Faculty details

Prof.Sethupathy S

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Electrical Engineering

Email: sethupathy[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

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Office Number: +91-326-223-5554

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Research Interest: • Electromagnetic Analysis • Power Electronics • EV • WPT

Teaching

`B.Tech:`

NEEE 101 Electrical Devices and Circuits
NEEC 102 Basics of Electrical Engineering - I Lab
NEEC 104 Basics of Electrical Engineering - II Lab
EEE 202 Utilization Electrical Energy
EEC 204 Electrical Machines-I
EEO 403 Digital Signal Processing

`M.Tech:`

NEED 509 Advanced Machine Drives

No. of available PhD vacancies with me: 1

Academics

Ph.D. Physics, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
M.E. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India

Position

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, India
Research Associate, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Awards and Honors

All India Rank - 5 in GATE Electrical Engineering 2009.
CRC Graduate Award - 2022 for Computational Science and Visualization, CRC, University of Notre Dame, USA.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award - 2021, Kaneb Center, University of Notre Dame, USA.
Awarded IISc Research Fellowship and served as Research Associate at IISc, Bangalore (July 2016 - July 2017).
Awarded GARP funding at IISc, Bangalore of Rs. 1.00 lakh to present my work at IEEE MTT-S Conference held in Beijing, China, 2016.

Publications

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

V. Florinski, D. Balsara, D. Bhoriya, G.P. Zank, S. Biswas, S. Sharma and Sethupathy S, “An Anisotropic Plasma Model of the Heliospheric Interface” in The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 985, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2025.
Sethupathy S, D. Balsara, D. Bhoriya and H. Kumar, “Techniques, Tricks and Algorithms for Efficient GPU-Based Processing of Higher Order Hyperbolic PDEs“ in Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 6, pp. 2336–2384, 2024.
S. Bhowmick and Sethupathy S, “The Source Stabilized Galerkin Formulation for Linear Moving Conductor Problems with Edge Elements” in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 1-10, Sept. 2023.
D. Balsara, S. Samantaray and Sethupathy S, “Efficient WENO-Based Prolongation Strategies for Divergence-Preserving Vector Fields" in Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 5, pp. 428-484, 2023.
Sethupathy S and S. Bhowmick, “A Stable Weighted Residual Finite Element Formulation for the Simulation of Linear Moving Conductor Problems" in IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, vol. 7, pp. 220-227, 2022.
Sethupathy S, D. Balsara, A. Ud-Doula, and M. Gagné, “Modelling magnetically channeled winds in 3D–I. Isothermal simulations of a magnetic O supergiant" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 515, pp. 237-255, 2022.
Sethupathy S, Udaya Kumar and S. Bhowmick, “On overcoming the Transverse Boundary Error of the SU/PG Scheme for Moving Conductor problems" in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 1-8, Jan. 2022.
D. Balsara, V. Florinski, S. Garain, Sethupathy S and K. F. Gurski, “Efficient, Divergence-free, High Order MHD on 3D Spherical Meshes with Optimal Geodesic Meshing" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 487 no. 1, pp 1283-1314, Jul. 2019.
Sethupathy S and Udaya Kumar, “Stable Galerkin finite-element scheme for the simulation of problems involving conductors moving rectilinearly in magnetic fields" in IET Science, Measurement & Technology, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 952-962, Nov. 2016.
Sethupathy S and Udaya Kumar, “Augmenting numerical stability of the Galerkin finite element formulation for electromagnetic flowmeter analysis" in IET Science, Measurement & Technology, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 288-295, July 2016.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

Sri Krishna Roshan and Sethupathy S, “Parametric Study on the Effect of Pole Area and Radial Placement of Poles in Disk Eddy Current Braking Systems for Electric Transportation”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, IIT Dharwad, India, 2025.
Sri Krishna Roshan and Sethupathy S, “Optimal Distribution of Pole Area and Its Angular Separation on Braking Performance in Eddy Current Brakes”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, IIT Dharwad, India, 2025.
Sethupathy S and U. Kumar, “Existence of boundary error transverse to the velocity in SU/PG solution of moving conductor problem”, IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization, Beijing, China, 2016.

