SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (SELECT)

VIT UNIVERSITY

CHENNAI

TECHNOPHILIC Voice of SELECT

Volume-1, Issue-2

July 2016

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Chief Patron - Dr. G. Viswanathan, Chancellor

Patrons - Mr. Sankar Viswanathan, Vice President

Ms. Kadhambari S. Viswanathan, Assistant Vice President

Advisors - Dr. Anand A. Samuel, Vice Chancellor

Dr. P. Gunasekaran, Pro-Vice Chancellor

Dr. Sreedevi V.T., Dean, SELECT

Dr. Hemamalini S., Director, Student Welfare

Editor in Chief - Dr. Krithiga S., Associate Professor, SELECT

Student Editor - R Rohit Amalan

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In this Issue

Vision, Mission and Milestones of the School 3

School Activities 4

Achievements 20

Excellent Projects 22

Publications 24

Placement Details 28

Titbits 29

Techno-Talk 30

Career Opportunities 32

Forthcoming Events 36

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Vision, Mission and Milestones of the School

Vision We at VIT University will impart futuristic technical education and high patterns of

discipline through our dedicated staff who shall set global standards, making out students

technologically superior and ethically strong, who in turn shall improve the quality of life of

the human race.

Mission Our department mission is to develop skilled engineers to meet the industry needs and

hence develop responsible citizens for the country and the society.

Milestones

In VIT University Chennai, the School of Electrical Engineering was established in the

year 2010. Since the inception of the Institute, the department developed the state of art

infrastructure for teaching and research. To mention, Smart Grid lab is unique of its kind in

the country. The school has highly qualified and experienced faculty. A 4 year B.Tech.

program in Electrical and Electronics Engineering was introduced in 2010. M.Tech. by

Research and Ph.D. Programs were started in 2011. The post graduate program for Master’s

Degree in Power Electronics and Drives was started in the year 2012. There are four major

research groups in the following domains: Power Systems, Power Electronics, Controls and

Instrumentation and Electrical Machines and Drives. The research findings of these groups

are published in several peer reviewed International Journals.

The school has always endeavored to contribute significantly to the growth of technical

education. The school has organized several workshops, seminars and guest lectures for the

benefit of faculty, students and research scholars of educational institutions in and around the

region. The School has also signed MoU with industries like Lucas TVS for collaborative

works.

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School Activities

Events

Various events organised by SELECT during the period of January 2016 to June 2016

are presented.

Guest Lectures

16 guest lectures were organized.

A lecture on ―Introduction to Fuzzy

Logic‖ was delivered by Prof. Nancy

Jane Y., Assistant Professor, Madras

Institute of Technology, Chennai on

04-02-2016. She lectured on the basics of

Fuzzy Logic and showed how

MATLAB/Simulink can be used to solve

the problems in Fuzzy Logic.

A lecture on ―Application of DSP in

speech and image processing” was

delivered by Dr. N. Shankar, Manager,

Chase Technologies on 09-02-2016.

A lecture on ―Transmission and

Distribution–Present Scenario‖ was delivered

by Dr. G. Balamurali, Assistant Executive

Engineer/Planning, TANGEDCO, Anna

Salai, Chennai on 08-02-2016. He focused on

conductors and insulators used in various

transmission lines, distribution transformers,

pole types, and capacitor banks.

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A lecture on ―Advanced topics in

semiconductor devices‖ was delivered by

Mr. A. Govindasamy, Member of Technical

Staff, Advanced Micro Devices, Bangalore on

11-02-2016. He explained about the thermal

and noise analysis of semiconductor devices

and circuits and the failure mechanisms of

various devices. The key interesting feature

was that he extended his lecture from devices

to VLSI system.

A lecture on ―Application

Engineering Techniques in Switch gear

and Protective Devices‖ was delivered

by Dr. Vallem Ramesh, Director, Tek-

Strides, Chennai on 04-03-2016. He

specified the challenges faced in

identifying suitable protection schemes

in industry. The speaker also mentioned

job domains available for protection

engineers.

A lecture on ―Sources of Energy-

Renewable and Non Renewable‖ was

delivered by Dr. P. Lakshmi, Professor, Dept.

of EEE, CEG Campus, Anna University,

Chennai on 09-03-2016. She put forth various

renewable and non-renewable energy

resources and its advantages and

disadvantages. She discussed various methods

to reduce environmental pollution.

A lecture on ―Trends and Scope in

Information Security‖ was delivered by

Mrs. Jamuna Swamy, Associate Vice

President, Hexaware Technologies on

10-03-2016. Students were exposed to

necessity of information security through

the interactive session.

