young minds in order to create a better India.

P. Maithili Completed M.E., in Power Electronics and Drives and Pursuing Ph.D. in the area of Role of Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Conversion system. She has 11 journal publications and presented 3 papers in conferences. She has received funds from management. She has submitted a proposal on “Monitoring, Control and Automation of Bio-gas plant for Efficient Power Generation” under “Waste Management Technology Program-DST”.She has organized workshops, Seminars, FDPs. She has Guided students to prepare and present a paper in international conferences
Guided UG and PG Projects, Guided students to Submit TNSCST project proposals.