Projects & Activities

Membership of Scientific Societies

Member, IEEE

Guidance

Sri Krishna Roshan (PhD Scholar)
- Title : Enhancing Braking Performance in Eddy Current Braking Systems for Electric Transportation
- Joined : June 2024
- CGPA : 8.71
- Publications :
  - Sri Krishna Roshan and Sethupathy S, “Parametric Study on the Effect of Pole Area and Radial Placement of Poles in Disk Eddy Current Braking Systems for Electric Transportation”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, IIT Dharwad, India, Dec. 2025.
  - Sri Krishna Roshan and Sethupathy S, “Optimal Distribution of Pole Area and Its Angular Separation on Braking Performance in Eddy Current Brakes”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, IIT Dharwad, India, Dec. 2025.
- Awarded First Prize for the Research Presentation titled, "Investigations on Optimizing Braking Performance of Disk Eddy Current Brakes", at IEEE PELS PhD Summer School 2026, IIT Dhanbad

Animesh Borker (PhD Scholar)
- Title : Integrated Robust Control of Regenerative and Eddy Current Braking for Heavy-Duty EVs (Tentative)
- Joined : July 2026

No. of available PhD vacancies with me: 1

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Faculty details

Prof.Sethupathy S

Teaching

B.Tech:

NEEE 101 Electrical Devices and Circuits

NEEC 102 Basics of Electrical Engineering - I Lab

NEEC 104 Basics of Electrical Engineering - II Lab

EEE 202 Utilization Electrical Energy

EEC 204 Electrical Machines-I

EEO 403 Digital Signal Processing

M.Tech:

NEED 509 Advanced Machine Drives

Academics

Ph.D. Physics, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

M.E. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India

Position

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, India

Research Associate, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Awards and Honors

All India Rank - 5 in GATE Electrical Engineering 2009.

CRC Graduate Award - 2022 for Computational Science and Visualization, CRC, University of Notre Dame, USA.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award - 2021, Kaneb Center, University of Notre Dame, USA.

Awarded IISc Research Fellowship and served as Research Associate at IISc, Bangalore (July 2016 - July 2017).

Awarded GARP funding at IISc, Bangalore of Rs. 1.00 lakh to present my work at IEEE MTT-S Conference held in Beijing, China, 2016.

Publications

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

V. Florinski, D. Balsara, D. Bhoriya, G.P. Zank, S. Biswas, S. Sharma and Sethupathy S, “An Anisotropic Plasma Model of the Heliospheric Interface” in The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 985, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2025.

Sethupathy S, D. Balsara, D. Bhoriya and H. Kumar, “Techniques, Tricks and Algorithms for Efficient GPU-Based Processing of Higher Order Hyperbolic PDEs“ in Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 6, pp. 2336–2384, 2024.

S. Bhowmick and Sethupathy S, “The Source Stabilized Galerkin Formulation for Linear Moving Conductor Problems with Edge Elements” in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 1-10, Sept. 2023.

D. Balsara, S. Samantaray and Sethupathy S, “Efficient WENO-Based Prolongation Strategies for Divergence-Preserving Vector Fields" in Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 5, pp. 428-484, 2023.

Sethupathy S and S. Bhowmick, “A Stable Weighted Residual Finite Element Formulation for the Simulation of Linear Moving Conductor Problems" in IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, vol. 7, pp. 220-227, 2022.

Sethupathy S, D. Balsara, A. Ud-Doula, and M. Gagné, “Modelling magnetically channeled winds in 3D–I. Isothermal simulations of a magnetic O supergiant" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 515, pp. 237-255, 2022.

