Department: Deans

Dr. M. J. Jayashree

Employee Code / ID No. 10402003
Qualifications BE, M.Tech., Ph.D
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4322-5560  
Industry / R & D Experience —–
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 9349338747/ 04712545868 – 504
Areas of Interest / Current Research Bio Signal and Image Processing, Assistive Technology
Research, Consultancy, Publications Publications

  • Abhinand Sivarajan Pillai (Alumni), Naveen S (Alumni) and M J Jayashree presented a paper titled “Automatic Vehicle Control Using Visible Light Communication” in the 2025 11th International Conference on Smart Computing and Communications (ICSCC) held at Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science from July 3 – 5, 2025, will be indexed in IEEE Xplore.

  • Ananya Prasad , Carina Miriam Sedric , Gowri Krishnan L., Parvathy A, Varsha S R, (Alumni of MBCET), Dr M. J. Jayashree, “ALERT SYSTEM USING VIBROTACTILE TECHNOLOGY FOR HEARING IMPAIRED” 6th International Conference on Intelligent Communication Technologies and Virtual Mobile Networks (ICICV 2025) at Tirunelveli from June 17-19, 2025 will be indexed in IEEE Xplore.
  • Dr M. J. Jayashree, “Administrative Audit for Quality Improvement in Higher Educational Institute (HEI) – an imperative component for Internal Quality Assurance of Autonomous Institutions” 15th National IQAC Conference (I-con) Revisiting Quality in Higher Education at Kristu Jayanti College Bengaluru, 17th March 2023.
  • Jayakumari. J, Jayashree M.J, Daniel C, Rohit Satheesan, Sandra Jeeva, Shamil Shamsudeen, Portable EEG data acquisition system for BCI applications, International Conference on IoT based Control Networks and Intelligent Systems (ICICNIS 2020) at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, SSRN’s Research Paper Series, 20 Jan 2021.
  • Sherin Sara Samuel, Advaid Chand Krishna, Dr. M J Jayashree, “Thyroid Monitoring Device”, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), (E-ISSN 2348-1269, P- ISSN 2349-5138), Volume 7, Issue 3, August 2020.
  • Remya M. M., Dr. M. J. Jayashree, “A Novel Method for Lung Module Classification”, International Journal of Electronics, Electrical and Computational System, ISSN 2348-117X, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2017.
  • Sanju Mathew, M. J. Jayashree, “Affordable bionic hand for forearm amputees” IOSR Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering (IOSR-JECE), Volume 11, Issue 5,Ver II ( Sep-Oct 2016) pp 42-47.
  • Tina Joy Mathew, M. J. Jayashree “Super-Resolution MRI Reconstruction Using Compressed Sensing”, International Journal of Engineering Technology and Management (IJETM), Volume 3, Issue 4, Page No. 13-19, July-August: 2016.
  • Tina Joy Mathew, M. J. Jayashree, “Novel Sampling Approach for MRI Reconstruction using Dual Tree Double Density Discrete Complex Wavelets”, International Journal of Computer Science and information Security (IJCSIS), Volume 14, no.5, May 2016.
  • Tina Joy Mathew, M. J. Jayashree, “Compressed Sensing MRI Reconstruction Using Wavelets for High Performance”, International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Studies (IJSRES), Volume 3, Issue 4, April 2016.
  • Joji John Varghese, Arun Krishna, Vivek Suresh kumar, M. J. Jayashree “UPASANA: Diagnostic Toolkit for ASHA Worker, Third International Conference on Control, Communication and Computing ICCC 2015, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 – 21, 2015 will be indexed in IEEE xplore.
  • Anu J. Mohan, M.J. Jayashree “Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy”, International Research Journal of Computer Science (IRJCS) Volume2, Issue 10, pp 1-9, October, 2015.
  • Anu J. Mohan, M.J. Jayashree “Detection of diabetic retinopathy using blood vessels”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT) ISSN: 2278-0181, Vol. 4, Issue 09, pp 785-790, September-2015.
  • Anu J. Mohan, M.J. Jayashree Techniques for the detection of blood vessels in diabetic retinopathy”, IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) e-ISSN: 2278-0661, p-ISSN: 2278-8727, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp 77-81, 1 (Jul.-Aug.2015).
  • Merin Susan Philip, M. J. Jayashree, Satyabhushan Shukla, “Performance Evaluation of an Ultra Wideband Slot Antenna” IJEIT, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp 27-30, July 2015.
  • Charutha S., M J. Jayashree “An Effective Brain Tumor Detection By Integrating Multi Constrain Based Region Growing And Cellular Automata Edge Detection” has been presented in the “2014 International Conference on Signal and Speech Processing (ICSSP)” held at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala on 21 August 2014, Chapter 54, Elsevier, Science::Technology.
  • Charutha S., M. J. Jayashree “Brain Tumor Detection By Integrating Multi- Constrain Based Region Growing And Sobel Edge Detection”  has been presented in the “2014 International Conference on Current Techniques in Medical Image Analysis (CUTECMIA)”  at  Adishankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady, Kerala, August 9, 2014, pp. 107-113.
  • Charutha S., M. .J. Jayashree “An Efficient Brain Tumor Detection By Integrating Modified Texture Based Region Growing And Cellular Automata Edge Detection” has been presented in the “2014 International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Communication and Computational Technologies (ICCICCT)”  indexed in IEEE xplore , Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, Tamil Nadu, India, July 10- 11, 2014.
  • M.J. Jayashree, Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar “Comparison of ECG Signal Compression Using Particle Swarm and Genetic Algorithm Optimized Neural Networks” is published in International. Journal of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER) ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 9, pp 10529-10539, November2014.
  • M.J. Jayashree, Aju Sam Sunny, Anu John, Ashley Anna Sunny, Shruthi Susan “Smart Hospital Technology” is published in Health Informatics – An International Journal (HIIJ), ISSN: 2319-3190, Vol.3, No.3, pp 9-16, August 2014.
  • Charutha S., M. J .Jayashree “An Integrated Brain Tumor Detection Technique” , International Journal of Research in Advent Technology (IJRAT), E-ISSN 2321-9637, Volume 2,No:5, pp 211-214, May 2014.
  • M.J .Jayashree, Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar “Display of ECG Signal in Android Mobile Phone from Personal Computer after Compression and Decompression”, European Journal of Scientific Research, ISSN 1450-216X/1450-202X, Volume 98, No2, pp :208-15, March 2013.
  • M.J.Jayashree, Dr. A. SukeshKumar “An Improved Compression Scheme Using Particle Swarm Optimised Neural Network for ECG Signals”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering(IJAREEIE), ISSN No: 2320-3765  ,Vol. 2, Issue 1,pp 667-674,  January 2013.
  • M.J.Jayashree, Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar “Compression of ECG signal in personal computer, decompression in server and display in Android phone” Telemedicon 12, 8th International Conference ,Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Nov 29 – Dec 1,  2012.
  • Sherin Sebastian, Neethu Rachel Jacob, YeduManmadhan, Anand V.R., M.J.Jayashree “Remote patient monitoring system” International Journal of Distributed and Parallel Systems ISNN No 2229-3957(IJDPS) Vol.3, No.5, pp 99-110, September 2012.
  • M.J.Jayashree, Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar “Compression of ECG after baseline removal using Wavelet transform , Vector quantisation and PDLZW encoding” National conference on Emerging Technologies- 2012,Govt. engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, July 20-21, 2012.
  • M.J.Jayashree, Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar ”Comparison of Neural Network Based ECG Signal Compression using Feed- Forward and cascade correlation Back Propagation networks” International Journal of Mobile and Adhoc Network  (IJMAN), ISSN (Print) 2249-202X, Vol2,issue 1,pp : 34-38, Feb 2012.
  • Anupama Mary Thomas, Asiya Ashraf, LiniLal, Minju Jose Mathew , M.J Jayashree “Security enhancement using motion detection” International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication, Computing and Networking Technologies (ICSCCN), Indexed in IEEE explore.  NI college of Engineering, Thuckalay, 21-22 , July 2011.
  • M.J.Jayashree, Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar “Resourceful scheme of ECG compression using different Wavelet transforms and PDLZW method” 3rd International Conference on Electronics Computer Technology (ICECT 2011) Indexed in IEEE explore ,Kanyakumari, India, April 8 – 10, 2011.
  • M.J.Jayashree, Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar” Effectual compression of ECG using different Wavelet transforms,Vectorquantisation and PDLZW method” International Conference on Intelligent System and Data Processing (ICISD 2011) , G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, VallabhVidyanagar, India, January 24-25, 2011.
  • Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar, M.J.Jayashree, “ Comparison of lossy ECG signal compression and decompression algorithms” International Conference on Bioengineering (ICBE-2010) SRM university, Tamil Nadu, India, July  29- 31, 2010.
  • Prof (Dr.) A. Sukesh Kumar, M.J.Jayashree, “ECG transmission through PC”  National Conference (RAIN ’05)   Noorul Islam College of Engineering, Thuckalay,  March 2005,

Funded Projects

  • Eye gaze controlled standing wheelchair – Funded by Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD)during 2025-Co-Principal Investigator-Rs 20,100/-
  • Stair case climbing gesture control motion wheelchair – Funded by Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD) during 2022– Principal Investigator – Rs 26,000/-
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) ——
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
  • Board of Studies member of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (2021-2022 and 2022-2023).

Roles in professional bodies or societies

  • Treasurer of IEEE EMBS Kerala chapter from 2024-till date.
  • Chair of IEEE EMBS Women in Biomedical Engineering (WIBE), a Sub Organizational Unit of IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter from 2023 – till date.
  • Student Activities Chair of IEEE EMBS Kerala chapter from 2020-2024.

Doctoral Committee Member

  • Serving as a Doctoral Committee member (External) for three research scholars and Internal member for four research scholars  currently pursuing their Ph.D. under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.
  • Also serving as a Doctoral Committee member for five research scholars currently pursuing their Ph.D. under Anna University.
  • Served as a Doctoral Committee internal member for one research scholar.

