Dr. T. Ananthkumar
R & D Head
Research and Development incorporates a special significance with the exception of its conventional coupling of research project and technological development. The role of the R&D Division of the college is to enhance research and development activities to enable IFET College of Engineering to become a renowned intellectual corporation fostering excellent research, development, sponsored projects, consultancy, continuing education, and industry-institute interaction in addition to wonderful teaching.
R&D Initiatives
Encourages research, project funding, and Centers of Excellence.
Industry-Academia Ties
Supports industry, fosters innovation, patents, and promotes research.
Institutional Support
Funds labs, boosts IPR activities, fosters research, and drives innovation.
R&D Funded Project Cell Objectives
- Promote R&D program in newly emerging challenges in science, technology, and engineering.
- Enhancement of knowledge, capability, and global recognition for the institution.
- Application of qualitative as well as quantitative research techniques to enhance the knowledge and capability of students and faculty in relatively unexposed areas.
- Upgradation of workshop and laboratory through MODROB proposals of AICTE, MHRD.
- To develop research proposals for funding from DST/MNRE/AICTE/MHRD.
- To organize Seminars/Conferences/Workshops in the relevant areas of science & engineering.
- To assist students in applying for funding to conduct research under student project schemes from various funding agencies like TNSCST, IEI (I), DRDO, etc.
- To assist in applying for and obtaining funds to conduct Seminars/Workshops/FDPs from various available funding agencies.
- To facilitate the growth of research activity among the faculty, including developing mechanisms and targets to achieve this.
- To develop and coordinate strategies for maximizing the faculty’s success in gaining external research funding.
- To maintain and disseminate current information about relevant research policy areas and initiatives in government, in the professions, and in relevant industries, including external funding opportunities.
- To develop strategies to foster research collaborations within the faculty, across faculties and institutes, and with agencies outside the college.
- To work with various departments to establish and develop faculty research priorities in interdisciplinary areas.
- To interact with industry, government, professions, and the wider community on all research matters and promote faculty research activities to external stakeholders.
Short Term Goals
- Promotion of R&D Activities in science and technology with special emphasis on emerging domains.
- Motivate faculty and students to participate in Seminars/Conferences/Workshops and further share their knowledge and experience with faculty and students and submit proposals to R&D cell.
- To motivate faculty and students to present/publish/research papers in reputed national & international journals and submit a copy to the R&D SECTION IN LIBRARY.
- To start research programs in science & engineering funded by national & international research bodies.
- Motivate faculty and students to design, fabricate, and implement viable functional projects for the benefit of the institution and the country. The institution should provide a sufficient level of financial support & facilities as per the progress.
- Publish a journal of science & engineering with ISBN No.
Long Term Goals
- Establishing centre of excellence for all departments as per their relevant research areas.
- Establishing renewable energy park in collaboration with MNRE.
- Initiating process of establishing research centre in science & technology domain.
- Initiating a culture or movement that research & academics are complementary to each other. Both are needed for upgrading the standard of education in our country.
Initiatives For Students
- Students are encouraged to participate in workshops, seminars, paper presentations, and project competitions.
- They are motivated to undertake both in-house and industry-based projects.
- Guest lectures, workshops, and industrial visits are regularly arranged to focus on thrust areas.
- Financial assistance is provided for publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals.
- Students are encouraged to submit research proposals under the student project scheme to external funding agencies on the topic of their project work.
- Financial assistance is provided for student projects based on merit.
- “Cash awards” are being provided for the best projects.
- Internal funding is being provided to faculty and students up to Rs. 1 lakh per year, depending on the worth of the proposal.
Initiatives For Faculties
- Cash Awards are being provided for Research Publication for faculty members in all reputed journals.
- Financial assistance is being provided for conducting Internal/External Symposia and Internal/External Conferences to encourage students and faculty members to actively participate.
- Faculty members are sponsored for pursuing higher studies.
- Incentives for publishing papers in refereed impact factor journals.
- Incentives for faculty receiving research grants from external funding agencies of the Government of India.
