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Dr. PRAVEEN THAPPILY
Research Scientist and Lecturer | Machine Learning expert | White hat Hacker| Embedded System Designer
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Dr. PRAVEEN THAPPILY,
Founder of PravySoft Calicut Pvt Ltd. He was born in Calicut situated at Gods on country, Kerala in India.

Dr. Praveen Thappily is a highly skilled and experienced multidisciplinary professional excelling in teaching and scientific research. His expertise spans various domains, including electrochemistry, electronics, materials synthesis, and Machine Learning.
His doctoral research delved into the intricate realm of charge transport and device applications of a noval semiconducting material.
His capabilities range from designing innovative industrial electrolyzers tailored for large-scale hydrogen production to conducting advanced research on electric vehicle batteries, with a particular focus on degradation modelling and quality analysis. Additionally, Dr. Thappily demonstrates a high level of proficiency in material design, nanoparticle incorporation, characterization, and device manufacturing, contributing significantly to advancements in various technological applications. Moreover, his adeptness in developing cutting-edge electronics products, especially in embedded systems, PCB design, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, underscores his commitment to fostering innovation and technological progress. Dr. Thappily has been actively involved in various R&D endeavours, notably including the Automotive Batteries Reuse (ABR Project), where he established dedicated experimental setups and implemented stringent security measures for high-capacity battery testing.
His contributions extended to determining the battery's state of health, facilitating the development of degradation models for EV batteries to predict their lifespan and explore potential second-life applications.
Leveraging diverse modelling approaches, including machine learning, he enhanced the accuracy of remaining life predictions. Additionally, in the Design of a Novel Industrial Electrolyzer for Kohler Company (Kohler Project), Dr. Thappily customized electrolyzer configurations to meet the specific requirements of Kohler Company's industrial electrolysis needs. His involvement encompassed conducting electrochemical experiments, optimizing hydrogen production processes, and providing crucial support for the development of bulk electrolyzers at the Kohler site.
Furthermore, he successfully spearheaded projects like the "Intelligent Electrode for Hydrogen Production" and the "Smart Charger System for Electric Vehicles," where his expertise in conceptualization, electronics circuit design, PCB design, system programming, and bench testing played pivotal roles in driving innovation and technological advancement.
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  • RESEARCH SCIENTIST
    Université Bretagne Sud
    IUT de Lorient
    10 rue Jean Zay
    56100 Lorient, FRANCE
    praveen.thappily@univ-ubs.fr
  • FOUNDER, R&D Head
    PravySoft Calicut
    Hardware & Software research and development center
    Calicut, Kerala, India
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JOB
Present Job (2022 onwards)
Research Scientist and Lecturer

Université Bretagne Sud
IUT de Lorient
10 rue Jean Zay
56100 Lorient, FRANCE
Management of energy related projects (Hydrogen, Batteries and Fuel cells)
2019-2022
Research Scientist and Lecturer
GIP Campus ESPRIT Redon, France
Design and implementation of Research Projects
2016 - 2018
Assistant Professor in Electronics
IHRD, CAS of Thamarassery, Kerala, India

Head of the Dept. of Electronics

2015 - 2010
Mentor
Bluegen Solutions

Research and developement: Innovative hardware and software technologies.

2010
Assistant Professor in Physics
SNG College Chelannur

Taken electronics lectures for Physics bachelors.

2010
Assistant Professor in Computer Science
IHRD, CAS Vazhakkadu

Taken computer programming lectures for CS bachelors.

2009
Project Lead
RISS Technologies

Opensource Project Head (Java, Python, PHP)

2008
Embedded System design engineer
Regional IIT

Head of the Department, Electronics

Education
2019 - Present
Post Doc Research
UBS Lorient, France

Supervisor: Prof. Philippe MANDIN

Intelligent electrode design for Hydrogen Production: Theoratical and experimental studies

2011 - 2016
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC) India

Title of the Ph.D Thesis: Charge Transport, and Device Applications of Semiconducting Natural Rubber (Cis 1,4-polyisoprene)

2007 - 2009
Master of Science (M.Sc)Electronics
CAS Calicut, Kerala, India

Secured University FIRST RANK (2009), University of Calicut, Kerala.

