Research Department

The Department of ECE has been recognized as research center by Anna University since 2015.
Currently 13 external scholars and 4 internal scholars are pursuing their Ph.D., under various supervisors in the Department.
There are four major research groups in the Department.

Signal Processing

VLSI Design

RF, Networking and Communication

Embedded System Design

The research activities done by our faculty are published in SCI/Scopus indexed Journals (IET, Springer, Elsevier, Wiley etc.) and also submitted as project proposal in various funding agencies
Our faculty members are having expertise in the following areas to do consultancy related work in industry. Based on their experience they can be able to identify the problems pertaining to the process in industry and also they can provide feasible solution for solving real time problems in industry.

Design and Testing of VLSI circuits, Optimization of DFT, DIST architecture.

Design of Machine vision system for detecting the wrong position of chamfer in flywheel with respect to industry benchmark standard

Design of low power digital circuit and high speed analog circuit with a good proficiency in Xilinx ISE Suite, FPGA Boards and Cadence EDA Tool.

Design of Artificial Intelligence techniques to detect and diagnose faults in industrial equipment.

Development of Image processing algorithm for object recognition and classification, Security enhancement using biometric system.

Medical image/signal processing, computer/machine vision, image/video signal processing, data analysis, noise reduction

Recognized Supervisors

S.no	Name of the supervisor	University Recognition Number	No of Scholars under the supervisor
			Ongoing		Completed
			Internal	External	Internal	External
1	Dr.R.Sudhakar Prof. and Head	2340376	6	–	3	4
2	Dr.Sudha V K Professor	2540058	–	3	–	–
3	Dr.B.Kannapiran Professor	3540003	2	–	–	–
4	Dr.K.N.Vijeyakumar Professor	2330285	–	5	1	2
5	Dr.N.SaravanaKumar Asso.Prof.	2740156	2	1	–	2
6	Dr..K.Mohaideen Abdul Kadhar Associate Professor	2930013	1	–	–	–
7	Dr.S.Bharathi, Assistant Professor (SS)	3440002	–	–	–	–
Total			11	9	4	8

External Scholars

S.No	Candidate Name & Designation	Presently working Institution/ Industry	Supervisor	Year of Registration	Title of the Research Work	Year of completion
1	Mr.V.Ayyem Pillai Professor	Dept. of ECE, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engg. & Tech., Hyderabad.	Dr. R. Sudhakar Professor&Head,ECE	2007	Investigations into Performance complexity tradeoffs of capacity maximising mimo antenna Selection algorithms	2014
2	Ms. T. R. Rajalakshmi AP/ECE	Faculty School of Engineering, Dhayanandhasagar University, Bengaluru.		2009	Analysis of single event upset in CNTFET SRAM Cell with the development of detection circuitry	2017
3	Ms. C. Thirumaraiselvi AP/ECE	Sri Krishna college of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.		2010	Certain Investigations on VLSI Architecture for Two Dimensional Discrete Wavelet Transform and Entropy Coder	2018
4	Mr. K. Ragesh Krishnan AP/CSE	Amirtha Viswa Vidhyapeetham University, Coimbatore.		2010	Certain Investigations on Classification of Liver Disorders from Ultrasound Images	2019
5	Mr. A. Senthilvel Assistant Executive Engineer (O&M)	Tamilnadu Electricity Board, Pollachi	Dr. K.N.Vijeyakumar Professor,ECE	2015	Efficient Design of Solar Power Plant Using Soft Computing Techniques and FPGA	2021
6	Mr.Nagarajan S, Assistant Engineer,	TNEB, Devanurpudur, Pollachi	Dr. K.N.Vijeyakumar Professor,ECE	2015	Design And Implementation of Efficient Approximate Multipliers for Digital Image Processing	2022
7	Mr.N.Shankar Assistant Professor II/ EEE	Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathiyamangalam	Dr.N.Saravanakumar Associate Professor, ECE	2016	Development of control Techniques to mitigate the effect of Partial shading in PV Arrays	2022
8	Mr.S.Manivannn Assistant Professor II/EEE	Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathiyamangalam	Dr.N.Saravanakumar Associate Professor, ECE	2017	Performance Analysis of Multiphase Multilevel Matrix Converter fed Induction Motor Drive with more Phase legs by using various Pulse width Modulation Techniques	2022

