DEPARTMENT OF Electrical and Electronics

Educational Qualification:

• B.Tech: Calicut University Institute of Engineering and Technology(2010)
• M.Tech: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University (2012)
• PhD: National Institute of Technology Calicut (2018)

Specialization:

• Power Electronics

Current Research Interest:

• Multi-port DC-DC converters for Hybrid energy applications
• High gain non isolated DC-DC converters
• Renewable Energy Integration

PhD Thesis:

• Development of Dual Input DC-DC Converter Topologies for the Integration of Hybrid Energy Systems under Dr. Kumaravel Sundaramoorthy and Prof. Ashok S, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala.

Research:

List of Publications:

International Journals

• Sivaprasad Athikkal, Chokkalingam, S. I. Ganesan, B. Lehman and T. B. Lazzarin, “Performance Evaluation of a Dual-Input Hybrid Step-Up DC–DC Converter,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 3769-3782, May-June 2022(SCI Indexed, IF: 3.654).
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, Guru Kumar, K. Sundaramoorthy and A. Sankar, “A Non-Isolated Bridge-Type DC–DC Converter for Hybrid Energy Source e Integration,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 4033-4043, July-Aug. 2019(SCI Indexed, IF: 3.654).
• Kumaravel S, G Guru Kumar, Sivaprasad Athikkal, V Karthikeyan, “Dual Input Super Boost DC-DC Converter for Solar Powered Electric Vehicle,” in IET Power Electronics, 12: 2276-2284(SCIE Indexed, IF: 2.112).
• Sivaprasad Athikkal G. Kumar, K. Sundaramoorthy and A. Sankar, ” Perform ance Analysis of a Positive Output Voltage Dual Input DC-DC Converter for Hybrid Energy Application,” in Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, Vol. 27, no.10, 1850159 (SCIE Indexed, IF: 1.333).
• Suresh, S, Raghu, C.N, Dash, R, Kalvakurthi, J.R, Sivaprasad Athikkal Subburaj, V,  “SIMO DC-DC Converter for E-Vehicle and Regenerative Braking Based on Simulation and Model Investigation,”  in Energies, 2022, 15, 6818(SCIE Indexed, IF: 3.252).
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, Sundaramoorthy and A. Sankar, “Design, Fabrication and Performance Analysis of a Two Input—Single Output DC-DC Converter,” in Energies 2017, 10, 1410 (SCIE Indexed, IF: 3.252).
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, G. Kumar, K. Sundaramoorthy and A. Sankar, “Performance Analysis of Novel Bridge Type Dual Input DC-DC Converters,” in IEEE Access, vol. 5, no. , pp. 15340-15353, 2017 (SCIE Indexed, IF: 3.367).
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, Sundaramoorthy and A. Sankar, “Development and perform ance analysis of dual input DC-DC converters for DC microgrid application,” in IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13: 1034-1043(SCIE Indexed, IF: 0.923).
• Meesala, R.E.K., Sivaprasad Athikkal & Aruldavid, R. “Improved Direct Torque Controlled PMSM Drive for Electric Vehicles,” in Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B (springer) (2022) (Scopus Indexed).
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, Sundaramoorthy and A. Sankar, “A Modified Dual Input DC-DC Converter for Hybrid Energy Application,” in International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive System (IJPEDS), Vol.8, No.1, March 2017, pp.81-92(Scopus Indexed).
• Thomas, Sivaprasad Athikkal, K. Sundaramoorthy, and A. Sankar,” Testing of a Solar- PV/Wind operated AC-DC Microgrid with LabVIEW Controller,” in International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive System (IJPEDS), Vol. 9, no.1, March 2018, pp.406-413(Scopus Indexed).
• Umavathi, C. Santhakumar, K. Sathyasekar, C. Bharatiraja, Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Minimum device usages of field programmable gate array (FPGA) verification of multilevel PWM inverter drive generation,” in Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 65, Part 1, 2022,Pages 313-321(Scopus Indexed).
• Ramesh, M. Umavathi, C. Bharatiraja, G. Ramanathan, Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Development of a PMSM motor field-oriented control algorithm for electrical vehicles,” in Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 65, Part 1, 2022, Pages 176-187(Scopus Indexed).
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Development and Analysis of a Dual Input Buck-Boost DC-DC Converter Topology for Hybrid Energy Applications,” in International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 12(4), 2020, pp. 878- 889(Scopus Indexed).