    Conferences

  • TPC Co-Chair of 2024 International Conference on Brain Computer Interface & Healthcare Technologies (iCon-BCIHT) and chaired two sessions during 19-20 December 2024.
  • Financial Chair of IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems 2022(IEEE SPICES 2022) 10 – 12 March.
  • Reviewer of Conference Papers – ETIS 2025, iCon-BCIHT.
  • Organizing Chair of International Conference on Communication Systems & Networks Jointly with University of Dayton, USA, 12 – 13 Dec 2019 (ComNet 2019).
  • Organizing Chair of ComNeT 2016 – an International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks.
  • Head of Reception and Core committee of International Conference on Green Technologies (ICGT12) held during 18 -20, December 2012 in MBCET, jointly with University of Dayton, USA.

Resource Person

  • Orientation session on “NAAC Criteria and the Accreditation Process” on 19-01-2024 to the faculty members of Marian Engineering College. Also had a discussion with IQAC core team and Management representatives.
  • Session on ” NAAC Benchmarks for Affiliated Colleges” for the staff members of DMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, Aralvaimozhi, Thovala, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu on 16th August 2023.
  • Talks on IEEE EMBS and its benefits during the inauguration of the Student Branch Chapters at MBCET, Musaliar College of Engineering, Chirayinkeezhu, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady and Sreechitra Thirunal, College of Engineering, Papapnamode, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Presented the Mission, Vision, Principles and Activities of IRCS and YRC during the Seminar on “Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and its Activities” to the MSW students of IGNOU on 8th February 2023 at IMA hall, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Talk on “Gender Equality today for a Sustainable tomorrow” as a part of International Women’s Day 2022 on 9th March 2022 at 11.30 am for the students of Sree Mookambika Institute of Dental Sciences.
  • Suggestions for quality improvement were given to the staff members of Dept. of ECE, St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Nagercoil on Dec 1st 2018.
  • Keynote address on “India 20:20 – Inter School Quiz Competition” in Carmel Girls Higher Secondary School, Thycaud, Trivandrum on November 10th 2018.
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations
  • Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
  • Member of Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Member of  IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
  • Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
  • Life member of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS)
Community Outreach Activities
  • District Committee member of Indian Red Cross Society and Joint Coordinator of Youth Red Cross (YRC) from 2021 – till date.
  • Spandanam (Social service wing of Dept. of ECE, MBCET) Activities.
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any
  • Received the Special Recognition award, for her contributions towards building IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter Student Community in exceeding goals and surpassing expectations. during the IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter Annual General Meeting 2021.
  • Received the Dewang Mehta National Education Award for Best Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Dr. R. L. Bhatia, Founder, World CSR Day & World Sustainability at Vivanta by Taj, Trivandrum on 20th January 2018.

Dr. K Muraleedharan Nair

Dr. Muraleedharan Nair K. secured B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from TKM College of Engineering. He then joined the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), gaining significant experience in the field of Energy Audit and Management. He obtained M.Tech in Propulsion Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He further honed his expertise by pursuing Ph.D in Thermal and Fluid Science at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and dedicated six years to research and development, focusing on innovative projects. He secured the Best Paper Award at the 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, held at IIT Kanpur in 2014. He is a KTU approved Ph.D supervisor and his research interests include advanced topics such as flow-induced oscillations, aero acoustics, and LES. He has several national and international conference and journal publications in these areas and extensive experience handling funded projects, most notably with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD). He has been a key figure in various national and international conferences, serving on national advisory boards, organizing committees, and as a session and review chair. He was also the organizing chair of ICAMeO-2019 and serves as a subject expert on committees of central level organizations.

Employee Code / ID No. 10616061
Qualifications
  • BTech in Mechanical Engineering, TKM college of Engineering
  • MTech in Propulsion Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum
  • PhD in Thermal and Fluid science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-2668
Industry / R & D Experience Industry-2years ,R&D-6 years,Teaching-15.5 years
Email ID [email protected], [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 9074744097
Areas of Interest / Current Research Flow induced oscillations,Aero acoustics,LES
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Funded projects

  • ISRO,Gvt.India
  • CERD-Gvt.Kerala

24  publications
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) KTU approved supervisor
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
  • Functioned as memeber of National advisory committee ,organizing committee, organizing chair, session chair,reviewer for different Internantional conferences ,subject experts for department promotion, ISRO
  • Member of National Advisory Committee AJWTF7-2018
  • Organizing chair-ICAMeO-2019,
  • Organizing Committee member, session  and review chair of  national and international conferences
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations –
Community Outreach Activities –
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any Best Paper award  in the 5thInternational and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur,2014.

Ms. Charivil Sojy Rajan

Employee Code / ID No. 10310015
Qualifications M.Tech (Power Systems), Pursuing PhD
Orcid ID 0000-0003-3074-7001
Industry / R & D Experience —-
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 406
Areas of Interest / Current Research Power Systems, Electrical Machines, Microgrids
Research,  Consultancy, Publication International Conferences
Charivil Sojy Rajan, Mabel Ebenezer, “Voltage Profile Improvement of a Multi-microgrid Interconnection Scheme using Synchronverters”, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication & Energy Systems 2022 (IEEE SPICES 2022), Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, March 2022.
Charivil Sojy Rajan, Mabel Ebenezer, “Grey Wolf Optimizer Algorithm for Performance Improvement and Cost Optimization in Microgrids”, 2022 The 6th IEEE International Conference on Green Energy and Applications (ICGEA 2022), Singapore, March 2022.
Charivil Sojy Rajan, Mabel Ebenezer, “Fuzzy Controlled D-STATCOM to improve the PCC voltage profile of a Multi-Microgrid Interconnection Scheme”, Springer 2nd International Electric Power & Renewable Energy Conference, NIT Jamshedpur, May 2021 (to be published in the Scopus Indexed Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Book Series) .
C Sojy Rajan, Mabel Ebenezer, “Harmonic Analysis of Interconnected DC Microgrids supplying AC Load”, IEEE International Conference on Nascent Technologies in Engineering (ICNTE), Navi Mumbai, Jan 2021.
C Sojy Rajan, Mabel Ebenezer, “Modeling Operation and Simulation of Interconnected DC Microgrids”, IEEE International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control & Computing (PICC), GEC Thrissur, Dec 2020.
Arjun U, Malavika, Gowri, Gayathri, C Sojy Rajan, Ajish Ashok, “Dual Axis Solar Tracker for an Automated Irrigation System”, Springer 1st International Conference on Smart Energy and Advancements in Power Technologies (ICSEAPT-21) NIT Jamshedpur, Sep 2021 (to be published in the Scopus Indexed Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Book Series).
Sreedevi K J, C Sojy Rajan, “An Interleaved Boost Converter with Zero Voltage Transition fed BLDC Motor Drive”, in the proceedings of 3rd National Conference on Emerging Technologies, pp-215-220, 1st and 2nd August 2014.
Journal Publications

Charivil Sojy Rajan, Mabel Ebenezer, “Voltage Profile Improvement Techniques of Interconnected Microgrids”, Journal of Electrical Systems, 20-9s (2024): 2924-2940 (Indexed by Scopus and Thomson Reuters)

Akhil Reji, Harold Gerard, Gowri Gopal, Radhika S Krishnan, C Sojy Rajan, “Smart Amigo-An Assistant for Paralytics”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Volume 09, Issue 07, July 2020.
Archa V S, C. Sojy Rajan, “Power quality Inquiry of Two BL- Converter Fed BLDC Motor Drive Configurations”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Volume 5, Issue 6, pp. 4610 – 4617, June 2016.
Archa V S, C. Sojy Rajan, “Implementation Of BL-Luo Converter Using FPGA” International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies, Volume 3, Issue 8, pp.402-406, July 2016.
Archa V S, C. Sojy Rajan, “A comparison on the performance of BLDC motor with DBR, Luo and BL-Luo as converters”, International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research, Volume 2, Issue 9, pp.1038-1042, August 2016.
Archa V S, C. Sojy Rajan, “Implementation Of BL-Luo Converter fed VSI Using FPGA”, International Journal of Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 4, October 2016.
Gokul P H, C Sojy Rajan, “Power Factor Corrected Single Stage AC- DC Full Bridge Resonant Converter”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, ISSN: 2278-0181, Vol. 4 Issue 09, September-2015.
Sreedevi K J, C Sojy Rajan, “A New Pulse Width Modulated PFC Zeta Converter Fed Sensorless BLDC Motor Drive with Position Feedback”, International Journal of Science and Research, Vol. 3, Issue 7, July 2014, pp-723-729, ISSN (Online): 2319-7064, Impact Factor (2012): 3.358.
Ph.D Research Guidance (Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Title) —-
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities Department NBA Co-ordinator

Senior Assistant Superintendant (Kerala University Examinations)
Founder Treasurer, MBCETAA (2010-2020)
Coordinator, SEP Tech (2017 onwards)
Faculty Co-ordinator, Dept of EEE
Internship Co-ordinator, Dept of EEE
NBA Accreditation, Criteria 3 Coordinator
Dept Advisory Board (DAB) Member
Lab in Charge-Electrical Workshop
Staff Co-ordinator (2013-’17 batch, 2018-’22batch)
Women Studies Unit (Member)
Local Arrangement Co-ordinator, IEEE PEDES 2016
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations ISTE Life Member
Community Outreach Activities ILLUMINA Activities
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any —–

Dr. S Ushakumari

Biodata

(As on 30 June 2025)

  1. General details

Name

Dr. S. Ushakumari

Designation Professor & Dean, Corporate Relations
Date of Birth 15.05.1963
Nationality Indian
Positions held after retirement

1.    Professor & Dean Corporate Relations, Mar Baselios College of Engineering, Trivandrum

2.    Technical Officer & Project Head, Centre of Excellence in Electric Vehicle, TrEST Research Park, Engineering College P O Thiruvananthapuram 695016 (01.06.2019 to 31.05.2021)

3.    Professor & Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum
Permanent address Ushus, Near Asramam

Engineering College Post

Thiruvananthapuram – 695 016

Kerala, India.
e-mail id [email protected]
Phone Mobile 94474 77655
Google citations https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ls_y_mkAAAAJ

 

 Educational Qualifications
Degree Subject/

Specialization

 Institution University Year Class

Ph. D.