Sethupathy S, Udaya Kumar and S. Bhowmick, “On overcoming the Transverse Boundary Error of the SU/PG Scheme for Moving Conductor problems" in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 1-8, Jan. 2022.

D. Balsara, V. Florinski, S. Garain, Sethupathy S and K. F. Gurski, “Efficient, Divergence-free, High Order MHD on 3D Spherical Meshes with Optimal Geodesic Meshing" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 487 no. 1, pp 1283-1314, Jul. 2019.

Sethupathy S and Udaya Kumar, “Stable Galerkin finite-element scheme for the simulation of problems involving conductors moving rectilinearly in magnetic fields" in IET Science, Measurement & Technology, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 952-962, Nov. 2016.

Sethupathy S and Udaya Kumar, “Augmenting numerical stability of the Galerkin finite element formulation for electromagnetic flowmeter analysis" in IET Science, Measurement & Technology, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 288-295, July 2016.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

Sri Krishna Roshan and Sethupathy S, “Parametric Study on the Effect of Pole Area and Radial Placement of Poles in Disk Eddy Current Braking Systems for Electric Transportation”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, IIT Dharwad, India, 2025.

Sri Krishna Roshan and Sethupathy S, “Optimal Distribution of Pole Area and Its Angular Separation on Braking Performance in Eddy Current Brakes”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, IIT Dharwad, India, 2025.

Sethupathy S and U. Kumar, “Existence of boundary error transverse to the velocity in SU/PG solution of moving conductor problem”, IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization, Beijing, China, 2016.

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

Next-Generation Electric Braking: Designing Compact, Efficient, and Reliable Systems for Heavy-Duty Electric Transport and Beyond

◦ Funding Agency : ANRF - Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PMECRG) ◦ Budget : 57.81 lakhs ◦ Role : PI ◦ Status : Ongoing

Bioscopy - Towards Modern Transdisciplinary Education and Research in Microscopy

◦ Collaboration : UiT The Arctic University of Norway ◦ Funding Agency : Indo-Norwegian Cooperation Program (INCP2), UGC ◦ Budget : 1.14 crores ◦ Role : Co-PI ◦ Status : Ongoing

A Circulating Power Test Setup to Evaluate Key Aspects of Static and Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Technologies for Electric Vehicle

◦ Funding Agency : ANRF - Advanced Research Grant (ARG) ◦ Budget : 96.78 lakhs ◦ Role : HI (Honorary Investigator) ◦ Status : Approved for Funding

Membership of Scientific Societies

Member, IEEE

Guidance

Sri Krishna Roshan (PhD Scholar)

Animesh Borker (PhD Scholar)

`B.Tech:`

`NEEE 101 Electrical Devices and Circuits`

`NEEC 102 Basics of Electrical Engineering - I Lab`

`NEEC 104 Basics of Electrical Engineering - II Lab`

`EEE 202 Utilization Electrical Energy`

`EEC 204 Electrical Machines-I`

`EEO 403 Digital Signal Processing`

`M.Tech:`

`NEED 509 Advanced Machine Drives`

`Ph.D. Physics, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA`

`Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India`

`M.E. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India`

`B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India`

`Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, India`

`Research Associate, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA`

`Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA`

`Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India`

`All India Rank - 5 in GATE Electrical Engineering 2009.`

`CRC Graduate Award - 2022 for Computational Science and Visualization, CRC, University of Notre Dame, USA.`

`Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award - 2021, Kaneb Center, University of Notre Dame, USA.`

`Awarded IISc Research Fellowship and served as Research Associate at IISc, Bangalore (July 2016 - July 2017).`

`Awarded GARP funding at IISc, Bangalore of Rs. 1.00 lakh to present my work at IEEE MTT-S Conference held in Beijing, China, 2016.`

`V. Florinski, D. Balsara, D. Bhoriya, G.P. Zank, S. Biswas, S. Sharma and Sethupathy S, “An Anisotropic Plasma Model of the Heliospheric Interface” in The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 985, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2025.`

