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Dr. Thanga Raj Chelliah

 
  
 

Dr. T. R. Chelliah

 
 
Assistant Professor
thangfwt@iitr.ernet.in
Ph No: 91 1332 28 5554
 
   

Areas of Interest

  • Hydro Energy Storage in Smart Grid Technology
  • Doubly-Fed Induction Machines for Pumping Applications
  • Energy Optimal Control of Induction Machine
  • Power Electronics for Hydro-Electric Systems and Smart Grids, Networked Control of Electric Drives

Professional Background

FromToDesignationOrganisation
2011On GoingAssistant ProfessorIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee
20102011ResearcherUniversity of Luxembourg
20092010Assistant ProfessorRaj Kumar Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad
19961999Assistant Electrical EngineerHaitima Textiles Limited, Coimbatore

Honors and Awards

AwardInstituteYear
Cash Award for an Article "Combined Heat and Power Systems"Bureau of Energy Efficiency, (Ministry of Power) India)2007
Full Travel grant award to attend the conference AEE13, USADepartment of Science and Technology (DST), India2013
Travel grant award to attend the conference ICACC 2009, SingaporeDepartment of Science and Technology (DST), India2009
Cash award for per-diem expenses to ICACC 2009, SingaporeCentre for Cooperation in Science & Technology among Developing Societies, Chennai, India2009
Electrical Supervisor Competency CertificateTamil Nadu Electrical Licensing Board, Chennai1999

Educational Details

DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
Ph.DControl of Industrial MotorsIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee2009
M. EngPower Electronics and DrivesGovernment College of Engg. Tirunelveli (Anna Univ, Chennai)2005
B. EngElectrical and ElectronicsCoimbatore Institute of Technology (Government Aided Institution)2002
Dip. EngElectrical and ElectronicsGovernment Polytechnic College Nagercoil1996

Administrative Background

FromToDesignationOrganisationLevel
2011On GoingTreasurerIndian Water Resources Society
2012On GoingO.C (Electrical lab.)WRDM
2011On GoingO.C (placements)WRDM
20122012Mentor of the student projectAll India Young Engineers Humanitarian Challenge (Aiye-Hum) 2012
19981999Head - Electrical and Mechanical DivisionHaitima Textiles Limited, Coimbatore

Sponsored Research Projects

TopicFunding AgencyYear
Control of variable speed pumped storage hydropower plants and energy balancingSponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee2011
Hydro Energy Storage: Robust Computing and Control Technologies for Enhanced Energy EfficiencyDepartment of Science and Technology, INDIA2013

Participation in seminars

NamePlaceSponsored ByDate
Modeling and Simulation in Life Science, Materials and TechnologyIIT MadrasIIT Madras30-12-2004
Virtual Reality in Mineral IndustryIIT KharagpurAICTE30-01-2005
Power Electronics, Drives and Energy SystemsIIT DelhiIEEE (USA) and IIT Delhi12-12-2006

Memberships

  • IEEE Industry Applications Society, Member
  • IEEE Education Society, Member
  • IEEE Power and Energy Society, Member
  • Indian Water Resources Society, Life Member

Teaching Engagements

TitleCourse CodeClass NameSemester
Hydro Generating EquipmentsWR-531M. TechAutumn
Power System AnalysisWR 541M. TechSpring
Power System Protection ApplicationsWR 534M. TechSpring
Renewable Energy System TechnologyWR 579M. TechSpring

PHDs Supervised

TopicScholar NameStatus of PHDRegistration Year
Loss-Minimization-Based Control of Induction MotorNavneet KumarO1
Doubly-Fed Induction Motor Drives under Sensor FaultsArun DominicO1
Control of Doubly-Fed Induction Machines for Pumping ApplicationsR. RajasinghO1

Visits to outside institutions

Institute VisitedPurpose of VisitDate
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDiscussion with Electric Vehicle Team31-01-2013
Harvard University (USA)Conference30-01-2013
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NorwayLaboratory visit and a Discussion with the experts20-25, Sep
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, PolandConference (CISIM 2010)08-10, Oct
INRIA, Lille (France)Discussion with the experts07-11, Mar
University of LuxembourgResearch2010 - 201
The Hong Kong Poly. UniversityElectric machines and Power Electronics Laboratories visit and a discussion with the experts22-08-2012
University of Hong KongElectric machines and Electric Vehicle laboratories visit and a discussion with the experts24-08-2012
Central Power Research institute BangaloreConference18-12-2012
Baba Banda Bahathur Singh Engineering College, PunjabExaminer (M. Tech Thesis Evaluation) - Punjab Technical University01-08-2012
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, ThiruvananthapuramResearch17&18, Jan
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, NoidaE- Learning laboratory visit01-10-2012
Galogi Mini Hydropower Plant, DehradunField visit during a short term course30-11-2012

Courses or Conferences Organised

Conference NameSponsored ByDate
Power Electronics in Mini/Micro Hydropower Generation (3 days course)National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), Ministry of Communications & Information 2012-11-29
Special Session on Evolutionary Computation for Hydro-Electric Power Systems Optimization (to be orIEEE Computational Intelligence Society2013-04-15

Refreed Journal Papers

Recent publications and their citations can be seen at http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ln-2xlUAAAAJ&hl=en

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