2004 - 2007
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Physics
SNGC Chelannur, Kerala, India
2002 - 2004
Plus Two (HSC) Computer Science
Kunnamangalam HSS, Kerala, India
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Research
  • RESEARCH INTERESTS
    Thin film electronics, Semiconducting material design, Data aquision hardware and softwar design, Impedance spectrocopy, Electrochemistry, Embedded systems, Robotics, Batteries, Image processing, Charge transport, Big data analysis, Nano technology, Renewable energy, Electrolysis, Signal processing
  • Patents (Granted by 39 countries)
    visit ACHIEVEMENTS section
  • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
    1. T.Praveen, P.Mandin, T.Sauvage and K.Sandhya “Enhancement of charge transport properties of a novel rubbery semiconductor via silver nanocomplexing ”
      Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 131(2021) 8-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2021.105854
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2021.105854
    2. K. Sandhya, D.N. Rajendran, T. Praveen, “ Tailoring the activation energy and the ionic properties of bismuth codoped SDC powder prepared by solidstate reaction method,
      J Mater Sci: Mater Electron(2021). DOI: 10.1007%2Fs10854-021-05846-1.
      https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10854-021-05846-1
    3. T.Praveen, P.Mandin and T.Sauvage “Charge transport properties of semiconducting natural rubber (Cis 1,4-polyisoprene)”
      Microelectronic Engineering 231(2020) 8-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2020.111373
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2020.111373
    4. K. Sandhya, D.N. Rajendran, T. Praveen, “ Structural and Electrical Properties of Cerium Oxides Doped by Sb 3+and Bi 3+Cations ”,
      J. Electron. Mater. (2020). DOI: 10.1007/s11664-020-08220-9.
      https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-020-08220-9
    5. T.Praveen, K.Shiju and P.Predeep “ Influence of Plasma Treatment on Indium Tin Oxide Electrodes”
      Microelectronic Engineering 131(2015) 8-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2014.10.020
      https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167931714004523
    6. K. Shiju, T. Praveen, J.Manuvel, and R.Davis, “ Toward Sustainability in Organic Electronics: A Performance Check for DNA Complexes as Dielectric Layer in P3HT based OFET ”,
      Asian Journal of Applied Sciences 5(2017)669-676, ISSN: 2321 – 0893
      https://www.ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/4827
    7. K. Sandhya, Chitra .P.N, Praveen Thappily, “ Enhanced structural and electrical properties due to the effect of co-doping ceria electrolyte ”
      AIP Proc. 20032 (2017). DOI: 10.1063/1.4984179.
      https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4984179
    8. T. Praveen and P.Predeep, “ Conductivity, Work function and Light absorption properties of PEDOT:PSS films treated with silver nanoparticles ”
      Technology Letters. 2(2015) 19–29
      https://www.technologyletters.org/contents.html#S2015020200
    9. F. Martinez, L. Cattin, P. Predeep, T. Praveen, J. Manuvel “ Classical or inverted photovoltaic cells: On the importance of the morphology of the organic layers on their power conversion efficiency ”,
      Dye. Pigment. 132 (2016) 185–197. DOI:10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.04.050.
      https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143720816301796
    10. T.Praveen and P.Predeep “Impedance spectroscopic studies on Natural Rubber-TiO2 nanocomposite”
      Advanced Materials Research 938 (2014) 204-209, DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.938.204
      https://www.scientific.net/AMR.938.204
    11. Z. El Jouad, G. Louarn, T. Praveen, P. Predeep, L. Cattin, J.C. Bernède, et al., “Improved electron collection in fullerene via caesium iodide or carbonate by means of annealing in inverted organic solar cells”
      EPJ Photovoltaics 5 (2014) 1-8., DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2014003 https://epjpv.epj.org/articles/epjpv/abs/2014/01/pv130028/pv130028.html
    12. T.Praveen, K.Shiju, and P.Predeep “ Enhancement of Optoelectronic Properties of Transparent Conducting Polymer, PEDOT:PSS by Silver Nanostructuring ”
      KSC Proc. 26 (2014) 2019-2025, 26th Kerala Science Congress, Kerala.
    13. K.Shiju, T.Praveen and P.Predeep “ Natural Rubber in Electronics: Organic Transistors with natural rubber ”
      KSC Proc. 26(2014)1820-1826, 26th Kerala Science Congress, Kerala.
    14. T. Praveen, K. Shiju, P. Predeep, “ Green synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticle using Aloe barbadensis ”,
      AIP Proc. 1620 (2014) 592–595. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4898303.
      https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4898303
    15. T. Praveen, K. Shiju, P. Predeep, “ Enhanced optical and electrical properties of PEDOT:PSS/Gold nanocomposite system ”,
      AIP Proc. 1620 (2014) 587–591. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4898302
      https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4898302?journalCode=apc
    16. K. Shiju, T. Praveen, P. Predeep, “ Elastomeric organic material for switching application ”,
      AIP Proc. 1620 (2014) 206–212. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4898242
      https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4898242?journalCode=apc
    17. T.Praveen, P.Predeep, “ A Viability study of natural rubber based schottky diodes in electronic applications ”,
      Swadeshi Sci. Proc 24 (2014), 585-589, ISSN:978-81-928129-2-2
    18. T. Praveen, K. Shiju, N.M. Faseena, J. Manuvel, “Evaluation of density of states for a polyisoprene based organic semiconductor”
      AIP Conf.Proc. 1536 (2013) 365–366. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4810252
      https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4810252
    19. K. Shiju, T. Praveen, J. Aneesh, J. Manuvel, “Organic field effect transistor with conductivity enhanced PEDOT: PSS composite electrodes ”
      AIP Conf.Proc. 1536 (2013) 1139–1140. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4810639
      https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4810639

