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
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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.
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