Internal Scholars

S.No	Candidate Name & Designation	Year of Registration	Supervisor Name	Title of the Research Work	Year of completion
1	Dr. V. K. Sudha Associate Professor	2008	Dr. R.Sudhakar Professor&Head,ECE	Certain algorithms for Compression of Volumetric medical Images	2014
2	Dr. J. Amudha Assistant Professor(SG)	2009		Certain Investigations on Algorithms for Restoration of Digital Images	2018
3	Dr. S. Bharathi Assistant Professor (SS)	2010		Certain Investigations of Hand Vein Based Multimodal Biometrics	2019
4	Ms.K.Saranya, Assistant Professor- EEE	2016	Dr.K.N.Vijeyakumar Professor, ECE	ASIC implementation of Efficient reversible arithmetic processing units for signal processing and cryptographic applications	2022

External Scholars

S.No	Candidate Name & Designation	Presently working Institution/ Industry	Supervisor	Year of Registration	Title of the Research Work	Current Status
1.	Mr.D.Kumar ,Assistant Professor /ECE	PA College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi	Dr. V.K.Sudha Professor,ECE	2015	Image Encryption with lossless / Lossy Compression	Thesis completed
2.	Mr.J.Dhanansekar,Assistant Professor /ECE	Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore		2016	ASIC Implementation of RRAM by adiabatic Logic for low power applications	Confirmation Received
3.	Mr.Puviarasu A,Assistant Professor / ECE	Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore		2022	Defense mechanism and mitigation techniques for DOS attacks in wireless sensor network	Provisional Registration order received
4.	Mr. Silambarasan D Assistant Professor / ECE	Anna University Regional Centre, Coimbatore	Dr.K.N.Vijeyakumar Professor,ECE	2015	High speed residue system for cryptography applications	Research under progress
5.	Mr.Maragatharaj S Assistant Professor / ECE	Knowledge Institute of Technology,Kakapalayam,Chennai		2016	Design of massive input multi output low power variable digital filter banks for ultra wide band spectrum sensing in cognitive radio systems.	Synopsis submitted
6.	Mr.Nelson Kingsley Joel.P Assistant Professor / ECE	Sri Ranganathan Engineering College,Coimbatore.		2015	Implementation of Efficient Algorithms for Removal of Noises in Digital Images	Synopsis submitted
7.	Mr.Lenin Raja R Assistant Professor / ECE	Sri Vidhya College of Engg. & Tech., Virudhunagar.		2015	An Enhanced switching technique for reducing power consumption using multi dynamic node	Confirmation Received
8.	Ms.P.Gnanambikai, Lecturer(SG)/ECE	NPTC,Pollachi		2016	Design of Efficient VLSI architecture for image De-Noising	Thesis submitted
9.	K.Sedhu ramalingam Assistant Professor / ECE	SreeSakthi Engineering College, Coimbatore	Dr.N.Saravanakumar Associate Professor,ECE	2017	Certain Investigations on Network Issues for secured Data Storage in Cloud Computing	Confirmation Received

Internal Scholars

S.No	Candidate Name & Designation	Year of Registration	Supervisor Name	Title of the Research Work	Current Status
1	Ms.R.Sherine Jenny Assistant Professor(SS)	2018	Dr.R.Sudhakar Professor&Head,ECE	Side channel attack resistant secure implementation of block ciphers	Confirmation Received
2	Ms. T. Sathiyapriya Assistant Professor	2021		Design and Development of Energy Harvesting Rectenna for Batteryless IoT Devices	Doing Course work
3	Mr.V.Gurunathan Assistant Professor	2021		Blockchain Based Multimodal Biometric System	Doing Course work
4	Ms.S.Thilagavathi Assistant Professor	2021		Development and performance enhancement of microstrip patch antenna using frequency selective surface (FSS) for MIMO system applications.	Doing Course work
5.	Ms.N.Sugirtham Assistant Professor	2022		Data Security using hybrid visual cryptography	Provisional Registration completed
6	Mr.A.Shafeek Assistant Professor	2022		Deep learning based emotion prediction and classification using EEG signal	Provisional Registration completed
7	Ms.K.DurgalakshmiAssistant Professor (SS) / EEE	2021	Dr. B.Kannapiran Professor, ECE	A Reduced switch multilevel invertor based single phase shunt active power filter for power quality improvement	Doing Course work
8	Mr.K.R.GokulAnand Assistant Professor-ECE	2022	Dr. B.Kannapiran Professor, ECE	Development of automated aquaponics system for sustainable agriculture	Doing Course work
9	Mr.D.Gnanaprakasam Assistant Professor- EEE	2022	Dr. N.Saravanakumar Associate Professor	Design and implementation of matrix convertor based shunt active power filter for the enhancement of power quality	Doing Course work
10	Mr.G.Janakiraman Assistant Professor(SS) / Auto	2022	Dr. N.Saravanakumar Associate Professor	Energy Management in Electrical powered vehicle	Provisional Registration order received
11	Mr. J. Senthilkumar Assistant Professor	2021	Dr.K.Mohaideen Abdul KadharAssociate Professor	Certain Investigation on Design Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks	Doing Course work