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A lecture on ―Computer Aided Analysis of

Power Quality Issues‖ was delivered by

Mr. S. Bharath Kumar, EMTP-RV Support

Engineer – India, POWERSYS-Chennai on

31-03-2016. He stressed on the importance of

Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP)

in transient analysis of power system elements

such as transformers and surge arresters.

A lecture on ―Introduction to VLSI

Design‖ was delivered by Mr. Samiappa

Sakthikumaran, Senior Engineer,

Broadcom Ltd, Bangalore on

23-04-2016. The speaker discussed about

the market strategy and ended the session

with the placement options and carrier

growth in the VLSI field.

A lecture on ―Motor Control – Industrial

Perspective‖ was delivered by

Mr. V.N. Krishnan, Technical Director,

Megatech Control Pvt. Ltd., Chennai on

26-04-2016. The speaker shared his

experience on the growth of power electronics

technology in the field of motor drives. He

also discussed the use of converters for speed

control of DC and induction motors.

A lecture on ―Special machines and

control‖ was delivered by Dr. S. Ganesh

Kumar, Assistant Professor, EEE, CEG,

Anna University, Chennai on 27-04-2016.

He explained different machine control

methods, especially passivity based

control.

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Industrial visits

Various industrial visits were organized for students.

B.Tech. II year students visited 230/110

KV Siruseri Sub-Station, Chennai, on

10-02-2016. The students were shown

SCADA control of the elements,

autotransformers, feeders, bus bars,

insulators, isolators, circuit breakers, surge

arresters, and capacitor banks.

B.Tech. III year students visited NSIC

Technical Services Centre, B24 Guindy

Industrial Estate, Ekkattutangal, Chennai

on 09-03-2016. The students were shown

their calibration lab, electronics lab,

electrical workshop and CAD LAB. They

were introduced to various training and

courses offered by the institute.

B.Tech. III year students visited Brakes

and Automotives, Thirumazhisai, Chennai on

15-03-2016. The students were enlightened

about brake manufacturing process and control.

The students understood various protection

schemes incorporated in process control

industries.

B.Tech. I and MIS I year students

visited Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai on

28-03-2016. The functioning of various

sections in DD were explained to the

students. They were explained about the

Lighting management, broadcasting

techniques, Live Relays of the programs,

functions of the Production Control Room

etc.

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B.Tech. II year students visited Green

Pearl Electronics, Chennai on 13-04-2016.

The students were shown their 100 kW solar

power plant, automated PCB making set-up,

and LED lamp production unit.

B.Tech. III year students visited

Ennore Thermal Power Station,

Kathivakkam High Road, Ennore,

Chennai on 21-04-2016. The students

had a direct experience of generation of

electricity from coal.

M.Tech. PED I year students visited

Automotive Testing Expo 2016, Chennai Trade

Centre, Nandambakkam, Chennai on

21-04-2016. The students were exposed to

measurement systems, automation, and robotic

car drive.

B.Tech. II year students visited

Sakthi Transformers, Thiruneermalai

Main Road, Kundrathur, Chennai on

25-04-2016. The students were shown

the wounding procedure for primary

HV (high voltage) coils and secondary

LV (low voltage) coils. The students

were also shown transformers of

different ratings, transformer cooling

mechanism, on-load tap changing

mechanism and safety measures.

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Value Added Programs

Two Value Added Programs were organized.

M.Tech. I year students visited CET

Power Solutions, AUDCO Nagar, D.R.R

Avenue, Kattukuppam, Chennai on

25-04-2016. The students were shown the

inverters they manufacture for data centre/IT

sector, industrial power supplies, and Telecom

industries. They were introduced to the

modular UPS (Agil 60), Media 2I, Bravo ST,

Y-one (CE), Y-one (UL) and Bravo HC model

UPS.

A VAP on ―Hands on Training on

LTspice‖ was conducted on 06-02-2016 by

Dr. Krithiga S. & Prof. S. Angalaeswari to

provide hands on training on LTspice software

for M.Tech. SWE and B.Tech. I year students.

Simple circuits were solved using Thevenin

and Norton theorem. In the afternoon session,

steady state analysis of RLC circuit, transient

analysis of half wave and full wave rectifier

circuits, and simulation of various logic gates

were done in the software.

A VAP on ―Interfacing

LabVIEW with NI-ELVIS‖ was

conducted on 12-03-2016 by Dr. D

Subbulekshmi & Prof. S. Angalaeswari.

The program was conducted for B.Tech.

students of all years. Students were

introduced to acceleration measurement

using Data Acquisition System 4432.

