April 29, 2020
Dr. R. Ramaprabha – Associate Professor
EEE
Dr. R. Ramaprabha, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has 23 years of teaching experience including 17 years of research experience. She obtained her B.E (ECE) degree and M.E. (Power Electronics and Drives) degree from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli and PhD from Anna University, Chennai.
Her area of specialization is solar photovoltaic systems. Other areas of research include power electronic interfaces for solar PV systems and control aspects in renewable energy interfaces. She is a recognized supervisor of Anna University. 7 scholars have completed their PhD under her guidance and she is currently guiding 6 PhD students. She is an approved research committee member in Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Dr. M. G. R. University-Chennai, SRM University-Chennai, Saveetha University-Chennai, Sathyabama university, Visvesvaraya Technological University – Karnataka.
During her PhD, she developed “Solar Energy Research Lab” which is in the east wing of EEE department with internal funding titled “Efficient Energy Utilization of Solar PV Array under Partial Shadow” of Rs.9.19 lakhs (funded by SSN Trust). She has published 115 research publications in international journals, 155 papers in the proceedings of refereed international conferences and 34 papers in National conferences.
She has delivered Lecture & Tutorial sessions on PSPICE in National level workshops and guest lectures. She delivered invited lectures, keynote addresses and chaired technical sessions in Indian/Foreign international conferences. She visited Singapore, Australia (Sydney) & USA (Hawaii) for paper presentation & chairing sessions. She organized 50 National level Workshops/Seminars (1 CSIR sponsored worth of Rs. 30,000/-), 1 AICTE sponsored two weeks FDP worth of Rs. 3.55 lakhs, 4 FDPs, 3 Webinars, 17 Student level workshops, 2 National conferences and 3 IEEE International conferences.
She received best teacher award for the academic years 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2014-2015, 2016-2017 and 2020-2021. She also received CTS best faculty award for the academic year 2016-2017. She also received appreciation for best researcher (2013), guiding PhD students and motivating students towards research (2013, 2016) during the college Research Day. She received “IET CLN Sir C. V. Raman Research Award 2014” in IET Chennai Network Achievements Awards 2014 function by IET (The Institution of Engineering and Technology). She is recipient of “Outstanding Researcher Award 2016” by Venus International foundation, Aufau International Awards, “PEARL Foundation Best Women Researcher Award 2016” and “2018 Green9 Energy Contributor Award – KALAM VISION 2020 award”. Her name is included in the 30th, 32nd and 33rd Editions of Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, USA. She has been selected for 2017 & 2019 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who, USA.
She is a review board member for many reputed international journals include International journal on IET Renewable Power Generation, IET Power Electronics, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, International journal on Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory (Elsevier Publications), International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Elsevier Publications), International journal on Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier Publications), International journal on Renewable Energy (Elsevier Publications), Journal of Green Engineering (River Publishers), IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE access, etc.
She is Senior member of IEEE and Life member of ISTE. She was SSN-IEEE Student Branch Counselor from Oct 2014 to Jan 2017. During this period, the branch was appreciated with Grade A from IEEE Madras section. She was instrumental for getting (SSN-SB) I Prize in “IEEE India Council Outstanding Student Branch Award 2015”. She has been involved in NBA and NIRF activities in the institution.
Published Books/Book Chapters
She has published the following books/book chapters:
- Seyezhai and R. Ramaprabha “Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems” SciTech Publications Pvt. Ltd. (ISBN: 978-81-8371-713-7), India, May 2015. (Book was included as reference book in Anna University PG regulations R-2017)
- Ramaprabha and R. Seyezhai “Solid State Drives: DC and AC” SciTech Publications Pvt. Ltd. (ISBN: 978-93-85983-81-8), India, April 2019.
- Hemalatha R., Ramaprabha R., Radha S. (2013) Modeling of Photovoltaic Charging System for the Battery Powered Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Das V. (eds) Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Trends in Information, Telecommunication and Computing. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 150, Chapter 25, pp. 225-235. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3363-7_25, [ISBN:978-1-4614-3362-0; ISBN (e-book):978-1-4614-3363-7; ISSN: 1876-1100; ISSN (electronic): 1876-111] Scopus Index 0.12, Citations: 01
- R. Ramaprabha and S. Malathy, “Selection of Renewable Energy Sources for a Developing Country using Analytic Hierarchy Process” Chapter 16, pp. 359-380, Sustainability Modeling in Engineering: A Multi-Criteria Perspective, ISBN: 978-981-3276-32-1,World Scientific Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1142/11157 (https://doi.org/10.1142/ 9789813276338_0016)
- S. Malathy and R. Ramaprabha (2020) Shade Resilient Total Cross Tied Configurations to Enhance Energy Yield of Photovoltaic Array Under Partial Shaded Conditions. In: Hemanth D., Kumar V., Malathi S., Castillo O., Patrut B. (eds) Emerging Trends in Computing and Expert Technology. COMET 2019. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol. 35, pp. 122–133, Springer, Cham. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32150-5_13: Print ISBN 978-3-030-32149-9; Online ISBN 978-3-030-32150-5.
