Educational Qualification :
- B. Tech :Electrical & Electronics, M G University(1997)
- M.Tech :Energy Systems Engineering, IIT Bombay(2008)
- Ph.D :CUSAT(2018)
Specializations :
- Power Electronic Converters
Administrative Responsibilities:
- Vice Principal – MITS
- Admission in charge
- Hostel – Chief Warden
Current Research Interest :
- Power Electronic Converters
- Renewable energy integration
- Energy conservation and Management.
Professional Membership
- Certified Energy Manager, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Power Ministry, Govt. of India.
Ph.D Thesis :
- Switched Capacitor converters
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Patents:
- Chikku Abraham, Babita Roslind Jose, Jimson Mathew, Vivekanandhan Subburaj, “A Dual Input Buck, Boost and Inverter Mode SC Based Voltage Converter”, Indian Patent Application No. 201741031722,
Patent Granted on 15/02/2024. (Click here)
List of Publications :
Books :
- P V Prasad, S. Sivanagaraju, K R Varmah, Chikku Abraham, “Basic Electrical Engineering : (As per AICTE Model Curriculum 2018)” Cengage Publishers, ISBN No. 978-93-879-9462-1, 2019.
- K R Varmah, Chikku Abraham and Ginnes K John, “Power Electronics : Design, Testing and Simulation – Laboratory Manual”, CBS Publishers, ISBN No. 978-93-86310-89-7, 2017.
- K R Varmah and Chikku Abraham, “Power Electronics”, Cengage Publishers, ISBN No. 978-81-315-3078-8, 2016.
- K R Varmah, Chikku Abraham and Ginnes K John, “Fundamentals of Electrical Machines and Drives”, Cengage Publishers, ISBN No. 978-81-315-3079-5, 2016.
- K R Varmah and Chikku Abraham, “Power Electronics”, Elsevier Publishers, ISBN No. 978-93-5107-188-4, 2014.
- K R Varmah, Chikku Abraham and Ginnes K John, “Fundamentals of Electrical Machines and Drives”, Elsevier Publishers, ISBN No. 978-93-5107-258-4, 2014.
International Journals
- Paul, Preenu, Babita R. Jose, T. K. Shahana, Chikku Abraham, and Jimson Mathew. “Design and analysis of a dual input quasi SB-SC cell high gain converter.” International Journal of Electronics (2023): 1-18, (SCI Indexed journal) https://doi.org/10.1080/00207217.2023.2192971
- Paul, Preenu, Babita R. Jose, Thottathikkulam K. Shahana, Chikku Abraham, and Jimson Mathew. “High gain isolated quasi-switched boost converter embedded with switched capacitor cell.” Electric Power Components and Systems 49, no. 4-5 (2021): 333-344. (SCIE Indexed journal) https://doi.org/10.1080/15325008.2021.1971334
- Chikku Abraham, V. Subburaj, D. Jena, P. Perumal, B. R. Jose, and J. Mathew. “Reconfigurable highly efficient CMOS-based dual input variable output switched capacitor converter for low power applications.” IET Electronic Letters, Issue 2, Vol. 54, pp. 89-91, January 2018, SCI indexed, Impact Factor : 1.155, DOI : 10.1049/el.2017.3576
- Chikku Abraham, BabitaRoslind Jose and J. Mathew, “A Dual Source Variable Output Switched Capacitor (SC) DC-DC Converter with Renewable Energy Integration Capability“, International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy (IJETP),Inderscience publishers, Vol. 13, Nos. 1/2, 2017, Scopus Indexed, DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2017.0610
- Chikku Abraham, Babita Roslind Jose, J. Mathew and M. Evzelman, “Modelling, Simulation and Experimental Investigation of a Novel Two Input Series Parallel Switched Capacitor Converter”, IET Power Electronics, Issue 3, Vol. 10, pp. 368-376, March 2017, SCIE indexed, Impact Factor : 3.547, DOI : 10.1049/iet-pel.2015.1000
- Chikku Abraham, B. R. Jose, and Jimson Mathew, “ A Multiple Input Variable Output Switched Capacitor DC–DC Converter for Harnessing Renewable Energy and Powering LEDs, Journal of Low Power Electronics, Vol. 11, 1–11, 2015.ESCI and Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor:0.84, DOI:10.1166/jolpe.2015.1392
International Conferences
- Preenu Paul, Chikku Abraham“Isolated switched boost DC DC Converter with coupled inductor and transformer” at TENCON 2019.
- Chikku Abraham, Anju Rajan, Irine Issac, Preenu Paul, and Amala Babu. “A Switched Hogh Gain Push Pull Quadrupler DC-DC Converter ” In TENCON 2018-2018 IEEE Region 10 Conference, pp. 0399-0403. IEEE, 2018.