NI ELVIS experiments such as Data

generation and acquisition for RC

circuit, virtual control and monitoring

of the liquid level system were

conducted and the students were

allowed to do the experiments with

individual kits.

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Workshops

Few workshops were organized.

A One day workshop on ―Spectral Analysis

using MSP430 for Power Electronics

Applications‖ was conducted by

Dr. K. Iyswarya Annapoorani and Dr. T. Deepa

on 20-02-2016 for all-year EEE students to

introduce them to MSP430, which is the

simplest microcontroller in TI’s current

portfolio and is used in renewable energy

technologies such as MPPT solar charge

controller, solar photovoltaic emulator and

electronic load control for micro hydro power

plants. The workshop had various experiments

that were conducted using MSP430: PWM

generation, ADC, FFT analysis and driver

circuit implementation for power electronics

circuits – thus familiarising participants over

idea of the features and power of the tiny

controller.

A one day workshop on ―Electrical

Machine Design Using Magnet

software‖ was organized on 12-03-2016

by Prof.V.Lavanya and

Prof.P.Sriramalakshmi for the benefit of

EEE students. The resource person for

the program was Prof.A.deepak, Sri

Venkateshwara College Of Engineering,

Sriperumbuthur. He refreshed the

students on Finite Element Analysis

through an introduction on it. Further,

he demonstrated the design of machines

using Magnet software. The training

proved to be very useful for both

faculties and students.

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Open House Exhibition

An open house exhibition was conducted in 27th

April 2016. Students demonstrated their

innovative projects in this exhibition.

Solar Powered Rover Conveyor Belt

Fastest Finger First Brain Controlled Robo Arm

Automated Solar Tracking

of PV Panel Using LDRs and

μC Arduino

Displaying Alpha Numeric

Characters Using Semiconductors

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National Seminar

Lecture by Adjunct Faculty – Dr. Apel Mahmud

A One day National Seminar on ―Current Research Trends in Power Engineering‖

was conducted by Dr. Krithiga S. & Prof. S. Angalaeswari on 25-06-2016. Various

Resource persons of this program are Dr.K.Vinoth Kumar, Senior scientist in R&D

division, ABB Global Industries and Services Private Limited, Chennai, Dr. Apel

Mahmud, School of Engineering, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and Dr. Binu

Ben Jose D.R., Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University,

Chennai. They gave the lecture on the following topics: Control of VSC HVDC

Transmission and DC grids, A Hierarchical Transactive Energy Management Framework

for Residential Micro grids and Grid Integration of Solar and Wind Energy Systems –

Topologies and Challenges. Participants from many institutions found the seminar very

much useful for their research work by getting new ideas in diverse fields.

Dr. Apel Mahmud from Deakin

University, Australia was invited as

Adjunct Professor for handling the course

EEE 674: Microgrid Technologies. The

whole course was taught by him for the

second year M. Tech students as a Fast

track course from 17/06/2016 to

27/06/2016. The lectures were highly

interactive and the students got an

opportunity to know about the latest

trends happening in the area of Micro

grids. He also had useful interactions with

the faculty and Ph.D. Research scholars.

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Association Activities

ENFUSE Student chapter

SEE Club

The SEE Club organized a lecture on

―Transforming India: Challenges and

Opportunities‖ on 21-01-2016. It was

delivered by Prof. Rajeev Malhotra,

Professor and Executive Director, Centre

for Development and Finance, School of

Government and Public Policy, O.P.

Jindal Global University, Delhi NCR. He

stressed on the creation of new

opportunities for youth as an important

step for transforming India into a

developed nation.

On 19-01-2016, an awareness programme

about the need for oil and gas conservation

was conducted for the benefit of student

ENFUSE members. The President ENFUSE

Mr. S. Ramalingam and Mr. Madavan

Nampoothri Founder & Chaiman, Resolve

Energy Consultant ltd, Chennai conducted

the awareness programme about the need for

oil and gas conservation and delivered a

special lecture on ―Energy Management in

changing business scenario‖. In the

afternoon session, LPG clinic was

conducted by Mr. Madavan and his team for

the benefit of our VIT lady faculty and staff

members with the view to conserve fuel for

domestic purposes. The clinic focussed on

the problems associated with LPG cylinder.

Forty ladies participated in the session and

took part in the further discussions with

President. Also, a quiz programme was

conducted by ENFUSE Team and awarded

three prizes to our students on the same day.

