Associate Professor

ScI Journals: 06

Scopus: 13

IEEE Proceedings: 03

Google Scholar: 18

Book Chapters: 01

Funded Projects: 02 (Applied)

Ph.D. Scholars Guided: 02

Journal Citation: 79

h-index: 06 

Scopus ID: 55811649800

ORCID: 0000-0001-7568-5751

Google Scholar ID: ‪Dr. R. Vinifa - ‪Google Scholar

AU Supervisor ID: 3730004

LinkedIn: vinifa-immanuel-27461116b 

Academic: 12 years

Research: 6 years

• Power Electronics and Drives 

• Renewable Energy
• Power Quality
• Electric Vehicles

1. S. Lavanya Devi, R. Vinifa, Assessment of Novel Self-tuned Emotional Learning based Intelligent controller for Bidirectional Cascaded Quasi-Z-Source DC-DC Converter Control, Electric Power Components and Systems, https://doi.org/ 10.080/15325008.2023.2269927
2. Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Immanuel Selwynraj A, A Comparison of Instantaneous and Extension p-q Methods for Current Controlled Voltage Source Inverter in Microgrid, International Journal of Electronics, 2021, 109:11, 1896-1914, https://doi.org/10.1080/00207217.2021.2001859 (SCI)
3. Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Immanuel Selwynraj A, Control of power in the grid integrated solar photovoltaic system using linear quadratic regulator, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021, 45, 981-985. (Scopus)
4. Vinifa Rajakumar, Kavitha Anbukumar, Sliding Mode Controller based current controlled voltage source inverter for power quality improvement in Microgrid, IET Renewable Power Generation,2020, 14(11), 1860-1872. (SCI)
5. Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Immanuel Selwynraj A, Power Quality Enhancement using Lyapunov based Voltage Source Inverter for the Grid Integrated Renewable Energy System, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, 2019, 20(6),1-13. (ESCI)
6. Vinifa, A. Kavitha, Control of Voltage Source Inverter using Linear Quadratic Regulator for the three phase grid integrated renewable energy system, Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2019, 19(2).
7. Vinifa, A. Kavitha, A. Immanuel Selwynraj, Power flow control for the Grid Integrated Renewable Energy System, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 2018, 9(12), 395-402. (Scopus)
8. Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Enhancement Of Power Quality Using Double-band Hysteresis Controller For The Grid Integrated Renewable Energy System, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2018, 28(11), 1-17. (SCI)
9. Vinifa, A. Kavitha, A. Immanuel Selwynraj, Maximum Power Point Tracking of Boost Converter of a PV system using Fuzzy Logic, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 2017, 8(12), 584-593. (Scopus)
10. Vinifa Rajakumar, Kavitha Anbukumar, Immanuel Selwynraj Arunodayaraj, Power Quality Enhancement Using Linear Quadratic Regulator based Current-Controlled Voltage Source Inverter for the Grid Integrated Renewable Energy System, Electric Power Components and Systems, 2017, 45(16), 1783-1794. (SCI)
11. Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Lijo J Thomas, Control of grid connected parallel inverter for renewable energy applications, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 2015, 10(70), 182 – 188.
12. Vinifa, S. Ajaymoorthy, Abhishek Kumar, Anish Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Detecting the Leakage of LPG Using GSM Module. European Chemical Bulletin, 2023, 12, 4011-4016, doi:10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s1-B.395
13. R. Vinifa, S. Vetrivel, E. Ragul, F. Mohammed Younus, A Quantitative Comparison Between Perturb And Observe Algorithm And Incremental Conductance Algorithm, Accepted in AIP Proceedings (Scopus).
14. Vinifa R, Santhosh, Sugumar, Yogeeswaran, Panner Selvam, Hologram based Menu Ordering System in Smart Restaurant, Design Engineering, 2021, 8, 5506-5512.

