Er. Sreeram K

Designation: Assistant Professor
Education:  B. Tech., M. Tech., Pursuing Ph. D.

Professional Experience
Teaching: 4 years 2 months

Non-Teaching: 4 years 2 months

Specialization
UG: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
PG: Industrial Drives and Control

Ph. D.: Electrical and Electronics (Currently pursing from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri )

Publications

Book Chapter

Sreeram. K, Surendran. S, Preetha. P.K, “A Review on Single-Phase Integrated Battery Chargers for Electric Vehicles”, Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies (ICTCS 2021), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 401, pp. 751–765, Springer, Singapore, 2021, doi : 10.1007/978-981-19-0098-3_71


International Journals

  1. Sreeram K, Preetha P K, “A Comprehensive Review of Different Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles Application”, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 74–90, March 2024, doi : 10.11591/ijpeds.v15.i1.pp74-90
  2.    Sreeram K, Preetha P K, “Modified Switching Control of SRM Drives for Electric Vehicles Application with Torque Ripple Reduction”, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS), vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 147–159, March 2024, doi : 10.11591/ijpeds.v15.i1.pp147-159
  3. Sreeram K and Unnikrishnan L, “A Case Study on Different Lighting Systems”, International journal for research in applied science and engineering technology (IJRASET), Vol. 5, Issue 05, pp.972-977, May 2017.
  4. Sreeram K, Unnikrishnan L and Unnikrishnan P C, “ A Single Switch Low Cost LED Driver with Wireless Dimming Controls”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) ,Vol. 6 ,Issue 04, pp.1131-1135, April-2017.

International Conference

  1.    Sreeram K, N. K. Pillai, N. Reddy Marri, T. K. Baiju and Preetha P. K, “Performance Analysis of Periodic Gate Signal Blocking on SRM Drives with Bang-Bang and Fuzzy Logic Control,” 2022 IEEE Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IATMSI), Gwalior, India, pp. 1-5, 2022.
  2.    Sreeram K, N. K. Pillai, N. Reddy Marri, T. K. Baiju and Preetha P. K, “Simulation of High Efficiency Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) Drive Control Scheme by Alternate Rotation Motor Firing,” 2022 Third International Conference on Intelligent Computing Instrumentation and Control Technologies (ICICICT), pp.1381-1386, 2022.
  3. Sreeram K, Preetha P K, “Modelling and performance analysis of hybrid electric vehicle,” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 1070, pp. 1-12., Coimbatore, India, June 12th- 13th, 2020.
  4.    K. Sreeram, P. K. Preetha and P. Poornachandran, “Electric Vehicle Scenario in India: Roadmap, Challenges and Opportunities,” 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), Coimbatore, India, pp. 1-7, 2019.
  5. Sreeram K., “Design and Development of Differential Boost Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive,” 2018 International Conference on Circuits and Systems in Digital Enterprise Technology (ICCSDET), Kottayam, India, pp. 1-4, 2018.
  6. K. Sreeram, “Universal matrix converter for AC and DC power conversions,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCS) , Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,  pp. 392-397, 2017

Participations

Verified Online Courses Completed

  1. Automotive sensor and actuator technology offered through Udemy
  2. Introduction to Power Electronics offered through Coursera by University of Colorado Boulder
  3. eCARS2x : Electric Cars offered by Delft University of Technology through edX.
  4. Introduction to Battery Management Systems offered through Coursera by University of Colorado Boulder
  5. Introduction to Electronics offered through Coursera by University of Colorado Boulder