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IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)

A technical talk on ―DC Micro grids– A

Reality?‖ was arranged on 12-03-2016 at

VIT University, Chennai campus in

association with IEEE Power electronics

society (PELS), Madras Section. The event

was completely sponsored by IEEE PELS,

Madras Section. The technical talk was

attended by 42 students and research

scholars from Anna University, Hindustan

University, KCG college of Engineering

and VIT University, Chennai. The resource

person, Dr. M. Prabhakar, Associate

Professor, VIT University, Chennai

campus, stressed on transformer-less DC

microgrids and explained the various

advantages of such systems. Further, he

gave the importance of high gain DC –DC

converters. There was a display of various

topologies of dc-dc converters fabricated by

VIT students. The session ended with

distribution of participation certificates to

students.

A Distinguished Lecture on "Control of

Power Electronics Systems using

Predictive Switching Sequences and

Switching Transitions" was organized on

11-07-2016 in association with IEEE Power

Electronics Society (PELS) Chapter,

Madras Section. Dr. Sudip K. Mazumder,

FIEEE, Professor, Department of Electrical

and Computer Engineering, Director,

Laboratory for Energy and Switching-

Electronics Systems (LESES), University

of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) was the resource

person. The lecture provided a

fundamentally different perspective to the

control of solid-state semiconductor-

device-based switching power-electronic

systems (PESs). His presentation was

demonstrated, along with results, multiple

practical applications (currently of high

priority in the power/energy space) where

the radically new control concepts make a

tangible and substantive difference.

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SET conference

National Conference on Science & Technology (NCSET) was held on 2nd

and 3rd

May 2016. Several oral and poster presentations were made in three various panels.

Plenary speech on ―Innovation & Inspirational Leadership‖ was given by Dr. A. Sivathanu

Pillai, Father of BrahMos. The conference also had a keynote speech on ―Visibly

Transparent Heaters for Smart Window applications‖ given by Prof. G. U. Kulkarni,

Director, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS),Bangalore.

In this conference, first year M.Tech. Power Electronics & Drives students

Kalaimaran S., Bompally Sushil Kumar, and K. Nivesh Kumar & L. Mohinathan received

the Best Paper awards for their conference papers presented which were based on their

project works guided by Dr. M. Prabhakar, Dr. Krithiga S., and Prof. Nilanjan Tewari

respectively.

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Student seminar series and other activities

Student Seminar

Eureka Science and Tech Quiz

A seminar on the topic ―Unleash the Power

Factor Concepts‖ was given by M.Tech.

Power Electronics student, M. J. Abhinay, on

28-01-2016. He focussed on the necessity of

better power factor in power systems. There

was an introduction of the concept through

basic equations, followed by explanation of

methods to correct power factor such as

capacitor banks and tuned harmonic filters.

Participants found the seminar refreshing.

Eureka Science and Tech Quiz was

conducted by student coordinators

Mayank Raj and Nikhil Nambiar on

10.03.2016 for all-year EEE students.

The quiz was based on current trends in

the world of science and technology. A

total of 20 teams (2 per team)

participated in the event, and 10 from

the 20 teams were selected for the

second round. In the second round, three

teams were declared as the winners and

were honoured by the faculty

coordinators Dr. Chendur Kumaran and

Dr. Angeline Ezhilarasi with attractive

prizes.

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Electric Make-a-thon

Electric Make-a-Thon, an enthralling technical extravaganza focused on harnessing the

creativity and innovation of students in a convention transcending way, was organized by

the SELECT department on 11th

and 12th March 2016.

It was a first such event of its kind in India - only two such events have taken place over

the world, one organized by Ohio state university and other by Caltech University in the

United States. This event was convened by Dr. Hemamalini S., mentored by Prof. P

Sasipriya and coordinated by students Aditya Sood and Akshay Parihar. The 24-hour event

saw 130 student groups compete with each other over problems in the field of electrical,

electronics and web development.

The event began on 11-03-2016 with a welcome address by Program Chair Dr. M.Prabhakar,

who encouraged students to think and innovate to take science and technology to the next

level. Akshay Parihar highlighted the goals of VOLOC (VITC OnLine Open Courseware)

and Electric Make-a-Thon. With this, problems were given to the 4-member students groups,

which they had to solve in 24 hours. All participants were assisted in their task by organizers

and volunteers with the support of the faculty members. The competition was a very healthy

one.

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As students brainstormed together, the volunteers ensured that the energy remained high

throughout by playing music and organizing group activities for students to refresh them.

Food stalls set up by Ifake provided a regular supply of food and drinks. There was also an

electronics store set up by Ajanta. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were also arranged for the

participants.