- Faculty members are encouraged to interact with the outside world, such as chairing technical sessions, serving as keynote speakers in National/International Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, and Guest lectures.
- Financial assistance is provided for student projects based on merit.
- Management extends full support for the funds required to procure facilities for research.
Funds Received
| Name of the Programme | Principal Coordinator | Department | Agency | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
112 India?- Envisioning Women?s safety and security in future India | Dr.P.Kanimozhi, Mrs.S.Usharani, Mrs.P.Manjubala | CSE | ICSSR/Seminar | 2022 |
Aatmanirbhar: How to Be ?Vocal for Local | Dr.S.Matilda, Mrs.P.Dharani Devi | CSE | ICSSR/Seminar | 2022 |
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Pill Camera | Dr.T.Ananthkumar, Mrs.A.Melkiya Ranjani, Mrs.A. Inbavalli | CSE | SERB/ SEMINAR | 2022 |
Computational Fluid Dynamics: An effective tool for modern physical application" | Dr.K.Ganesa Balamurugan, Mr.N.Vaithiyanathan | Mech | SERB/ SEMINAR | 2022 |
Student Projects
| Guide / Supervisor Name | Title | Students | Research Agent | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. R. Venkatakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IFET College of Engineering, Viluppuram-605 108 | Fabrication of power harvesting tiles | Dhinesh. S, Guberan. R | TNSCST | 2024 | 7500 |
Mrs. N. Porkodi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IFET College of Engineering, Viluppuram-605 108 | Structural investigation of hardened properties of paver block by adding prosopis juliflora & gongura fiber | Subalakshmy. S., Gopi. S | TNSCST | 2024 | 7000 |
Dr. M. Margarat, Professor, Dept. of ECE, IFET College of Engineering, Viluppuram-605 108 | IoT-based cylinder weight reminder and knob controller | Janani D.P., Jayashree S., Kovardhani K. | TNSCST | 2024 | 3500 |
Mrs. G. Anbarasi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, IFET College of Engineering, Viluppuram-605 108 | Portable organic food preservation supply using pulsed electric field | Gayathri N | TNSCST | 2024 | 7500 |
Mrs. K. Elavarasi, Associate Professor, Dept. of IT, IFET College of Engineering, Viluppuram-605 108 | Emission control system using IoT | Praveen Raj S., Praveen M., Raghav Sandeep P., Ananda Kumar A. | TNSCST | 2024 | 7500 |
Mrs. K. Kalaiselvi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE, IFET College of Engineering, Viluppuram-605 108 | Leveraging machine learning in IoT-based agriculture to classify micro nutrients and boost crop productivity | Hari K., Jaya Prakash Narayanan A., Akash B., Karthick N. | TNSCST | 2024 | 7500 |
Mr. Jayakumar. D, Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE, IFET College of Engineering, Viluppuram-605 108 | Accurate weather forecasting for rainfall prediction using artificial neural network | Titus Casimir A, Vigneshwaran V, Avinash B, Sivashankaran A | TNSCST | 2024 | 7500 |
Mrs. Kamatchi N Assistant Professor Dept. of Civil | Comparison of soil stabilization with geotextiles and sand chimneys (ECV-163) | A. Ashwath | TNSCST | 2023 | 7500 |
Dr.T.Ananthakumar Associate Professor Dept. of CSE | Technical approach to address the air pollution and stubble burning in Tamilnadu (CSE-519) | K. Kaviyarasan, Konduru Tharun, Mothishwara Navinkumar | TNSCST | 2023 | 7500 |
Mr.N.Sivanantham Assistant Professor Dept. of EEE | Gesture controlled drone (EEE-0579) | T. Bharath Kumar | TNSCST | 2023 | 7500 |