 Electrical Engineering College of Engineering Trivandrum Kerala Dec – 2002
M. Tech. Control Systems College of Engineering Trivandrum Kerala Sept – 1995 Distinct-ion
B. Tech. Electrical Engineering TKM College of Engg. Kollam Kerala Apr –  1985 1st class

Experience  

Post

Year

Month

1.         Professor & Dean Corporate Relations, Mar Baselios College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram

3

4

2.         Technical Officer & Project Head, Centre of Excellence in Electric Vehicle, TrEST Research Park, Engg. College P O, Thiruvananthapuram

2

0
3.         Professor

13

7
4.         Associate Professor

5

2
5.         Sr. Lecturer/Asst. Professor

4

5
6.         Lecturer

6

0
i.               Assistant Engineer (KSHB)
 0 6
Total
 35 00

Current Positions held

  1. Advisor to UPSC
  2. Volunteer & Co-facilitator, Universal Human Values (part of National Education Policy)
  3. Margadarshak to AICTE
  4. Technical Expert of the Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research & Technology (ANERT) Kerala.
  5. Technical Expert to Travancore Devaswom Board (Kerala)

Membership in Professional Bodies

  1. Life member ISTE
  2. Life member & Executive Committee Member of ISSE (Indian Society for Science and Engineering)

Awards

National level: 2

State level      : 3

  1. ISTE – VKM John National Award for the best Engineering College Teacher of Kerala for the year 2014.
  2. CET-ISTE Research award for Best Teacher for the year 2008-2009 instituted by the CET-ISTE award committee
  3. CET-ISTE Research award for Best Teacher for the year 2007-2008 instituted by the CET-ISTE award committee.
  4. The paper viz. “Modeling, analysis and simulation of a three-phase permanent magnet brushless dc motor, considering the non-linearity in torque-balance equation” in the All India conference on Intelligent and Efficient Electrical Systems (NCIEES), at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, January 2001 was adjudged as the best paper.
  5. Received ISTE-L&T National award for the second-best M. Tech. Thesis in Electrical Engineering – 1995.

Students guided/being guided

Ph. D. Produced                          : 11

Ph. D. Thesis submitted           : 1

Ph.D.  Ongoing                            : 2

Research Publications 

Details of publications Journal Conference Total
National 2 42 44
International 43 55 98
Total 45 97 142

 Patent

Sl. no Title Status
1 High-powered geared electric vehicle Awarded
2 Solenoid electric bike Approved – award pending

Projects undertaken

Sl. No

 Name of Project Amount
1. Coordinated the project “Design and development of a new test bed to predict the motion of debris near by the body of interest and evolve a solution to avoid collision” of M/s. THESPACELABS, Trivandrum. (Ongoing) 1.50
2. Coordinated the project on modeling and analysis of high speed Homopolar Inductor Alternator for GTRE (DRDO) 10.60
3. Coordinated the project on “Setting up of solar power plant in three phases with maximum capacity of 430 kW”, funded by KSEB Ltd. at College of Engineering Trivandrum (completed). 100.70
4. Coordinated the project RESPOND project for the “Development of position control of piezo-electric actuators and sensors” for VSSC (ISRO) (completed). tvpm 19.60
5. Coordinated the project on Real time expert system associated with thermal power plant for CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram (completed). 2.00
6. Electrical and Thermal Analysis of a Low Power Homopolar Alternator for Aerospace Applications (GTRE- DRDO) 9.60
7. Magnetic field Analysis in DC Magnetron Sputtering (ADA – Bangalore) 10.00

Administrative positions held

  1. Advisor to Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi
  2. Worked as Professor and Head, Department of Electrical Engineering
  3. Worked as Member of the Board of Studies of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of University of Kerala
  4. Domain Expert of Selection committee of departmental promotion committee of CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram
  5. Member of the Board of Governors of TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
  6. Chairman of the Doctoral committee of TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
  7. Subject expert of Kerala PSC

Journals being reviewed 

  1. Elsevier International Journal on Computers and Electrical Engineering (USA).
  2. AMSE International Journal & periodicals, France.
  3. International journal on Engineering (IJE), Iran.
  4. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  5. IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics
  6. Springer Journal on Pattern Analysis and Applications.
  7. Elsevier International Journal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
  8. Asian Journal of Control, Wiley Publications