The next day, participants had to submit their solutions for preliminary evaluation by

VOLOC student organizers and department heads. Final evaluation was done by the event’s

Distinguished Chief Guest Mr Krishna Moorthy, Associate director, Cognizant, who

applauded the effort of the organizers and the ingenuity of the participants. He also

complimented the students on completing such herculean tasks in just one day proving how

much can be achieved if we put our hearts and minds to it. Further, he encouraged

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organisation of such events in future. The event was officially closed with a vote of thanks by

Aditya Sood.

Farewell

The EEE batch of 2012-2016 students was treated to a farewell by third year students in

the evening of 27-04-2016 with the support of the university. The event began with a

welcome address by Dr. Hemamalini S., who encouraged the outgoing students to maintain

touch with their faculties. The address was followed by memento presentation to the final

year students. The evening experienced a series of thoughtfully crafted acts by the students,

ranging from dances to songs and to a short play which showed many facets of college life.

Enthusiasm was evident in all of their performances, which showed how much the juniors

were interested in making the evening memorable to their seniors. Many selfies along with

the faculty members were taken, which highlighted the strong relationship between students

and professors of VIT Chennai Campus. The evening proved to be a memorable time for the

outgoing students.

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Achievements

Faculty Achievements

Prof. Sriramalakshmi received best paper award for the paper ― Comparison of single

stage high boost inverters‖ in International Conference on Researches in Science,

Management and Engineering (ICRSME 2016) held on 18 & 19 February 2016, Coimbatore,

Organized by International Organization of Scientific Research and Development (IOSRD),

India.

Funded Project

Dr. Lenin N.C. received fund of Rs. 19 Lakhs from IFB Bangalore in April 2016 for

doing a consultancy project on ― Design and development of SRM and control for washing

machine‖ in 17 months. He also received fund of Rs. 23.7 Lakhs from CVRDE for doing a

project on ―Technological and Conceptual Assessment of Design and Development of

Electrical Generators, Power Converters and Controllers for Mobile Electric Hybrid Power

Systems‖ in 12 months.

Dr. DR Binu Ben Jose received

POSOCO Power System Award for his

doctoral research work on Power

Electronic Interfaces for Solar and Wind

Energy Conversion Systems.

Dr. Nithya Venkatesan received

certificate of appreciation in International

Women’s Day celebrations at VIT

University, Chennai for significant

contributions in academic and

international collaborative research works.

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Student Achievements

The 2016 GATE Exam result had 8 VIT Chennai Campus students with above 80

percentile. Among the achievers, following four students scored above 90 percentile:

Anubhav Bagchi

Ganeshan Rajesh Kumar

Yalla Venkata Satya Anil

V Shravan Kumar

B.Tech. 3rd

year and 2nd

year students -

Mudit Agarwal, Aryan Adhikari, Anshu

Anand, Rohit anand had won first prize in

Formula Green, an Electric Car race,

organised by Indian Society of New Era

Engineers in February 2016.

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Excellent Projects

PCB Fabrication System

The idea behind the project was conceived by final year students - Aditya Divakaran

and Vishwesh Mehendale. Their objective was to develop a cheap yet efficient system to

prototype PCB designs and their target was both hobbyists and professional designers.

They used SolidWorks (CAD software) to design and visualize the system before its

hardware implementation. Their system consists of an end effector capable of 3 DOF

actuation, a software to draw circuit diagrams, and a curing station to cure PCB after

tracks are marked. For control, they made use of Arduino microcontroller board. For

drawing the circuit diagrams, they designed a simple GUI in Arduino Open Source

Platform.

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Automated Toll Plaza

With an objective to reduce both time and fuel wasted at toll plazas, fourth year

students Abhinav Modi, Nitesh Kumar Sharma, and Mahendra Shah created the

Automated Toll Plaza using RFID and GSM Technology. Their microcontroller based

project consists of a 125 kHz RFID reader, a motor- driven barricade, an on-site LCD

display, and a GSM module. The purpose of RFID reader is for reading passive tags to

identify the vehicle, the LCD display for displaying vehicle information, and the GSM

module for sending tickets as SMS. Their project makes use of prepaid system to avoid

collections every time the vehicle arrives at the toll, resulting in a faster system. Before

hardware implementation, they tested their idea by simulating the system on Proteus ISIS

Professional software.

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Publications

The details of the papers published by the faculty and students of SELECT from

January to June 2016 are presented here.

Name of Authors Title of Paper/ Book

Chapter

Int./Na

t.

Conf./

Journal/

Book

Publication details

M. Stella, Morris A.G.

Ezra, A. Peer Fathima,

C. Khang Jiunn

Research on the efficacy of

unified Statcom-Fuel

cells in improving the

transient stability of power

systems

Int. Journal

International Journal of

Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 41,

Issue 3, January 2016, pp.