International Conferences

• Sivaprasad Athikkal, Mandal, S. Gayathri, V. K. Tirkey and J. Peter, “A Transformerless Two Input Two Output DC-DC Step up Converter,” 2021 IEEE International Power and Renewable Energy Conference (IPRECON), 2021, pp. 1-6.
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Performance Evaluation of A Positive Output Voltage Dual Input DC-DC Converter,” 2021 2nd International Conference for Emerging Technology (INCET), 2021, pp. 1-5.
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, and K. M. R. Eswar, “A Three Input Dual Output Boost Type Non Isolated DC-DC Converter,” 2021 International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT), 2021, pp. 1-6.
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, R E. Kodumur Meesala, J. Peter, R. Kumar, R. K. Singh and A. Kumar, “A Two Input Two Output Step Up Type Transformerless DC-DC Converter,” 2021 Fourth International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), 2021, pp. 1-6.
• R. E. K. Meesala, Sivaprasad Athikkal, R. Aruldavid and D. Srinivasan, “Simple Predictive Torque Control functioned PMSM drive for Electric Vehicles,” 2021 Fourth International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), 2021, pp. 1-5.
• R. E. K. Meesala and Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Evaluation of Predictive Torque Controlled Two-level and Multi-level Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles,” 2021 IEEE International Power and Renewable Energy Conference (IPRECON), 2021, pp. 1-6.
• Aravind R, Sivaprasad Athikkal, R. E. K. Meesala and C. Bharatiraja, “Analysis of a Single Inductor Based Two Input Two Output DC-DC Converter,” 2022 Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), 2022, pp. 1-5.
• Ramanathan, C. Bharatiraja and Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Design and Implementation of Modified Z-Source Inverter for Multi-Port Electric Vehicle Charger,” 2022 Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), 2022, pp. 1-5
• Yadav, S. S. Datta, P. Pandey, J. Peter and Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Space Vector PWM Based Vector Control in an Electric Vehicle with Induction Motor Drive,” 2021 IEEE International Power and Renewable Energy Conference (IPRECON), 2021, pp. 1-6.
• R. E. K. Meesala, Sivaprasad Athikkal, P. Pradhan, S. Prasad and A. Prasad, “Modified Direct Torque Control of PMSM Drive for Electric Vehicle Application,” 2021 IEEE Madras Section Conference (MASCON), 2021, pp. 1-5.
• S. Luke, I. Majumdar, S. K. Gupta, J. Peter and Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Investigation on Space Vector Based Hybrid PWM Algorithm for Induction Motor Control,” 2020 International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Applications (PEREA), Kannur, India, 2020, pp. 1-6.
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, K. Sehgal, U. Mohan and A. Singh, “A Voltage Multiplier based Non Isolated High Gain DC-DC Converter for DC Bus Application,” 2020 International Conference on Futuristic Technologies in Control Systems & Renewable Energy (ICFCR), Malappuram, India, 2020, pp. 1-6.
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, C. Bharatiraja, B. Lehman and T. B. Lazzarin, “Performance Evaluation of A Dual Input Hybrid Step up DC-DC Converter,” 2020 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC), Thrissur, India, 2020, pp. 1-6.
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, G. Kumar, Kumaravel S. and Ashok S., “A novel bridge type DC- DC converter for hybrid energy source integration,” 2016 IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, 2016,pp.1-6.
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, Joseph, S. Kumaravel and S. Ashok, “Design and analysis of a dual input DC-DC converter for hybrid electric vehicle,” 2015 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems (SPICES), Kozhikode, 2015, pp. 1-5.
• M. Nisar, Sivaprasad Athikkal, S. Kumaravel and P. Ananthakris hnan, “Implementation of closed loop controller in a dual input DC -DC converter for DC-microgrid application,” 2016 IEEE Annual India Conference (INDICON), Bangalore, 2016, pp. 1-6.
• Kumaravel S, Sivaprasad Athikkal and Ashok S., “A fuzzy controller for a DC/DC converter to integrate different power characteristic sources,” 2016 IEEE 25th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Santa Clara, CA, 2016, pp. 550-555.
• Kumaravel S, A. Sarathi, G. G. Kumar and Sivaprasad Athikkal, “Three inputs and Two Outputs Boost DC-DC Converter for DC Microgrid Applications,” 2018 2nd IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, India, 2018,pp.188-193.
• Sivaprasad Athikkal, and Ravi Eswar Kodumur Meesala, “Analysis of a Triple Input Single Output DC-DC Converter for Hybrid Energy Application”, iCATCHCOME 2022, AIP Conference Proceedings.
• Yash Vardhan Bhargava, Aravind R, Kashish Noori, Divyakumar Gupta, Sivaprasad Athikkal, and Ravi Eswar Kodumur Meesala, “A Transformerless High Step up Dual Inductor based DC-DC Converter for Fast Charging Application”, 3rd Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference (EPREC 2022), LNEE Springer, NIT Jmshedpur.

Invited Talks

• Expert Session on “Multi-port DC-DC Converters for EV Charging- MATLAB Simulink” in Faculty Development Programme on “Emerging Trends in Power Electronics and Control for Electric Vehicle and Smart Grid” at Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad, Kerala September 2022.
• Expert Session on “DC-DC Converters for Non-Conventional Energy Applications” in Faculty Development Programme on “Renewable Energy and Power Electronics for Industrial Drives Applications-Phase-1” at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, Kerala, April 2021.
• Expert Session on “Advanced Multi-port DC-DC Converters for Hybrid Energy Applications” in Faculty Development Programme on “Renewable Energy and Power Electronics for Industrial Drives Applications-Phase-1” at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, kerala, April 2021.

Funded Projects

• Design and Development of a High Efficient Hybrid Energy Source Connected Multi Output Multi Connected DC Fast Charging Infrastructure for Plug-in Electric Vehicles (Selective Excellence Research Initiative Scheme-2021- 2022, 2.5 Lakhs)

Reviewer of Journals

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Access, IET Power Electronics, IET Generation, Distribution and Transmission, Electric Power Components and Systems (Taylor and Francis), IETE Journal of Research (Taylor and Francis), Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Wiley Publications), Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B (IEIB).

Achievements

• Secured Best Paper Award in ICATCHCOME 2022, KPRIET, Coimbatore
• Secured Best Paper Award in 3rd Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference (EPREC 2022), NIT Jamshedpur.
• Innovative Technological Research & Dedicated Teaching Professional Award by the Society of Innovative Educationalist & Scientific Research Professional Chennai.

Professional Membership:

• IEEE, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Society of Innovative Educationalist & Scientific Research Professional (SIESRP)

Employment History:

Teaching Experience:

• 4 years as Assistant Professor at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu from July 2018 to September 2022.
• 5 months as Ad hoc Faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut from December 2017 to May 2018.
• 1 year Assistant Professor at Thejus Engineering College, Thrissur from July 2012 to July 2013.

Research Experience:

• Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut from July 2013 to December 2017.