Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

About the Department

The department of Electrical and Electronics was started B.E. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) in the year of 1994 with the strength of 40 and the intake was increased to 60 at 1995. The B.E. (EEE) was accredited by NBA for 3 years in July 2006 and Re-accredited for 3 years in September 2011. In the year of 2014, the B.E (EEE) has been accredited by NBA -Tier 1 (Washington Accord) for 2 Years and extended up to 2023. Now the B.E. (EEE) programme has been provisionally Re-accredited for 3 years from 2023.

Our department also offers M.E. High Voltage Engineering from 2005. We are the only affiliated college under Anna University, Chennai offering High Voltage Engineering.

Dr. M.Willjuice Iruthayarajan M.E., Ph.D., Professor & Head who has academic experience & Research experience for about 24 years, leads the department efficiently and successfully with 15 staff members to support.

Vision

Promoting active learning, critical thinking coupled with ethical values to meet the global challenges.

Mission

  • To instill state-of-the-art technical knowledge and research capability that will prepare our graduates for professionalism and life-long learning.
  • To update knowledge to inculcate social and ethical values.
  • To meet industrial and real-world challenges.

Salient Features

  • State of the art Infrastructure Facilities & Unique High Voltage, Liquid Dielectrics, Industrial Automation and Smart Protection & Control Laboratory
  • Highly Experienced Faculty with PhD Qualifications
  • Placement Record with Highest Salary Package of 9.5L/Annum
  • NBA Tier-I Accredited B.E.(EEE) Programme
  • Industry relevant Outcome based & Choice based Credit system
  • Moodle based online Learning Management System
  • Hands-on experience through Mini Project Forum
  • Domain Based Learning by Special Interest Group
  • Social Awareness Cell to create electricity awareness among public
  • Product development activity for innovative project and Patents
  • Smart Classroom with interactive learning

Academic Programmes

UG – Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Establishment Year: 1994
Student Strength: 60

PG – High Voltage Engineering
Establishment Year: 2005
Student Strength: 06

PhD
Establishment Year: 2010
Scholars
Full time: 01
Part time: 18
Awarded: 24

Faculty (List with Vidwan link)

Research

Facilities

Exclusive Laboratories

  • Smart Protection and Control Lab
  • Industrial Automation Laboratory
  • High Voltage Laboratory
  • Liquid Dielectrics Laboratory

Research Facility

High Voltage Laboratory: The laboratory is an active center for research in Dielectric Materials, Insulation Systems, High Voltage, and related phenomenon. It has the state-of-the-art facilities like 100kV AC, 140kV DC and 280kV Impulse Generation, Measurement and Testing, Partial Discharge Detector Interfacing with DSO, Loss Tangent Measurement and Measurement of Breakdown strength of Solid/Liquid/Gaseous dielectrics and Power Quality Analyzer.

Liquid Dielectrics Lab: The laboratory is initially established under Department of Science and Technology. This lab has the facility of UV Spectroscopy for characterization of the optical changes that occur on aging, Tan Delta measurement, Viscosity meter, Flash and Fire point measurement, Digital Denso Meter, Pour Point Apparatus, Thermal Ageing Chamber Magnetic Stirrer and Ultrasonicator for condition monitoring of liquid dielectrics.

Research Simulation Lab: The laboratory houses latest configuration systems. These computer systems have been loaded with various applications software like ETAP Power Station, PSCAD/EMTDC, ANSYS (Research), MATHCAD, PSIM and MATLAB (Campus License) with tool boxes. It has the Internet facility at the speed of 161 Mbps (LAN & WIFI) with leased line.

Smart Protection and Control Lab: The State-of-the art switchgear and Protection lab which is equipped with modern tools like advanced Numeric Relay based smart protection schemes like Over current Protection, Transformer Protection, Distance Protection, Motor protection, conventional electromagnetic relays and SCADA based substation automation with Bay Control Unit and ETAP software package, for the overall worth of Rs.25 Lakhs.