1944~1957

O. V. Gnana Swathika,

K. Karthikeyan,

S. Hemamalini,

R. Balakrishnan

PLC Based LV-DG

Synchronization in Real-Time

Microgrid

Network

Int. Journal

ARPN Journal of

Engineering and Applied

Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 5,

March 2016, pp. 3913~3917

O. V. Gnana Swathika,

K. Karthikeyan,

S. Hemamalini,

R. Balakrishnan

Relay Coordination in Real-

Time Microgrid for Varying

Load Demands

Int. Journal

ARPN Journal of

Engineering and Applied

Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 5,

March 2016, pp. 3222~3227.

D. Lakshmi, A. Peer

Fathima, Ranganath

Muthu

Simulation of the Two-Area

Deregulated Power System

using Particle Swarm

Optimization

Int. Journal

International Journal on

Electrical Engineering and

Informatics (IJEEI), Vol. 8,

Issue 1, March 2016, pp.

93~107.

Abhijith Pappachen,

A. Peer Fathima

Load frequency control in

deregulated power system

integrated with

SMES–TCPS combination using

ANFIS controller

Int. Journal

International Journal of

Electrical Power & Energy

Systems (IJEPES), Vol. 82,

April 2016, pp. 519~534.

D. Lakshmi, A. Peer

Fathima, Ranganath

Muthu

A Novel Flower Pollination

Algorithm to Solve Load

Frequency Control for a

Hydro-Thermal Deregulated

Power System

Int. Journal

Scientific Research

Publishing (SciRes), Circuits

and Systems, Vol. 7, April

2016, pp. 166~178.

R. Zahira, A. Peer

Fathima, Ranganath

Muthu

Harmonic Reduction in Wind

Power Generating System Using

Shunt Active Filter with SPWM

Technique

Int. Journal

Scientific Research

Publishing (SciRes), Circuits

and Systems, Vol. 7, April

2016, pp. 157~165.

Sri Revathi.B and

Prabhakar.M

Transformerless High Gain DC-

DC Converter for Microgrids Int. Journal

IET Power Electronics, Vol.

9, Issue 6, May 2016, pp

1170~1179

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P. Marshall Arockia

Dass, Omkar S Pawar

and A. Peer Fathima

Voltage Sag and Harmonic

Compensation of PV fed unified

power quality conditioner

Int. Journal

International Journal of

control theory and

applications, Vol. 9, Issue 2,

May 2016, pp. 741~748

Gunabalan R,

Subbiah V, Sanjeevi

kumar P

Vector control of three-phase

parallel connected two motor

single inverter speed

sensorless drive

Int. Journal

Turkish Journal of Electrical

Engineering and Computer

Sciences, Vol. 24, Issue 5,

June 2016, pp. 4027~4041

Mohan Krishna ,

Febin Daya

Adaptive speed observer with

disturbance torque

compensation for sensorless

induction motor drives using

RT-Lab

Int. Journal

Turkish Journal of Electrical

Engineering and Computer

Sciences, Vol. 24, Issue 5,

June 2016, pp. 3792-3806.

A.Deepak,

L.Premalatha

Design and Implementation of

Claw Pole Alternator for

Aircraft Application Int. Journal

Applied Computational

Electromagnetics Society

Journal, May 2016, Vol. 31

Issue 5, p582-590.

Sheshidhar Reddy

Addula and

Prabhakar.M

Coupled Inductor Based Soft

Switched Interleaved DC-DC

Converter for PV

Applications

Int. Journal

International Journal of

Renewable Energy Research

(IJRER), Vol. 6, Issue 2,

June 2016, pp. 361~374

Gnanasekaran N,

Chandramohan S,

Sathish Kumar P,

Mohamed Imran A.

Optimal placement of

capacitors in radial

distribution system using

shark smell optimization

algorithm

Int. Journal

Ain Shams Engineering

Journal,Vol. 7, Issue 2, June

2016, pp. 907–916.

S.SURESH, S.S

R.SOLAY ANAND,

R.ARUL,

D.ISHA

STRUCTURAL,

MORPHOLOGICAL,

OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL

PROPERTIES OF

NICKEL SULPHIDE

THIN FILMS

Int. Journal

Chalcogenide Letters, Vol.

13, No.7, July 2016, pp.

291 - 299

S.Sathish kumar and

Kanimozhi.G

A Nonlinear control technique

for Interleaved boost

converter

Int. Conf.

10th International

Conference on Intelligent

Systems and Control (ISCO

2016), January 2016, pp.