Publications

1.00 International Journals
1.01 A. G. Anu, etal. (2024). “Adaptive particle swarm optimization-based controller design for stability enhancement of standalone DC microgrid”. Journal of Energy Storage, 98, 113012. Volume 98, Part A, 113012, 15 September 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.113012
1.02 Namitha Murali, Mini V.P, , S. Ushakumari, “Electric Vehicle Market Analysis and Trends”, IEEE 19th India Council International Conference(INDICON 2022)- pp. 1-6, 2022.
1.03 Vijayasree G., Mini V. P., and Ushakumari S.,  “Electrical Analysis of High-Speed Homopolar Inductor Alternator using FEM”, (2024) International Review of Aerospace Engineering (IREASE), vol. 17 (4), pp. 142-151. doi:https://doi.org/10.15866/irease.v17i4.25385
1.04 M. Sabna, V. P. Mini, S. Ushakumari, N. Mayadevi, and R. Harikumar, “A Single Detection and Diagnosis Algorithm for Electrical Faults in a Five-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive”, Journal of Electrical Systems, 2024 (SCOPUS).
1.05 M. Sabna, V P. Mini, S. Ushakumari, N. Mayadevi, and R. Harikumar, “A combined fault detection and diagnoses algorithm for open circuit faults and magnetic faults in a five-phase PMSM drive”, e-Prime – Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy (Elsevier), 2024 (SCOPUS).
1.06 Namitha Murali, Mini V.P., Ushakumari S. “Design and Implementation of Field Oriented Control Based Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Electric Three-Wheeler”. Journal of power electronics (JPE)-pp.637-648, Vol-23, No.4, April
2023.
1.07 Namitha Murali, Mini V.P., Harikumar R., Mayadevi N., S. Ushakumari . “A Robust Drive Train Controller for an Electric Three-Wheeler” International Review of Automatic control (IREACO-Scopus)-Vol-16, No.1, January 2023.
1.08 M. Sabna, V. P. Mini, S. Ushakumari, N. Mayadevi, and R. Harikumar, “A Hybrid Fault Detection and Diagnosis Algorithm for Five-Phase PMSM Drive”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Springer), 2022 (SCIE).
1.09 Aswakumar Geetha, A., Bernonse Vasantha, A., Raveendran Pillai, H. K., and Ushakumari S, (2022). “Battery and supercapacitor assisted controller for stability enhancement of DC microgrid”. International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 50(12), 4357-4375. https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3398
1.10 A. G. Anu, Hari Kumar R., and Ushakumari S., “Control and Power Management Strategy for Shunt DC Electric Spring Integrated DC Microgrid”, Distributed Generation & Alternative Energy Journal, 1371-1394. 2022  vol 37,https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.3754
1.11 A. G. Anu, Hari Kumar R., and Ushakumari S. (2022). “A Shunt DC Electric Spring‐Based Control Strategy for Real‐Time Critical and Noncritical Load Management in DC Microgrid”. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2022(1), 8965407. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8965407
1.12 Namitha Murali, Mini V.P., Ushakumari S. “Modified V-Shaped Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle.” International Review on Modelling and Simulation (IREMOS), pp. 439-450, Vol-14, No.6, December 2021
1.13 A.G. Anu R. Hari Kumar and S. Ushakumari, “Power Quality Enhancement of DC Microgrid Using DC Electric Spring”, Springer Lecture notes in Electrical Engineering Advances in Smart Grid Technology, vol.1, pp. 137-148, September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7245-6_12
1.14 Jino Joy, Ushakumari S., “Regenerative Braking Mode Operation of a Three-Phase H-Bridge Inverter fed PMBLDC Motor Generator Drive in an Electric Bike,” in Taylor and Francis Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems (Accepted for publication)
1.15 Jino Joy, Ushakumari S., “Performance Comparison of a Bridge-less Canonical Switching Cell and H-Bridge Inverter with SVPWM fed PMBLDC Motor Drive under Fuzzy Logic Controller,” International journal on Association for Modeling and Simulation for Enterprises (AMSE) (Accepted for publication)
1.16 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S. “Structured H-Infinity controller for an uncertain deregulated power system”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (Early Access), DOI : 10.1109/TIA.2018.2866560; Date of publication : 22 August 2018.
1.17 Jino Joy, S. Ushakumari, “Performance comparison of a Canonical Switching Cell with SPWM and SVPWM fed sensorless PMBLDC motor drive under conventional and fuzzy logic controllers,” in Elsevier International Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 354, Issue 14, pp. 5996-6032, August 2017
1.18 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S., “H-infinity PID cum RFB Controller for Load Frequency Control of a Deregulated Power System considering the effect of nonlinearities”, International journal of Control theory and applications, International Science Press, vol. 10, no. 6, April 2017, pp. 425-433.
1.19 Jino Joy, Ushakumari S., “Performance Comparison of a Space Vector Pulse Width Modulated Sensor less PMBLDC Motor Drive with Conventional and Fuzzy Logic Controllers,” International Journal of Power Electronics, vol, pp. , February 2017.
1.20 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S., “Optimal Load Frequency Controller for a Deregulated Reheat Thermal Power System” in Communication and Power Engineering, De Gruyter, Germany, Book chapter published in February 2017 ISBN -978-3-11-046960-8)
1.21 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S, “Robust H-infinity loop shaping Controller for Load Frequency Control of an uncertain Deregulated Power System”, AMSE Journal – 2016 – series C: Automatic control (Theory an applications) – vol. 71, No.1, pp 39-51, 2016.
1.22 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “Torque Capability Improvement of Sensorless FOC Induction Machine in Field Weakening Region for Propulsion Purposes,” communicated for publication in Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering: Elsevier (Accepted for publication)
1.23 Hari Kumar R and S Ushakumari, “Comparison of binary optimisation techniques for real-time management of sustainable autonomous microgrid,” Springer lecture notes in computer Science, Nov – 2016 ISSN-0302-9743.
1.24 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S., “H-Infinity Loop Shaping Controller for Load Frequency Control of a Deregulated Power System”, Elsevier Procedia Technology, vol. 25, pp.  775-784 (ISSN 2212-0173 ), Oct – 2016.
1.25 Hari Kumar R and S Ushakumari, “A novel architecture for data management and control in autonomous intelligent microgrid,” International journal – Elsevier Procedia-Computer Science, vol. 89, pp. 412-421,  Aug – 2016, ISSN:1877-0509.
1.26 Ashitha Joy, Jayakumar M. and Ushakumari S., “Modelling and Control of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell,” International Journal of Control Theory and Applications (IJCTA) no. 8(3), 2015, pp. 1105-1111.
1.27 Hari Kumar R. and S. Ushakumari, “Novel Algorithm for Load Shedding and Reconfiguration of Isolated Microgrid,” International Journal of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER), vol. 10, no. 1 (2015), pp.1242-1249
1.28 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “Four Quadrant Operation of Field weakened FOC Induction motor Drive Using Sliding Mode Observer”, Transactions on Engineering Technologies, Springer publication, May 2014
1.29 Mayadevi N., Vinod Chandra S. S., Ushakumari S., “A Review on Expert System Applications in Power Plants,” International Journal on Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 4, issue 1, January 2014
1.30 V. P. Mini and S. Ushakumari, “Rotor fault Detection and Analysis of three phase Induction Motor using Fuzzy Logic,” AMSE International Journal on modelling, measurement and Simulation (Accepted for publication) 2013
1.31 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “Performance Study of Field Oriented Controlled Induction Machine in Field Weakening using SPWM and SVM fed Inverters”, International Review of Modelling and Simulations, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 741-752, Jun 2013.
1.32 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “FFT Analysis for Field Oriented Control of SPWM and SVPWM Inverter fed Induction Machine With and Without Sensor”, International journal of Advanced Electrical Engineering, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 151-160, June 2013.
1.33 Mini V. P. and S. Ushakumari, “Electrical fault detection and diagnosis of induction motor using fuzzy logic”, AMSE International journal on modelling, measurement and simulation, vol. 55, no.1, October 2012
1.34 A. Lekshmi, Dr. R. Sankaran and Dr. S. Ushakumari, “Simulation and DSP Based Real Time Implementation of Closed Loop Variable Speed Operation of a BLDC Motor Drive System”, International Review on Modelling and Simulations, vol.5, no.5, pp. 2026-2035, October 2012.
1.35 Madhusoothanan K. R. and S. Ushakumari, “Sliding mode control and fuzzy Logic control of Hydraulic Robot Manipulator”, AMSE journal on modelling, measurement and simulation, vol. 67, no.1, October 2012
1.36 G. K. Nisha, S. Ushakumari and Z. V. Lakaparampil, “Online Harmonic Elimination of SVPWM for Three Phase Inverter and a Systematic Method for Practical Implementation”, IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, (IJCS 39:2:10), vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 220-230, May 2012.
1.37 A. Lekshmi, Dr. R. Sankaran and Dr. S. Ushakumari, “Modelling and Simulation of PM Brushless DC Motor Based Spooler Drive System with Speed and Current Feedback”, International Review on Modelling and Simulations, vol.5, no.1, pp. 231-238, February 2012
1.38 A. Lekshmi, R. Sankaran, S. Ushakumari, “Performance Comparison of a Closed Loop PMBLDC Drive System with Hysteresis and Modified Predictive Current Controllers”, AMSE International journal on modelling, measurement and simulation, vol. 84, no. 1, 2011, pp. 73-88.
1.39 Juno N., Gopal Jee, Ushakumari S., “H-infinity Controller Design for the Descent Phase of Reusable Launch Vehicle”, AMSE journal on Advances in modelling, vol. 64, no.1-2, 2009.
1.40 Sharafunnisa K.H, M. Jayakumar and S. Ushakumari, “Fault detection and Isolation in a Speed Control System using parameter estimation and Fuzzy logic”, AMSE International journal on modelling, measurement and simulation, vol. 82, no 1 -2, 2009.
1.41 S. Ushakumari and R. Sankaran, “Development of an advanced controller for improved performance of a PMBLDC Motor”, AMSE Journal on Modelling Measurement and Simulation, France, vol.61, no.2, pp. 34-45, December 2006.
1.42 S. Ushakumari and R. Sankaran, “Modelling and Simulation of PMBLDC Motor Drive System covering Steady State Operation and Optimized Controller Design”, AMSE Journal on Modelling Measurement and Simulation, France, vol.40, no.7, pp. 1-22, December 2004.
1.43 S. Ushakumari, R. Sankaran and P. S. Chandramohanan Nair, “Closed Loop Performance of a Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Incorporating the Non-Linearity in Torque-Balance Equation (Transient Operation),” International journal of Electric Power Components and Systems, Taylor and Francis, Kentucky, USA, vol. 30, no. 12, December 2002.
2.00 National Journals
2.01 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “Effect of Power factor on Torque Capability of FOC Induction Machine in Field Weakening Region for Propulsion Systems,” communicated for publication in Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) Series–B: Springer.  (Accepted for publication)
2.02 Mayadevi N., Vinod Chandra S. S., Ushakumari S, “SCADA Based Operator Support System for Power Plant Equipment Fault Forecasting, “Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series B, Springer, vol.95, issue.3, July 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s40031-014-0117-9
3.00 International Conferences
3.01 C Vijayasree G., Mini V. P. and Ushakumari S.,  “Modelling and analysis of a six phase High Speed Homopolar Inductor Machine for aerospace applications.” 2024 International Conference on Communication, Control, and Intelligent Systems (CCIS). IEEE, 6-7 December 2024.
3.02 M. Sabna, V P. Mini, S. Ushakumari, N. Mayadevi, and R. Harikumar, “An Algorithm for Detecting Short Circuit Faults in Five-Phase PMSM Drives”, IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy, NIT Rourkela, 2024.
3.03 A. G. Anu, R. Hari Kumar S. Ushakumari, “A Novel DC Electric Spring Topology for Enhanced Voltage Stabilization in DC Microgrid”, 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (ICEEICT 2024), K. R. College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli. pp. 1-5, https:// doi: 10.1109/ICEEICT61591.2024.10718644
3.04 Vijayasree G., Mini V. P., and Ushakumari S.,  “Loss Analysis of High-Speed Homopolar Inductor Alternator.” 2023 International Conference on Circuit Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT). IEEE-2023, Rajasthan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur, January 28-29, 2023.
