Mr. Emmanuel specializesin Power Electronics and Drives, with practical research experience across the electrical and electronics fields. He began his professional journey as a Faculty Member at an engineering college, where he dedicated himself to teaching and mentoring students. Later, he transitioned to CMTI as a Project Fellow, contributing significantly to the design and development of various applications spanning Aerospace Testing, Industrial, and Consumer sectors. Subsequently, he served as an Engineer at BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthpuram Limited, focusing on the design and development of Electronics Systems for Defence Applications, before returning to CMTI as Scientist-B.
His noteworthy projects include the development of an Induction Heating System for heating pressurized fuel with closed-loop control, an enhanced Proportional Solenoid Valve, a Microcontroller-based Automatic Solenoid Winding Machine, and a Battery-operated UVC Disinfection Face Mask with wireless control, Custom LVDT Signal Conditioner Modules and Servo Controllers for aircraft actuator position control, and Electrical Panels for Aerospace Testing applications.
- B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Vins Christian College of Engineering, Nagercoil.
- M.E. in Power Electronics and Drives from College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai
- Electrical and Electronics Circuit Design
- Instrumentation and Signal Conditioning Techniques
- Microcontrollers and Servo Control
- Magnetics Design
- Simulation Methodologies
- High Power and High Frequency Design
- Induction Heating
- Motor Drives
- High Current Pulse Power Supplies
- Integration of Renewable Energy Sources
- Development of a 12 V, 10 Bar, 50 LPM Proportional Solenoid Valve, including the optimization of core geometry using FEMM and MATLAB.
- Development of an Automatic Solenoid Winding Machine equipped with a wire guide mechanism and LCD.
- Development of a 4-kW Series Resonant Induction Heater for in-line heating of Jet A1 fuel at high pressure, featuring closed-loop control of temperature.
- Development of a Smart UVC Disinfection Face Mask, based on wireless microcontroller and current-controlled boost converter for driving the UVC LEDs.
- Development of LVDT Signal Conditioner Module, Servo Position Controller, and a Portable Electrical Panel for testing aircraft actuators.
- Design and development of a Domestic Waste Segregation System based on Image Processing, under CMTI-Drishti Platform.
- Implementation of Simultaneous Control of Pressure, Flow, and Temperature in an Electrical Panel for testing the performance of three fluid aircraft heat exchangers.
Journals
- Tom Thampy, Emmanuel Gospel Raj Rivington, Madan Mohan Avulapati, Niroop Srinivasa Murthy, “Inline induction heating for high-pressure fuel-based testing applications”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Science (Springer Open), vol. 70, no. 111, pp. 1-23, 2023.
- Tom Thampy; Emmanuel Gospel Raj R; Rajath C, “Optimization of Proportional Solenoid for Flow Control Valve using Recursive Method in OCTAVE and FEMM“, Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 61-70, 2022.
- Emmanuel Gospel Raj R, Selvan T. A, Bhuvaneswari M, Sabari Kannan M, MoulihaSree S. V, “Cost Effective Speed Measurement Using Optical Method for Belt Conveyors”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 12, no. 23, pp. 1-4, 2019.
Conferences
- Tom Thampy, Emmanuel Gospel Raj Rivington, Niroop Srinivasa Murthy, Madan Mohan Avulapati, “Optimized Heating System for Performance Assessment of Hydraulic LRUs under Extreme Conditions”, International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Engineering and Science (ICETES), DVR & Dr. HS MIC College of Technology, Ponnavaram,
- Tom Thampy, Emmanuel Gospel Raj Rivington, Madan Mohan Avulapati, “Testing of Aircraft Hydraulic LRUs with continuous supply of fuel JET A1 at its extreme temperature 270 deg C and associated challenges”, Fluid Power Technical Seminar (FPTS 2023), Fluid Power Society of India (FPSI), 2023.
- Emmanuel Gospel Raj R, Selvan T. A, Bhuvaneswari M, Sabari Kannan M, Mouliha Sree S. V, “Linear Speed Measurement of Conveyor Belt Based on PMW3360 Optical Mouse Sensor”, International Conference on Advances and Recent Trends in Technology, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 2019.
- Emmanuel Gospel Raj R, Sabari Kannan M, Mouliha Sree Subbaian V, “Automated Bio-Medical Waste Segregator Using Image Processing”, International Conference on Advances and Recent Trends in Technology, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 2017.
- Emmanuel Gospel Raj R, Latha K, “Energy Management in PEM Fuel Cell, Ultra Capacitor Hybrid System”, National Conference on Innovative Techniques in Power Engineering and Drives, Velammal Engineering College, Chennai, 2012.
- Certified Internal Auditor for “AS9100 Rev. D”, having successfully completed the AS 9100 Rev. D Internal Auditor Training course at DQS Academy in December 2023.
- Poster Presentation titled “Understanding the Intricate Working of a Proportional Solenoid Valve” in the Engineers Day Technical Poster Presentation at CMTI, Bengaluru on 15 Sep 2022.
- Technical Presentation on “Induction Heating-Principles and Challenges” on the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) at CMTI, Bengaluru on 16 Jan 2022.
- Best Proposal Award for the proposal “Design and Development of Image Processing based Domestic Waste Segregation System” under the topic “Novel Concept (smart and portable device) to detect and segregate the wet and dry waste in domestic /residential areas” under Open Technology Competitions organized in connection with Swachhata Pakhwada-2021 at CMTI-Bengaluru.
- Third Place in “Novel Solutions to Technical Challenges Competition” organized under the aegis of National Engineer’s Day 2021 held at CMTI, Bengaluru on 14 Sep 2021.
