Dr.N.Ammasai Gounden

 

Dr. N. Ammasai Gounden

 

Qualification

  • B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
  • M.E. (Control Systems)
  • Ph.D. (Design and Control of Wind-driven Induction Generators)

Experience

  • 1981-1982 : Lecturer - RV College of Engineering - Bangalore
  • 1982-1992 : Lecturer -NIT-T
  • 1992-1999 :Assistant Professor -NIT-T
  • 1999 - till date : Professor -NIT-T

Papers Published

Get the list of papers published by Dr. N. Ammasai Gounden here.

Areas of Interest

  • Power Electronic Controllers for Wind,Solar applications ;
  • Microprocessor and Microcontroller based drives

Research Work:

  • Wind driven self Excited and Grid connected Induction Generators.
  • Development of power Electronic interfaces for Wind/Solar Energy Systems.
  • DC-DC Converters.

Academic and Administrative Responsibilities held

1)Dean , IC&SR (2 years)                           – 2008-2010

2)QIP coordinator   (7 months)                    – Feb 2008 – Aug 2008

3) HOD, EEE dept. (3 years)                           – 2003-2005

4)Nodal officer TEQIP                                – 6 months in 2005              

5) Coordinator TNEA counseling                  – 2005

6)Head, CSG     (6 months)                         – Dec 2000- May 2001

7)Deputy Controller of Examinations (PG)  - 1990-1995

8)Chairman, DPEC (M.Tech.)                     – 2008- till date

9)Senate nominee for other departments    – 2008 till date

Cocurricular and Professional Development Related Activities

  • Convener-sports committee (2 years, 2000-2002)
  • Convener-School committee (2 years, 2004-2006)
  • Staff advisor-College Tamil Mandram (10 years, 1990-2000)
  • Given Live program in AIR on “Marabu sar erisakthiyum ariviyal munnetramum”
  • Given Live program in AIR on "AIEEE entrance examination "

Patent Obtained

 A New Four-Stage Power Controller for Improved Energy Efficiency and Saving in Reactive Power for Three-phase Induction Motors and Wind-Driven Grid-Connected Induction Generators - Patent Number : 234172

Projects supervised

  • Thyrister controlled convertor fed DC drives.
  • Thyrister/IGBT Controlled Chopper fed DC drives.
  • UPS Inverter -micro processor based /DSP based
  • Buck, Boost , Buck -Boost Switching regulators.
  • Power electronic controllers for wind/solar systems.

Membership in Professional bodies

  • Life member – ISTE
  • Life member- IE (Fellow of IE)

Visits Abroad

  • Visited the following universities in connection with university interaction programme in the year 2010 :

                  1)University of TOLEDO , USA

                  2)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , USA

                  3)Worcester Polytechnic Institute , USA

  • Visited University of Peradeniya , Sri Lanka in connection with presenting a paper in 6th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems in the year 2011

Contact Address

Dr. N Ammasai Gounden
Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Trichirapalli,
Tamil Nadu 620 015

 Phone number 0431-2503253

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