Workshop/Seminars Attended

  1. Completed five day AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP in
    1. Energy Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Silchar -2020
    1. Electric Vehicles from NIT Mizoram -2020
    1. Advances in Power Electronics for Hybrid Electric Vehicle from NIT Andhra Pradesh -2020
    1. Integration of Alternate Energy Resources in Smart Grid from NIT Delhi-2020
  2. Attended a workshop on ‘How to write a research paper for an international journal -Tips, traps and tricks organized by Springer Nature in collaboration with Central Library, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham on July 30th , 2021
  3.  Online course on “Enabling Technologies for Electric Transportation”,  sponsored by the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) program of the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India on September 12th -21st ,  2021
  4. Attended  an  International Workshop on Research and Development of Electrical Vehicle Technology organized by Amrita  School of Engineering,  Chennai on October 22nd  -23rd  ,  2021
  5. Attended  a Two Day Faculty Development Program on E-Mobility: A Research Perspective organized by Amrita School of Engineering Bengaluru in collaboration with IEEE PES & IAS Joint Student Branch Chapter and Energy Management Centre, Kerala on November 13th  -14th  ,  2021
  6. Attended  a Two Day Research Colloquium on E-Mobility organized by Amrita School of Engineering Bengaluru in collaboration with IEEE PES & IAS Joint Student Branch Chapter on  November 26th  -27th  ,  2021
  7. One day Webinar on ‘Safe, Reliable and Contactless Energy Transfer’ by Dr. Prasanth Venugopal –   July 25th , 2020 at Amrita University, Amitapuri.
  8. One day Webinar on ‘Challenges in Realizing Self Driving Vehicles and Various Control Applications’ by Dr. Gopinath Selvaraj –  July 11th , 2020 at Amrita University, Amitapuri.
  9. 2020 International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies 2020 (ICAECT 2020)- 12th-13th June 2020 held at Coimbatore
  10. One day Workshop on ‘How to write a good research paper‘ by Dr. Srini Balakrishnan – 19th October , 2019 at Amrita University, Amitapuri
  11. Seminar on Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles by  Dr. Prashanth Venugopal -11th January,2019 at Amrita University, Amitapuri
  12. IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (IEEE ICECCT 2019) – 20th-22nd February 2019 held at SVS College of Engineering, Coimbatore
  13. IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems in Digital Enterprise Technology (ICCSDET 2018) – 21st – 22nd December 2018 held at SAINTGITS College of Engineering, Pathamuttom, Kottayam, Kerala
  14. One day Technical Workshop on Electric & Hybrid Vehicles as part of Industry Skill Development Program 2018 organized by Haritha TechLogix – 10th November 2018 held at  Cochin, Kerala
  15. IEEE International Conference on Control, Power, Communication and Computing Technologies (ICCPCCT 2018) – 23rd-24th March 2018 held at Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur, Kerala
  16. Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON) 2018 – 23rd-25th February 2017 held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur, Kerala
  17. IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCS 2017) – 20th-21st December 2017 held at Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  18. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Instrumentation and Control Technologies – 6th-7th July 2017 held at Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur,Kerala
  19. M.TECH COLLOQUIUM  2017  – 24th-26th May 2017 held at National Institute of Technology (NIT),Calicut, Kerala
  20. Vishweshwaraya Collegiate Project Design Competition – 14th May 2017 held at Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala
  21. Emerging trends in Power, Instrumentation and Control (EPIC 2017) – 22nd-23rd March 2017 held at Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Ernakulam ,Kerala
  22. Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON) 2017 – 13th-14th January 2017 held at Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, Kerala
  23. Green and Renewable Energy Applications – 2nd November 2016 held at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi, Kerala
  24. Hands on Training for Power Electronic Converters – 21st -27th January 2016 held at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi, Kerala

Research Interests

  • Electric machines, Electric Vehicles, Power electronics, Power Quality, Renewable Energy

R & D Projects

UG Level

  1. DC motor emulator using FPGA technology (2023-present )
  2. High efficiency Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drive control scheme by alternate rotation motor firing (2021-2022).

PG Level

  1. Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drive based integrated Electric Vehicle charging scheme  (2021)

Achievements

  1. Thesis research proposal selected for AMRITA Seed Funding for the prototype development and approved by the Chancellor for an amount of Rupees Fifteen Lakhs after review by the Office of the Provost and the ULC committee for the Chancellor’s Council.
  2. Selected for a fully funded Scholarship for research work under Erasmus KA+107 funded mobility in Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain in the Institute for Energy Engineering of the UPV in the field of electric vehicles for five months from January-July 2022.
  3. Best paper award for presenting the research paper “Design and Development of Differential Boost Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive Universal” in the 2018 International Conference on Circuits and Systems in Digital Enterprise Technology (ICCSDET 2018) held at SAINTGITS College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala on 21st – 22nd December 2018
  4. Best paper award for presenting the research paper entitled “A Cascaded Multilevel Inverter With Low Total Harmonic Distortion And Reduced Switch Count For Induction Motor Drives” at Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON 2018) jointly organized by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and Kerala State Council for Science and Environment (KSCSTE) held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur, Kerala on 23rd-25th February 2017
  5. Best paper award for presenting the research paper “Universal Matrix Converter for AC and DC Power Conversions” in the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCS 2017) held at Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 20th-21st December 2017
  6. Best paper award for presenting the research paper “A Novel Single Switch LED Driver with Wireless ON,OFF and Dimming Controls” in the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Instrumentation and Control Technologies (ICICICT 2017) held at Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur, Kerala on 6th-7th July 2017
  7. Honored with Proficiency Award  for the excellent performance in academics of the M.tech Degree Programme during 2015-2017 by Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
  8. Presented my project “Design and Development of a  Novel LED Driver Circuit for Long Life  with Wireless Dimming Functionality” in the M.TECH COLLOQUIUM  2017 organised by Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Calicut during 24th to 26th May 2017 in association with ANERT, KSCSTE and EMC
  9. Second prize for presenting the design of the project “A High Power Factor Low Cost LED Driver with Remote Controlled Dimming Function” in the Vishweshwaraya Collegiate Project Design Competition 2017-national level collegiate project design competition organized by KSEB on 14-05-2017 at Thrissur.
  10. Best paper award for authoring and presenting  the research paper “A Novel Design of Single Switch Long Life  LED Driver” in the first  National Conference on Emerging trends in Power, Instrumentation and Control (EPIC2017) organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering held at Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Varikoli on 22-23 March 2017

Contact Details

Ph: 8138822376, 8921432948

Email: sreeram.k@saintgits.org