Internet of Things in Smart Technologies for Sustainable Urban Development (eBook)

This book provides solution for challenges facing engineers in urban environments looking towards smart development and IoT. The authors address the challenges faced in developing smart applications along with the solutions. Topics addressed include reliability, security and financial issues in relation to all the smart and sustainable development solutions discussed.  The solutions they provide are affordable, resistive to threats, and provide high reliability. The book pertains to researchers, academics, professionals, and students.

Dr. G. R. Kanagachidambaresan received his B.E degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University in 2010 and M.E Pervasive Computing Technologies in Anna University in 2012. He has completed his Ph.D. in Anna University Chennai in 2017. He is currently an Associate Professor, Department of CSE, Veltech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology. His main research interest includes Body Sensor Network and Fault tolerantWireless Sensor Network. He has published several reputed articles and undertaken several consultancy activities for leading MNC companies. He has also guest edited several special issue articles and serving as editorial review board members for peer reviewed journals.          

Dr. R. Maheswar has completed his B.E (ECE) from Madras University in the year 1999, M.E (Applied Electronics) from Bharathiyar University in the year 2002 and Ph.D in the field of Wireless Sensor Network from Anna University in the year 2012. He has about 17 years of teaching experience at various levels and is presently working as a Professor in the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore. He has published 40 papers at International Journals and International Conferences. His research interest includes Wireless Sensor Network, Queueing theory and Performance Evaluation.

Dr. V. Manikandan is serving as a Professor in the department of EEE, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India for more than two decades. He has guided 8 Doctoral Scholars in the last one decade and three of them have contributed significantly in control and communication areas. The research outcomes over these years have been published in refereed international journals. Some of the research works have been presented in leading international conferences in India and abroad. He has obtained many research grants in the last 10 years from various Indian funding agencies like AICTE, UGC, DST, MHRD etc. for executing various research projects, conduction of faculty development programs and infrastructure developmental activities in the Institute campus and in the neighbouring ecosystem. He has consultancy experience in Energy auditing and Energy optimization. His areas of interest include modelling and synthesis of efficient lossless power electronic conversion circuits to cater power interface between PV/Wind sources and grid, development of soft-computing based control strategies for smart power systems, and embedded electronics.

Dr. K. Ramakrishnan has completed his B.E (EEE) from Anna University in the year 1993, M.E (Control System Engineering) from Bharathiyar University in the year 1995 and Ph.D under the title, 'Robust Stability Stabilization of Dynamical State Delayed Systems' from IIT, Karagpur, and West Bengal in the year 2014. He has about 23 years of teaching experience at various levels and presently working as an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry. He has published 35 papers at International Journals and International Conferences. His research interest includes IoT and Control Theory and Applications.