Power Electronics and Drive Laboratory: Complete Power Electronics experimentation and analysis related to AC & DC drives, AC to DC Converter, DC to AC Converter, Drive control, Choppers and FPGA based Inverter fed AC Drive, FPGA based buck-boost converter fed drive and SRM drive can be done in this laboratory. This lab is also equipped with computers for transient and simulation studies for power electronics and drives help of MATLAB and PSIM software. Also design of advanced convertors research work has been carried out with suitable CRO, current probe and Power quality analyzer.

Control and Instrumentation Laboratory: the laboratory supported with PC interfacing section, Hardware interfacing using ELVIS II+ interfaces with LABVIEW for rapid prototype development and rotary inverted pendulum. It has Twin Rotor Motor System (TRMS) MIMO helicopter model established from AICTE funded project. It also has latest robotic models like Quanser QBOT 2e with MATLAB interface, Lego Mindstorm Robot development module.

Facilities (Gallery)

Program Specific Laboratory

Electrical Workshop

Project & Switchgear Laboratory

Project & Switchgear Laboratory

Project & Switchgear Laboratory

Control and Instrumentation, Project Laboratory

Power Electronics, Research Simulation, High Voltage, Liquid Dielectrics

Power Electronics, Research Simulation, High Voltage, Liquid Dielectrics

Computer Centre and Automation Lab

 

Contact Us

Dr.M.Willjuice Iruthayarajan,
Professor & Head,
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
National Engineering College,
K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti – 628503
Email: hodeee@nec.edu.in
Phone No. 9442649406

 

 

Dr.M.Willjuice Iruthayarajan

Professor & Head

Dr.L.Kalaivani

Professor

Dr.R.V.Maheswari

Professor

Dr.N.B.Prakash

Professor

Dr.B.Vigneshwaran

Associate Professor

Dr.S.Sankara Kumar

Associate Professor

Dr.B.Venkatasamy

Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade)

Dr.M.Gengaraj

Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade)

Dr.P.Samuel Pakianathan

Assistant Professor (Sr.Grade)

Mr.M.Sivapalanirajan

Assistant Professor (Sr.Grade)

Mr.K.Kumar

Assistant Professor (Sr.Grade)

Mr.K.Karthik Kumar

Assistant Professor (Sr.Grade)

Mr.F.Antony Jeffrey Vaz

Assistant Professor

Dr.F.X.Edwin Deepak

Assistant Professor

Mr.J.Thangaraj

Assistant Professor

Mrs. C.DHANALAKSHMI

Assistant Professor

Adjunct Faculty

Dr.S.Dharmalingam

Adjunt Faculty

Infrastructure Facilities

  • Class Rooms – 8 Nos. (6 UG + 2 PG)
  • Elective Class Rooms – 3 Nos.
  • Laboratories – 12 Nos.
  • Seminar Hall – 1 No.
  • Active Class Room – 1 No.
  • Department Library
  • HOD + Dept. Office Room – 1 No.
  • Staff Rooms – 11 Nos.

Laboratory

[Worth Rs. 3.54 Crores approximately]

  • The department infrastructure and laboratory are being upgraded to facilitate students’ learning skills like problem solving, creative thinking and experience integrated design of the systems, open ended experiments, mini projects and course projects.

Exclusive Laboratories

  • SMART PROTECTION & CONTROL LAB
  • HIGH VOLTAGE LABORATORY

Electrical Workshop

  • This is the most basic and essential laboratory which is being used by the first-year students of all branches of engineering and technology.
  • This laboratory is well equipped with all kinds of electrical accessories to practice single phase and three phase house wiring, electrical terminals, soldering iron, working and assembling of the fan, iron box in order to perform the whole gamut of experiments as per the prescribed syllabus of the course on basic electrical and electronics engineering

Lab In-charge: Mr.J.Thangaraj, AP/EEE

Electrical Machines Laboratory

  • The laboratory has DC machines, Induction Motor and Generator, Synchronous Motor, Salient and Non-Salient Alternators, Switched Reluctance Motor and their simulated models, DC Rectifiers, Programmable Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), Indoor Type Transformer, Electrical Machine Tutor, Phase shifting Transformer, Winding Study Motor and DC Drive Control Panel.

