KALASALINGAM UNIVERSITY

(KALASALINGAM ACADEMY OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Opportunities & Challenges

About the Department /Centre:
Overview
The department of Electrical and Electronics of Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of
Engineering was established in 1992. Since then its excellence in academic and other related
activities have played an important role in the grown of the institute. The department is
accredited by NBA in the year 2003 and recognized by Anna University as one of the research
centers in the year 2003 to carry out research leading to Ph.D. and M.S. Programmes.
Vision & Mission

Vision
To become a centre of excellence in teaching and research in the field of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering

Mission
To produce technically component Electrical and Electronics Engineering graduates who are able
to offer viable solutions to meet the energy security of the nation
To provide opportunities and resources to carry out cutting edge research on energy systems
Programs Offered
B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

M.Tech (Power System Engineering)

M.Tech (Embedded System Technology)

M.Tech (Power Electronics and Drives)

M.Tech (Renewable Energy Technologies)

Ph.D in all specializations

Resources Available:
o Infrastructures

Department Infrastructure facility

Department Facilities:
Six Academic laboratories

Four research laboratories

Ten class rooms

Seminar halls-2

Department library

Laboratory Facilities:
Academic Laboratories
S.N
o
1

Name of the Academic

Laboratory
DC
Machines
Laboratory

AC
Laboratory

Machines

Area (sq.m)
185 sq.m

185 sq.m

Major equipments

DC source
DC Shunt Motor 3 HP, 220V,
1500rpm
DC compound motor 3HP, 220V,
1500rpm
5HP DC Series Motor
5HP DC Compound Motor
Motor-Generator set
DC shunt motor with self-excited
Shunt wound DC generator 2.2KW, 4
Pole, 220V, 1500rpm
DC shunt motor with separatelyexcited DC generator 2.2KW, 4 Pole,
220V,1500rpm
Three phase induction motor with DC
compound generator 2.2KW, 220V,
1500rpm

Single Phase Induction Motor, 220V,

1420rpm, 1HP
Synchronous Motor 3HP, 7.5A,
1500rpm, 440V
Three Phase Slip Ring Induction
Motor 400V,7.5A,1440rpm, With
Starter And Loading Arrangement

Applied
Laboratory

Electronics

150 sq.m

Power
Laboratory

Electronics

211 sq.m

Synchronous Motor, 400V,Three

Phase, 5HP, Salient Pole
2.5kVA Single Phase Transformer
With 50% & 86.6% Tapping On Both
Sides
Three Phase squirrel cage IM,5hp
DC shunt motor with Alternator
3KVA, 3 Phase, 415V, 1500rpm
Digital IC Trainer Kit
Digital logic tester
Linear IC trainer kit
Five
in
One
Cathode
Oscilloscope
Fluke Digital Multi Meter
Digital Storage Oscilloscope

Ray

Measurements & Control

Laboratory

185 sq.m

Intelligent
power
module
(PEC16DSM01)
Power
&
harmonics
analyzer
(PHA5850)
TMS 320IF2407 16 DSP trainer kit
IGBT based single phase Inverter
SCR based Three phase converter
Triggering Circuits and Cycloconverter
SCR Voltage & Current Commutated
Chopper and Linear & Digital IC
tester
Synchro Transmitter & Receiver
Micro Controller Trainer
AC Servo Trainer
DC Servo Trainer
PID Trainer Kits
TMS 320IF2407 16 DSP trainer kit
Digital Storage Oscilloscope

Power
System
Simulation Laboratory

130 sq.m

60 Nos. Personal computer

Matlab Software

Research Laboratories
S.N
o
1

Name of the Research

Laboratory
Power System Research
Laboratory

Area (sq.m)
67.15 sq.m

Major equipment

ABB make MicroSCADA version

8.3.4 with RTU 200 panel and

simulator box
PSCAD 4.2.1 version
ETAP 14.0 version
MiPOWER software
PLC with Analog Module

