Faculty Profile

Ms.Rakhee.R
Assistant Professor(Senior Grade)

Profile

Ms. Rakhee R completed her B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Muslim Association College of Engineering, Trivandrum and M.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with specialisation in Power Electronics from School of Engineering, CUSAT. She started her career as Lecturer on contract basis in SOE, CUSAT. Since 2008, She is working as an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly, Kerala, India. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D at SOE, CUSAT. Her areas of interest include Power Electronic Converters, Drives, Power Quality Improvement in Grid connected Systems, Role of power electronic systems in power systems.

Educational Qualification

Degree Specialisaion Institute University Year of completion
B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Muslim Association College of Engineering Kerala University 2006
M.Tech Power Electronics School of Engineering CUSAT 2014

Experience

Designation Instituituion from To
Assiatant Professor (Sr. Grade) FISAT 01/10/2023 till date
Assiatant Professor (Spl. Grade) FISAT 15/12/2015 30/09/2023
Assiatant Professor FISAT 01/07/2010 14/12/2015
Lecturer FISAT 30/06/2008 30/06/2010
Lecturer SOE,CUSAT 30/07/2007 25/06/2008

Awards and honours

1.First Rank secured in M.Tech Power ElectronicsĀ  from School of Engineering, CUSAT

 

Administrative & Institutional Support

Present Responsibilities

  1. Website Committee Department Member
  2. Group Advisor 2025 Admission
  3. Blood Donor Cell Member
  4. Criteria 5 NBA member
  5. Criteria 3 NAAC member
  6. Faculty in charge- Electronic Circuits Lab
  7. Co-ordinator- SPECon 26.
  8. Ā ISO Internal Auditor

Past Responsibilities

  1. Member, Department Admission Cell -2021 Admission
  2. Exam Cell Member
  3. Time Table Committee Member
  4. Group Advisor- 2007,2012,2016,2021 admission
  5. Co-ordinator-National Conference on Recent Advancements in Power Electronics and Power Systems
  6. Organisor IEEE 2024 Second International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power and Renewable Energy SPECon 24
  7. Conducted GATE coaching class in 2011, 2012 and 2024.
  8. Set Up Electronics Circuits Lab Under EEE Department

Research & Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Papers in Journals:Ā Ā 

  1. Control of bridgeless flyback converter“, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, IJERT,Volume 4 Issue .04, April 2015

  2. “Solar panel for house hold application with input voltage feed forward for the two switch buckboost DC-DCĀ converter”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, IJERT,Volume 4 Issue .04, April 2015

  3. “High gain direct AC-ACĀ resonant converter applied to domesticĀ induction heating applications”, ISSN:2320-3765 DOI:Ā 10.15662/IJAREEIE.2016.0503523

  4. “Full bridge AC-ACĀ converter with high gain applied to domesticĀ induction heating appliances”, International Journal of Science and Research, ISSN:2319-7064 VOLUME5 ISSUE 9

Papers presented in Conferences:

  1. “A multiple input multiple output switched capacitor dc-dc converter with reduced switch count”, Rakhee.R, Chikku Abraham, 5th International Symposium on Electronic System Design, 15-17 December 2014

  2. “High gain direct AC-ACĀ resonant converter applied to domesticĀ  induction heating applicationsā€, Rakhee R, Shelma, National Conference on Future Technologies inĀ  Power,Control and Communication Sysytems” 10-12 March 2016,College of Engineering, Perumon.

  3. “Transfromerless step down integrated buck-buck boost converter”, Rakhee.R, Reshma, First National Conference on Emerging Trends in Power,Instrumentation and Control, 22-23 March 2017,Muthoot Institute ofĀ  Science and Technology.

  4. Ā “Multiple Input Bidirectional DC-DC converter for DC Drive Applications”, Rakhee R, Asha K A, International Multi- Conference on Computing, Communication, Electrical & Nanotechnology, IJAIC volume 4, issue 1,Ā 26-27 April 2018, Mangalam College ofĀ  Engineering, Kottayam.

