Profile
Name Dr. C.Gopinath
Designation Associate Professor
Areas of Interest Power Electronics Applications
to Power Systems
Power Quality
Renewable Energy Sources
Design and Analysis
of Inverters
Room No. Room Number: 300
EEE Block
SVCE
Intercom No. 251
Mobile 9790889777
Email Id (Official) cgopinath@svce.ac.in
Email Id (Personal) drcgopinath@gmail.com
Qualification

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering,
College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India, July 2009- February 2014.
Supervisors: Dr.R.Ramesh, Associate Professor, CEG, DEEE, Anna University, Chennai.
Thesis Title: “Experimental and Simulation Investigations on Dynamic Voltage Restorer
For Power Quality Improvements”

MASTER OF ENGINEERING, Power System Engineering, Department of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Annamalai University,
Chidambaram, 2002-2004.
Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. G.Mohan, Associate Professor, DEEE, Annamalai University.
CGPA: 8.35/10.0 First Class with Distinction
Dissertation Title: “Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Electrical Load Forecasting Based
on Weather Parameters”.

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikudi, 1997-2000,
Madurai Kamaraj University, India.
64 %, First Class
Project Title: “Solid State Control for Industrial Motors” [Sponsored By Tamilnadu State
Council for Science & Technology, Chennai].

DIPLOMA, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pallavan Polytechnic,
Kanchipuram, 1995-1997.
93.08 %, First Class with Distinction
Project Title: “Designing of Analog to Digital Converter”.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
1.Associate Member of Institution of Engineers (AM095120-2)

2.Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education (LM 61865)

3.Member of the Indian Science Congress Association (A7602)

Academic Experience

Working as a Associate Professor in EEE Department, SVCE from 15thJune 2017.

 

Since 2000 worked as a Lecturer, Research Associate, Assistant Professor,

Assistant Professor (Selection Grade), Professor and Principal in various educational institutions.

 

Courses Handled

COURSES HANDLED:

THEORY

Under Graduate

  • Power Quality
  • Principles of Management
  • High Voltage Direct Current Transmission
  • Transmission and Distribution
  • Power System analysis
  • Electric Drives and Control
  • Biomedical Instrumentation
  • Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Electric Energy Generation, Utilisation and Conservation
  • Electrical Machines
  • Power Electronics
  • FACTS
  • Fuzzy Logic& Neural Networks
  • Power System Operation & Control
  • Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering
  • Electric Circuits
  • Field Theory
  • Electron Devices
  • Communication Engineering
  • Power Generation Systems
  • Microprocessor & its applications
  • Instrumentation systems

Post Graduate

  • Power Quality
  • Advanced Power Semiconductor Devices
  • HVDC
  • Microcontroller based system design
  • FACTS
  • Power Electronics for Renewable energy sources
  • Soft computing techniques
  • Power system analysis and design

LABORATORY

Under Graduate

  • Project work
  • Power System Simulation Lab
  • Power Electronics Lab
  • Electrical Engineering and Control Systems Lab
  • Electrical Engineering Lab
  • Engineering Practices Lab
  • Control systems Lab
  • Measurements & Instrumentation Lab
  • Object Oriented Programming for Electrical  Engineering Lab
  • Electrical Machines Lab
  • Microprocessor Lab

Post Graduate

  • Project work (Phase 1& 2)
  • Power Electronics and Drives Lab
  • Power System Simulation Lab
Research & Consultancy

 

