Thesis Title: Analysis and Enhancement of Stability of Power Systems with Utility-scale Photovoltaic Power Plants Guide: Dr. Sarasij Das Abstract: Owing to the negative impact of carbon emissions on the environment, power systems are experiencing a paradigm shift in power generation. The fossil fuel-based generators that utilize synchronous machines are increasingly being replaced by the […]
Date and Time: November 17, 2021 (Wednesday) 11.15 AM Click here to join the meetingExternal Examiner: Prof. Gaurav Harit, IIT Jodhpur Title: Techniques for estimating the direction of pointing gestures using depth images in the presence of orientation and distance variations from the depth sensor Abstract: Currently, we interact with computers, robots, drones, and virtual reality […]
Title of the thesis: Solving Inverse Problems Using a Deep Generative Prior Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Sekhar Seelamantula (EE) Examiner: Prof. Sumohana Channappayya (EE, IIT Hyderabad) Abstract: The objective in an inverse problem is to recover a signal from its measurements, given the knowledge of the measurement operator. In this thesis, we address the problems of compressive sensing (CS) and […]
Date and Time: November 24, 2021, 11 AM. Click here to join the meeting Title of the thesis: Spectrotemporal Processing of Speech Signals Using the Riesz Transform Examiner: Prof. S. R. Mahadeva Prasanna, IIT Dharwad and IIT Guwahati Abstract: Speech signals have time-varying spectra. Spectrograms have served as a useful tool for the visualization and analysis […]
Guide: Prof.. Muthuvel Arigovindan Title: Novel Regularized Image Reconstruction Methods for Sparse Photoacoustic Tomography Examiners: Prof. Michael Liebling, IDIAP Switzerland, and Prof. Hari Varma, IIT Bombay Date and Time: 7th December 2021 (Tuesday): 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Venue : Online through Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting Summary: Among all tissue imaging modalities, […]
Title of the Thesis: Protection of Transmission and Distribution Networks in Presence of Converter – Interfaced Renewable Generators Advisor: Dr. Sarasij Das Degree Registered: PhD (Eng.) Click here to join the meeting Abstract: Power generation from conventional sources like fossil fuels is widely being supplemented by renewable power sources. An increasing degree of penetration of renewable generators […]
Guide: Dr. Sarasij Das Title: Cyber Attack Resilient Breaker Failure Protection Scheme Using Wide Area measurements Name of the Student: Paawan Kirankumar Dubal Date and Time: 16th December, 2021, 3:30 PM click here for the Meeting Link Abstract: Breaker Failure Protection (BFP) is a backup protection that comes into play when a circuit breaker fails to […]
Title: Estimation of Synchronous Generator Parameters from Digital Relay Records and Development of an Experimental Testbed for Validation Faculty Adviser: Dr. Gurunath Gurrala. Date : 17th December 2021 Time: 3pm – 4.30pm Mode: Hybrid mode, both Teams and Physical Venue: MMCR, 1st floor C-wing, EE Department, IISc Teams Link: Click here to join the meeting. […]
Title: Characterization and Modelling of Switching Dynamics of SiC MOSFETs Name of the Advisor: Dr Kaushik Basu Date and Time: 23rd December 2021, 10:00 AM Place: Offline (MMCR EE,) online: Meeting Link: Click here to join the meeting Abstract: Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET is a wide bandgap (WBG) power device commercially available in the voltage range of […]
Research Supervisor: Prof. BS Rajanikanth Title of the thesis: Plasma catalysis of diesel exhaust using industrial wastes: a study on NOX and THC removal Time and Date: 9.30 AM, 4th January 2022 (Tuesday) Venue: MS Teams Link Abstract: Air pollution, caused by large scale consumption of fossil fuels such as diesel, has been the leading […]
Title: Robust Nonconvex Penalties for Solving Sparse Linear Inverse Problems and Applications to Computational Imaging Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Sekhar Seelamantula Examiner: Prof. Suyash Awate, IIT Bombay Venue: MS Teams (Click here to join the meeting) Date and time: January 5, 2022; 11 AM onward Abstract: Sparse linear inverse problems require the solution to the l-0-regularized […]
Date/Time: 09 Feb 2022, at 10:00 to 11:30 Title: Improved Understanding of Standing Waves in Single Layer Coil and Elegant Methods to Estimate Transformer Winding Parameters Abstract: Analyzing the effect of impulse voltages (like lightning, switching and VFTOs) on transformer winding has occupied centerstage in core electrical engineering research for over a […]