Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
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Dr. Aftab Alam

Joined Institute on : 29-Jun-2016

  • Assistant Professor
  • Electrical and Electronics Engg
  • B.Tech., M.E., Ph.D.
Contact Address

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MESRA

A/6 Uttarayan Sarani, North Nowadapara, Kolkata- 700057

  • Phone Office - 7595827517
  • Phone Residence - 7595827517
  • Email - aftabalam5555@bitmesra.ac.in
Work Experience

Teaching : 2 Years

Research : 2 Years

Individual: 4 Years
Research Areas

My area of research involves following fields:

  • IoT and Cloud applications in Smart Grid
  • AI-based Supervisory Algorithm (Deep Learning)
  • Renewable Energy Integration with Grid
  • Microgrid, Power Electronics
  • Adaptive Electrical Drives
  • Battery Management System
  • EV to Grid and Grid to EV Power Transfer Technology
  • Electromagnetic Interference in Power Converters.
Publications

Journals:

  1. A. Alam, M. K. Mukul and P. Thakura, "Wavelet Transform-Based EMI Noise Mitigation in Power Converter Topologies,"  IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 1662-1673, Oct. 2016. doi: 10.1109/TEMC.2016.2570299

  2. A. Alam, M. K. Mukul and P. Thakura, “ Stability Analysis and Reliability Evaluation of Z-Source Inverter”, International Journal of Power Electronics, vol.7, no.5, pp 1-15, Aug.2015. doi:10.1504/IJPELEC.2015.071194

IEEE XPLORE INDEXED Conferences:

  1. S. Singha, A. S. Singh, S. Prasad and A. Alam, "A Study on Power Optimization Techniques in PSoC," 2019 International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP), Chennai, India, 2019, pp. 0225-0229. doi: 10.1109/ICCSP.2019.8698070

  2. R. R. Kar and Aftab Alam, "Design and Modeling of High Power DC-DC Boost Converter for Solar Photovoltaic System," 2018 International Conference on Soft-computing and Network Security (ICSNS), Coimbatore, 2018, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.1109/ICSNS.2018.8573607

  3. S. Singh, N. K. Singh and Aftab Alam, "Design of a Closed Loop Direct Torque Control for an Induction Motor Drive," 2018 International Conference on Soft-computing and Network Security (ICSNS), Coimbatore, 2018, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.1109/ICSNS.2018.8573643

  4. V. Anand, A. Alam, S. Singh and A. Gautam, "Hardware Implementation of Real-Time Flux, Torque, Sensorless Speed Estimation of a 3KW Three-Phase Induction Machine using LabVIEW," 2018 International Conference on Current Trends towards Converging Technologies (ICCTCT), Coimbatore, 2018, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/ICCTCT.2018.8550952

  5. V. Anand, S. Singh, A. Alam and A. Gautam, "State-Space Stator-Flux Model of 3-phase Induction Motor using LabView," 2018 International Conference on Current Trends towards Converging Technologies (ICCTCT), Coimbatore, 2018, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.1109/ICCTCT.2018.8551022S.

  6. Goswami and A. Alam, "Real-time flux-torque estimation of three phase induction motor using LabVIEW," 2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy), Kollam, 2017, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397242

  7. A. Singh and A. Alam, "A new mathematical technique and analysis of a three-phase voltage source rectifier," 2017 International Conference on Innovations in Information, Embedded and Communication Systems (ICIIECS), Coimbatore, 2017, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.1109 / ICIIECS.2017. 8276175

  8. A. Alam, A. Sharma and N. Neogi, "Cost effective design of bidirectional energy management topology," 2016 Biennial International Conference on Power and Energy Systems: Towards Sustainable Energy (PESTSE), Bangalore, 2016, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/PESTSE.2016.7516486

  9. S. K. Agrawal, V. Kumar, A. Alam and P. Thakura, "Regenerative braking for induction motor drive," 2014 6th IEEE Power India International Conference (PIICON), Delhi, 2014, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/POWERI.2014.7117698

  10. A. Alam, S. Upadhyay, C. H. Murthy, M. J. B. Reddy, K. C. Jana and D. K. Mohanta, "Reliability evaluation of solar photovoltaic microgrid," 2012 11th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, Venice, 2012, pp. 490-495. doi: 10.1109/EEEIC.2012.6221427
Current Sponsored Projects

"Design of IoT based Energy Management System using Cloud Computing Platform", SERB, DST. (38.7 Lac)