International Journals

  1. Gopinath, C, Arundhadhi, A& Srinivasan, K,Design of Seven Level Grid Connected Inverter for PV System’, 2014, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.9, No.24, pp: 8389-8395.
  1. Gopinath, C, Yaashuwanth, C, Ramesh, R, Maglin, J R & Ajith Bosco Raj, T, ‘Analysis and Mathematical Model of Restitution of Voltage Using Dynamic Voltage Restorer’, 2014, International Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering.(Impact Factor: 1.082)
  1. Ajith Bosco Raj, T, Ramesh, R, Maglin, J R, Vaigundamoorthi, M, William Christopher, I, Gopinath, C &Yaashuwanth, C, ‘Grid Connected Solar PV System with SEPIC Converter Compared with Parallel Boost Converter Based MPPT’, Article ID: 385720, 2014, International Journal of Photoenergy. (Impact Factor: 2.663)
  1. Yaashuwanth, C, Gopinath, C & Prabhavathy, P, ‘Health Monitoring and Management System for dairy animals’, 2014, Indian Journal of Animal Research, Vol.48, Issue. 6, pp.625-627. (Impact Factor:0.031 )
  1. Gopinath, C & Ramesh, R, ‘Design and Implementation of Dynamic Voltage Restorer for Harmonic Compensation’, 2013, International Review on Modelling and Simulations, Vol.6, No.3, pp.946-952. (Impact Factor: 6.55)
  1. Gopinath, C & Ramesh, R, ‘Design and Implementation of
    Z-Source Inverter Based DVR’, 2011, European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 514-523. (Impact Factor: 0.713)
  1. Gopinath, C & Ramesh, R, ‘Dynamic Voltage Restorer using Fuzzy Logic Controller for Voltage Sag and Swell Compensation’,2013, Archives Des Sciences, Vol. 66, No. 6, pp.446-456. (Impact Factor: 0.474)
  1. Gopinath, C, Arun kumar, C, Peer Fathima, A & Ramesh, R, ‘A Series Power Quality Conditioning Device for Voltage Harmonics’, 2011, International Journal of Power Systems and Power Electronics, Vol.4, No.1, pp.14-21.
  1. Gopinath, C, Siva perumal, P, Ramesh, R & Peer Fathima, A, ‘Design an Interline Dynamic Voltage Restorer for Voltage Sag Compensation Using Z- Source Inverter’, 2011, International Journal of Electrical Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 541-554.
  1. Gopinath, C, Yaashuwanth, C, Ramesh, R & Murugan, R, ‘A Novel Load Side Compensation for Voltage Sag / Swell Using Dynamic Voltage Restorer’,2013, Pensee Journal, Vol.75, Issue.9, pp: 312-323. (Impact Factor: 0.063)

International Conferences

  1. Ajay Kumar, S, B,Gopinath, C, Gunasekhar, N, O, Maglin, J, R, Ramesh, R & Venkatesh, P, Modelling and Implementation of PV Array Based Dynamic Voltage Restorer’,2014, Proceedings of the IEEE Sponsored 2nd International Conference on Power, Control and Embedded Systems (ICPCES – 2014) College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai-25, Feb 27 – 28, 2014.
  2. Gopinath, C & Ramesh, R,Design and Implementation of Interline Dynamic Voltage Restorer’, 2011, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Enhancements in Power Electronics and Controls (ICEPEC – 2011), pp. 120- 126.
  3. Gopinath, C & Ramesh, R, ‘Dynamic Voltage Restorer using Ultra Storage Capacitor’, 2011, Proceedings of theInternational Conference on Sustainable Energy and Intelligent System Conference (SEISCON 2011)pp: 69-74. (IEEE Explore DOI 10.1049/cp.2011.0337)                                                                 
  4. Ajay Daniel, J,Gopinath, C & Ramesh, R, ‘Z Source InverterBased Dynamic Voltage Restorer using Super Capacitor to mitigate Voltage Sag and Voltage Swell’, 2013, Proceedings of the International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing (ICCPCT 2013) pp:37-42. (IEEE Explore DOI 10.1109/ICCPCT.2013.6528984)                                                  
  5. Thenmozhi, CE,Gopinath, C & Ramesh, R, ‘A Novel Method For Voltage Sag / Swell Compensation Using Dynamic Voltage RestorerVoltage Restorer’, 2012, Proceedings of the IEEE – International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Science and Management (ICAESM – 2012) pp:333-338. (IEEE Explore INSPEC Accession Number: 12818638)                            
  6. Durai Babu, B, Gopinath, C, Ramesh, R, Nagarajan, G & Deve Gowda, S, ‘Digital Simulation of Z-Source Inverter Based DVR’, 2010, Proceedings of the IET – UK Sponsored International Conference on Future Engineering Trends (ICFET’ 2K10) pp: 117 – 121.

