Dr. P MAHALAKSHMI

Designation : Professor Grade 2
School / Centre : School of Electrical Engineering
Department : Department of Instrumentation

Educational Details

IRTT-Erode, Bharathiar University

B.E
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Graduated in 1995

IIT-Madras

M.Tech.
Biomedical Engineering
Graduated in 2000

IIT-Madras

Ph.D
Biomedical Engineering
Graduated in 2018

Post Doctoral Experiences

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Instrumentation
  • Biomedical Signal Processing
  • Machine learning
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Modelling and Simulation

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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
VR/AR Based Orthopaedic Surgical Guidance System using Gesture/Haptic Control VIT-TBI

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design and Development of Multichannel Cochlear Implants : Principal Investigator All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India
A new approach to the manufacture of surgical implants from CT/MRI images : Co-Principal Investigator Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Superior Performance and (by) Engine Control System – Inventor 201941033800
VR/AR Based Orthopaedic Surgical Guidance System using gesture/haptic control – Inventor 201941033784

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Real time detection of facial expressions using K-NN, SVM, Ensemble Classifier and Convolution Neural Networks Apple Academic Press 2021
Design and Implementation of a blood-vessel identification algorithm in the diagnosis of Retinography Springer Nature Singapore 2020
Dynamic Monitoring of Health using Smart Health Band Springer Nature Singapore 2020
Development of a system for quantitative assessment of vocal loading, Advances in Systems, Control and Automation Springer Singapore 2018
Wi-Fi based Low Cost Monitoring of ECG and Temperature parameters using Arduino and ThingSpeak, Advances in Systems, Control and Automation Springer Singapore 2018

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Received Best Project Award :Co-authored a paper entitled “Signal Processing Techniques for Multi-channel Cochlear Implants” which has received the second best project award in the “Tenth Medical Science Conference on Deafness” held during 26-27 January,
  • Best Teacher Awards thrice at VIT ; Best Teacher Award for the overall VIT University in April 2003, with a Shield, Citation, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs.10,000/-; Received Best Teacher Awards - 2001 & 1997
  • Grants received from Government of India: A grant of Rs.9000/- from Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai in 2004, towards the partial air fare for presenting a research paper at IEEE TENCON 2004
  • Received a grant of Rs.15000/- from Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, in 2004, towards the partial registration fee and air fare for presenting a research paper at IEEE TENCON 2004, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Received a grant of Rs.48,000/- from IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAANA), in 2013, towards the partial financial assistance for attending an international conference, IEEE EMBS International Conference on Bio-medical Engineering and Sciences

International Collaborations

  • NTU Singapore- Published a research article in “Co-ordination Chemistry Reviews” with an impact factor of 22.315 in 2021.
  • Title: Coordination chemistry of ligands: Insights into the design of amyloid beta/tau-PET imaging probes and nanoparticles-based therapies for Alzheimer's disease

Industry Collaborations

  • National Aerospace Laboratories - CSIR, Bengaluru.

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