3.05 M. Sabna, V P. Mini, S. Ushakumari, N. Mayadevi, R. Harikumar and G. Vijayasree, “Inter Turn Short Circuit Fault Analysis of Five-Phase PMSM”, IEEE 4th International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies, Malaysia, 2021.
3.06 Vijayasree G., Mini V. P., Mayadevi N, Harikumar R, and Ushakumari S., “Design and Virtual Development and Performance Study of High-Speed Homo Polar Inductor Alternator”, 3rd  National Aerospace Propulsion Conference in research, development and product realization, BMS College of Engineering Bangalore, 17-19 December, 2020.
3.07 Namitha Murali, S. Ushakumari, Mini V.P., Alen Toji Varghese. “Sizing and Performance, “Analysis of an Electric Motor in an E-rickshaw.” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON).pp. 1-6. 2020.
3.08 Namitha Murali, S. Ushakumari, Mini V.P., “Performance Comparison between Different Rotor Configurations of PMSM for EV Application”, 2020 IEEE REGION 10 CONFERENCE (TENCON). pp.1334-1339. 2020.
3.09 Jino Joy, S. Ushakumari, “Energy Harvestation and Effective Utilization by Regenerative Braking and Motoring Modes of Operation in a PMBLDC Drive System using FLC,” in IEEE International Conference on TENSYMP, July 2017
3.10 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S., “Influence of energy storage system on load frequency control of a deregulated power system with consideration of physical constraints”, IEEE – 17th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering 2017 (IEEE-EEEIC 2017), Milan, Italy, pp. 403-408, June 2017.
3.11 Jino Joy, S. Ushakumari, “Performance Comparison of a Space Vector Pulse Width Modulated Sensorless PMBLDC Motor Drive with Conventional and Fuzzy Logic Controllers,” in International Conference on Contemporary Topics in Power Engineering and Aiding Technologies (ICCPEAT), February 2017
3.12 Jino Joy, Ushakumari S., “Performance Comparison of a Canonical Switching Cell Converter fed Sensor less PMBLDC Motor Drive with Conventional and Fuzzy Logic Controllers,” IEEE international Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies, vol. 2, pp. 782-790, February 2017.
3.13 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S, “H-infinity PID cum RFB Controller for Load Frequency Control of a Deregulated Power System considering the effect of nonlinearities”, Proceedings of the International conference on sustainable computing techniques in engineering science an management (SCESM-2017) Belgaum, January 2017
3.14 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S., “Structured H-Infinity Controller for an Uncertain Deregulated Power System,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems, ICPEICES 2016, 4-6 July 2016, Delhi, pp. 1-5
3.15 Hari Kumar R and S Ushakumari, “Analysis of feed forward phase locked loop and its tuning using PSO,” Proceedings of the 8th IET international conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD-2016), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 19 – 21 April 2016.
3.16 Jino Joy and Ushakumari S., “Performance Comparison of a Sensorless PMBLDC Motor Drive System with Conventional and Fuzzy Logic Controllers”, Global Colloquium on Recent Advancements and Effectual Researches in Engineering, Science and Technology, RAEREST, 22-23 April 2016, Palai, Kottayam.
3.17 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S., “H-Infinity Loop-Shaping Controller for Load Frequency Control of a Deregulated Power System”, Global Colloquium on Recent Advancements and Effectual Researches in Engineering, Science and Technology, RAEREST, 22-23 April 2016, Palai, Kottayam.
3.18 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S., “Optimal Load Frequency Controller for a Deregulated Reheat Thermal Power System,” IDES International Conference on Advances in Communication, Network and Computing (CNC 2016), Bangalore, India, March 12 – 13, 2016
3.19 Arlene Davidson and Ushakumari S., “H-Infinity Loop-Shaping Controller for Load Frequency Control of an Uncertain Deregulated Power System,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Optimization Techniques (ICEEOT 2016), Chennai, March 3 – 5, 2016 (accepted for publication).
3.20 Ashitha Joy, Jayakumar M. and Ushakumari S., “Modelling and Control of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell,” Proceedings of the XII – Control Instrumentation System Conference, Manipal, Karnataka, India, pp. 286- 295, 2 – 4 November, 2015.
3.21 Arlene Davidson and S. Ushakumari, “Optimal Load Frequency Controller for a Deregulated Non-Reheat Thermal Power System”, Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Control, Communication and Computing, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, 19-21, November 2015.
3.22 Hari Kumar R. and S. Ushakumari, “Analysis of feed forward phase locked loop and its tuning using PSO” (Accepted for presentation in the 8th IET international conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, 19-21 April 2016, The Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
3.23 R. Hari Kumar and S. Ushakumari, “A two stage algorithm for optimal management of isolated microgrid,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems (SPICES), 2015, pp.1-5, 19-21 Feb. 2015.
3.24 Harikumar R. and S. Ushakumari, “Islanded Micro grid Management using Binary Gravitational Search Algorithm,” 9th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISCO’15), Karpagam College of Engineering, Myleripalayam, Coimbatore-641032, Tamil Nadu, India, 9-10 January 2015.
3.25 Harikumar R. and S. Ushakumari, “Optimal Management of Islanded Microgrid using Binary Particle Swarm Optimization” IEEE International Conference on Advances in Green Energy (ICAGE), Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, 17-18 December 2014, pp. 251 – 257.
3.26 Mayadevi N, Vinod Chandra S. S., Ushakumari S., “Expert System for Power Plant Operator Evaluation, “Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications – IEEE IACT” pp. 266-269, 26-28 August 2014, Kochi, India.
3.27 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “Effect of Leakage inductance on Torque Capability of Field Oriented Controlled Induction Machine in Field Weakening Region”, International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET’2014), Singapore, 29-30 March 2014.
3.28 Hari Kumar R. and S. Ushakumari, “Biogeography Based Tuning of PID Controllers for Load Frequency Control in Microgrid,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies- ICCPCT-2014,  vol. 1, 20-21 March 2014, pp. 797-802
3.29 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “Four quadrant operation of sensorless FOC induction machine in field weakening region using MRAS Sliding mode observer”, IEEE International conference on Control Communication and Computing, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India, vol. 1, pp. 33-38, 13-15 December 2013.
3.30 Mayadevi N., Vinod Chandra S. S. and S. Ushakumari, SCADA Based Expert System for Power Plant Operator Training, CCIIS-2013 – International Conference on Computing Cybernetics and Intelligent Information Systems, Nov 2013, Vellur, Tamil Nadu, India
3.31 Deepak V. Dev, S. Ushakumari, “Modified method of tuning for fractional PID controllers,” Third International conference on Power, Control, Signals and Computation (EPSCICON 2014), Vidya Academy, Thrissur, Kerala, January 2014
3.32 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “Sensorless Field Oriented control of SVM inverter fed Induction Machine in Field Weakening Region using Sliding Mode Observer”. World Congress on Engineering, Imperial College, London, pp. 1174-1181, July 2013.
3.33 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “FFT Analysis for Field Oriented Control of SPWM and SVPWM Inverter fed Induction Machine With and Without Sensor”, International conference on Advance Engineering Technology (ICAET’13), Mysore, pp. 34-43, January 2013.
3.34 G. K. Nisha, Z. V. Lakaparampil and S. Ushakumari, “Sensorless Vector Control of SVPWM Inverter fed Induction Machine using Sliding Mode”, IEEE International conference on Green Technology (ICGT’12), Thiruvananthapuram, pp. 29-36, December 2012.
3.35 G. K. Nisha, S. Ushakumari and Z. V. Lakaparampil, “CFT Based Optimal PWM Strategy for Three Phase Inverter”, IEEE International conference on Power, Control and Embedded Systems, Allahabad, December 2012, pp. 206-211.
3.36 V. P Mini and S. Ushakumari “Rotor Fault Analysis of an Induction Motor Using FEM” IEEE International conference on Power, Control and Embedded Systems ICPCES-2012, Allahabad, India, December 2012, pp. 149-155.
3.37 Mayadevi N., S. S. Vinod Chandra and S. Ushakumari, “Failure Forecast Engine for Power Plant Power Plant Expert System Shell”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on ICACCCT, Tamil Nadu,  India, 23-25, August  2012, pp. 380-384.
3.38 Mayadevi N., S. S. Vinod Chandra and S. Ushakumari, “Learning Engine for Power Plant Expert System Shell”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics Computer technology (ICECT 2012), Kanyakumari, India, 6-8 April 2012, pp. 284-287.
3.39 Nisha G. K., S. Ushakumari, Z. V. Lakaparampil, “Harmonics elimination of space vector modulated three phase inverter”, Proceedings of the international Multi conference of Engineers and computer scientists 2012 (IMECS 2012), Hong Kong, 14-16 March 2012, vol. 2, pp. 1109-1115.
3.40 Nisha G. K., S. Ushakumari, Z. V. Lakaparampil, “Method to Eliminate Harmonics in PWM: A Study for Single Phase and Three Phase”, Proceedings of the international emerging technological trends in advanced engineering research (ICETT-2012), Mar Baselios College of Engineering, Kollam, 21-22 February 2012,
3.41 Mini V. P and S. Ushakumari, “Incipient Fault detection and diagnosis of an induction motor using fuzzy logic”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on RAICS, Trivandrum, Kerala, pp. 459-464, Jul 2011
3.42 Praveen S. Babu and S. Ushakumari, “Direct Torque Control of Induction Motor” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on RAICS, Trivandrum, Kerala, pp. 675-681, Jul 2011.
3.43 A. Lekshmi, R. Sankaran and S. Ushakumari, “Performance of a closed loop PMBLDC drive system with modified predictive current controller”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Power, Control and Embedded Systems (ICPCES2010),  Allahabad, pp. 1-6, December 1-3, 2010.
3.44 Aswathy Raj, Tessy Elizabeth John and S. Ushakumari, “Adaptive flight control design for aerodynamically controlled launch vehicles” Proceedings of the 11th National and 1st International conference on Technological Trends, vol.3, pp. 877-884, Nov. 2010.
3.45 Pradeep Kennedy K., M. Jayakumar and S. Ushakumari, “Detection of sensor faults in an electro hydraulic actuator”, Proceedings of the 11th National and 1st International conference on Technological Trends, vol.3, pp. 916-922, Nov. 2010.
3.46 Lekshmisree V., D. Karthikeyan and S. Ushakumari, “Longitudinal aerodynamic parameter estimation of reusable launch vehicle using neural network based algorithm”, Proceedings of the 11th National and 1st International conference on Technological Trends, vol. 3, pp. 901-907, Nov. 2010.
3.47 Praveen S. Babu and Dr. S. Ushakumari, “Hybrid Posicast Based Control of Buck Converter” Proceedings of the 11th National and 1st International conference on Technological Trends, vol. 3, pp. 923-927, Nov. 2010.
3.48 Mini V.P., Setty Sivakotaiah and S. Ushakumari, “Fault detection and diagnosis of an induction motor using fuzzy logic”, Proceedings of the IEEE Region 8 SIBIRCON 2010, Irkutsk, Russia, pp. 459-464, Jul 2010.
3.49 Madhusoothanan K. R. and S. Ushakumari, “Position control of Hydraulic Robot Manipulator with sliding mode control and fuzzy Logic control”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Control, Communication and computing (ICCC 2010), pp. 36 -39, Feb 2010, Kerala, India.
3.50 A. Lekshmi, Dr. R. Sankaran, Dr. S. Ushakumari, “Comparison of Performance of a Closed Loop PMSM Drive System with Modified Predictive Current and Hysteresis Controllers”, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2008), Oct.17-20, 2008, Wuhan, China, pp. 2876-2881.
3.51 A. Lekshmi, R. Sankaran, S. Ushakumari, “Simulation of Space Vector Theory Based Variable Speed Operation of a PMSM Drive System Using Predictive Current Control”, Proceedings of the International conference on Modelling and simulation MS’07, University of Calcutta, India, vol.2, pp. 528 – 532, December 3-5, 2007.
3.52 S. Ushakumari and R. Sankaran, “Development of an intelligent controller for improved performance of an AVS drive system”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISC 2005), Massachusetts, USA, pp. 241-246, November. 2005.