National Conferences

  1. Gopinath, C,Ramesh, R, Mahalakshmi, S, Priya, R, Sathya, M & Swetha, K,‘Voltage sag compensation using Dynamic Voltage Restorer’, 2011, Proceedings of the National Conference on Modelling, Simulation, Design and Experimental Study of Electrical System – MOSDES 2011, pp: 47 – 52.
  2. Arun kumar, C, Gopinath, C, Peer Fathima, A & Ramesh, R, ‘Series compensation method to mitigate voltage harmonics using Impedance Source Inverter’, 2011, Proceedings of the National Conference on Modelling, Simulation, Design and Experimental Study of Electrical System – MOSDES 2011, pp: 244 – 249.
  3. Siva perumal, P, Gopinath, C, Ramesh, R & Peer Fathima, A, ‘Power quality improvements using Interline DVR’, 2011, Proceedings of the National Conference on Modelling, Simulation, Design and Experimental Study of Electrical System – MOSDES 2011, pp: 31 – 39.
  4. Jeyashri, N, Gopinath, C, Mirunalini, D, Meera, A, Arivanandham, T.R &Ramesh, R, ‘Alleviation of Harmonics using Series Power Line Compensator’, 2013, Proceedings of National Conference on Methods Enriching Power and Energy Developments, pp: 243 – 248.
  5. Amrita, K, Gopinath, C, Mohamed Ashraf, M, Madhan, R, Amrith, E B & Ramesh, R, ‘Restitution of Voltage Using Fuel Cell Based Dynamic Voltage Restorer’, 2013, Proceedings of 3rdNational Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electrical & Electronics Engineering (NCEEE-13), pp:69-74.
  6. Gopinath, C, Ramesh, R, Umesh Prabhu, H & Pusphakarthick, P, ‘Simulation of Interline Dynamic Voltage Restorer’,2011, Proceedings of the AICTE National Conference on Technological Advancements in Power systems & Power Electronics – TAPSPEE 2011, pp:200–205.
  7. Akila, L, Balakumar, S, Ezhil kumaran, M, Karthik Krishna, S & Gopinath, C, 2012, Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electrical Engineering (NCEEE-12), pp:142-147.
  8. Rathina kumar, M, Gopinath, C &Senthamilselvi, S, ‘Power system voltage security using Eigen Analysis’, 2004, Proceedings of the 13th National Power system Conference [NPSC–2004], IIT Chennai, Dec’27th to Dec’30th –2004, pp: 1072-1076.
  9. Kavaskar, S, Gopinath, C&Somasundaram, P, ‘Ant Colony Search Algorithm for Unit Commitment’, 2006, Proceedings of the IEEE Sponsored National Conference on Recent Trends in Power systems and Drives, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Apr’20th to Apr’21th –2006, pp: 55 – 61.
  10. Gopinath, C, Kavaskar, S & Somasundaram, P,‘An Improved Meta Heuristic technique for Unit Commitment’, 2006, Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advancements in Operation and Control of Large Scale Power systems, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Mar’25thto Mar’26th –2006, pp: 118-124.

 

CONSULTANCY:

  • Energy Audit and Energy Conservation in Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Aranvoyalkuppam, Tiruvallur from Dec 2008 to April 2009.
  • Energy Audit and Energy Conservation in Easwari Engineering College from November 2012 to April 2013.

 

 

Conference / Workshop / FDP

 

 

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

INVITED LECTURES DELIVERED:-6

  • Delivered a Lecture in “International Management Programme” for Asia E University – SPEED Executive Masters students, Malaysia (International Business Practice) from 19th and 20th December 2016, Pallavan College of Engineering, Kanchipuram.
  • Delivered a Lecture in Faculty Development Training Programme on “Power System Transients” from 19th Jan 2016 to 23rd Jan 2016, organised by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, St.Joseph’s College of Engineering, OMR, Chennai.
  • Delivered a Lecture in Anna University Sponsored Faculty Development Training Programme on “Electromagnetic Theory” from 23rd June 2014 to 30th June 2014, organised by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Tagore Engineering College, Rathinamangalam, Chennai.
  • Delivered a Lecture in Anna University Sponsored Faculty Development Training Programme on “Power system operation and control” from June’1st to June’8th – 2010, organised by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai.
  • Delivered a Guest Lecture on Biomedical Instrumentation” on Sep’18th, Sep’25th and Oct’5th – 2010, at Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mohammed Sathak A.J College of Engineering, Chennai.
  • Delivered a Lecture in  “One day National Workshop on Embedded Technologies in Special Machines” Jan’21st – 2011, Organised by Department of EEE, Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai and Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.

WORKSHOP / STTP / FDP / CONFERENCE COORDINATED:-5

  • Convenor for “International Management Programme” for Asia E University – SPEED Executive Masters students, Malaysia (International Business Practice) from 19th and 20th December 2016, Pallavan College of Engineering, Kanchipuram.
  • Convenor for One Day National Workshop on “Effective way of writing Research papers for journals, conferences & submission of project proposals for funding agencies”) on 21st Jan 2017, Pallavan College of Engineering, Kanchipuram.
  • Convenor for LABTECH Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Sponsored One Day Workshop on “Embedded Systems” from 25th Jul 2015, Pallavan College of Engineering, Kanchipuram.
  • Coordinator for Short term training programme on “Applications of Power Electronics to Power transmission and distribution systems” from Dec’26th to Dec’27th – 2008, Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Tiruvallur.
  • Coordinator for National Conference on “Technological Advancements in Power Systems and Power Electronics Engineering”(TAPSPEE 2012) – 19th Apr 2012, Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai.

