Prof. Dhruv M. Patel

Designation : Assistant Professor
Experience : 8 Year 11 Month

Email Id : Dhruvpatel.ic@svitvasad.ac.in
Contact No :02692-274766 ext 219

Profile

Prof. Dhruv M. Patel graduated from Government Engineering (GEC) College, Rajkot in 2009. He completed his Master of Technology from Dharmsinh Desai Institute of Technology (DDIT), Dharmsinh Desai University (DDU), Nadiad. He worked at Space Application Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), and Ahmedabad for his M.Tech. Project work and contract job work. Currently he is pursuing his PhD in the field of Programmable Logic Controller design using Field Programmable Gate Array Technology from Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Chandkheda, and Gujarat. He published 7 research papers among them some papers published in reputed International h-indexed Journals like ISA Transaction (Impact Factor: 3.370), Elsevier and Journal of Process Control, Elsevier (Impact Factor: 2.787). He presented and published 2 research papers in International Conferences. He also published 2 book chapters in Springer and Taylor & Francis Group publication. He has served as a reviewer of several international journals and international conferences. He is actively involved in various technical and non-technical events organization at college level. He is faculty adviser of VISION-2013, VISION-2014, VISION-2016 & VISION-2019 and PRAKASH 2014, PRAKASH 2015, PRAKASH 2017 & PRAKASH 2019, SVIT, Vasad. The VISION and PRAKARSH are technical events organized by SVIT Vasad under ISTE chapter. He has supervised more than 25 graduate projects of various engineering branches. His current research interests are in the areas of Programmable Logic Controller, Field Programmable Gate Array, Microcontroller and LabVIEW based applications.

Current Activities:

Teaching UG Courses in B.E. (Instrumentation and Control, Civil Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering), Departmental SVIT Alumni coordinator, Industrial Visit Coordinator, Expert Talk coordinator, 100 Points Activities Coordinator, Students Counselling Coordinator, Departmental You Tube Co-ordinator, Lab In charge of Basic Electronics and Industrial Measurement Labs, First and Second Year class coordinator, Guidance for UG Projects and Start-ups.

Specialization Areas:

Programmable Logic Controller, Field Programmable Gate Array, Control System, Industrial Measurement, Basic Electronics, Analog and Digital Communication, Process Control, Control System Component, Measurement and Instruments.

Subject Taught (UG):

Programmable Logic Controller, Control System, Basic Control System, Analog and Signal Processing, Industrial Measurement, Basic Electronics, Digital Electronics, Analog and Digital Communication, Analog and Signal Processing, Process Control, Control System Component, Measurement and Instruments.

Qualifications:

Qualification Specialization University Passing year Class
Ph. D. (Pursuing) Design and Implementation of smart health monitoring system for patients on real time data base using IoT GTU,Chandkheda -- -
M.E. Instrumentation & Control Engineering DDU 2013 First
B.E. Instrumentation & Control Engineering Gujarat University 2010 First

My Experience

  • 06-08-2013 - Till Date
  • Assistant Professor
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute Of Technology Vasad

Achievements

    • Received award for outstanding contribution in reviewing research paper as a reviewer in ISA Transaction, Elsevier during august 2017. 
    • Received Honours for remarkable guidance in Student Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC) Student Start-up and Innovation Policy (SSIP) from SVIT Vasad (2020).

Publication

Book Chapter :

    • Dipesh H. Shah, Dhruv M. Patel and Axay J. Mehta, “Design Approaches of Sliding Mode Controller for a Quadruple Tank Plant” in Mathematics in Engineering Sciences (2019), on Taylor & Francis Group.
    • Dhruv M. Patel, Dr. Ankit K. Shah and Dr. Yagnesh B. Shukla, “An IEC 61131-3 based PLC Timers Module Implemented on FPGA Platform”, in International Conference on Communication, Computing and Electronics System (ICCCES-2019), pp. 501-516. Springer, Singapore, 2020.

International Journals :

    • Shah, Dipesh and Patel, Dhruv. “Design of sliding mode control for quadruple-tank MIMO process with time delay compensation”. Journal of Process Control, Elsevier, 76 (2019): 46-61, Impact Factor: 2.787, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprocont.2019.01.006.
    • Patel, Dhruv, Bhatt, Jignesh and Trivedi, Sanjay. "Programmable logic controller performance enhancement by field programmable gate array based design" ISA transactions, Elsevier (2015) Editorial System, volume - 54,156-168, Impact Factor: 3.370, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isatra.2014.08.019.
    • Patel, Dhruv and Shah, Ankit. “LabVIEW based Control System Design for Water Tank Heater System”. Trends in Electrical Engineering 3, no. 7 (2017): 31-40. 
    • Yadav, Archana, and Patel, Dhruv. "Automation of Heat Exchanger System using DCS." Journal of Control & Instrumentation 5, no. 1 (2014): 22-28. 
    • Patel, Dhruv, Taher Kalolwala, and Gopal Thakor. "Microcontroller based Temperature Controlling and Monitoring System with Graphical User Interface." Journal of Control & Instrumentation 4, no. 3 (2013): 7-16.
    • Patel, Dhruv, Nitish Mulye, and Mayur Jethalal Vaghela. "Gas and Temperature Detection System using Microcontroller." Journal of Control & Instrumentation 4, no. 2 (2013).

