Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur 572103

An autonomous institute, Affiliated to VTU Belgum, Approved by AICTE, Programmes Accredited by NBA

Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Dr. Kalpana H M

Professor & Head Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, B H Road,Tumkur – 572103, Email: [email protected] Mobile No: 9480784395

Ph.D : Electrical and Electronics Engineering Sciences, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi,2015. Title: Design and Development of Thin Film Strain Gauge Pressure

Educatio Sensors using Invar36 Alloy. nal Research Area: Thin film sensors. Qualifica tion M.Tech : Industrial Electronics, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, . Mysore University,199 B.E: Instrumentation Technology Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, University,1988

 Professor and Head from 1.01.2016 to till date at E&IE, SIT.

 Professor from 20-07-2015 to 30-12-2015 at E&IE, SIT.

 Associate Professor from 01-01-2011 to 19-07-2015 at SIT

Experien Teaching ce  Assistant Professor from 01-01-2008 to 30-12-2010 at SIT

 Selection Grade Lecturer from01-01-2005 to 30-12-2007 at SIT

 Senior Lecturer from 01-01-2000 to 30-12-2004 at SIT

 Lecturer from 10-10-1991 to 30-12-1999 at SIT.

Area of Thin Film Sensors, Process Automation. Research Interests

Amount Year Organization Title Role List of in ` Funded VGST, Development of Thin film 30 Projects 2010-11 Govt,of Co-investigator sensors Lakhs Development of Thin Film RTD GTRE, 8.76 2014 element for Engine Inlet Co-investigator Bangalore Lakhs temperature measurement International Conferences:

1. H M Kalpana and V Siddeswara Prasad(2013), “ Development of INVAR36 thin Films for Strain Guage Applications”, International Conference on Communication, VLSI & Signal Processing, February 20th to 22nd 2013, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, pp 300-303. 2. H.M Kalpana and R. John Stephen(2010) “LABVIEW for Strain Measurement” International conference on Instrumentation-ICI-2009, Jan21st - 23rd 2010,Cummins College of Engineering for women, Pune ,pp 231. 3. Latha H K E and H M Kalpana, (2010 )“Development of thin film strain gauge for load measurement”,International Conference on Aerospace, Electronics, Communications and Instruementation–ASECI–2010, Jan6th – 7th 2010,V R Siddhartha Engineering College, Kanuru, Vijayawada. 4. R.J. Stephen, Latha H K E and H M Kalpana (2009), “Development of thin film strain guage for force measurement”,International Conference on Sensor and automation, March 21st – 22nd 2009,Kalaslingam University, Kalasalingam.

National Conferences:

1. H.M Kalpana, V Siddeswara Prasad and ShayanHasan S (2015), “Virtual Publications Conferences Instrumentation for Level Control”, National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-40), October 30th and 31st 2015,Instrument Society of & Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore . 2. Sujay S A, Nagesha, Praveen kumar Sreenivas & H M Kalpana (2015), Forest fire detection’ National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-40) , October 30th and 31st 2015,Instrument Society of India & Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. 3. H M Kalpana and V Siddeswara Prasad (2013), “Annealing Effects on Electrical Properties of DC Sputtered Invar36 Thin Film for Strain Gauge Applications”, National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-38) , 24th to 26th October, B V B College of Engineering & Technology, Vidyanagar, ,Karnataka., pp 103.

International journal:

1. H M Kalpana ,V Siddeswara Prasad (2014) “Development of the invar36 thin film strain gauge sensor for strain measurement”, Measurement Science and Technology(IOP Publishing),Vol.25,pp.1-7, 2014 2. H M Kalpana ,V Siddeswara Prasad and M.M Nayak (2013) “Influence of annealing and thickness on the electrical properties of invar36 thin film for Strain guage applications” International Journal of Thin Films Science & Technology, Vol. 3, pp. 155-161, 2013. 3. H.M. Kalpana and R John Stephen (2010) “Virtual Instrumentation for Measurement of Strain using thin film strain gauge sensors”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology. Vol. 1, Journals Issue 1, pp. 68-76, 2010. 4.

National journal:

1. H.M. Kalpana and R.J. Stephen (2010)“Development of Thin film strain gauge sensor for strain measurement & indication using Lab VIEW”, Journal of the Instrument Society of India, Vol.40 No. 1,March 2010, PP65-66. 2. H.M. Kalpana and V. Siddeswara Prasad (2013), “Annealing studies on DC sputtered invar36 thin films”, Journal of the Instrument Society of India, Vol.43, No. 4, pp.237-239. March 2013

Member of ISA (International Society of Automation) Professi onal Life member of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education) Member Life member of ISOI (Instrument Society of India) ships Fellow of Institute of Engineers India (FIE)

Member of the Project Review Committee of ‘Multicentric Gas Turbine Enabling Reviewer Technologies (GATET) Initiative, GTRE, Bangalore.

Dr. H M Kalpana