 

DETAILS OF REFRESHER COURSES /  WORKSHOPS / NATIONAL SEMINARS / TUTORIAL / SHORT TERM COURSES / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/  SPECIAL LECTURE ATTENDED:

 

REFRESHER COURSES:-3

  • Attended a UGC sponsored Refresher course on “Electrical Safety & Safety Management” Conducted by Department of Electrical Engg., Annamalai University, Chidambaram., from   Nov’18th to Dec’ 8th –2004.
  • Attended a UGC sponsored Refresher course on “Computer Science” Conducted by Department of Computer Science, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya University, Enathur, Kanchipuram from Feb’9th to Mar’ 1st 2005.
  • Attended a UGC sponsored Refresher course on “Advances in Power Electronics and their Applications to Drives and Power systems” Conducted by Department of Electrical Engg., UGC Academic Staff College, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh., from Nov’7th to Nov’ 26th –2005.

WORKSHOPS:-11

  • Attended a Two days workshop on NAAC Awareness on Quality Systems in Higher Education from 26th to 27th Mar 2015, Organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Anna University, Chennai.
  • Attended a Wipro Mission 10 X Workshop from Aug’1st to Aug’5th – 2011, Organised by Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai.
  • Attended a Special Workshop on “Power quality principles, standards and Mitigation” in Dec’27th –2004, Conducted by NPSC – 2004, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Chennai.
  • Attended a DST (Govt. of India) sponsored “National Level Workshop on Modern Trends in Power Systems“ from Jun’1st to Jun’2nd – 2005, Organised by Department of EEE, S.R.K.R. Engineering College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Attended a National Level Workshop on “Computational Analysis in Power systems” in Aug’12th –2008, Conducted by Department of Electrical and Electronics EngineeringSt.Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai.
  • Attended a CSIR sponsored “National Level Workshop on Intelligent Modeling and Control Using MATLAB and LabVIEW” from Jun’28th to Jun’30th – 2010, Organised by Department of EIE, Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai.
  • Attended a “One day National Workshop on Embedded Technologies in Special Machines”  Jan’21st – 2011, Organised by Department of EEE, Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai and Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
  • Attended a “Preconference Workshop” in IET – UK sponsored International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Intelligent System Conference (SEISCON 2011) Dr. M.G.R University, Chennai, July 20, 2011.
  • Attended a “National Level Workshop on Power Quality and Energy Management – Challenges” Oct’18th – 2011, Organised by School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore.
  • Attended a “National Workshop on Research Methodologies in Deregulated Power System” organised by Dept. of EEE, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, 1st Nov –2011.
  • Attended a “National Workshop on Design, Analysis and Operation of Power System” organised by Dept. of EEE, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, 21st Oct –2013.

 

NATIONAL SEMINARS:-4

  • Attended a CSIR sponsored National Seminar on “Renewable Energy Micro-grids” on Mar’9th – 2013, Organised by School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, VIT Chennai.
  • Attended a MHRD (Govt. of India) sponsored “Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights“ from Mar’9th to Mar’10th – 2005, Organised by Department of Management Studies, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya University, Enathur, Kanchipuram.
  • Attended a AICTE sponsored National Seminar on “Applications of Power Electronics to Power transmission and distribution systems” from Dec’3rd to Dec’ 4th  – 2009, Organised by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Tiruvallur.
  • Attended a Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre Science City (Govt. of Tamilnadu) sponsored National Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Wireless Technology” on Mar’17th – 2010, Organised by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sriram Engineering College, Tiruvallur.

TUTORIALS:-1

  • Attended a Tutorials on “Power system” from Dec’27th to Dec’29th – 2004, Conducted by NPSC – 2004, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Chennai.

SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMMES:-1

  • Attended a Short term training programme on “Modeling of FACTS Devices and its Applications” from July’27th and Jul’28th – 2007, Conducted by Department of Electrical Engineering, SRM University, Chennai.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME:-1

  • Attended a Faculty Development Programme on PSCAD / EMTP from Feb’23rd to Feb’24th – 2013, Organised by Department of EEE, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya University, Enathur, Kanchipuram.

SPECIAL LECTURE:-1

  • Attended a Short Course on How to do a good Ph.D. thesis from Dec 03rd  to Dec 05th 2012, Organised by Centre for International Affairs, Anna University, Chennai.

 

Laboratory Handled
Training Attended
Additional Responsibilities
  • Autonomous Curriculum and Syllabus, External Experts for Committees and Board of Studies Meeting  – Coordination
  • PG Project Coordinator for ME PED
  • PG Seminar I/C for ME PED
  • Class Committee Chairperson for II EEE
  • Incharge for Organizing National Conference 2018
  • ISO – Professional Development Objective – Department Coordinator
  • ISO – Staff Development
  • ISO – Faculty Publications

 

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