Renewable
Energy
Technology Laboratory

67.15 sq.m

Solar panel
Wind energy demonstration set up
Inverter unit
Resistive load

NI-KLU
Technology
Innovation Centre

164 sq.m

NI myRIO kits: mechatronics kit

common sensors and actuators for
mechatronics projects
NI ELVIS II + hardware
CRIO -9068 8-slot Integrated
controller and chassis system, Artix 7
FPGA
NI Academic License-Lab VIEW

Intel Intelligent System

Laboratory

67.15 Sq.m

Intel Galileo Kit

Advance Sensor Set for Arduino
Enables Wi Fi and Bluetooth on
Galileo Intel Centrino N135 minPCIe
Raspberry Pi
Arduino Uno
MicroSD card, preferably 8GB
GSM/GPRS shield
Triple Axis Accelerometer and Gyro
Breakout MPU 6050
USB cable Male micro
Image Developers Kit
KEIL-PK-ARM
OMAP 5912 Starter kit
iw-Rainbow handheld plat form based
intel processor PXA270
Real time software (TMS320C6711
DSK)
TMDSDK5416 (DSK)
XDS510PP plus JTAG emulator
TMDSEMUPP
CPLD system developer (PGLA
1005)

TMDSE292407
controller

real

Department Library
1.

No. of books available

: 1777

2.

Magazines

: 10

3.

Technical Magazine
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Power and Energy
Electrical India
Electrical Installation Engineers
Electronics For You
CSI Communication

:6

4.

Journal
IETE Journal of Research
IETE Technical Review

:2

5.

News Letter
IEEE MAS Link
IETE News Letter
IEI News Letter

:3

6.

Non Technical Magazine

Puthia Thalaimurai
Puthiya Thalaimurai Kalvi
Wisdom
Thannambikkai

:4

o Man Power
Teaching Faculty List :
S.No

Name of Faculty Member

1.

Dr.D.Devaraj

2.

Dr.A.Ramkumar

3.

Dr.P.Aruna Jeyanthy

Designation

Highest Qualification

Senior Prof&HoD

Ph.D

Associate
Professor
Associate

Ph.D
Ph.D

time

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4.

Dr.S.Murugan

5.

Dr.B.Subathra

6.

Dr.S.Saravanan

7.

Dr.T.Arun Prasath

8.

Dr.K.Karunanithi

9.

Mrs.V.Agnes Idhaya Selvi

10.

Mr.S.Ponnayira Sundara Vel

11.

Ms.J.Kohila

12.

Mr.K.Vijayakumar

13.

Mr.S.Kalimuthu Kumar

14.

Mr.S.Rajendran

15.

Mr.D.Ganesha Perumal

16.

Mr.M.Krishna Paramathma

17.

Mr.K.Muniyasamy

18.

Mr.K.Rajesh

19.

Ms. S. Aiswarya

20.

Ms. B. Divya bharani

21.

Ms. V. Nisha

22.

Mr. T. Hariprasath

23.

Ms. S. Divya

Professor
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-I
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-II
Assistant
Professor-I
Assistant
Professor-I
Assistant
Professor-I
Assistant
Professor-I
Assistant
Professor-I

Ph.D
Ph.D
Ph.D
Ph.D
Ph.D
ME (PSE)
M.Tech (PED)
ME (PED)
ME (PED)
MTech (EST)
ME (PED)
MTech (EST)
MTech (EST)
MTech (Energy)
ME (PSE)
M.Tech (EST)
ME (PSE)
ME (PED)
ME (ISE)
ME (PSE)

Non Teaching Faculty List:

S.No

Name of Faculty Member

Designation

Highest Qualification

1.

Mr.S.Balasubramaniam

Lab Tech.

I.T.I(Electrician)

2.

Mr.A.Ganesan

Lab Tech.

I.T.I(Electrician)

3.

Ms.K.Karthigadevi

Lab Tech.

DECE

4.

