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            Name                                                            Dr. K. VASUDEVAN

            Designation                                                   Professor and Head

            Address                                                         Department of Electronics

                                                                                   Cochin University of Science & Technology

                                                                                   Cochin – 682 022.

            Educational Qualification                              M.Sc. 1976, Ph.D. Microwave Antennas – 1982

                                                                                    (Cochin University of Science and Technolgy)

 

            Experience      

             

Sl.No.

                            Designation & University

        Year

     1.

Lecturer, St. Alberts  College, Ernakulam

   1980 – 1985

     2.

Lecturer in Electronics, Cochin University of Science & Technology

   1985 – 1989

     3.

Reader in Electronics, Cochin University of Science & Technology

   1989 – 1995

     4.

Professor in Electronics, Cochin University of Science & Technology

   1995 – till date

            

Visiting Assignments :             

 

(i)                  Participated in the IEEE APS International Symposium at Syracus University, USA and presented a paper in June 1988.

(ii)                Visited  Moscow in Russia and Yerewan in Armeni for two months in 1989 under Indo-USSR Cultural Exchange Programme.

(iii)               Visited Triesti in Italy for attending International Workshop on Radio Communication during February – March 1993

 

            Details of Sponsored Projects undertaken :

 

Sl.No.

                 Project Title

  Duration

Amount(Rs.in lakhs)/Agency

   Involvement

    1.

Establishment of Centre for

Electromagnetics

   1996-98

          8

      AICTE

Chief Investigator

    2.

Investigation on high Tc super-

Conductivity MICs and transmission

lines

   1991-95

       15.66

        DoE

Co-Investigator

    3.

Development of RCS reduction

technique using strip grating

surface configuration

   1991-95

           3

        UGC

Co-Investigator

    4.

Establishment of a Centre for MIC

Technology

   1997-99

           5

        AICTE

Co-Investigator

    5.

Design and development of a slot

Line leaky wave antenna

   1995-97

          0.15

UGC unassigned

Chief Investigator

    6.

Preparation, Characterisation and

 Properties of Ba(B1/3b2/3)O3

Microwave Ceramic Resonators

   2000-03

         4.44

         DST

Co-Investigator

    7.

Investigations on Microwave

Reflection Transmission

Characerisation of Materials and

Water Masses

   2001-02

         4.95

       DRDO

Chief Investigator

    8.

Complex Permittivity Measurements

In the Frequency Domain

  2000-01

            5

The Netherlands

Co-Investigator

 

Other Activities             :

 

(i)                 Involved in the implementation of development projects of MHRD, New Delhi on Modernisation of Microwave laboratory of the Department (Total Financial Assistance of Rs.25 lakhs obtained from MHRD New Delhi from two projects.

(ii)                Also involved in developing infrastructural facilities in Microwave Electronics under the COSIST programme (UGC assistance of about Rs.30 lakhs was obtained  for development of infrastructural facilities in Microwave Electronics).

(iii)               He has also deeply involved the organization of APSYM-biennial antennas and propagation symposium in 1988,1990,1992,1994,1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002.

 

Publication                                                        Over 70 research publication in International/ 

                                                                         National Journals/Symposia Proceedings.

Fields of Interest :                                              Microstrip antenna, Radar Cross Section
                                                                         Studies, Microwave dielectric measurements, 
                                                                         Absorbing materials
                                                                          

                                                                         

Membership in Professional bodies  :                  (i)   Senior Member IEEE

                                                                          (ii)  Fellow, Institution  of Electronics &

                                                                                Telecommunication Engineering (India)

No. of students guided for Ph.D.                          Completed : 2 ; Ongoing : 2