Dr. Vijayalekshmy S
Professor, IQAC Co-ordinator
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Marian Engineering College
Ph: 9495707111
Email: vijayalekshmy.ee@marian.ac.in
Date of Joining MEC: 01 June 2017
Professional Experience: Total 25 Years (22 Years Teaching and 3 Years Research)
Educational Profile
Ph.D (2018)
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Topic " Investigations on partially shaded solar arrays in a microgrid"
Kerala University (Full Time at College of Engineering Trivandrum)
M.Tech (1998)
Electrical & Electronics Engineering - Power System
University of Kerala / College of Engineering Trivandrum
First Class with Distinction
B.Tech (1995)
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
University of Kerala /College of Engineering Trivandrum
First Class with Distinction
Courses handled
Course
Electrical Machines I
Electrical MachinesII
Electrical Machines III
Electrical Machine Design
Control Systems
Advanced Control Theory
Network Analysis & Synthesis
Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution
Power System Analysis
Power Electronics
Power Semiconductor Drives
Introduction to Electrical Engineerisng
Digital Control Theory
Professional Bodies
Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education, ISTE
Life Member, Institution of Engineers India
Life Member, International Association of Engineers, IAENG
Research Interest
Partial Shading in Solar Arrays
Power Quality
Load flow analysis
Power System Stability
Research / Journal Reviews
Reviewer, Elsevier Journal for Sustainable Development
Reviewer, Elsevier Journal of Measurement
Projects / Theses Guided
B Tech (20)
MTech (2)
Publications
Journal Publications
1. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer‟ A Novel Zig-Zag Scheme for Power Enhancement of Partially Shaded Arrays through Shade Dispersion‟ Elsevier Journal of Solar Energy, (SCI Indexed Journal) ISSN: 0038-092XOctober 2016 pp 92-102 (12 citations)
2. Vijayalekshmy S, S RamaIyer, Bisharathu Beevi,‟ Comparative Analysis on the Performance of a Short String of Series Connected and Parallel Connected Photovoltaic array under partial shading conditions‟, Springer Publication, Journal of Institution of Engineers India, ISSN 2250-2106 Series B, July 2014. (2citation)
3. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Performance Improvement of Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Arrays under Moving Shadow Conditions through Shade Dispersion Springer Publication‟, ISSN 2250-2106,Springer Publication, Journal of Institution of Engineers India, Series B.
4. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer‟Analysis of Various Photovoltaic Array Configurations under Shade Dispersion by Su Do Ku Arrangement during Passing Cloud Conditions’ Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 8(35), DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2015, ISSN : 0974-5645 December 2015 (2 citations)
5. Vijayalekshmy S, S RamaIyer, Bisharathu Beevi,‟Modelling and simulation of a Photovoltaic array suitable for a DC Microgrid‟, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research -IJAER, Vol 8,No 17, ISSN 0973-9769 pp-2005-2016,Dec 2013 (1 citation)
Conference Publications
1. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer , ' Enhanced Power Generation in partially Shaded solar Arrays by Su Do Ku Technique of Panel Placement under Moving Cloud Conditions", IEEE International Conference ICICICT 2017, Kannur
2. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer, " Power Enhancement of Zig-Zag and Su Do Ku Schemes in a partially shaded Photo Voltaic Array under Static shading Conditions", IEEE International Conference i- Pact, VIT Chennai April 2017
3. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer, ‘A Novel Approach for Performance Improvement of Partially Shaded Solar Arrays”, IEEE International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies Sustainability –ICEETS-16, pp-122-129, April 2016, Nagercoil.
4. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer, ‘Power Enhancement of Partially Shaded Solar Arrays Under Moving Illumination Conditions Through Shade Dispersion’, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems 2015, (IEEE SPICES 2015), NIT Calicut.
5. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer, ‘Performance of Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Array Configurations under Shade Dispersion’, IEEE Conference- International Conference on Advances in Green Energy , ICAGE- 2014, December 2014, Trivandrum (2 citations)
6. Vijayalekshmy S, S RamaIyer, Bisharathu Beevi, „ Evaluation of power losses in a short string of series connected and parallel connected Photovoltaic modules for low power applications‟, IEEE Conference in Proceedings of International Conference on Control, Control and Computing (ICCC 2013),pp 125-130,Dec-2013, Trivandrum (6 citations)
7. Vijayalekshmy S, S RamaIyer, Bisharathu Beevi,‟ Analysis of Solar Photo Voltaic Array Configurations under changing illumination conditions’. IEEE Conference - ICCPCT 2014,Nagercoil, March 2014, pp 1032 -1037 (3 citations)
8. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer‟ Estimation of Power Losses in Photovolatic Array Configurations under Passing Cloud Conditions’, IEEE Conference - Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications – ICACC 2014, Cochin, August 2014, pp 366-369 (1 citation)
9. Vijayalekshmy S, S RamaIyer, Bisharathu Beevi, ‘ Investigations on partially shaded solar arrays under varying illumination conditions’ ICETREE 2015, Int. Conf. on Emerging Trends in Electrial Engineering, Elsevier Publications 2014 (1–6) August 2014, Kollam ,pp-1-6
10. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer,‟ Estimation of power losses in photovoltaic array configurations under moving cloud conditions.‟ Conference proceeding Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications -2014- WCE 2014, London, July 2014. pp 270-275
11. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S RamaIyer’Analysis of Various Photovoltaic Array Configurations under Shade Dispersion by Su Do Ku Arrangement during Passing Cloud Conditions‟ ICSCASE 2015, Nagercoil
12. Vijayalekshmy S, S RamaIyer, Bisharathu Beevi, ’Study of PV array based on MATLAB/SIMULINK which can be used in a DC Micro grid system’, Proceedings of 25th Kerala Science Congress, Vol 1,pp-508-511,Jan 2013
13. Devika CM, Karthika Bose, Vijayalekshmy S, " Automatic Plant Irrigation System" , IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems ICCS -2017, Trivandrum, 2017
14. S Vijayalekshmy, S Pushpakumar, N A Jose, ‘ Developments in HVDC Circuit Breakers‟, Proceedings of the Second National Seminar on Modern Trends in Power Engineering and Development, November 1996,Trivandrum, pp 127-136
Honours & Awards
1. Corps Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Prize
Awarded in the year 2017 at 32nd Indian Engineering Congress at Chennai by Institution of Engineers India for the paper published in Journal of Institution of Engineers India Series B (Springer)
Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Performance Improvement of Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Arrays under Moving Shadow Conditions through Shade Dispersion Springer Publication‟, ISSN 2250-21
Best Paper Award in IEEE International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT) -2014.
Best paper Award in, IEEE International Conference on International Conference on Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies, i-PACT, VIT Chennai, April 2017
FDPs / STTPs / Workshops (As Resource Person)
1. Resource Person in “Modelling and Simulation of a Photovoltaic Array suitable for a DC Microgrid”, Barton Hill Engineering College, Workshop on Sustainable Energy, Waste management and Renewable Energy, 3days, February 2017
2. Chaired IEEE Conference i-PACT 2017, April 2017
Title of Fellowship
SPEED IT Research Fellowhip
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