Mr.M.Ganesh, Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering | Design and fabrication of fingerprint self starter for two wheelers (EME-0283) | S. Dinesh Kumar, R. Giridharan, W. Nirmal, R. Mohanraj | TNSCST | 2023 | 7500 |
Mrs. Vanitha R Assistant Professor Dept of CSE | Rainfall prediction system for agriculture using ANN (AS-289) | B. Shanmugasundaram, A. Saravanakumar, K. Sivakumar, L. Santhosh Kumar | TNSCST | 2023 | 7500 |
Ms. Kalpana.S Associate Professor of ECE | Remote controlled waste collector in water sources (ES-304) | P.Blessed Raj | TNSCST | 2023 | 7500 |
Mrs.M.Jayasudha Assistant Professor Department of ECE | IOT based paralyis patient helath care project (MS-0263) | R. Balakumaran, C. Hariprasath | TNSCST | 2023 | 7500 |
Mr.B.Elamvazhudi Associate Professor /Mech | Design and Fabrication of Lander using Bio Materials (ES-407) | Farhan Mohammed.N, Abhishek.D.M | TNSCST | 2022 | 7500 |
Mr.A.Arun, Associate Professor /MBA | Implementation of clean Indian movement and its impact towards natural disaster (SS-106) | Harinee.M.P, Kishore Kumar.S, Nisha.M, Nisha.N | TNSCST | 2022 | 7500 |
Ms.Porkodi, Assistant Professor / CIVIL | Structural investigation of strengthening Masonry panels using geogrids geopolymer composites (ECV - 286) | Kalaivardhiny.V.C | TNSCST | 2022 | 7500 |
Ms P. Divya, Assistant Professor /CSE | Automatic speed reduction system of drowsiness driver vehicle (CSE-1241) | Vignesh. D, Subash Surya.E | TNSCST | 2022 | 7500 |
Dr.U.Palani, Professor/ ECE | Automatic battery charging unit for soldiers using the vibration of gun barrel (EEE -0820) | Padmavathi.N, Sadhana.R | TNSCST | 2022 | 7500 |
Mr.S.Annamalai, Assistant Professor | Railway track crack detection vehicle (EME -0311) | Karthick.K, Chandramouleeswaran.P | TNSCST | 2022 | 7500 |
Research Advisory Committee
| S. No. | Name | Designation | Postition |
|---|---|---|---|
01. | Dr.T.Ananthkumar | Associate Professor | R & D Head |
02. | Dr. J. Vidhya | Associate Professor | R & D Head |
03. | Mrs. A. Devi | Associate Professor | Member |
04. | Ms. S. Shalini | Assistant Professor | Member |
05. | Martina Jose Mary | Assistant Professor | Member |
06. | M. Divya | Assistant Professor | Member |
07. | P.Manjubala | Associate Professor | Member |
08. | S.Usharani | Associate Professor | Member |
09. | K. Sowndhariya | Assistant Professor | Member |
10. | J. Jayanthi | Assistant Professor | Member |
Research Supervisor
Dr. P. Kanimozhi
Professor
Department: CSE
Specialisation: Cloud Computing Security, IoT, Data Mining, Information Retrieval
Email: [email protected]
Dr. T. Ananthkumar
Associate Professor
Department: CSE
Specialisation: VLSI Design, MEMS, Soft Computing, Cloud Computing
Email: [email protected]
Dr. B. Elizabeth Caroline
Professor
Department: ECE
Specialisation: Optical signal processing Antenna, Optical sensor, All-optical devices, THz devices
Email: [email protected]
Dr. U. Palani
Professor
Department: ECE
Specialisation: Wireless Networks, Blockchain Technology, Embedded System, IoT, Machine Learning
Email: [email protected]
Dr. M. Margarat
Professor
Department: ECE
Specialisation: Optical Communication, Information Processing
Email: [email protected]
Dr. B. Elamvazhudi
Associate Professor
Department: Mechanical
Specialisation: Fatigue, Failure Analysis, Polymer Matrix Composites, Nanocomposites
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Jacquline Rosy
Professor
Department: H&S
Specialisation: Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Environmental Science and Technology
Email: [email protected]
Dr. M. Murugan
Professor
Dr. K. Margandan
Assistant Professor