3.53 S. Ushakumari, R. Sankaran and P. S. Chandramohanan Nair, “Analysis and simulation of open loop and closed loop performance of three phase permanent magnet brushless dc motor drive system,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy, Automation and Information Technology (EAIT-2001), IIT Kharagpur, India, December 2001, pp. 263-267.
3.54 S. Ushakumari, R. Sankaran and P. S. Chandramohanan Nair, “Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy controller for improved performance of a permanent magnet brushless dc motor,” Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2001), University of Melbourne, Australia, December 2001, pp. 493-496.
3.55 S. Ushakumari, R. Sankaran and P. S. Chandramohanan Nair, “Modelling and simulation of the transient performance of a permanent magnet brushless dc motor drive systems,” Proceedings of the 27th annual Convention and Exhibition of IEEE India Council (IEEE-ACE 2001), New Delhi, India, November 2001, pp. 71-75.
4.00 National Conferences
4.01 Mithila A K, S Ushakumari, “Design of Robust Sliding Mode and Fuzzy Logic Controllers for Boost and Buck-Boost Converters”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Instrumentation and Control Technologies (ICICICT), 2017, Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur ISBN: 978-1-5090-6106-8
4.02 Mithila A K, S Ushakumari, “Comparative Study of Performances of Boost and Buck-Boost Converters with PI and Fuzzy Logic Controllers”, 18th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), 2017, College of Engineering Trivandrum.
4.03 Anupama V Kumar, Gopal Jee, S. Ushakumari, “Tracking Control Strategy for Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicles considering Actuator Dynamics”, 18th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), 2017, College of Engineering Trivandrum.
4.04 Abhijith M, Shriram S, S Ushakumari, “Landing Algorithm for a Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”, 18th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), 2017, College of Engineering Trivandrum.
4.05 Rani Ashok and S. Ushakumari, “Impact Angle Constrained Missile Guidance Law Accounting Autopilot Lag against Targets with Unknown Acceleration”, 17th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT-2016), College of Engineering Trivandrum, pp. 937-941, 19-20 August 2016,
4.06 Anjana C. Xavier and S. Ushakumari, “Re-entry Guidance of Hypersonic Vehicles” 17th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT-2016), College of Engineering Trivandrum, pp. 942-947, 19-20 August 2016,
4.07 Jetendra kumar Borra, Soumya N and S. Ushakumari, “Modelling and Control of Attitude Coupled Spacecraft Terminal Phase Rendezvous Using On/Off Thrusters” 17th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT-2016), College of Engineering Trivandrum, pp. 1127-1132, 19-20 August 2016,
4.08 Jino Joy and Ushakumari S., “Performance Comparison of a Canonical Switching Cell and SVPWM fed Sensorless PMBLDC Motor with Conventional and Fuzzy Logic Controllers” Proceedings of the national conference on Large Scale Multi-disciplinary Systems of National Significance (LAMSYS-2016), pp. 112-118, June 2016 , SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota, India.
4.09 Jino Joy, Ushakumari S., “Performance comparison of a sensorless PMBLDC motor drive system with conventional and fuzzy logic controllers”, in Proceedings of Elsevier Global Colloquium in Recent Advancement and Effectual Researches in Engineering, Science and Technology (RAEREST), vol. 25, pp. 643-651, April 2016.
4.10 Kesavan M R and S. Ushakumari, “Control of DC/DC Converter connected to MVDC Systems with Constant Power Loads”, Proceedings of 16th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), Trivandrum, pp. 863-868, 09-10 September, 2015.
4.11 Kiran Prakash, S. Ushakumari and R. Lethakumari, “Development of Piezoelectric actuator for accurate positioning of cantilever beam”, Proceedings of 16th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), Trivandrum, pp. 873-880, 09-10 September, 2015.
4.12 Ashitha Joy, Jayakumar M and S. Ushakumari, “Modelling and control of fuel cell systems”, Proceedings of 16th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), Trivandrum, pp. 918-923, 09-10 September, 2015.
4.13 Nobin Paul and S. Ushakumari, “Genetic algorithm based optimization of PWPF modulator parameters for spacecraft attitude control system employing thrusters”, Proceedings of 16th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), Trivandrum, pp. 924-930, 09-10 September, 2015.
4.14 Koshy Thomas, Gopal Gee and S. Ushakumari, “Stability Assessment and Control-law Design of Crew-Capsule Module in Re-entry Phase”, Proceedings of the 15th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2014), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp.680-687, 22-23 August 2014.
4.15 Vishnu N., Harikumar R. and S. Ushakumari, “Design and Control of Renewable Energy Interfaced Grid Connected System”, Proceedings of the 15th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2014), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp.720-725, 22-23 August 2014.
4.16 Reshma U., Soumya N. and S. Ushakumari, “Comparison of Estimation Techniques for Entry, Descent, and Landing Reconstruction”, Proceedings of the 15th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2014), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp.970-976, 22-23 August 2014.
4.17 Rajeesh S. K., Lethakumari R. and S. Ushakumari, “Vibration Suppression of Structures using Self Sensing Actuator”, Proceedings of the 15th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2014), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp.1001-1007, 22-23 August 2014.
4.18 Reema N., Mini V. P. and S. Ushakumari, “Switching Fault Analysis of A Three Phase Induction Motor Drive System”, Proceedings of the 15th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2014), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp.1015-1020, 22-23 August 2014.
4.19 Ashima C. R., S. Ushakumari and S. Geetha, “Application of Adaptive Back stepping for the Control of a Reusable Launch Vehicle”, Proceedings of the 15th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2014), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp.758-764, 22-23 August 2014.
4.20 Deepak V. Dev, Rani Radhakrishnan and S. Ushakumari, “Fractional Order PID Controller for Attitude Control of Ascent Phase of Reusable Launch Vehicle,” Proceedings of the 14th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT -2013), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, pp. 102-108, August 2013
4.21 Santhi E. Skariya, Baby Sebastian and S. Ushakumari, “Integrated Optimal Control of Reusable Launch Vehicle and Actuation System Using Linear Quadratic Regulator Technique,” Proceedings of the 14th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT -2013), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, pp. 66-73, August 2013
4.22 T. V. Shyama, S. Ushakumari, “Sensorless Vector Control of Induction Motor based on Model Reference Adaptive System,” Proceedings of the 14th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT -2013), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, pp. 132-137, August 2013
4.23 T. V. Shyama and S. Ushakumari, “Vector control of induction motor based on space vector modulation,” Proceedings of the first National Conference on System, Energy and Environment (NCSEE), Govt. College of Engineering, Kannur, pp. 230-235, Aug 2013
4.24 Naveen N., Geetha S. and  S. Ushakumari, “Back stepping Control Technique Applied to Discrete Time Systems in Reusable Launch Vehicle,” Proceedings of the 14th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT -2013), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, pp. 233-237,  August 2013
4.25 Parvathy P., Asha P. Nair and S. Ushakumari, “Nonlinear Inversion via θ-D Control Application to Reusable Launch Vehicle” Proceedings of the 13th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT -2012), College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Aug 10-11, 2012, pp. 112-119
4.26 Vivek A., Sheelu Jose and S. Ushakumari, “Chattering Free Sliding Mode Control for Re-Usable Launch Vehicle”, Proceedings of the 13th National Conference on Technological trends (NCTT -2012), College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Aug 10-11, 2012, pp. 120-125.
4.27 Hema Prathap, V. Brinda and S. Ushakumari, “Robust Flight Control of a Typical RLV during Re-entry Phase”, Proceedings of the 13th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT -2012), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, Aug 10-11, 2012, pp. 155-162.
4.28 Sherine Jesna V. A. and S. Ushakumari, “Auto-centering control of three pole Active Magnetic Bearing by Sliding Mode Control” Proceedings of the 13th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT -2012), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, Aug 10-11, 2012, pp. 163-169.
4.29 Meera Sivadas, V. R. Lalithambika and S. Ushakumari, “ A Novel Approach to Design of QFT based PID Controller for Launch Vehicle Autopilot”, Proceedings of the 12th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2011), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.2, pp. 709-715, 19-20 August 2011.
4.30 Praveen S. Babu and S. Ushakumari, “Sliding Mode Based Direct Torque Control of Induction Motor Drives”, Proceedings of the 12th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2011), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.2, pp. 760-767, 19-20 August 2011.
4.31 Madhusoothanan K. R. and S. Ushakumari, “Position control of Hydraulic Robot Manipulator using sliding mode control”, Proceedings of the 10th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2009), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp. 18-23 November 2009.
4.32 Remya Sukumaran and Dr. S. Ushakumari, “fuzzy Logic and Back stepping Control for an Autonomous Robot, Proceedings of the 9th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2008), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp. 18-23 November 2008.
4.33 Juno N., Gopal Jee and Dr. S. Ushakumari, “H-infinity control design for descent phase of Reusable Launch Vehicle”, Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2007), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.2, pp. 1-6 November – December 2007.
4.34 Subha T.G., Vijayamohankumar and Dr. S. Ushakumari, “Design of feedback linearization controller for a re-entry flight control problem”, Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2007), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp. 13-18, November – December 2007.
4.35 Sharafunnisa K.H, M. Jayakumar and S. Ushakumari, “Fault detection and Isolation in a Speed Control System using parameter estimation”, Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2006), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp. 7-12, November 2006
4.36 Shyju Susan Mathew, Neha Mishra and S. Ushakumari, “System Identification of Servo and Estimation of Slosh States in Launch Vehicle”, Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2006), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp. 1-6, November 2006.
4.37 Sheethal Reghunath, S. Ushakumari and A. Lekshmi, “Development of Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network Controllers for a PMBLDC motor”, Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2005), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.2, pp. 127-131, November 2005.
4.38 V.S.Sreelatha, M.V.Dekhne and S. Ushakumari, “Control of Rotary Pendulum using Linear Quadratic Gaussian Technique”, Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2005), College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.2, pp. 23-28, November 2005.
4.39 K. Jamuna, P.S. Chandramohanan Nair and Dr. S. Ushakumari, “Dynamic performance improvement AGC with advanced controllers and SMES unit”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Trends in Technological Advancement, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, vol.3, pp. 53-59, November 2004.
4.40 M.P. Rijesh and Dr. S. Ushakumari, “Trajectory optimization for re-entry of a reusable launch vehicle”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Trends in Technological Advancement, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, Kerala, vol.3, pp. 19-25, November 2004.
4.41 S. Ushakumari, R. Sankaran and P. S. Chandramohanan Nair, “Steady-state performance of a permanent magnet brushless dc motor incorporating non-linearities,” Proceedings of the 14th Kerala Science Congress – 2002), Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, February 2002. pp. 487-491.
4.42 S. Ushakumari, R. Sankaran and P. S. Chandramohanan Nair, “Modelling, analysis and simulation of a three-phase permanent magnet brushless dc motor, considering the non-linearity in torque-balance equation,” Proceedings of the National Conference on Intelligent and Efficient Electrical Systems (NCIEES), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, January 2001, pp. 211-217.

