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    Dr Sivasankari Sundaram

    Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Assistant Professor
    Ph D 2016 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
    M Tech 2011 Anna University Tiruchirappalli
    B Tech 2009 Anna University Chennai

     

    September 2020 – Till Date Assistant Professor Energy Institute Bengaluru, Centre of RGIPT
    December 2018 – August 2020 Faculty Energy Institute Bengaluru, Centre of RGIPT
    May 2018 – November 2018 Assistant Professor Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
    July 2016 – November 2017 Assistant Professor SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai

     

    • Solar PV/ Solar Thermal Energy
    • Electric Vehicle Technology with Hybrid topology.
    • AI and ML in Energy Systems
    • Smart Grids & Micro-Grids
    • Energy Efficient Buildings
    • Modelling and Control of Energy Systems
    • Wind Energy
    • Faculty Research Seed grant of Rs.12.85 Lakhs is sanctioned for project tiled “A comprehensive, Reliable and Long-term Design tool for Solar Engineers and Entrepreneurs” by RGIPT, Jais.(Duration :2021-2023)

    Journals

    1. Sivasankari sundaram and Jakka Sarat Chandra Babu Exergy analysis of a 100KWp multi-crystalline solar photovoltaic array system in a tropical savanna climate in India (2014). International journal of Exergy.18: 157-175 (SCI Indexed)
    2. Sivasankari sundaram and Jakka Sarat Chandra Babu Performance analysis and validation of 5MWp grid connected photovoltaic plant in south India (2015). Energy Conversion and Management, 100:429-439 (SCI Indexed)
    3. Sivasankari sundaram and Jakka Sarat Chandra Babu Theoretical prediction and validation of global horizontal solar irradiance for a tropical climate in India (2015) Frontiers in Energy. 9:1- 11. (Scopus and Emerging Science citation indexed)
    4. Sivasankari sundaram and Jakka Sarat Chandra Babu Theoretical assessment of and validation of global horizontal and direct normal solar irradiance for a tropical climate in India (2014) Iranica journal of Energy and Environment 5(4):354-368. (Referred Non-paid journal)
    5. Sivasankari sundaram and Jakka Sarat Chandra Babu Grid connected photovoltaic systems: Challenges and Control solutions –A potential review (2016) International journal of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, 4 (6):463-472. (Referred non-paid journal)
    6. Sivasankari sundaram Exergy Analysis and benchmark approach based performance evaluation of 100 kWp PV plant in India (2017),Journal of Thermal Engineering (Accepted for publication) (Scopus & Emerging Science Citation Indexed)
    7. Sivasankari sundaram Performance assessment with the prediction of final yield and performance ratio employing Artificial Neural Network for a realistic 1 MWp PV plant in India (2020), International Journal of Ambient Energy ( Scopus and Emerging Science Citation Indexed) (Accepted for publication).

    Book Chapter

    1. Sivasankari Sundaram and Jakka Sarat Chandra Babu `Empirical approach to energy prediction studies and solar irradiance for photovoltaic systems’ Advances in Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants, Green Energy Technology, Springer (2016). ( Invited Book Chapter)
    2.  Sivasankari Sundaram “Development of Response surface methodology based model for predicting the realistic performance of PV system on-field” (Accepted for publication by Nova Science Publishers, USA) (2017). ( Invited Book Chapter)
    3. A Nayak, S Roy, S Sundaram, A Deo, H Niyas Aerodynamic Performance Enhancement and Optimization of a H-rotor Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Innovations in Sustainable Energy and Technology, 2021 (Accepted for publication)

    Conference

    1. Sivasankari sundaram Improved ANN model for predicting the AC energy generated by a 1MWp PV plant in India. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy Systems held at IIITDM Kanchipuram during July 4th to 6th 2019 and proceedings published in IEEE Xplore.
    2. Sivasankari sundaram Performance evaluation and prediction of 100kWp grid interactive PV plant in India. Presented at 7th International symposium on Energy held at United Kingdom during August 13th to August 17th 2017.
    3. Sivasankari sundaram and Jakka Sarat Chandra Babu Modelling and performance analysis of MPPT algorithm for Solar photovoltaic systems. (2013). Computer applications in Electrical Engineering at IIT Roorkee.
    4. Sivasankari sundaram and Jakka Sarat Chandra Babu Application of Response surface methodology based central composite design for validation and optimization of solar photovoltaic characteristics through MATLAB (2013). IEEE International conference on green energy and computing at, Chennai (Published in IEEE conference proceedings)
    • Editorial board member in Science Journal of Energy Engineering.
    • Editorial Member for Journal of Next Generation.
    • Chaired a session at IEEE International Conference on Energy, System and Information Processing at IIIT Kanchipuram during 4th July to 6th July 2019.
    • Received financial grant of Rs.1.5 lakhs for attending the 7th International Symposium on Energy at United Kingdom, during August 2017, by DST SERB through ITS scheme.
    • MHRD Scholarship (Ministry of Human Resources and Development) for pursuing Doctoral Research in NIT Trichy in 2011.
    • Gold medalist at post-graduation level.
    • Obtained certificate of merit for outstanding performance at end semester examination for four semesters during under graduation level. 
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