International Conferences :


    • Dhruv M. Patel, Sanjay M. Trivedi, and Jignesh G. Bhatt, “Design and Implementation of Field Programmable Gate Array based Programmable Logic Controller", in Proc. 2nd International Conference on Signals, Systems, and Automation (ICSSA-2011), GH Patel College of Engineering & Technology, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India, January 24-25, 2011, Track: VLSI , Micro Electronics and Nano technology, Paper No. 131, pp. 332-336 (ISBN: 978-1-6123-3002-0).

Patents :

    • Dhruv, Patel and Shah, Ankit, filled an Indian Patent titled on “PLC High Resolution Timer Module on FPGA Platform” with Application Number 202021028003 (2020). 
    • Dhruv, Patel and Shah, Ankit, filled an Indian Patent titled on “Multi-Channel High Speed Counters of Programmable Logic Controller on Reconfigurable Field Programmable Gate Array Design” with Application Number 201921002632 is available online for open reviews (2019). 
    • Dipesh, Shah and Dhruv, Patel, filled an Indian Patent titled “Design of Robust Controller for Multivariable Process with Time Delay Compensation” with Application Number 201921001183 is available online for open reviews (2019).

Honorary Services

Grant Received


    • Received Rs. 25000/- Grant from Student Startup Internship Program (SSIP) CELL, GTU for filling Indian Patent titled “PLC High Resolution Timer Module on FPGA Platform” (2020) with Application Number 202021028003. 
    • Received Rs. 25000/- Grant from Student Startup Internship Program (SSIP) CELL, GTU for filling Indian Patent titled “Multi-Channel High Speed Counters of Programmable Logic Controller on Reconfigurable Field Programmable Gate Array Design” (2019) with Application Number 201921002632. 
    • Received Rs. 25000/- Grant from Student Startup Internship Program (SSIP) CELL, GTU for filling Indian Patent titled “Design of Robust Controller for Multivariable Process with Time Delay Compensation” (2019) with Application Number 201921001183. 
    • Received Rs. 27000/- Grant from Student Open Innovation Challenge program 2020 under Student Startup Internship Program (SSIP) CELL, GTU for project development titled on Automatic Sewer Cleaning System (2020) (File no. GKS/SSIP/2020/Sanction Order/SOIC/403).
    • Received grant 82,500/- for research project on “Field Programmable Gate Array Based Fast Controller Design for the Liquid Level Control System integrated on LabVIEW” from R & D Cell, SVIT-Vasad during year 2017-18 (File no. R&D/156/5/2018).  

Membership of Professional Bodies

    IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Student Member (IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Control Systems Society), Membership Number: 94874966. (31st December 2017 to 31st December 2019).

Academic Activities

Conferences/STTP/Seminar/Webinar/Workshops Organised :


    • Organized one day national seminar on “Recent Trends in Industrial Communication” dated on 16th February 2013, organized by SVIT, Vasad.
    • Organized online webinar on “Industrial Transformation using Industry 4.0 & IoT” dated on 24th May 2020, organized by I&C Department, SVIT, Vasad.
    • Organized online webinar on “Introduction of Arduino” dated on 2nd May 2020, organized by I&C Department, SVIT, Vasad.
    • Three day national conference on “Power systems embedded systems power electronics communication control & instrumentation PEPECCI-2013” @ SVIT-Vasad, January 28th-30th 2013. (Role: Organizing Committee Member).
    • Three day national conference on “Power systems embedded systems power electronics communication control & instrumentation PEPECCI-2014” @ SVIT-Vasad, January 23th-25th 2014. (Role: Organizing Committee Member). 
    • Two day international conference on “International Symposium on Control Automation and Robotics (ISCAR-2010)” @  Dharmsinh Desai University at Nadiad, Gujarat, India. (Role: Organizing Committee Member).
    • Organized 21 industrial visits at various company during last three years.
    • Organized 6 expert talk for students during last three years.

Invited/Expert Talks :

    • Delivered Expert talk on topic of “Introduction to LabVIEW and It’s Applications in Engineering” at SVIT-Vasad, during date in Vision-2019. 
    • Delivered Expert talk on topic of “Introduction of Multimeter” at SVIT-Vasad, during date in Aavishkar-2019.

Conferences/STTP/Seminar/Webinar/Workshops Attended :

    • Attended one week workshop on “Advance Control Techniques and Their Application” dated on 27th November 2017 to 1st December 2017, organized by The Institute of Infrastructure Technology and Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad.
    • Attended two week workshop on “Control System” from 2nd December 2014 to 12th December 2014, organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
    • Attended two week workshop on “Signal and System” from 2nd January 2014 to 12th January 2014, organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
    • Attended two week workshop on “Analog Electronics” from 4th June 2013 to 14th June 2013, organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
    • Attended two week STTP on “Design and Development of Automation using LabVIEW” from 1st July 2013 to 12th July 2013, organized by Nirma University, Institute of Technology, and Ahmedabad.
    • Attended two week STTP on “Spoken English” from 22nd October 2012 to 3rd November 2012, organized by SVIT, Vasad.
    • Attended one day STTP on “Essential Design with Plan Ahead Analysis and Design Tools” from 26th August 2012, organized by Xilinx Technical Knowledge Summit, Ahmedabad.
    • Attended one day seminar on “Human Values in Higher Education’s”, organized by Gujarat Technological University, Chandkheda.
    • Attended one day national seminar on “Wireless Technology in Automation: Current and Future Trends” dated on 20th April 2013, organized by Nirma University, Institute of Technology, and Ahmedabad.
    • Participated state level webinar on “Digital Marketing” dated on 16th May 2020, organized by ISA student section, G. H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology, Anand.