Dr. N. Edna Elizabeth
B.E., M.E. Ph.D.,
Professor
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Edna Elizabeth N graduated with her bachelor’s degree from Government College of Technology –Coimbatore in Electronics and Communication in 1990. She obtained her Master’s degree from MIT-Anna University in the year 2001. She completed her PhD in Mobile Ad hoc networking at Anna University.
Edna Elizabeth N graduated with her bachelor’s degree from Government College of Technology –Coimbatore in Electronics and Communication in 1990. She obtained her Master’s degree from MIT-Anna University in the year 2001. She completed her PhD in Mobile Ad hoc networking at Anna University.
She has 28 years of teaching experience and has worked for a reputed company for 5 years. She is a Professor in the Electronics and Communication department at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, SSN Nagar, Kalavakkam, Chennai 603 110, India.
She has 72 publications in International and National Journals and conferences in Mobile Ad hoc Networks. Her current area of research is security issues in Mobile Ad hoc Networks and Vehicular Ad hoc Networks. She guides PhD scholars, both part-time and full-time, on networks.
She received the Best Faculty award for outstanding performance for the academic year 2006-2007 & 2009-2010 at SSN.
She has interactions with SETS ((Society for Electronic Transactions and Security), Taramani, Govt. of India, Chennai regarding student internships.
She has interactions with NIFT–(National Institute of Fashion Technology) regarding the projects based on electronics and textiles.
She is a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, and a Life Member of IETE, New Delhi.
She has reviewed many IEEE transactions and other International Journals.
She received the Best Faculty award for outstanding performance for the academic year 2006-2007 & 2009-2010 at SSN.
Wireless sensor networks, Mobile ad-hoc networks, Vehicular ad-hoc networks, Cryptography and network security, and IoT.
- Patent filed and published. Sent response to FER on Jan 2023 and patent hearing was attended on 28-5-2025 with Ref No: POD/Application No /202241007546.
- Dr. Edna Elizabeth.N Prof/ECE, R. Sriharini, D. Supriya, V. S Surenther, S. Sneha (UG Student/ECE-(2018-2021)), has filed and published a patent titled “IoT based Multi-Purpose Smart Fabric Curtain”, in C Intelligence Services Pvt Ltd., on 12-02-2022, with reference number 202241007546 and application number TEMP/E-1/8655/2022-CHE.
| S.No | Title of the Project | Funding Agency | Amount (in Rs. Lakh) | PI/CO-PI | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “5G use-case lab setup” October 2023, duration 4years (2023-2027). | Funded by govt. of India | 50 | Co-PI | Ongoing |
| 1 . | Title | Action recognition using sparse based sensor fusion for ambient assisted living |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 1 lakh | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Co-Principal Investigator | |
| 2 | Title | Application of RFID technology for solving vehicle emissions in cities on internet of vehicles (IoV) |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 1 lakh | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Co-Principal Investigator | |
| 3 | Title | A Secure Smart Building based on WoT paradigm for Indoor Environment |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | 1.1 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| 1 | Title | Detecting lung disease using breathing rate |
| Organization | IEEE Madras Section | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 15,000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor |
| 1 | Title | Information broadcast through Bluetooth |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 20,000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 2 | Title | Wired and wireless data transfer from a pen-drive |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 18,000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 3 | Title | Smart Helmet |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 18,000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 4 | Title | Multi-purpose smart band for the elderly, physically disabled, pregnant women and children |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 12,000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 5 | Title | Stolen car detection using image processing and machine learning |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs.17, 000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 6 | Title | IoT based multi-purpose smart fabric curtain |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 13,000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 7 | Title | Unclouded vision – Integrated Eye Stress Management system |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs.14,000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 8 | Title | Pollution monitoring and detection in green campus (SSNCE) using IOT through APP development |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs. 21,000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 9 | Title | Contactless doorbell using IOT |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs.9000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor | |
| 10 | Title | Contactless charging of mobile phones using RFID |
| Organization | SSN Trust | |
| Sanctioned Amount | Rs.8000 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Role | Faculty Mentor |
Journal Publications:
- Edna Elizabeth.Nallathambi, Radha Sankararajan, Vaithiyanathan Sundaram and Gracelin Sheeba”, Secure Routing Protocol to Eliminate Integrity, Authentication and Sleep Deprivation Based Threats in Mobile Ad hoc Network”, Journal of Computer Science 7(6): Jun 2011, pp 924-936.(Impact factor-1.287)
- Edna Elizabeth N., Subasree S., and Radha S., “Enhanced Secure Key Management Scheme for MANETs”, WSEAS Transactions on Communications, Volume 13, Feb 2014, PP 15-25, ISSN No. 1109-2742, IF : 0.605,
- Nivetha, Edna Elizabeth. N, I.Gohulalakshmi, “Transaction Security in Smart Cards”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 10, Number 21 (2015) pp 42293-42297 © Research India Publications.
- Edna Elizabeth.N.,S.Nivetha, T.Prasanya Padmasha, I.Gohulalakshmi, “Design And Analysis Of Secure Payment Solutions For Transit System Using Smart Cards”, E-ISSN 0976-3945, Int J Adv Engg Tech/Vol. VII/Issue I/Jan.-March.,2016/113-116.
- Edna Elizabeth.N, Shahidh Aqeel Shahul, “Velocity Optimized Solar-Time bound Traffic free Routing (VOSTTR) E-E Protocol for VANET’s”, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security”, 14, No. 12, December 2016, pp 438-444. Indexed in Google scholar, ISSN : 1947-5500 (Thomson Reuters, IF 0.519)
- Edna Elizabeth.N, Gowthaman TK , Joannes Sam Mertens J , Likhitta Dugar P, “Intelligent Counter System for Generating Attendance” Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Telecommunications, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, 471, Jan 2018, pp 11-22.
