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Rajesh Joseph Abraham




Dr. Rajesh Joseph Abraham
Asst. Professor
Department of Avionics
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Thiruvananthapuram - 695 022
Phone:0471 2563078 (Off)
Fax:0471 2564806
E-mail:
 Dr. Rajesh Joseph Abraham  


Education:
  • Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2008)
  • M.Tech. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering, University of Kerala, 2002)
  • B.Tech. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering, University of Calicut, 1998)

    Prizes/Scholarships/Awards:
  • GATE 2000 Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources & Development, Government of India, for M. Tech Studies
  • First National Doctoral Fellowship (NDF - 2003) from the All India Council for Technical Education (A. I. C. T. E), New Delhi, India, for Doctoral Research
  • Best Library User Award (P. G. Student) 2004 - 2005 from the Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
  • Early Faculty Induction Programme Fellowship (EFIP 2005) from the All India Council for Technical Education (A. I. C. T. E), New Delhi, India for Teaching Career
  • Young Scientist Award 2005 from the National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi, India
  • IEEE CSS Developing Countries Travel Support 2009 for paper presentation in 7th Asian Control Conference (ASCC 2009), Hong Kong, August 27 – 29, 2009

    Area of Research:
    Control Systems and its Applications, Power and Control.


    Courses offered:
    Undergraduate: Control Systems, Electric Circuits, Electromagnetic Field Theory, Basic Electrical Engineering, Electrical Machines, Optimisation Techniques, Mechatronics & Control Systems, Linear Control Theory, Dynamics of Systems.
    Graduate: Systems Theory, Advanced Control systems, Navigation, Guidance & Control, Computational Techniques & Optimisation.


    Experience:
    • Assistant Professor: Department of Avionics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (July 2009 onwards).
    • Reader: Department of Instrumentation & Control Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka (July 2008 to June 2009).
    • Assistant Professor: Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala (June 2007 to May 2008).
    • A.I.C.T.E National Doctoral Fellow: Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal (July 2003 to May 2007).
    • Lecturer: Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka (July 2008 to June 2009). (August 2002 to June 2003).
    • Lecturer: Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu (June 2002 to November 2002).
    • Lecturer: Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, The Indian Engineering College, Vadakangulam, Tamil Nadu (June 1999 to July 2000). .

    Selected Journal Publications:
    • R. J. Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, "Effect of TCPS on Oscillations in Tie-Power and Area Frequencies in an Interconnected Hydrothermal Power System", IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 1, no. 4, July 2007, pp. 632-639. .
    • Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, "Automatic Generation Control of an Interconnected Hydrothermal Power System considering Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 29, no. 8, Oct. 2007, pp. 571- 579..
    • S. Geetha & R. J. Abraham, "Load relief autopilot design for a launch vehicle – Pole placement and LQG method", Aerospace Engineering Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), vol. 88, Nov. 2007, pp. 28-30. .
    • Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, "AGC Study of a Hydrothermal System with SMES and TCPS", European Transactions on Electrical Power, vol. 19, no. 3, Apr. 2009, pp. 487-498..

    Selected Conference Publications:
    1. Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, “Bilateral Load Following in a Restructured Power System with Local Controllers”, 7th Asian Control Conference (ASCC 2009), Hong Kong, August 27 – 29, 2009.
    2. Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, “Improving AGC of a Thermal Power System with SMES-TCPS combination”, 8th International Power Engineering Conference (IPEC 2007), Singapore, Dec.03 - 06, 2007.
    3. Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, “AGC of a Hydrothermal System with Thyristor Controlled Phase Shifter in the Tie-line”, 2006 IEEE Power India Conference, New Delhi, India, Apr. 10 - 12, 2006.
    4. Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, “AGC of a Hydrothermal System with SMES Unit”, 3rd Industrial Electrical & Electronics GCC Conference (IEEE GCC 2006), Bahrain, Mar. 19 - 22, 2006.
    5. Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, “Some Aspects of Load Following in Restructured Electric Power Markets”, 30th National Systems Conference (NSC 2006), Goa, Nov. 02-04, 2006.
    6. Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, “Deregulated AGC With TCPS in Series With The Tie-line”, 14th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC 2006), Roorkee, Dec. 27-29, 2006.
    7. Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, “Effect of Capacitive Energy Storage on Automatic Generation Control”, 7th International Power Engineering Conference (IPEC 2005), Singapore, Nov. 29 - Dec. 2, 2005.
    8. Rajesh Joseph Abraham, D. Das & Amit Patra, “Effect of Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage on Automatic Generation Control”, 3rd International Conference on Computer Applications in Electrical Engineering Recent Advances (CERA 05), Roorkee, India, Sep. 29 - Oct. 01, 2005.
    9. Rajesh Joseph Abraham & V. G. Rau, “Transient Stability of Power Systems using Lyapunov Functions”, 13th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC 2004), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Dec. 27-30, 2004.
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