National Engineering College, K.R.

Nagar, Kovilpatti
(An Autonomous Institution)
R&D ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF EEE

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Faculty Strength 19
No of Ph.D Holders 2
No of Ph.D Supervisor 2
No of Faculty Members Pursuing Ph.D- 10
No of External Faculty Members pursuing Ph.D 10

RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED

No. of International Journals 18

No. of National Journals 6
No. of International Conferences - 51
No. of International Conferences -66

ACADEMIC RECOGNITIONS

Dr. M. Willjuice Iruthayarajan

Dr. M. Willjuice Iruthayarajan

- Reviewer for the following International Journals
International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Elsevier
Swarm and Evolutionary Computation Elsevier
IEEE Systems Journal
Chemical Engineering Communications Taylor & Francis
Electric Power Components and Systems Taylor & Francis
Control and Intelligent Systems - ACTA Press.
Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering Wiley
Hyperscience Publisher
Dr. P. Subburaj & Dr. M. Willjuice Iruthayarajan
- Reviewer for Various international journals and conferences

SPONSORED PROJECT
S.No Project Sponsoring Title Amount Year Of Duration
Investigators Organisation Sanction
1. M.Ravindran DRDO, Four Quardant 9.45 2008 3 Years
L.Kalaivani New Delhi Operation Of Lakhs
M.P.E.Rajamani SRMWith Single
Switch
2. R.Karthik DST Investigations Of 7.68 2010 2 Years
New Delhi Critical Electrical Lakhs
Characterstics &
UV Response Of
Transformer Oil

COLLABORATION WITH FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES

Dr.Tangali S. Sudarshan, Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia has visited our college during the
month of December 2011
RESEARCH PROJECTS SUBMITTED

Sl. Title of the project Funding Amount

No. Agency
1 A Study of Power Electronics Building Blocks based NRB, Rs. 9.5 Lakhs
Soft Switching DC Distribution System for Naval New Delhi
Electric Ship Power System
2 Implementation of Control Design Techniques for DRDO, Rs. 32 Lakhs
EMI & EMC Emission in Vehicular Electronics New Delhi

3 Analysis and Implementation of Stand Alone MNRE, Rs. 25 Lakhs

Photovoltaic System with Hybrid Energy Storage New Delhi
Devices using FPGA Controller

SPONSORED SEMINARS
S. Coordinator Funding Topic Amount Date
No Agency

1 Ms.L.Kalaivani DRDO Soft Computing Techniques Rs. 04.08.11 &

Ms.K.Rajeswari and its Applicaions to 35,000 05.08.11
AP(SG)/EEE Electrical Engineering
2 Mr.M.P.E.Rajamani DRDO FPGA based controller for Rs. 14.10. 11&
AP/EEE Power Electronics and Drives 35,000 15.10.11
Applications
3 Ms.L.Kalaivani CSIR Design, Modelling and Rs. 18.10.11 &
AP(SG)/EEE Control of Eletrical Machines 25,000 19.10.11
and Drives
4 Mr.M.P.E.Rajamani DST Application of Artificial Rs. 20.01.12 &
AP/EEE Intelligent Techniques in 30,000 21.01.12
Renewable Energy Systems

SEMINARS SUBMITTED
S.N Coordinator Funding Topic
o Agency

1. Ms.L.Kalaivani CSIR Implementation of Soft Computing Techniques for

AP(SG)/EEE Electrical Engineering using MATLAB
2. Mr.M.P.E.Rajamani MNRE Advanced Power Electronics Systems for the Grid
AP/EEE Integration of Renewable Energy Sources
3. Mr.M.P.E.Rajamani TNSCST Artificial Intelligence and Inteligent System with
AP/EEE Application in Power Electronics and Electric
Drives
4. Mr.R.Karthik DST Recent Advancements In The Field Of Dielectrics
AP(SG)/EEE Allied To High Voltage Applications

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

Switched Reluctance Motor Partial Discharge Analysis
Intelligent Controller Computational Intelligence
Transformer Oil Converters Design
CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM
A National Level Technical Conference ELCON is being conducted Every Year.
A National Level Technical Symposium EMESYNEC is being conducted Every Year.

MOUS SIGNED
The MoU with W.S.TEST SYSTEM PVT.LTD is signed.

INDUSTRY INSTITUTION INTERACTION

Sl. Service Offered Identity of Sector Type of Sector
No. Organised /
Unorganised
1 L.T Pin Insulator Test M/S Maniiraam Traders Private
Teppakulam
2 33KV Pin Insulators & M/S Loyal Textile Mills Ltd, Private
33KV Disc Insulators Testing Kovilpatti
3 Insulation Mats for Electrical M/S. Madurai Acme Enterprises Private
Purpose Palanganatham

STUDENTS PROJECTS

Sl. Nature of activity Funding Participants Amount

No. Agency

1. Electrical Wheel Chair TNSCST, P.Punithavalli Rs. 6,000

Chennai M.Muppudathi

2. RF Navigator for blind TNSCST, P.Rajeswari Rs. 6,000

Chennai M.Kiruthikadevi

STUDENTS INTERACTION WITH EXPERTS

Sl.No Name Of Resource Person Background/Industry/Academic/R& Title

. D
1 Mr.R.Vivek VI Micro System Introduction About
DSP2812
2 Dr.M.A.PaneerSelvam Professor At Tagore Engineering High Voltage Testing And
College (Former Professor Anna Insulation Coordination
University Chennai)
3 Dr.G.Venkatesan, Assitant Professor, Switched Reluctance
Anna University, Chennai Motor
4 Er.R.Manian DGM/TRAINING/MADURAI Franshisee Concepts In
Substation
FUTURE PLAN
Faculties are encouraged to apply for funded projects, seminars to various funding agencies.
Faculties are motivated to publish their research findings in high impact factor journals.
Faculties are motivated to publish their research findings in high impact factor journals.
Newly joined faculties are initiated to start their research work
Establishing more no of industry institution collaborations and foreign universities
Students are encouraged to apply for funded projects to TNSCST, IE (I), etc.
Students are instructed to attend inplant training, conferences, project expo and symposiums

HOD/EEE