`Sethupathy S, D. Balsara, D. Bhoriya and H. Kumar, “Techniques, Tricks and Algorithms for Efficient GPU-Based Processing of Higher Order Hyperbolic PDEs“ in Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 6, pp. 2336–2384, 2024.`

`S. Bhowmick and Sethupathy S, “The Source Stabilized Galerkin Formulation for Linear Moving Conductor Problems with Edge Elements” in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 1-10, Sept. 2023.`

`D. Balsara, S. Samantaray and Sethupathy S, “Efficient WENO-Based Prolongation Strategies for Divergence-Preserving Vector Fields" in Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 5, pp. 428-484, 2023.`

`Sethupathy S and S. Bhowmick, “A Stable Weighted Residual Finite Element Formulation for the Simulation of Linear Moving Conductor Problems" in IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, vol. 7, pp. 220-227, 2022.`

`Sethupathy S, D. Balsara, A. Ud-Doula, and M. Gagné, “Modelling magnetically channeled winds in 3D–I. Isothermal simulations of a magnetic O supergiant" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 515, pp. 237-255, 2022.`

`Sethupathy S, Udaya Kumar and S. Bhowmick, “On overcoming the Transverse Boundary Error of the SU/PG Scheme for Moving Conductor problems" in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 1-8, Jan. 2022.`

`D. Balsara, V. Florinski, S. Garain, Sethupathy S and K. F. Gurski, “Efficient, Divergence-free, High Order MHD on 3D Spherical Meshes with Optimal Geodesic Meshing" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 487 no. 1, pp 1283-1314, Jul. 2019.`

`Sethupathy S and Udaya Kumar, “Stable Galerkin finite-element scheme for the simulation of problems involving conductors moving rectilinearly in magnetic fields" in IET Science, Measurement & Technology, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 952-962, Nov. 2016.`

`Sethupathy S and Udaya Kumar, “Augmenting numerical stability of the Galerkin finite element formulation for electromagnetic flowmeter analysis" in IET Science, Measurement & Technology, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 288-295, July 2016.`

`Sri Krishna Roshan and Sethupathy S, “Parametric Study on the Effect of Pole Area and Radial Placement of Poles in Disk Eddy Current Braking Systems for Electric Transportation”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, IIT Dharwad, India, 2025.`

`Sri Krishna Roshan and Sethupathy S, “Optimal Distribution of Pole Area and Its Angular Separation on Braking Performance in Eddy Current Brakes”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, IIT Dharwad, India, 2025.`

`Sethupathy S and U. Kumar, “Existence of boundary error transverse to the velocity in SU/PG solution of moving conductor problem”, IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization, Beijing, China, 2016.`

`Next-Generation Electric Braking: Designing Compact, Efficient, and Reliable Systems for Heavy-Duty Electric Transport and Beyond`

`◦ Funding Agency : ANRF - Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PMECRG) ◦ Budget : 57.81 lakhs ◦ Role : PI ◦ Status : Ongoing`

`Bioscopy - Towards Modern Transdisciplinary Education and Research in Microscopy`

`◦ Collaboration : UiT The Arctic University of Norway`
`◦ Funding Agency : Indo-Norwegian Cooperation Program (INCP2), UGC ◦ Budget : 1.14 crores ◦ Role : Co-PI`
`◦ Status : Ongoing`

`A Circulating Power Test Setup to Evaluate Key Aspects of Static and Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Technologies for Electric Vehicle`

`◦ Funding Agency : ANRF - Advanced Research Grant (ARG) ◦ Budget : 96.78 lakhs ◦ Role : HI (Honorary Investigator) ◦ Status : Approved for Funding`

`Member, IEEE`

`Sri Krishna Roshan (PhD Scholar)`

`Animesh Borker (PhD Scholar)`