240~245

Kanimozhi.G,

S.Sathishkumar and

K.Likhitha

Battery Charger for PHEV

application Int. Conf.

10th International

Conference on Intelligent

Systems and Control,

January 2016, pp. 400~405

K.Likhitha, S

SathishKumar,

Kanimozhi.G

Isolated DC-DC Zero Voltage

Switching Converter for

Battery Charging

Applications

Int. Conf.

2016 Biennial International

Conference on Power and

Energy Systems: Towards

Sustainable Energy, January

2016

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Pratik Prajapati,

Meenakshi Jayaraman,

Sreedevi V.T.

Harmonic elimination in a

five level multilevel inverter Int. Conf.

2016 International

Conference on Computer

Communication and

Informatics (ICCCI), January

2016

Brindha K N, Daniel

Benniah, Jaisudha M D

B, Soumiya Srinivasan

and Kanimozhi G

Bipolar switching resonant

DC-DC converter for Hybrid

Electric Vehicles

Int. Conf.

World Conference on

Futuristic Trends in Research

and Innovation for Social

Welfare, February 2016, pp.

89~94

S.Angalaeswari,

Dr.K.Jamuna

Constrained Power Loss

minimization of DC micro

grid using Particle Swarm

Optimization

Int. Conf.

International Conference on

Data Engineering and

Communication Technology,

February 2016.

Mohan Krishna. S,

Febin Daya. J.L

An Improved Stator

Resistance Adaptation

Mechanism in MRAS

Estimator for Sensorless

Induction Motor Drives

Int. Conf.

1st International Conference

on Intelligent Computing and

Communication, February

2016

Abeera Dutt

Roy,C.Umayal

Real time simulation and

analysis of single phase seven

level cascaded H-bridge

Multilevel inverter topology

with reduced power electronic

components

Int. Conf.

International Conference on

Recent Trends in

Engineering and Material

Sciences (ICEMS-2016),

March 2016

Mohan Krishna. S,

Febin Daya. J.L

MRAS Speed Estimator with

Fuzzy and PI Stator

Resistance Adaptation for

Sensorless Induction Motor

Drives using RT-Lab

Int. Conf.

International Conference on

Recent Trends in

Engineering and Material

Sciences, March 2016

Shivam Prabhakar.,

Febin Daya, J.L.

A Comparative study on the

performance of Interleaved

Converters for EV Battery

Charging

Int. Conf.

6th IEEE International

Conference on Power

Systems, ICPS ’16, March

2016

Abeera Dutt

Roy,C.Umayal

Design and Implementation of

Single Phase Cascaded

Multilevel Inverter used in

medium Voltage Applications

Int. Conf.

3rd International Conference

on Engineering Technology

and Science(ICETS 2016),

March 2016

Shaik Ahmad Hussain

and Kanimozhi.G

Linear peak current mode

control of Semi bridgeless

AC/DC converter

Int. Conf.

Third International

Conference on Innovations in

Information, Embedded and

communication systems,

March 2016, pp. 74~78

Gifty Deborah and K

Jamuna

Design of Frequency

controllers for an AC grid Int. Conf.

International Conference on

Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology for Energy

Applications (EApp-2016) to

be held during 2016 in

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association with University

of Lorraine, France, June

2016

Krishnendu Ghosh, P.

Balamurugan

Implementation of a

Transformer-less S4

Converter with Constant Input

Power Factor, Low DC-link

Voltage and High Step Down

Voltage Features

Int. Conf. SPIN 2016

Krishnendu Ghosh, P.

Balamurugan

Zero Voltage Switching of

Parallel Loaded Resonance

Converter for Photovoltaic

Standalone System

Int. Conf. SPIN 2016

Chirag P. Mehta, P.

Balamurugan

Buck-Boost Converter as

Power Factor Correction

Controller for Plug-In Electric

Vehicles and Battery

Charging Application

Int. Conf.

ICPS 2016, IIT Delhi 6th

IEEE International

Conference on Power

Systems

Dr.R.Deepalaxmi,

Dr.V.Rajini and

Dr.C.Vaithilingam

Electron Beam Irradiation

Effects on Dielectric

Parameters of SiR-EPDM

Blends

Int. Book

Radiation Effects in

Materials, InTech – open

science, open minds,

February 2016, Croatia,

Europe, ISBN 978-953-51-

4718-3

O.V.Gnana Swathika,

K. Karthikeyan,

S. Hemamalini,

L&T, Chennai

Multiple DG Synchronization

and De-synchronization in a

Microgrid using PLC

Int. Book

Advanced Computing and

Communication

Technologies,

Advances in Intelligent

Systems and Computing 452,

Springer, June 2016,

Singapore, ISBN 978-981-

10-1023-1

Gnana Swathika.