• Vinifa R, Sinoj P, ‘Microstrip Patch Antenna Design for Tumor Detection’, In Proc of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Digital Twin Technology 2023.
• Vinifa R, Stenika T, ‘Hysteresis Current Control of Inverter for the Improvement of Power Quality In Microgrid’, In Proc of IEEE International Conference on Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanomaterials, Nanobioscience & Nanotechnology 2023.
• Vinifa R, Vetrivel S, Ragul E, Mohammed Younus F, Pradeep P K, ‘Particle Swarm Optimization based Maximum Power Point Tracking’, In IEEE 7^th International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ICOEI56765.2023.10125791. (Scopus)
• Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Immanuel Selwynraj A, ‘Control of power in the grid integrated solar photovoltaic system using linear quadratic regulator’, In Proc. of International Conference on Advanced Materials Research, Sathyamangalam, 2019.
• Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Immanuel Selwynraj A, Power Management in the Grid Integrated Solar Photovoltaic System, 11^th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium IEEES’11, Chennai, 2019.
• Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Linear Quadratic Regulator based current control of grid connected inverter for renewable energy applications, IEEE Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability, 2016. (Scopus)
• Gilda Jasmine Rani, R. Vinifa, A. Kavitha, ‘Analysis and Control of Grid Connected Inverter for Renewable Energy Applications’, In Proc. of International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computing, Chennai, 2014.
• Vinifa, A. Kavitha, Fuzzy based Maximum Power Point Tracking on a PV system, IEEE Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability, 2013 (Scopus).

• Chapter Title: Power Management in the Grid Integrated Solar Photovoltaic System.

Authors: Vinifa R, Kavitha A, Immanuel Selwynraj A Book: Energy and Exergy for Sustainable and Clean Environment, Volume 1, 2022.(Scopus) Pages:3-14
DOI:10.1007/978-981-16-8278-0

• Introduction to Internet of Things (NPTEL)
• Introduction to Python (Sololearn)
• Python Core (Sololearn)

• Title: Power Management for Grid Integrated Hybrid Renewable Energy System using IOT

Status: Submitted

Year:2022

Submitted to MNRE

• Title: Field Oriented Control Based BLDC/Stepper Motor Drive Power Electronics

Status: Submitted

Year:2024

Submitted to ISRO

• Nonlinear, Adaptive, Optimal and Embedded Control” at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from 18.07.2016 to 23.7.2016.
• Springer Nature Author Workshop” at Anna University, Chennai on 27.02.2017.
• Microgrid and Grid Integration Issues of Distributed Generation” at SRM institute of Science and Technology from 25.07.2018 to 27.07.2018.
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for Electrical and Electronics Applications” at SRM institute of Science and Technology on 28.05.2020
• Embedded Systems and Industrial IOT” at EinNel Technologies (webinar) from 01.06.2020 to 05.06.2020.
• Real Time Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Simulation for Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Micro grids” at VIT Chennai (FDP-webinar) from 03.08.2020 to 07.08.2020.
• Electric Vehicle: Technologies, Challenges and Opportunities for Integration of Renewable Resources in India” at R.M.K. Engineering College(STTP-webinar) from 02.11.2020 to 07.11.2020.
• Microgrid System Design & Simulation using HOMER Pro Software” at Dellsoft Technologies Private Limited(FDP-webinar) from 29.12.2020 and 30.12.2020.
• Machine Learning Applications to Internet of Things (IoT)” at Velammal college of Engineering and Technology (STTP-webinar) from 01.02.2021 and 06.02.2021.
• Trends and Challenges in Power Converters and Control” at College of Engineering Guindy (FDP-webinar) from 09.02.2021 to 23.02.2021.
• Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” conducted by AICTE from 02-08-2021 to 06-08-2021.
• Avenues for Energy Conservation in Residential Buildings” (STTP-Webinar) at CEG Campus, Anna University, Chennai from 24-01-2022 to 31-01-2022.
• SCILAB and XCOS-FOSS Alternatives for MATLAB and SIMULINK” at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore from 07-02-2022 to 11-02-2022.
• Advanced Technologies in Electrical Engineering Research” (FDP-Online) at Sri Sairam Institute of Technology from 01.08.2022 to 05.08.2022.
• Artificial Intelligence Driven 5G/6G Networks” (FDP-Hybrid) at VelTech Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala R and D Institute of Science and Technology from 21.11.2022 to 02.12.2022.
• Research Innovations and Emerging Advances in Electrical Engineering at Easwari Engineering College from 05.01.2023 to 12.01.2023. 

• IEI – Life Member
• ISTE – Life Member