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 - 28.04.2019 : Professor -NIT-T
  • 29.04.2019 - till date: Professor (HAG) - 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.

 

Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=z81GF_AAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Research Guidance:

Number of Ph.Ds. guided as main guide and degree awarded

S.No Name of the Scholar Area of Research Year of completion
1. S.Arul Daniel Power Electronic Interfaces and control strategies for PV and wind turbine generator schemes 2003
2. S.Sudha Differentiated services network 2009
3. M.Alarmel Mangai Image Retrieval Algorithms 2012
4. N.Ramasubramanian Multicore Architecture 2012
5. V.Geetha Memory Architecture 2013
6. D.R. Binu Ben Jose Power Electronic Controllers for Renewable Energy Systems 2015
7. S. Krithiga Power Electronic Controllers for Renewable Energy Systems 2015
8. M. Brindha Image Encryption Algorithms 2016
9. Maria Jenisha C Power Electronic Controllers for solar and wind energy applications 2019

 

Number of Ph.Ds. guided as co-guide and degree awarded :

S.No Name of the Scholar Area of Research Year of Completion
1. S. Mageswari Roof-top PV systems in rural households of India 2018

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.) June 2008- June 2019
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

  • Thyristor controlled convertor fed DC drives.
  • Thyristor/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- IEI (Fellow of IEI)

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.
  • Visited University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia for making a presentation in UNSW-India Collaboration workshop in May 2019.

Contact Address

Dr. N Ammasai Gounden
Professor HAG
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Trichirapalli,
Tamil Nadu 620 015
Phone number 0431-2503253
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