 XIV Outreach programmes conducted

Sl. No Programme No of Days Participants Mode of training Institution From Date To Date Participants Remarks
1 UHV 1 &2 120 Faculty, UG, PG students and PhD scholars Offline Mar Baselios College of Engineering 01-12-2021 28-06-2025 590 Sharing Universal Human Values with the faculty and students of our institution regularly including SIP for the first year for 2 weeks
2 Introductory UHV 96 Family members, Classmates, Retd. Professors, Doctors and Bank Officers Online Across the state 01-12-2021 31-12-2023 60 We are sharing these with my family members, extended family members, Alumni working in different parts of the globe, various groups of retired professors, engineers etc.
3 Orientation Programme on UHV 1 House Keeping and Security Staff Offline Mar Baselios College of Engineering 08-10-2022 08-10-2022 30 Orientation Programme on Universal Human Values
4 Student Induction Programme 15 first year students of all 11 batches separately Offline Mar Baselios College of Engineering 01-09-2023 01-09-2024 1100 We have conducted the student induction program for three weeks in our institution in a very good manner for all the eleven batches separately for the admissions of 2023 and 2024 batches
5 Introductory UHV 2 Stackmode, a multi-national company, Technopark, Trivandrum Offline Mar Baselios College of Engineering 01-01-2024 02-01-2024 25 Shared the contents of UHV two days’ workshop for a multinational company in January 2024. From the feedback of the participants, it is informed that there are significant changes in their real life also.
6 Introductory UHV 1 Members of the MG University of third age Offline Across the state 01-05-2024 01-05-2024 75 We have shared the contents of UHV through offline sessions for MGU3A members, some Police officers etc. from all districts of Kerala in May 2024.
7 Introductory UHV 1 Faculty members offline College of Engg., Trivandrum 12-06-2024 12-06-2024 35 Shared the contents of UHV one day programme for the faculty at Govt. College of Engineering Trivandrum, in June 2024.
8 Introductory UHV 1 Officers of the Regional Passport office Offline Passport office 15-06-2024 15-06-2024 50 Shared the contents of UHV introductory session for the officers and complete staff of the Regional Passport office, Trivandrum in June 2024. It was seen very effective from their feedback.
9 Introductory UHV 3 Faculty members Offline KGISL Institute of Technology, Coimbatore 18-06-2024 20-06-2024 32 We were the Cofacilitator and Observer of the AICTE approved self-funded – three-day face to face UHV introductory FDP at KGISL Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, in June 2024. Sri. Yashwanth Patel was the RP.
10 UHV 1 3 Faculty members Offline Mar Baselios College of Engineering 04-07-2024 06-07-2024 35 Shared the contents of UHV for a face to face three days programme for our junior level faculty members at MBCET in July 2024.
11 Introductory UHV 1 Faculty members offline Bishop Jerome Institute of Engineering & Technology 09-07-2024 09-07-2024 35 We have Shared the contents of UHV one day introductory session at Bishop Jerome Institute of Engineering Kollam for about 35 faculty members in July 2024.
12 Introductory UHV 1 University of the Third Age (MGU3A) Offline Agricultural Cooperative Staff Training Institute 12-07-2024 12-07-2024 180 MG University conducted their outreach programme for the senior citizens viz. University of the Third Age (MGU3A) at Trivandrum, from 12 to 14th July 2024, in which we have handled a one-day session on Universal Human Values, which was attended by about 180 senior citizens  across the state.
13 Introductory UHV 3 Faculty members offline Govt. Engineering College, Trissur 07-08-2024 09-08-2024 32 Conducted a three-day introductory workshop on UHV at Govt. Engineering College Trichur for 32 faculty members were participated
14 Introductory UHV 1 Senior citizens offline Happy Village, Koorkkanchery 10-08-2024 10-08-2024 36 Conducted a workshop on UHV for the Synergy Group (Senior citizens) at Koorkkanchery, Thrissur
15 Introductory UHV 3 Faculty members offline College of Engg., Trivandrum 03-10-2024 05-10-2024 32 In connection with Udyama 1.0, we  conducted a three-day introductory workshop for about 32 faculty of College of Engineering Trivandrum. The feedback based on the feelings portion from one of the newly married faculty was touching the hearts of the participants.
16 Introductory UHV 1 Family offline Family members of District Educational Officer 18-10-2024 18-10-2024 25 At the house of a retired District Educational Officer at Malappuram, we shared the basics of UHV with about 25 family members.
17 Introductory UHV 1 School teachers offline High school, Manjeri 19-10-2024 19-10-2024 25 A programme was conducted to share the introductory UHV contents with about 25 young teachers of Pathapiriyum High School at Manjeri, Malappuram. After that, the teachers requested us to have the three-day programme during their vacation period.
18 Introductory UHV 1 Senior citizens offline Mambad Mosque 20-10-2024 20-10-2024 25 A programme was arranged for the senior citizens unit of Mambad, Nilambur, in which, about 25 people attended.
19 Introductory UHV 3 Faculty members offline Govt. Engineering College, Trissur 03-11-2024 05-11-2024 35 In continuation to the programme conducted at GEC Thrissur, we conducted a three-day introductory workshop on UHV at Govt. Engineering College Trichur for 35 faculty members in from 3rd to 5th of November 2024.
20 Introductory UHV 3 Second year Students offline Govt. Commercial Institute, Thiruvananthapuram 21-11-2024 23-11-2024 60 Three-day introductory workshop for around 60 students and some faculty members. Their feedback was unbelievable and all the students shared their experiences without any compulsion. The students were from different age groups and different back grounds and some were married and having children. Their experiences were shared and a few  came for discussion regarding their personal issues. Some of them were weeping during the session especially discussing the trust part.
21 Introductory UHV 3 Senior citizens offline Synergy group 28-11-2024 30-11-2024 22 Conducted a three-day introductory workshop for about 22 senior citizens of synergy group of Trissur held at COSTFORD Trissur. One of the sharing by a 75-year-old lady, who is retired as a revenue officer about the lack of trust in their family, even now saddened all participants.  Based on the request of the group, follow up meeting is being conducted every week for them.
22 Introductory UHV 3 Faculty members offline Govt. Engineering College, Trissur 03-12-2024 05-12-2024 35 Three-day introductory workshop on UHV conducted at Govt. Engineering College Trichur for 35 faculty members
23 Introductory UHV 1 PG Students offline Loyola College 18-12-2024 18-12-2024 60 At Loyola College of Social Sciences, Trivandrum, a half-day session was conducted on introductory UHV contents for about 60 PG students and few teachers. Being an introductory session, they have requested to continue the programme.
24 Introductory UHV 1 PG Students offline Mar Baselios College of Engineering 19-12-2024 19-12-2024 27 Conducted an experience sharing session for our own PG students after they have completed their UHV course as the part of their curriculum. It is felt that the course was very effective and most of the students have changed a lot in their life.
25 Introductory UHV 3 Faculty members offline College of Engineering Trivandrum 16-01-2025 18-01-2025 32 In connection with Udyama 1.0, we have conducted a three-day introductory workshop for about 32 faculty and technical staff of College of Engineering Trivandrum.
26 Introductory UHV 1 UG students Online Mar Baselios College of Engineering 19-01-2025 19-01-2025 60 Shared the contents of UHV introductory to our NSS students of MBCET in 19th January 2025. They have requested to continue the programme.
27 UHV 2 5 Faculty members offline TKMCE 20-01-2025 24-01-2025 41 We were the Co-facilitator and observer of the AICTE approved self-funded – five-day face to face UHV 2 FDP at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam from 20th to 24th January, 2025. Here the resource person was Sri. Umesh Yadhav
28 Introductory UHV 1 Staff and officers of COIR board offline COIR BOARD 05-03-2025 05-03-2025 55 In connection with Women’s day, at the Directorate of COIR board, Trivandrum, conducted a half-day session on introductory UHV contents for about 55 members. Being an introductory session, they requested us to continue the programme.
29 Introductory UHV 1 First year Students offline Govt. Commercial Institute, Thiruvananthapuram 06-03-2025 06-03-2025 60 Half-day session was conducted on introductory UHV contents for about 60 students at GCI, Trivandrum. Being an introductory session, they have requested to continue the programme.
30 Introductory UHV 2 Office staff offline College of Engineering Trivandrum 21-03-2025 22-03-2025 67 From 20th    to 21st March 2025, conducted a two-day introductory workshop for about 67 Office staff of College of Engineering Trivandrum.
31 Introductory UHV 1 Cleaning and Security staff offline College of Engineering Trivandrum 29-03-2025 29-03-2025 40 On 29th March 2025, conducted a one-day introductory workshop for about 40 cleaning staff and drivers of College of Engineering Trivandrum.
32 National Conference of UHV Volunteers 3 Self Offline SRM NCR Campus, Ghaziabad 03-04-2025 05-04-2025 0 Attended the national conference to UHV volunteers at Ghaziabad and shared my experiences after the implementation of UHV in our syllabus.
33 Introductory UHV 4 Office staff Offline College of Engineering Trivandrum 22-04-2025 25-04-2025 35 Conducted the introductory workshop to the second batch of office staff of CET
34 Introductory UHV 3 Faculty of Architecture Department and retired professors of CET Offline College of Engineering Trivandrum 28-04-2025 30-04-2025 25 Conducted the UHV introductory workshop to the second batch of office staff of CET
35 Introductory UHV 1 Faculty of Mohandas College of Engineering Offline Faculty of Mohandas College of Engineering 06-05-2025 06-05-2025 50 Delivered a lecture on UHV to the faculty of Mohandas College of Engineering, Nedumangad, Trivandrum
36 Review meeting 1 Faculty, Retired Professors, Office staff Offline College of Engineering Trivandrum 16-05-2025 16-05-2025 35 Conducted a review meeting for the participants who attended the introductory workshops and shared experience of them
37 Introductory UHV 1 Cleaning staff Offline College of Engineering Trivandrum 17-05-2025 17-05-2025 38 Conducted a one-day introductory workshop for about 38 cleaning staff (Second batch) of College of Engineering Trivandrum.
38 Introductory UHV 2 GCI pLR Offline Government Commercial Institute, Punalur 09-06-2025 10-06-2025 40 Conducted a two-day introductory workshop for about 40 students and staff  of Govt. Commercial Institute, Punalur.
39 Introductory UHV 2 UG & PG Students, Research scholars and faculty Offline College of Engineering Trivandrum 12-06-2025 13-06-2025 42 Conducted a two-day introductory workshop at College of Engineering Trivandrum.
40 Introductory UHV workshop 2 Faculty Offline Mohandas College of Engineering, Nedumangad,  Trivandrum 16-06-2025 17-06-2025 50 Conducted a 2-day Introductory UHV workshop at Mohandas College of Engineering, Nedumangad,  Trivandrum
41 UHV-II  workshop 2 Faculty & Students Online Mar Baselios College of Engineering, Trivandrum 22-06-2025 23-06-2025 32 Conducted a 2-day UHV-II  workshop at Mar Baselios College of Engineering, Trivandrum
42 Introductory UHV workshop 2 Faculty Online Bishop Jerome Institute of Engineering & Technology 25-06-2025 26-06-2025 40 Conducted a 2-day Introductory UHV workshop at Bishop Jerome Institute of Engineering & Technology
  Total 306 days         3403

People

 

Dr. Rajesh T.N

Prof. Rajesh TN did his Ph. D from NIT Calicut in 2019. He completed his B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M-Tech in Thermal Science from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram in 1999 and 2007 respectively. He joined MBCET in 2008 and served in various administrative roles. He was the Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering from 2019-2023. He has a teaching experience of over 20 years. His area of research includes Reactive and non-reactive flow and Analysis of Thermal systems. Rajesh has authored many publications in International journals and conferences and has served on many conference committees.