Lab In-charge: Dr.B.Vigneswaran, AP(SG)/EEE

Applied Electronics Laboratory

  • This laboratory is well equipped with apparatus related to Network Theorems, Electronic Devices and Circuits, Linear and Digital Integrated Circuits, Power Measurement, Power Supplies, Digital Storage Oscilloscopes, Signal Generators etc.
  • The laboratory is used for the development of different applications with the help of various hardware prototypes and models in the area of analog and digital electronics. This laboratory is being used by the under-graduate students of all branches of Engineering and technology

Lab In-charge: Dr.F.X.Edwin Deepak, AP/EEE

Control And Instrumentation Lab

  • In the Workbench, students works with instrumentation, control and calibration of Sensors, Transducers, AC & DC Servomotors, PID Controller Unit, AC & DC Position control systems, three phase energy meters and Multifunction meter.
  • In the simulation section, MATLAB, LabVIEW simulation platform helps in the analysis and design of compensators and controllers using time domain and frequency domain specification.
  • In the PC interfacing section, Hardware interfacing using ELVIS II+ interfaces with LABVIEW for rapid prototype development and rotary inverted pendulum. It has Twin Rotor Motor System (TRMS) MIMO helicopter model established from AICTE funded project. And it also has latest robotic models like Quanser QBOT 2e with MATLAB interface, Lego Mindstorm Robot development module.

Lab In-charge: Mr.M.Sivapalanirajan, AP/EEE

Project Laboratory

  • The laboratory is equipped with various sensors modules, microcontroller development boards, robotics based components and consumables. The student can make use of components, sensors, leaning kits and equipment from the forum for practicing their real time projects.
  • MINI PROJECT forum is actively functioning in the Laboratory to develop the practical skill of the students in the Project Laboratory. The objective of the forum is to create practical knowledge about fundamentals of analog and digital electronics and to motivate the students to practice some real time application oriented projects.

Lab In-charge:
Dr.N.B.Prakash, Professor/EEE
Dr.B.Venkatasamy, AP(SG)/EEE
Mr.Antony Jeffery Vaz, AP/EEE

Power Electronics And Drives Laboratory

  • Complete Power Electronics experimentation and analysis related to AC & DC drives, AC to DC Converter, DC to AC Converter, Drive control, Choppers and FPGA based Inverter fed AC Drive, FPGA based buck-boost converter fed drive and SRM drive can be done in this laboratory.
  • This laboratory is being used by the under-graduate students of all branches of Engineering and technology. This lab is also equipped with computers for transient and simulation studies for power electronics.

Lab In-charge: Dr.M.Gengaraj, AP(SG)/EEE

Smart Protection Control Lab

  • The State-of-the art switchgear and Protection lab which is equipped with modern tools like advanced Numeric Relay based protection schemes like Over current Protection, Transformer Protection, Distance Protection, Motor protection, conventional electromagnetic relays and SCADA based substation automation and also ETAP software package, for the overall worth of Rs.15 Lakhs.
  • Switchgear and Protection laboratory of Electrical Engineering Department is unique whereby using latest numeric Relays, various faults occurring in Power system are being simulated & protection against various faults are demonstrated using the demonstration models which are obtained from the Manufacturer like GE (T&D) to students.

Lab In-charge: Dr.S.Sankarakumar, AP(SG)/EEE

Research Simulation Laboratory

  • This laboratory houses latest configuration systems. These computer systems have been loaded with various applications software like ETAP Power Station, PSCAD/EMTDC, COSMOL, ANSYS, MATHCAD, PSIM and MATLAB with tool boxes.
  • It has the Internet facility at the speed of 161 Mbps (LAN & WIFI) with leased line.
  • The students of Under-graduation carry out their final year projects in this laboratory and the students of Post-graduation and Doctoral degree programmes carry out their research work in this laboratory.

