The department of Electrical
Engineering (EED) was established in 1935 with an intake of 20 students for
certificate courses and subsequently started Bachelors Degree programme in 1940
and produced its first graduate in 1943. A new phase of major developments in
the department started during third five-year plan when the intake was raised
to 90.
The UGC sanctioned the funds for the additional space, equipments and staff to
meet the requirements of the increased intake. While implementing the new
schemes, changes and modifications were made in the curriculum of the B.Sc.
Engineering course in order to be at par with the International standards. A
postgraduate course in “Instrumentation and Control”, the first postgraduate
course in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology, was sanctioned and
started in 1964 with an intake of 10 students
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During the fourth five-year plan, the number of postgraduate course increased
to three with a total intake of 25 students with scholarship. The department
was bifurcated in 1988 with creation of a separate Deptt. of Electronics Engg.
In effect 60 UG and 34 PG (With two streams; Power System & Drives and
Instrumentation & Control) intake were left with the EED.
The EED, in its efforts to improve the academic qualifications of its staff,
had been availing various National and International scholarships to send the
faculty members abroad. However, the greatest boost to this came with the
introduction of quality improvement programme (QIP) by the Government of India.
Till now, quite a good number of teachers have made use of this programme to
develop expertise in various areas of Electrical Engineering.
With the rejoining of these faculty members to the EED the research work has
been accelerated. The number of research publications in various reputed
national and international journals and active participation of the faculty
members in various conferences/seminars/symposiums/workshop has considerably
increased during the last two decades.
The first Ph.D. in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim
University was produced by this department in 1977. Since then a good number of
Ph.D students are enrolled and successfully complete their studies.
Presently (2006-07) 13 Ph.D. students are enrolled in the EED. Further, the
faculty members of the EED have till date, published more than 800 research
papers. The EED has organized several short-term training courses and the
national level seminars/conferences for young Engineers in industries and
academics.
The department of Electrical
Engineering was established in 1935 with an intake of 20
students and first graduate program
started in 1940. A new phase of major developments in the department started
during third five-year plan when the intake was raised to 90. A postgraduate course in
“Instrumentation and Control”, the first postgraduate course in the Faculty of
Engineering & Technology, was sanctioned and started in 1964 with an intake
of 10 students.
The first Ph.D. in the Faculty of
Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University was produced by this
department in 1977. Since then the total number of Ph.D. produced by the EED has gone to twenty two. A total of
fourteen research scholars are pursuing studies for the award of PhD degree.
Further, the Faculty members of the EED have till date, published more than 800
research papers. The EED has organised several short-term training programs and
national level seminars/conferences for young engineers, academicians and
scientists.
The department of Electrical
Engineering has sanctioned strength of 25 faculty members. Out of the existing
faculty members, 16 have doctoral degrees specializing in diverse fields of
Electrical Engineering such as Power systems, Electrical Machines, Electrical
Drives, High Voltage Engineering, Control systems, Instrumentation, Biomedical
Engineering, Microprocessors & Computers and Renewable sources of Energy.
Major Thrust Areas Of The Departments:
Although the department is putting all the sincere effort to grow in multi
dimensions in several areas of Electrical Engineering but some of the
identified thrust areas are:
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Power System Dynamics and Control
including Parallel AC/DC & Simultaneous AC/DC Transmission system.
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High Voltage Engineering with
special emphasis on the development of Superconducting and insulating
materials.
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Power Electronics and Drives
focusing on the development of novel converter topologies and multi-phase
motor drives.
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Renewable Energy Sources with effort
in optimising the tapping of energy from solar photo-voltaic systems.
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