Employee Code / ID No. 10609009
Qualifications M-Tech(Thermal Science), Ph.D
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3076-4330
Industry / R & D Experience Research studies at National Institute of Technology Calicut and Indian Space Research Organisation, Thiruvananthapuram from 2010-2015
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 9847367020/0471-2545868(Ext.193)
Areas of Interest / Current Research Reactive and Non-Reactive fluid flow , Analysis of thermal systems, Bio-Mechanical systems
Research,  Consultancy, Publication Journals

  • Sam Rony Zachariah, Arva S Swami, Libin K Lukose, Aswin Raj, and Rajesh T.N, Design and Analysis of a Rehabilitative aid for Spastic Feet, 2022,  AIP Conference proceedings 2463,020061 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080364
  • Rajesh T.N., T.J. Sarvoththama Jothi, Jayachandran T., (2020) “Performance analysis of a vortex chamber under non-reacting and reacting conditions, Sådhanå (2020) 45:43, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-020-1271-1
  • T.N.Rajesh, T.J. Sarvoththama Jothi, Jayachandran T., (2019) ” Preliminary Studies on Non-Reactive Flow Vortex Cooling “, Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering,12, DOI: 10.2174/2212797612666190510115403
  • Naduvilethil R.T., Jegathjothi S.J.T., Thankappan J, 2018, Hot test studies in a spark ignited vortex combustion chamber, Chemical Energy Transactions, 71, 1345-1350, DOI: 10.3303/CET1871225.
  • Rajesh T.N., T.J. Sarvoththama Jothi, Jayachandran T., (2018) ” Cold flow studies in a vortex thrust chamber”, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-07-2017-0167.

International Conferences

  • Sam Rony Zachariah, Arva S Swami, Libin K Lukose, Aswin Raj, and Rajesh T.N, “ Design and Analysis of a Rehabilitative aid for Spastic Feet”, in Proceedings of the Recent Innovation in science and Technology RIST 2021, International Virtual Conference(Online platform), June 19 &20, 2021, EKC Technical campus, Kerala, India.
  • T.N. Rajesh, T.J.S. Jothi and T. Jayachandran,“Experimental and numerical analysis of cold flow behavior in a vortex combustion chamber”, in proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Approaches in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, June 15-2017, Paper No. 6,Trinity college of Engineering, Trivandrum, India.
  • T.N. Rajesh, T.J.S. Jothi and T. Jayachandran,“Analysis of Vortex Combustion Cold Wall Chamber”,in proceedings of the 2th International Conference on Thermal, Energy and Environment, 2016,Paper No. 8, March 25-26,Kalasalingam University, Tamilnadu, India.
  • T.N. Rajesh, T.J.S. Jothi, and T. Jayachandran, “Analysis of Vortex Combustion Cold Wall Chamber”,in proceedings of 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference,IHMTC 2015, Paper No. 969, December 17-19, 2015, ISRO, India

National Conferences

  • Harishankar.S, Aswin A Asokan , Madhav Murali, Rejath R.S and Rajesh T.N, “ Design of a centrifugal impeller for lean supercharging of motorcycle engines”, in Proceedings of the 35th Indian Engineering Congress(Online platform), Paper No. MC/120/13, December 18-20 2020.
  • Nithin Jo Varghese, Muhammed N and Rajesh T.N,“ Mathematical modelling of a lower limb extremity using Euler-Lagrangian method”, in Proceedings of the 4th National Conference INCAM 2019 , July 3-5 2019, Paper No. 205, IISc, Bangalore
  • T.N. Rajesh, T. Jayachandran and T.J.S. Jothi,“Studies on vortex cooling of a combustion chamber”,in Proceedings of the 44th National conference on FMFP, December 14-16, 2017, Paper No. 123, Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala.
  • T.N. Rajesh, T.J.S. Jothi and T. Jayachandran,“Cold flow investigation of flow behavior in a vortex combustion cold wall”, in Proceedings of the 42nd National Conference on FMFP, December 14-16 2015, Paper No. 235, NITK, Suratkal.
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) –
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
  • Syllabus designed for the Open elective course Automotive Technology (MET 435) in 2019 scheme for APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations –
Community Outreach Activities –
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any
  • Design and development of a centrifugal supercharger system for lean supercharging of a single cylinder SI engine-PI for CERD funded students project 2021(Rs 32500).
  • Design and development of a Rehabilitative aid for Spastic Feet-PI for KSCSTE funded students project 2021(Rs10000).
  • Guided the student project titled Design and development of physiotherapy aid for paraplegic patients which won the First prize (Rs 1 lakh) in Dr APJ Abdul kalam Innovation Ecosystems organised by ICT Academyin 2018.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Neethu Roy

Employee Code / ID No. 10102004
Qualifications Ph.D
Orcid ID 0000-0002-6051-2230
Industry / R & D Experience –
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. Mobile: 9567169399 / Intercom : 314
Areas of Interest / Current Research Pavement material characterization, pavement analysis and design, pavement management system
Research, Consultancy, Publication Peer Reviewed Science cited International Journals :

  • R. Nivitha, R. Devika, J. Murali Krishnan, Neethu Roy, Influence of bitumen type and polymer dosage on the relaxation spectrum of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS)/styrene-butadiene (SB) modified bitumen, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11043-021-09531-y (2021).
  • M R Nivitha, Neethu Roy & J Murali Krishnan, Influence of refinery processing methods on ageing of bitumen, Sadhana – Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 44, 128 (2019).
  • Neethu Roy, A. Veeraragavan and J. Murali Krishnan, Influence of Confinement Pressure and Air Voids on the Repeated Creep and Recovery of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, July 2014.
  • Neethu Roy, A. Veeraragavan and J. Murali Krishnan, Interpretation of Flow Number Test Data for Asphalt Mixtures, Institute of Civil Engineers – Transport, UK, May 2014.
  • Neethu Roy, A. Veeraragavan, Pankaj Jain and J. Murali Krishnan, A Re-look at the Asphalt Mixture Performance Test Protocols and Computational Algorithms, ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2013, pp. 1- 16.

Peer Reviewed Science cited International Conferences:

  • N.Roy, V.Chowdary, U. Saravanan, J. M. Krishnan, Non-linear modeling of the influence of rest period on healing behavior of asphalt concrete mixtures, Green and Intelligent Technologies for Sustainable and Smart Asphalt Pavements – Liu et al. (Eds) : Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Frontiers of Road and Airport Engineering, 12-14 July, 2021, Delft, Netherlands (IFRAE). ISBN: 978-1-032-16954-5.
  • Lakshmi Roja, Neethu Roy and J. Murali Krishnan, Influence of Aging on the Rheological Behavior of Warm Mix Asphalt Binders, 8th RILEM International Symposium on Testing and Characterization of Sustainable and Innovative Bituminous Materials, Francesco Canestrari and Manfred N. Partl (Editors), Rilem Book Series, Springer, London, Volume 11, Oct.2015, 497.
  • Neethu Roy, Issues Related to Evaluating Rutting of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures in the Laboratory, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (2nd International Conference on Materials, Mechanics & Management), Dec.2014.
  • Neethu Roy, Venkaiah Chowdary and J. Murali Krishnan, Influence of Rest Periods on the Creep and Recovery of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures, Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management CTR, CED, NIT Calicut, India, May 12-13, 2014.
  • Neethu Roy, J. Murali Krishnan and A. Veeraragavan, Effect of Confinement Pressure on Creep and Recovery Response of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures, Proceedings of International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control (MAIREPAV7), Auckland – New Zealand, August 2012.
  • Neethu Roy, A. Veeraragavan, J. Murali Krishnan, Influence of Air Voids of Hot Mix Asphalt on Rutting Within the Framework of Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design, 2nd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (2nd CTRG), Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 104 (2013) 99 – 108.

Peer Reviewed National Journals:

  • Neethu Roy, J. Murali Krishnan and A. Veeraragavan, Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Concrete Mixtures using Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT), Indian Highways, June 2012, pp. 61-68.
  • Neethu Roy, Kuncheria P. Isaac and A. Veeraragavan, Sensitivity Analysis of Input Parameters for Application of HDM-4 for Investment Decisions, Indian Highways, Vol. 34, No.1, 2006.
  • Neethu Roy, Kuncheria P. Isaac and A. Veeraragavan, HDM-4: Calibration to Indian Conditions and its Applications – Case Study, Highway Research Bulletin, IRC No. 69, 2003.

National Conference:

  •  Devika R., Roy, Neethu and Krishnan, J. M., Influence of Polymer Dosage on the Creep and Recovery of Polymer Modified Bitumen, 7th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, KSCSTE-NATPAC &CET, Kerala, Dec., 2020.
  • Niranjana J. S., Feba Paul, Hridya D Nambiar, Ashly Joy and Neethu Roy, Flood Risk Assessment of Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala, Proceedings of International Web Conference in Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Planet (ICCESP 2021). DOI: 10.21467/proceedings.112; Series: AIJR Proceedings; ISSN: 2582-3922; ISBN: 978-81-947843-x-x, March 2021.
Ph.D Research Guidance  (Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) Research Supervisor, “Economic Models to Optimize Life Cycle Cost of Bituminous Pavements”, Mr. Sunil Kumar K (email:[email protected]), Registered under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University; Co- Supervisor: Dr. Praveen Sal C J., Principal, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology.
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
  • Technical advisor to Rebuilt Kerala Initiative, Govt. of Kerala.
  • Member, Project Advisory Group, KSCSTE – National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC)
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations ASCE – ASCE 10452418 (Faculty Advisor, MBCET Student Chapter of ASCE); ISTE-Life Member
Community Outreach Activities –
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any
  • Shree Gaayathree Devi Award for the female scholar in Civil Engineering with highest CGPA for the year 2013, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
  • Prof. C. E. G. Justo Endowment Award for the year 2002 for being the best outgoing M.Tech student in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum.

Dr. Paul Thomas

Dr. Paul Thomas completed his B.Tech,  M Tech and Ph.D from CET Trivandrum. He was the Professor-in-charge of M Tech programs at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally. He has over 41 years of experience in Research, Industry and Teaching. He worked as a Scientist in ISRO, and held positions as Manager, Senior Manager and Delivery Head in IT industry. He has chaired sessions in several National and International conferences.

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