Consultancy

S.No	Team Members	Name of the Consultancy Activity	Year	Client Organization	Fund Amount (Rs)
1	Dr.K.Mohaideen Abdul Kadhar, Associate Professor, ECE	Industrial Training in image processing, computer vision techniques and python programming	2022-2023	Bi-metal Bearings Pvt Limited company	90,000
2	Dr. K.Mohaideen Abdul Kadhar Associate Professor, ECE	Machine Vision based Fault Detection System in Fly wheel Machining Line	2018-19	Sakthi Auto Component Limited	80,000
3	Dr. K. N. Vijeyakumar Professor, ECE	FPGA Implementation of de-noising algorithms for image processing	2018-19	KalaignarKarunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore	4,720
4	Dr. K. N. Vijeyakumar Professor, ECE	Utilization of Cadence EDA Tool	2018-19	Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem	2,360
5	Dr. K. N. Vijeyakumar Professor, ECE	Arithmetic unit design	2017-18	Sri Ranganathar College of Engineering , Coimbatore	1,940
6	Dr. K. N. Vijeyakumar Professor, ECE	Memory design	2017-18	SRM University, Chennai	9,314
7	Ms. D. Reka Assistant Professor, ECE Ms. T. Sathiyapriya Assistant Professor, ECE	Antenna Tuning	2017-18	Emdes Technologies	–
8	Mr. K. Dhinesh Assistant Professor, ECE Ms. T. Sathiyapriya Assistant Professor, ECE	Antenna Characterization	2017-18	Emdes Technologies	–

Funded Projects

S.No	PI/Co-PI	Name of the Project	Year	Funding Agency	Fund Amount (Rs)
1	Dr. K. N. Vijeyakumar Dr.N.Saravanakumar	High End Analog IC Design	2020-22	ISRO, Bangalore	20,04,000
2	Dr. S.Bharathi	Implementation of a Machine learning technique for enhancing safety at Public Women-only spaces	2021-23	DST-SEED, Science and Technology for Women	14,37,344
3	Dr. V. K. Sudha	Green energy based vegetable preservator controlled through IOT	2018-19	Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology	28,000
4	Dr. V. K. Sudha	Raspberry Pi controlled smarth switching through IOT	2017-18	Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology	9,480
5	Dr. K. Mohaideen Abdul KadharMr. G. Anand	Classification of brain wave signals	2017-18	Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology	21,680
6	Dr. R. Sudhakar Ms. T. Sathyapriya Mr. V. Gurunathan	Design of compact microwave circuit components using novel DGS and its application	2017-18	Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology	9,115
7	Ms. V. K. Sudha	Real time signal processing of the Electrical activity of the human brain for early Detection of Alzheimer’s disease (RPS)	2008-10	AICTE	5.4 Lakhs
8	Ms. T. Sathiyapriya	Battery-free IOT devices based on RF Energy harvesting technique	2019-20	TNSCST – Student Project Scheme	7,500
9	Ms. S. Sugunavathy	Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch Antenna	2018-19	TNSCST – Student Project Scheme	7,500

Other Grants

S.No	Faculty Members	Name of the Activity	Year	Funding Agency	Fund Amount (Rs)
1	Dr. K. N. Vijeyakumar	FDP titled “Network Security and CMOS Mixed Signal Architectures”	2019-20	AICTE	4,74,000
2	Dr.R.Sudhakar Mr.B.Kishore	FDP titled “Acquisition Analysis and Digital Processing of Medical Images”	2011-12	CSIR	30,000
3	Dr.R.Sudhakar Mr.B.Kishore	FDP titled “Acquisition Analysis and Digital Processing of Medical Images”	2011-12	DRDO	25,000
4	Dr.R.Sudhakar Mr.B.Kishore	FDP titled “Transmission lines and Waveguides”	2010-11	Anna university of Technology-Coimbatore	30,000
5	Dr.R.Sudhakar Mr.J.Rangarajan	Up-gradation of Networks Laboratory (MODROBS)	2009-10	AICTE	8.5 Lakhs
6	Dr.R.Sudhakar	SDP Titled “Application of wavelets and soft computing techniques for power quality analysis”	2009-10	AICTE	1.55 Lakhs
7	Ms.V.K.Sudha	FDP titled “Signals and Systems”	2007-08	Anna university, Chennai	25,000

Research Activities

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Recognized Supervisors

External Scholars

Internal Scholars

External Scholars

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Consultancy

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