CURRICULUM VITAE

R. Femi

Lecturer

Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

BITS, Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus

Zuarinagar, Goa, India – 403726

E.Mail : femi@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in

Url : http://universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/goa/femi/profile

Phone: 0832-2580242

Mobile: 09552766288

Academics:

Ph.D. Pursuing from BITS, Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus. (Since August 2013)

M.E. Power Electronics and Drives from Government College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.

(Anna University, Chennai), 2008.

B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering from N.I College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.

(Anna University, Chennai), 2006.

Proposed Topic of Research for Ph.D Thesis

“Design and Development of scalable, arc-less, ultrafast, miniaturized circuit breaker for

over-current protection in electric power distribution system”

Supervisors: Dr. Shibu Clement and Dr. Anita Agrawal

Area of Research

Power Electronics, Power System, Miniaturization of electrical devices, arc-less switching,

Power MEMS.

Experience

BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus, from June 2010 onwards.

SCAD College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli from June 2008 to April 2010.

Courses taught

Electric Power Utilization and Illumination (EEE F427) Power Electronics (EEE/INSTR F342) Electrical Sciences (EEE F111) Electrical Sciences-I (ES C241) Electrical Sciences-II (ES C272)

Solid State Drives

Special Electrical Machines

WILP Courses taught

Power System Engineering-I (POWTP ZC 342) Electrical Technology (POWAB ZC251)

Engineering Measurements (TA ZC 232)

Laboratory Courses

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (ME F215) Electrical Machines (EEE/INSTR F211) Electro Mechanical Energy Conversion (EEE/INSTR C371)

Journal Publication

1. R. Femi, Anita Agrawal and Shibu Clement, “An FEM Study of the Electrothermal

Properties of Microelectrical Contacts for Application in the Design of Arcless

Switches”, IEEE Transaction on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing

Technology, vol.6, No.3,pp. 407- 417, March 2016. ISSN : 2156-3950,

DOI:10.1109/TCPMT.2016.2514369

2. R. Femi, S. Clement, A. Agrawal and A. A. Prince, "Investigation of

Microelectromechanical Switches for Next Generation DC Power Distribution

System" International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems

(IJEEPS), Berkeley Electronic Press, Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 591–605, ISSN

(Online) 1553-779X, ISSN (Print) 2194-5756, DOI: 10.1515/ijeeps-2014-

0042, November 2014.

Conference Publications 1. R. Femi, S. Clement, A. Agrawal and A. A. Prince, “Effect of Electric Field on

Electrical Breakdown Arc Behavior of Micro Contact Gaps: A 3D

Approach”, 6th

IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering conference,

Hong Kong, December 2014. DOI:10.1109/APPEEC.2014.7065973

2. R. Femi, S. Clement, A. Agrawal and A. A. Prince, “Cross Tied Array of Electro-statically Actuated Micro-Electromechanical Switches for AC Circuit Breaking Applications” IEEE International Conference on Magnetics, Machines & Drives, July 2014. DOI:10.1109/AICERA.2014.6908215

3. A. A. Prince, G. M. Mangalgiri and R. Femi, “Electronic Circuit Design and Analysis of MEMS Current Sensor”, International Conference on Emerging Technologies - Micro to Nano, 2013.

4. R. Femi, P. Latha, “Supervised Learning Techniques for Feed-forward Artificial

Neural Network", National Conference on Recent approaches in Communication

and Information Technology, 2009.

5. R. Femi, P. Latha, “Analog Neural Network Controller for Single phase Shunt Active

Power Filter”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical

Engineering and Power Drives, pp. 147-153, 2008.

6. R. Femi, P. Latha, “Analog Implementation of Neural Network Controller for Single

phase Active Power Filter, National Conference on Vision of India with

Technological Excellences, 2008.

Workshops Attended

1. INUP Familiarization workshop on “Nanaofabrication Technologies”, Centre of

Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, May 21-23,

2014.

2. Workshop on “DSP Controller for Special Machines - BLDC”, Government

College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, August 24-25, 2006.

3. Workshop on “Embedded Controller for Switched Reluctance Motor”, Government

College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, March 1-2, 2007.

4. Workshop on “DSP Controller for Special Machines - PMSM”, Government

College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, May 4-5, 2007.

Training Attended

1. INUP Hands-on Training on “MEMS Cantilever and Micro Nano Characterization

Techniques”, Centre of Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore, May 21-29, 2015.

2. In-plant training at “Tuticorin Thermal Power Station”, May 11-18, 2004.

3. In-plant training at “Tuticorin Port Trust”, June 1-10, 2004

Personal profile

Name : R. Femi

Date of birth : 05-06-1985

Gender : Female