Lab In-charge:
Dr.L.Kalaivani, Professor/EEE
Ms.K.Kumar, AP/EEE

High Voltage Laboratory

  • This laboratory is an active centre for research in Dielectric Materials, Insulation Systems, High Voltage and related phenomenon.
  • This laboratory also offers commercial testing and consultancy service.
  • It has the state-of-the-art facilities like 100kV AC, 140kV DC and 280kV Impulse Generation, Measurement and Testing, Partial Discharge Detector Interfacing with DSO, Loss Tangent Measurement and Measurement of Breakdown strength of Solid/Liquid/Gaseous dielectrics and Power Quality Analyzer.

Lab In-charge: Dr.R.V.Maheswari, Professor/EEE

Liquid Dielectrics Laboratory

  • This laboratory is established under Department of Science and Technology.
  • This lab has the facility of UV Spectroscopy for characterization of the optical changes that occur on aging, Tan Delta measurement, Viscosity meter, Flash and Fire point measurement, Digital Denso Meter, Pour Point Apparatus, Thermal Ageing Chamber Magnetic Stirrer and Ultrasonicator for condition monitoring of liquid dielectrics.

Lab In-charge: Dr.P.SamuelPakianathan, AP(SG)/EEE

Computer Centre

  • This laboratory holds current configuration systems with high speed internet facility. Computer centre is a multipurpose laboratory with advanced software such as ETAP POWER STATION, PSCAD/EMTDC, MATHCAD & VISSIM PE, MATLAB (R2015A) AND COSMOL.
  • The laboratory is equipped with 40 computer systems supported by HP-Intel Xeon E5-2407 server and provisions are made for 100 systems with networking.
  • It has the internet facility at the speed of 161 Mbps (LAN & WIFI) with leased line. The lab has 20 KVA UPS facility to afford uninterrupted power supply facility. The undergraduate students utilize the internet and the advanced software tool facilities with their laptops and computers available in the computer centre

Lab In-charge:
Dr.L.Kalaivani, Professor/EEE,
Ms.K.Kumar, AP/EEE

Industrial Automation Laboratory

  • This lab deals with industrial process control demonstration models and experimental setup for engaging students with real industrial environment.
  • It consists of PLCs of top brands like Siemens S7 1200, GEVersa-pro available for real time ladder program development and process parameter control mechanism involves temperature, pressure, level and flow variations.
  • It also has SCADA interface using Simatic Win CC platform with HMI interface to experience the real industrial process monitoring and control application.

Lab In-charge: Mr. M.Sivapalanirajan AP/EEE

Microprocessor And Microcontroller Laboratory

  • This laboratory is equipped with 8085/8086 Microprocessor, 8051 Microcontrollers, PIC, Arduino, Raspberry-Pi Microcontrollers and various interface cards such as traffic light controller, stepper motor interfacing, ADC & DAC Interfacing Cards, keyboard and digital controllers, DSP kit, FPGA based motor controller.

Lab In-charge:
Dr.N.B.Prakash, Prof./EEE
Dr.B.Venkatasamy, AP (SG)/EEE
Mr.F.Antony Jeffrey Vaz, AP/EEE

Active Classroom

  • Newly established Active classroom in the department of EEE to enhance the learning through Group activities with reconfigurable seating arrangements.
  • Audio-video facility with smart board

Lab In-charge: Mr. M.Sivapalanirajan AP/EEE

Class Room Facilities

    • The class rooms are facilitated with 49 inches smart television apart from regular class room tools

Seminar Hall

    • The department has facilitated by seminar hall with smart board and multimedia system. The seminar hall having seating capacity of 150 students.
    • It is used as smart class room as well as seminar presentation and placement activities