O.V. and

Hemamalini. S

Prims Aided Floyd Warshall

Algorithm for Shortest Path

Identification in Microgrid

Int. Book

Emerging Trends in

Electrical, Communications

and Information

Technologies, Lecture Notes

in Electrical Engineering,

Springer, June 2016, ISBN

978-981-10-1538-0

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Placement Details

As of 30-04-2016, 98 B.Tech. EEE students have been placed in various companies,

resulting in a placement percentage of 92.45%. Major IT companies that have visited the

campus are Accenture, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, and TCS. 26 students have scored a Hi-5

by getting job offers from all of the aforementioned five IT companies. Students have also

received job offers from core companies such as National Instruments, Hyundai, IFB, Titan,

MRF, Idea Cellular, General Motor, Chrysler, and Nvidia.

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Titbits

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Techno-Talk

This section provides updates on current technology and future prospects in the areas of

contemporary information and electronic technology.

New Ultrathin Solar Cells Are Light Enough to Sit on a Soap Bubble

MIT Scientists have created the thinnest, lightest solar power cells yet — so light that

they can be put on top of a soap bubble without popping it. The new solar cells are 1.3

microns thick and weigh about 3.6 g/sq.m.

The new cells use the organic compound DBP (Dibutyl Phthalate) as their primary

light-absorbing material. The solar cells are sandwiched between layers of parylene, a

commercially available, flexible transparent plastic that is widely used to protect circuit

boards and implanted biomedical devices from environmental damage. The solar cells, their

parylene supports, and coatings are fabricated in a vacuum chamber at room temperature

without the use of any solvents, which contrasts conventional solar-cell manufacturing that

requires high temperatures and harsh chemicals. The parylene never needs to be handled,

cleaned or removed from the vacuum during fabrication, which minimizes exposure to dust

and other contaminants that could degrade the performance of the solar cells.

Conventional silicon-based solar modules produce about 6.8 watts per lb. but these

new devices can generate more than 2,720 watts per lb or about 400 times as much. In

addition, the power-to-weight ratio of the new devices is among the highest ever achieved for

solar cells, making them suitable for portable power, spacecrafts or high-altitude research

balloons.

Main Article: http://www.livescience.com/54192-utlrathin-lightweight-solar-cells.html

Paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566119916300222

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Foldable Battery Takes Cue from Chinese Calligraphy

Chinese scientists have developed a flexible, rollable, and foldable lithium-air battery

inspired by traditional Chinese calligraphy involving ink on paper. Their battery could enable

flexible electronics such as video screens and solar panels which require batteries that are

equally flexible. The research was lead by Xinbo Zhang, a scientist at the Changchun

Institute of Applied Chemistry, China.

A lithium-air battery consists of an anode that is generally made of lithium metal, a

cathode that is typically a porous carbon material that allows the surrounding air into the

battery. As the lithium reacts with oxygen in the air, it discharges electricity. Lithium-air

batteries can, in principle, hold 5 to10 times as much energy as a lithium-ion battery of the

same weight. However, to power flexible electronics, it itself has to be flexible. The new

battery fulfils this requirement.

The scientists came up with the idea when they noted that the main component of

black painting ink is carbon and that paper is porous, thin, flexible, light and cheap. They

reasoned that ink drawn on paper could serve as a cathode for a lithium-air battery in a very

simple manner. The researchers then constructed a battery from a sandwich of three layers —

an ink-paper cathode, a sheet of lithium foil as the anode, and a sheet made of glass fibers

between the anode and the cathode that permits electrically charged ions to flow between the

cathode and anode. Zhang and his colleagues found their prototype batteries possessed

energy-storage capacities comparable to commercial lithium-ion batteries, even after 1,000

cycles of flexing back and forth. They could also easily fold these sheets into battery packs.

Zhang said he and his colleagues, in future, will explore lightweight flexible coatings

for these batteries to protect them from corrosion.

Main Article: http://www.livescience.com/53485foldablebatteryinspiredbycalligraphy.html

Paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/adma.201503025/abstract

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Career Opportunities

Rockwell Automation

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Punj Lloyd

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Suzlon

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Mitsubishi Electric

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Forthcoming Events

Dr. Iyswarya Annapoorani , Dr. Deepa T. and Dr.D.Subbulekshmi will be organizing a

Two-week DST sponsored FDP on the topic " Recent Trends in Advanced Control of Power

Electronics and Power Systems " from 14th

November2016 to 25th November 2016.