- Edna Elizabeth N(Prof/ECE), Varsha S, Tharun Kishor A R, Saihariharan S(3-UG, 2019 passed out), “Performance analysis of Cryptographic Primitives”, Caribbean Journal of Science, ISSN: 0008-6452, Volume 53, Issue 2, (May-Aug), 2019, pp 2490-2496. (Indexed in Thomson Reuters, Imp. Factor = 0.20.
- Renita J, Edna Elizabeth N, Shantha A, Varsha S, “A Comparative Study and Performance Analysis of Elliptic Curve Cryptography”, Solid State Technology, Volume: 63 Issue: 6, November 2020, PP. 6430-6440, ISSN: ISSN: 0038111X (Scopus indexed journal), Impact factor: 0.11, H-Index-24
- Sriharini,N Edna Elizabeth,D. Supriya,V. S Surenther &S. Sneha. “IoT based multi-purpose smart fabric curtain”, 22 Nov 2021, Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, published by Taylor and Francis Ltd, UK https://doi.org/10.1080/1448837X.2021.2004658, IF: 0.63, PP 1-9 (Scopus indexed journal).
- S Hanis, N Edna Elizabeth, R Kishore, Ala Khalifeh, “Authenticated Encryption to Prevent Cyber-Attacks in Images”, Illumination of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity and Forensics, Springer, Cham, PP.325-343, 2022
- Renita J, Edna Elizabeth N, Nandhini Asokan, “Implementation and Performance Analysis of Elliptic Curve Cryptography using an Efficient Multiplier”, Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science, Vol. 22, No. 2, April 2022, https://doi.org/10.5573/JSTS.2022.22.2.53, IF: 0.424, PP 53-60
- Edna Elizabeth.N, Yasmin M A K, Reshma G, Saffar Subuhania T, “Assistive Technology for Blind People for Object Detection and Description”, Journal of University of Shanghai for Science, and Technology, ISSN: 1007-6735, Volume 26, Issue 04, April 2024, pp. 86-90, DOI https://jusst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Assistive-Technology-for-Blind-People-for.pdf, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (publisher) IF: 0.197
- Edna Elizabeth N1, Nivedhitha T2, Nivetha S2, Priyadharshini B2, “Health Monitoring System with Air Purifier”, Journal of Electrical system, IF: 0.744, ISSN: 1112-5209, Scopus and web of science indexed journal, Journal website link: https://journal.esrgroups.org/jes,
- G. Karneswaran, Edna Elizabeth N., Mahati Muralidharan, published a paper tilled “Wireless Charging Pathway for RFID-Authenticated Electric Vehicles”, in Journal of Electrical Systems, Vol. 20 No. 10s (2024), on October 21st, 2024, DOI: https://journal.esrgroups.org/jes/article/view/6710, ISSN: 1112-5209
PP 6568-6575, Q3 Scopus indexed (IF:167).
- T. Swetha(PG_2025) Dr. Edna Elizabeth.N Prof/ECE, published a paper titled “Design of Efficient Wallace Tree Multiplier using adders and Compressors”, in Journal of Harbin Engineering University, ISSN 1006-7043, Scopus indexed journal, Volume 46, issue No. 5, May 2025, Pages 189-195, IMP : 0.8, Q3
Paperlink: https://harbinengineeringjournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/4238
International Conferences:
- Sreenithy Chandran, Sneha Chandrasekar and Edna Elizabeth “Konnect: An Internet of Things (IoT) based Smart Helmet for Accident Detection and Notification”, 13th International IEEE India conference (IEEE INDICON-2016), 16-18 Dec, J.N. Tata auditorium IISc Bengaluru, 1109/INDICON.2016.7839052, pp 1-4
- Edna Elizabeth.N, and Nivetha S Presented a paper titled “Design of a Two-factor Authentication ticketing system for Transit Applications” IEEE TENCON 2016 – Technologies for Smart Nation, 22 – 25 November 2016, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, pp 2498-2504 (IEEE Xplorer) DOI: 1109/TENCON.2016.7848483
- Ashwath S, Gurukishore G, Maheedhar A, Dr. Edna Elizabeth N, “Enhanced Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Using ML Powered Web Application”, 11th International Conference on Signal Processing & Integrated Networks(SPIN) – IEEE conference, SPIN 2024, 21-22 March 2024, pp 199-204, DOI: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10512336 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10512336, Conference link: https://www.amity.edu/spin2024/, Authenticated link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10512336
- Mahati Muralidharan,S.G Karneswaran, Edna Elizabeth, “Dynamic Charging Lane For Authenticated Electric Vehicles”, Second International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology and Engineering (ICETITE), IEEE conference, April 2024, pp.1-5, DOI: 10.1109/IC-ETITE58242.2024.10493646. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10493646
- Gracelin Sheeba, N. Edna Elizabeth, “Analysis of different categories of Prediction methods in intelligent transport VANET system”, Advances in AI for Biomedical Instrumentation Electronics and computing (ICABEC 2023). IEEE conference, 22–23 December 2023. pp. 429-435, publisher Taylor and francis group, CRC press, eBook ISBN: 9781032644752, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781032644752-80/analysis-different-categories-prediction-methods-intelligent-transport-vanet-system-gracelin-sheeba-edna-elizabeth?context=ubx&refId=7f267eaa-df8c-4ce6-ad44-1596a8a1d705
- Dr. Edna Elizabeth.N Prof/ECE, has attended and presented a paper titled, “IoT Based Smart Home Using Virtual Key” in the IEEE sponsored International Conference AsianComNet2024 held in Bangkok, Thailand from 24th to 27th October 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ASIANComNet63184.2024.10811053, Paper Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10811053.