Organized (Seminars / Conferences / Training Programme / Workshop / Faculty Development Programme)

2021-2022

2020-2021

2019-2020

2017-2018

2016-2017

Industry Institution Interaction

Students Interaction With Experts



Smart Theft Prevention System Using GSM And Cloud

Inventors:
B.Venkatasamy, AP/EEE, S.Prabhu, Final EEE, P.R.Prakash, Final EEE, R.Narain Krishna, Final EEE, B.Mathana Gopal, Final EEE

  • Patent Application Number : 201841037699 A
  • Date of Publication: 10-12-2018
  • Academic Year : 2018-19
 
 

Gas Stove

Inventors:
Dr.L.Kalaivani, Professor/EEE, Mr.B.Venkatasamy, AP/EEE, K.Gandhi Muthu, Final EEE, R.Arun Gomathi, Final EEE, J.Ajay Karthick, Final EEE

  • Patent Application Number : 202041006561 A
  • Date of Publication: 21/02/2020
  • Academic Year : 2019-20
 

Automatic Waste Segregating Bin

Inventors:
Dr S.Senthil Kumar , AP(SG)/EEE, Mr. B.Venkatasamy, AP/EEE
K.Logeswarabalan, Final EEE, M.Mafin Rijoe, Final EEE
V.Nalla Selva Prakash, Final EEE, A.Ravikumar, Final EEE

  • Patent Application Number : 202041006564 A
  • Date of Publication: 21/02/2020
  • Academic Year : 2019-20



Smart Carry-On Luggage

Inventors:
Dr.N.B.Prakash, Asso. Prof (SG)/EEE, Mr.F.Antony JeffreyVaz, AP/EEE
S.Saranya, Final EEE, A.Priyadharshini, Final EEE

  • Patent Application Number : 202041006563 A
  • Academic Year : 2019-20
  • Date of Publication: 21/02/2020
 
 

An Apparatus For Dispensing Liquids

Inventors:
Dr.R.V.Maheswari, Professor/EEE
Mrs. J.Babitha Thangamalar, AP(S.G)/EIE
J. Junehar Kevin, Final EIE,H.Isaimuhil, Final EIE, S.Thanga Selvam, Final EIE, S.A.Ashfaaq Mohamed, Final EEE, P.Abdul Rahim, Final EEE

  • Patent Application Number : 202041007309A
  • Date of Publication: 28-02-2020
  • Academic Year : 2019-20
 

Smart Quality Water Dispenser

Inventors:
Dr.R.V.Maheswari, Professor/EEE
K Mohamed Hanifa Rashik, Final EIE,
S M. Syed Mohamed Althaff, Final EIE,
M. Kirthik Roson, Final EEE,
M. S. J. Kural Amuthan, Final EEE

  • Patent Application Number : 202241002946 A
  • Date of Publication: 02.04.2022
  • Academic Year : 2021-22
 

A Device For Authenticating A Person

Inventors:
Dr.M Willjuice Iruthayarajan, Professor & Head/EEE,
Dr.N B Prakash, Asso. Prof./EEE,
B Vigneshwaran, AP(SG)/EEE,
A Gomathi Arasu, Final EEE,
M Ganesh Kumar, Final EEE,
P Naveen Kumar, Final EEE,
A Selvakumar, Final EEE

  • Patent Application Number : 202241010734 A
  • Date of Publication: 03.04.2022
  • Academic Year : 2021-22
An Apparatus For Surveilling Air Disseminating Members

Inventors:
Dr. L Kalaivani, Professor/EEE,
B Venkatasamy, AP(SG)/EEE,
F Antony Jeffrey Vaz, AP/EEE,
H Selvadevi, Final EEE,
B Pandeeswari, Final EEE,
A Deepika, Final EEE,
G Mani Mekala, Final EEE,
P Latha Nivetha, Final EEE

  • Patent Application Number : 202241010736 A
  • Date of Publication: 03.04.2022
  • Academic Year : 2021-22