R Nagarajan Author & Editor

S. Kannadhasan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Cheran College of Engineering, Karur, Tamilnadu, India. He is currently doing research in the field of smart antennas for Anna University, India. He has over ten years of teaching and research experience. Professor Kannadhasan has published around 18 papers in the reputed indexed international journals and more than 125 papers presented/published in national and international journal and conferences. In addition, he has contributed book chapters. He also serves as a board member, reviewer, speaker, session chair, advisor, and technical committee member of various colleges and conferences. He attends various workshops, seminars, conferences, faculty development programs, short-term training programs, and online courses. His areas of interest are smart antennas, digital signal processing, wireless communication, wireless networks, embedded systems, network security, optical communication, microwave antennas, electromagnetic compatibility and interference, wireless sensor networks, digital image processing, satellite communication, cognitive radio design, and soft computing techniques. He is member of many professional organizations. Professor Kannadhasan earned his BE in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti, and ME in Communication Systems from Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, India. He obtained his MBA in Human Resources Management from Tamilnadu Open University, Chennai, India. He obtained his PGVLSI postgraduate diploma in VLSI design from Annamalai University, Chidambaram and PGDCA postgraduate diploma in Computer Applications from Tamil University. He obtained his PGDRD postgraduate diploma in Rural Development from Indira Gandhi National Open University.

R. Nagarajan, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Gnanamani College of Technology A. K. Samuthiram, Namakkal, Tamilnadu, India. He has worked in the industry as an electrical engineer. He has published more than 70 papers in international journals and conferences. His research interest includes power electronics, power systems, communication engineering, network security, soft computing techniques, cloud computing, big data analysis, and renewable energy sources. Dr. Nagarajan received his BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Madurai Kamarajar University, Madurai, India; his ME in Power Electronics and Drives from Anna University, Chennai, India; and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India

Alagar Karthick, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at the KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He has published more than 30 international journals and is also a reviewer for various journals, such as Solar Energy, Fuel, Journal of Cleaner Production, Heliyon, and Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) from Anna University, Chennai; his master’s degree in Energy Engineering; and his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He received a best paper award for his research articles on biomass conversion. His research areas include solar photovoltaic, bioenergy, zero energy buildings, energy with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms.