School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)

Faculty Expertise and Research Groups

The following are the research groups available in School of Electrical Engineering

Control and Instrumentation Group

Faculty Expertise:

  • System Modeling and Identification
  • Linear and Nonlinear Controller Design
  • Intelligent Control Systems
  • Power Electronic Converters and Controller Design
  • Embedded System and Controller Design
  • Controller Design for Electric Vehicle Applications
  • Controller Design for Renewable Energy Systems
  • Controller Design for Bioengineering Applications

Research Group Chair:

  • Dr. Subbulekshmi D

Group Members:

  • Nithya Venkatesan
  • T.Thyagarajan
  • Deepa T
  • Febin Daya J L
  • Sumathi V
  • Mithu Sarkar
  • Krishna Kumba
  • Swetha R Kumar

Electrical Machines and Drives Group

Faculty Expertise:

  • Design of low cost Switched Reluctance Motors
  • Development of high performance Synchronous Reluctance Machines
  • Finite Element Analysis for Electrical Machines
  • Vibration and Noise analysis of Electrical Machines
  • Design of high power density Permanent Magnet Motors
  • Intelligent controllers for Special Machines
  • Design and Development of Power Converters for Electric Drives and RES
  • Sensorless Vector Control of Induction Motor Drives
  • Power Electronics Converters for Induction Heating and LED Drivers
  • BLDC and PMSM Motor Drives for Electric Vehicle Applications

Research Group Chair:

Dr. R Gunabalan

Group Members:

  • Lenin N C
  • Sri Ramalakshmi P
  • Nilanjan Tewari
  • Inayathullah Abdul Kareem
  • Pritam Bhowmik
  • Senthil Kumar R

Power Electronics Group

Faculty Expertise:

  • High Gain DC-DC Converter Topologies for DC Microgrid
  • Power Electronic Converters for Wind and Solar Energy Conversion Systems
  • Power Electronic Converters for Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Systems
  • Power Electronic Converters for Automotive Applications
  • Power Electronic Converters for LED lighting
  • Inverters for Photo Voltaic Applications
  • Single stage Boost Inverters for Renewable Energy Systems
  • Power Electronics Applications to Power Systems
  • Power Quality
  • Electric Drives

Research Group Chair:

  • Binu Ben Jose D. R

Group Members:

  • Jayapragash R
  • Sri Revathi B
  • Umayal C
  • Aravind C. K
  • Meenakshi J
  • Balamurugan P
  • Sri Ramalakshmi P
  • Srimathi R
  • Jyotismita Mishra
  • Anand Kumar
  • Nitin Kumar Kulkarni
  • Rupa Mishra

Power Systems Group

Faculty Expertise:

  • Smart grids & Microgrids
  • Power system studies – Load flow, Fault, Reliability, Planning
  • Applications of Power Electronics in Power System Engineering
  • Power Quality Analysis
  • Deregulated Power system
  • Wide area monitoring and Control
  • Power system dynamics
  • Distributed computing
  • FACTS & HVDC
  • Integration and Control of renewable energy systems
  • High voltage Engineering
  • Machine Learning and Optimization techniques for Power system

Research Group Chair:

  • Dr. Peer Fathima A

Group Members:

  • N.Senthil Kumar
  • S.Hemamalini
  • L.Premalatha
  • JamunaV
  • Angeline Ezhilarasi G
  • Chendur Kumaran R
  • C.Vaithilingam
  • Mohamed Imran A
  • Angalaeswari
  • S.Kuruseelan
  • Lavanya V
  • Meera P S
  • Ananthakrishnan V
  • Anik Goswami
  • Balakumar P
  • Nawin Ra