- Dr Chikku Abraham, Asst Prof. Preenu Paul and Irine Issac and Amala Babu of MITS attended and presented Paper titled “ A Switched High Gain Push-Pull Quadrupler DC-DC Converter” in TENCON 2018-2018 IEEE Region 10 Conference at South Korea
- Chikku Abraham, B. R. Jose, and Jimson Mathew, “A dual source switched-capacitor converter with solar energy integration capability” Int. J. Energy Technology and Policy (2016).
- Chikku Abraham, Rakhee R and Babita Roslind Jose, “A Multiple Input Mulitple Gain Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter with Reduced Switch Count”, International Symposium on Electronic Design (ISED 2014), NIT Surathkal, December 2014, IEEE-CPSMangalore, India.
- Chikku Abraham, Poornima M S and Babita Roslind Jose, “A Novel Multiple Gain inductorless Buck-Boost DC-DC Converter”, International Conference on Advances in Computer and communication system (ICACC), IEEE – CPS, August 2014, Kerala, India.
- Chikku Abraham, Poornima, M.S. and Jose, B.R., “A Novel Multiple Gain Inductorless Buck-Boost DC-DC Converter”, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications (ICACC), August 2014, (pp. 356- 361). IEEE.
- Chikku Abraham, Preetha K G, Susan Ninan and Babita Roslind Jose, “Charge Pump Driven High Step Up Converter for Renewable Energy Harvesting”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical Engineering (ICETREE), Elsevier publications proceedings, August 2014, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala, India.
- Chikku Abraham, Preetha G, Susan Ninan and Babita Roslind Jose, “Charge Pump Driven High Step-up Converter for Renewable Energy Harvesting”, Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical Engineering (ICETREE-14), July, 2014, Elsevier.
- Chikku Abraham, Rakhee R, Jose B.R., “A Multiple Input Multiple Output Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter with Reduced Switch Count”, In Electronic System Design (ISED), 2014 Fifth IEEE International Symposium (pp. 104-108). IEEE, 2014.
- Remya K G, ChikkuAbraham andBabitha R Jose “A slope compensated Current Mode controlled Boost Conveter” International Conference on Eco-friendly Computing and Communication Systems, Kochi, Springer, August 2012, p.p.69-76.
- Basil Kumar N K and Chikku Abraham “Analysis and Simulation Study of An Inverter Integrated with Soft Switching for a BLDC Drive System” International Conference on Emerging Trends In Engineering (ICETE’12), NITTE, Karnataka, India, ISBN No. 978-81-923974-0-5, May 2012.
- Remna Radhakrishnan, Salitha K and Chikku Abraham “Position Sensorless Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drive” International Conference on Emerging Trends In Engineering (ICETE’12), NITTE, Karnataka India, ISBN: 978-81-923974-0-5, May 2012.
- Anumol George, K R Varmah and Chikku Abraham “ Simulation of HPF Offline Power Supply for Wide Input Voltage Ranges Using IBFC ” Proceedings of National Conference on Computational Intelligence in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (NCIEEE), Sathyabhama University, Chennai, ISBN: 978-81-909042-6-1, March 2012.
- Jassia M A, Caroline Ann Sam and Chikku Abraham “CompactSynchronous Buck Voltage Regulator with ZVS for WideLoadRange ” Proceedings of National Conference on Computational Intelligence in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (NCIEEE), SathyabhamaUniversity, Chennai, ISBN: 978-81-909042-6-1, March 2012.
- Remya K G, Chikku Abraham and Prof K R Varmah “Design and Simulation of Current Mode controlled Boost Conveter” Fifth national conference on Advances in Energy Conversion Technologies AECT February, 2012, Manipal University.
- Chikku Abraham and S. V. Kulkarni, “FDTD Simulated Propagation of Electromagnetic Pulses due to PD for Transformer Diagnostics,” Paper 1569128887, IEEE TENCON 2008, IEEE Asia-Pacific Region 10 International conference, Hyderabad, India, November 18-21, 2008.
- Chikku Abraham, Avinash S. Bhangaonkar, and S. V. Kulkarni, “Towards Development of Competence in Simulation and Measurement of Partial Discharge Signals in the UHFRange,” Fifteenth National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), IIT Bombay, December 2008, pp. 436-441.
Employment History :
- Industry-3 years (2 Years at KITCO Ltd, Kochi), (I year at P.T. Kaltimex Energy, Indonesia)
- Teaching-15 years (11 years at Rajagiri School of Engg. Kakkanad, 3 years at Mangalam College of engineering, Ettumanoor)
- Research-7 years, Part time Research scholar at CUSAT