  5. ā€œMitigation of MPPT generated interharmonics in grid connected PV systems by modified P and O algorithm”, Rakhee. R, Dr.Latha .P.G, IEEE International Power and Renewable Energy Conference IPRECON 2022
  6. “Comparative Analysis Of Various DC-DC ConvertersĀ  For Fuel Cell Vehicles”, Laya Prathap N, Rakhee R,International Conference on Sustainable Materials,
    Manufacturing and Renewable Technologies (i-SMaRT 2023),24-26 May 2023

FDPs/Trainings attended

Sl No: Name of Program Period year
1 FDP on PV integration to grid-modelling, analysis and control 18-22 Feb 2025
2 5 days Summer school on “Computing, Control, and Optimization [C2O 2025]ā€ Organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj. 09-06-2025 to 13-6-25 2025
3 FDP on SUSTAINABLE
SMART ENERGY AND MOBILITY
21 to 27 November 2025 2025
4 FDP onAI/ML based controller design and Deployment on real time systems 5-9 November 2025 2025
5 FDP on Microgrid Systems, Simulations and Implementation using MATLAB 22-27 July 2024
6 ā€˜Recent Advances in Energy Science and Engineering’ 24-29 April 2023
7 Modelling of Solar & Wind Energy System with Design Techniques of Converter and Inverter Topologies 12 March 2021
8 Control System Design-Classical and modern with hands on 22-27 March 2021
9 Simulating Power Electronics Applications using Python & MATLAB 19-20 March 2021
10 Opportunities and challenges of Integrating Renewable Energy in Smart Grid 15-19 March 2021
11 Solar PV System Design Using IoT 3-9 March 2021
12 Research opportunities in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 1-5 March 2021
13 Emerging Trends in Power Systems 14-18 Sep 2020
14
Industry Oriented Online Training Program on Transmission SCADA organized by the
15 online 2020
16 Data Science and ML Using Python 3-7 Aug 2020
17 Introduction to Power Electronics by Coursera four weeks 2020
18 Research Initiatives in Renewable Energy Systems 21 July to 25 July 2020
19 FDP on “Real time Applications of Power Electronics – Research Scope and Challenges” (organized by EEE Dept., Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology). 27 July to 31 July 2020
20 Electric Power Grid Modernisation: Trends, Challenges and Opportunitiesā€ 20 July to 24 July 2020
21 Power Electronic Applications to Renewable energy systems and Energy storage systems 6 July to 10 July 2020
22 Introduction to PLECS Tool for PE Application 2-6 July 2020
23 Training Programme on Industrial Energy Audit May 20 th to May 24 th 2020
24 Faculty Development Program on Role of IoT in Smart Grid 2, 3 and 4 July 2019
25 Two days FDP on ā€œDistributed Generation and Smart Gridā€ organised by the Department of EEE 27, 28 July 2018
26 Two week ISTE STTP on Electric Power System organised by IIT Kharagpur 10 to 15 July 2017
27 Faculty Development Program on Arduino and Robotics for the faculty of Dept. of EEE 15, 17, 23 May 2017
28 Maker Workshop 20 to 30 July 2016
29 ISTE Workshop on Control Systems organised by IIT Kharagpur under the Ekalavya Project 2 to 12 December 2014

Projects Guided

PG Projects Guided

1.Switched Capacitor based dual switch High boost converter for PV application

2.Modified SEPIC Converter for Fuel Cell Vehicle Applications

3.Closed loop control for a high gain step up DC-DC Converter based on VL Technique.

4.Non-Isolated High Gain DC-DC Converter for PV applications with Closed Loop Control

5.Multiple Input Bidirectional DC- DC converter for DC Motor Application

6.Transformerless step downĀ  integrated buck buck-boost converter

UG Projects Guided

1.Solar Mobile Charger

2.Design and Simulation of Dc to Dc converter for PV system

3.Hand Getsure Vocalizer

4.Robot Vacuum Cleaner

5. Parametric Speaker

6.Induction heating using T Type 5 Level MLI

Have guided severalĀ  B.Tech Minor and Honour Projects and microprojects associated with labs.

 

 

Courses offered

1.EET 306 Power Electronics-S6 EEE

2. EST-130 Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering S1/S2

3.MCN 201 Sustainable Engineering-S3 EEE

4.Analysis of Power Electronic Systems I- S1 PEPS

5.Analysis of Power Electronic Systems II- S2 PEPS

6. Switched Mode Power Converters-S2 PEPS

7.EE-367 Renewable Energy Systems-S6 EEE

8.EEL 203- Analog Electronics Lab- S3 EEE

9.PCEET 412- Renewable Energy Sources- S4 EEE

10. Power Electronics Lab- S6 EEE

11.Power quality-old Scheme

12. Electrical Machines -II – old Scheme

13. Electronic Circuits Lab -Old Scheme

14. Measurements Lab-Old Scheme

15.Electrical and Electronics Lab-S4 ME -old scheme

16.Basic Electrical Engineering-old Scheme

17.Power Generation and Distribution-old scheme

18.Electrical System Design-old scheme

19.Linear Integrated Circuits-old scheme

20.Electrical Technology-old scheme

21.Switched Mode power converters-old Scheme