Ms.M.Kalaiselvi

Clerk

B.Sc. Computer Science

o Research Groups:
The department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering offers the following M.Tech
Programmes:
1. Power System Engineering
2. Power Electronics and drives
3. Embedded System Technologies
4. Renewable Energy Technology.
The above programmes provide an in-depth knowledge to the students in the respective
specialization and prepare them for a successful career in Research/Academics/Industry. The
equipment to be purchased through this project will provide the state -of-the- art facilities for the
P.G students to enhance their academic and research activities.
Research Profile /Plan of the Department
The department faculty members are actively involved in research. There are three active
research groups in the department, namely,
1. Power System
2. Power Electronics and
3. Intelligent Systems.
The research interest of the above groups is indicated in the figure below: In future, all
the research groups will be working in these areas with special emphasis on Renewable Energy
and Smart Grid Technology.

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Fig. 1 Department Research Groups To become

Research Areas
I Power System
Demand Response
Load Forecasting
PMU- based applications

II Power Electronics
Solar PV system
Wind Turbine Generations
Power converters for renewable energy
Grid integration issues.
.

III Embedded System

Microcontroller and DSP based design
AMI implementation
WAMS design
Real time operation issues in sensor networks
CAN implementation for automation application
Bio sensors and Biometric security system
Wireless sensor networks
Multimedia processing using OMAP and ARM processors

Fig. 2 Department Research Areas

Based on these research works for this Renewable energy and Smart Grid lab, the
department will be starting post graduate courses on i) Applied Electronics , and ii) High Voltage
Engineering. The proposed equipments will provide the state-of-the-art facilities, which are
required to design, model, simulate, analyze, prototype, evaluate, test and validate of any kind of
research in the field of Renewable energy and Smart Grid analysis. The flow chart below
represents the research organization of the department.

 Technical Uniqueness of the Department:

Power System Engineering- PSCAD, ETAP, MiPower, ABB make
SCADA
PED
RET-Solar PV 1KW

 EST IoT
Special Achievements Future Plan Short Term and Long Term Goal

Domains which can be extend for training to other department students

The department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering will be conducting in-house
training program on various equipments/software purchased through this grant for our faculty
members and students. The research program in renewable energy systems makes use of new
developments in machine drives, power converter analysis, digital control techniques, and
mixed-signal integrated circuits to improve power management and energy utilization in a wide
range of electronic systems including battery-powered mobile electronics, high-frequency
switching power supplies, and renewable-energy systems. Current research topics include
development of advanced digital and analog control techniques and integrated-circuit
implementation of controllers for high-efficiency, high-frequency DC power supplies and highperformance low-harmonic rectifiers; intelligent control of photovoltaic power generation
systems; study of voltage and current harmonics in utility systems and components, and design
of a novel generator and converter system for wind power. Apart from that hands on training
would be provided for the industries on the need basis. We have identified following short
term/value added courses to be conducted which will be beneficial for both under graduate and
post graduate students and also industrial needs.
Short term courses:

Energy Auditing

Power System Deregulation

Power quality improvement

Embedded DSP control of Power Converters

Power Electronic Converter Design

Controller Design of AC to DC Power Converter

Controller Design of DC to AC Power Converter

Design of Grid Connected Inverter

Advanced Control of Multi Level Inverter

Programming of microcontrollers in KEIL software

VHDL and Verilog Programming

Embedded Processors

Application of QUARTUS software in Simulation and Prototyping

XILINX Modeling

Value added courses:

Energy Efficiency -the Role of Power Electronics

PCB making for Power Converters

Gating Signal Generation Circuit for All Power Converter

Power Semiconductor Device Fault Detection Using Simple Method

Design of an Intelligent controller for power electronics application

Automation using Can Area Network

Remote Monitoring system using sensors and protocols

Application of multimedia processing using suitable processors

GUI Development for Embedded Applications

Current Areas Focused

Power System
Renewable Energy
Embedded System
IoT
Obstacles/problem faced
Less Student Strength in PG courses
Less number of full time research scholars.
Open call for interdisciplinary collaboration

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