- T. Divya and R. Ramaprabha (2020) Mathematical Modelling of Embedded Switched-Inductor Z-Source Inverter for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion. In: Siano P., Jamuna K. (eds) Advances in Smart Grid Technology. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 687, pp 149-164, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7245-6_13
- M. Pandikumar and R. Ramaprabha (2020) Financial Analysis of Diesel and Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems. In: Siano P., Jamuna K. (eds) Advances in Smart Grid Technology. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 687, pp. 179 – 188, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7245-6_15
- R. Ramaprabha and S. Malathy (2020) Hybrid Algorithms to Track Peak Power in Solar PV Array under All Irradiation Conditions version. In: Siano P., Jamuna K. (eds) Advances in Smart Grid Technology. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 687, pp. 165 -178, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7245-6_14
- T. Divya and R. Ramaprabha, Comparative Topological Study of Embedded Based Switched Boost Inverter” Advances in Parallel Computing (IOS press E-books), Pages 37 – 44, Volume 37 in Intelligent Systems and Computer Technology, ISBN: 978-1-64368-102-3 (print) | 978-1-64368-103-0 (online), DOI 10.3233/APC200116 -Scopus indexed
- Ramaprabha R., Malathy S. (2021) Enhancement Techniques to Design a Standalone PV System for Residential Application. In: Motahhir S., Eltamaly A.M. (eds) Advanced Technologies for Solar Photovoltaics Energy Systems. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64565-6_10 Scopus indexed – Available online on April 27.
- Ramya V., Ramaprabha R., Balaji M. (2021) Differential Evolution Based Design Optimization of Flywheel with Different Materials. In: Kamaraj V., Ravishankar J., Jeevananthan S. (eds) Emerging Solutions for e-Mobility and Smart Grids. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. pp. 61-68, Print ISBN: 978-981-16-0718-9; Online ISBN 978-981-16-0719-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0719-6_6
Completed/Ongoing Funded Project Details
She received international travel grant of Rs. 1.45 lakhs under DST-ITS for attending the conference at Hawaii during Dec 2017. She has completed three internal funded projects and one external funded (DST WoS-A) project. The project details are:
Completed/Ongoing Funded Project details:
- Title: Efficient Energy Utilization of Solar PV Array under Partial Shadow
Funding Agency: SSN Trust
Investigators: Dr. B. L. Mathur & R. Ramaprabha
Duration: 2009 – 2012; Amount: 9.19 lakhs
- Title: Design and development of efficient Building integrated PV system under partial shaded conditions
Funding Agency: SSN Trust
Investigators: Dr. R. Ramaprabha and Ms. S. Malathy
Duration: 2013 – 2016; Amount: 3.5 lakhs
- Title: Design and Development of Flywheel based Power Conditioning System for a Renewable energy fed Micro grid
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST) under Women
Scientists Scheme (WoS-A)
Investigators: Dr. R. Ramaprabha as Scientist Mentor for the full-time Research scholar Ms. M. Vijayalakshmi
Duration: 2014 – 2017; Amount: 20 lakhs
Title: Design, control and implementation of embedded switched inductor-based Z-source inverter with high boost factor for photovoltaic interface
Funding Agency: SSN Trust
Investigator: Dr. R. Ramaprabha
Duration: Jan 2019 – Jan 2021; Amount: 2.2 lakhs
Consultancy Project details:
Title: Solar Based Drive for Scrap Compaction
Company: M/s. Ayya Traders, Thiruvanthapuram
Consultants: Dr. M. Balaji, Dr. R. Ramaprabha & Dr. V. Kamaraj
Duration: April 2023 – April 2025 (2 Years)
Amount: 2 lakhs
Patent details:
- Title: A Solar Powered Compact Dustbin Assembly
Application Number-202241008633 (RQ Number-R20224006407)
Inventors: M. Aishwarya, N. Divyasri, S. J. Indhra Pooja, Dr. R. Ramaprabha, Dr. M. Balaji & Dr. V. Kamaraj
Status: Published (FER response filed)
Citations
Citations:
Google scholar: Citations – 2240; h-index – 23; i10 index – 37 (https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=RssCO6sAAAAJ)
Scopus: Citations – 1163; h-index – 16
Web of Science (Publons): h-index – 10
Research gate (RG): h-index – 20