  • Posters and Presentations
    1. T. Praveen, Philippe Mandin, Thierry Sauvage “ Investigation of diffusion coefficients of the hydroxide ions of various systems using a rotating electrode setup”
      Poster presented, International Society of Electrochemistry(ISE) Belgrade Online conference on 02/09/2020
    2. T. Praveen, Philippe Mandin, Thierry Sauvage “ Effect of silver nanoparticle addition on the charge transport properties of MEH:PPV”
      Poster presented, SFGP 2019, Cité des Congrès ,Nantes, France on 15/10/2019
    3. M Le Marre, Philippe Mandin, T Praveen,E Zlliox, JL Lanoisellé, Thierry Sauvage “ Coupling Micro-Hydropower with electrolyzing, Case study”
      Poster presented, International Society of Electrochemistry(ISE) Belgrade Online conference on 02/09/2020
    4. T. Praveen, K. Shiju, K. Sandhya and P. Predeep “ Schottky diode from natural rubber ”
      Paper presented, WRAMS 2013, National Conference held at payyannur college, Kerala
      DOI: 10.13140/2.1.2745.2809
    5. K.Shiju, T.Praveen and P.Predeep “ Horizontal field effect mobility on Doped Elastomeric Thin Film Organic Field Effect Transistor ”
      Paper presented, WRAMS 2013, National Conference held at payyannur college, Kerala, India
    6. T.Praveen, K.Shiju, and P.Predeep “ Organic Thin Film Diode from Natural Rubber ”
      Paper presented, International Conference on Thin Films & Applications (ICTFA-2013), Sastra University, Tamil Nadu, India
    7. K.Shiju, T.Praveen and P.Predeep “ Characterisation of Elastomeric Thin Film Organic Field Effect Transistor ”
      Paper presented, International Conference on Thin Films & Applications (ICTFA-2013), Sastra University, Tamil Nadu, India
    8. T.Praveen, J.Manuvel, Shiju K. and P.Predeep “ A low cost, flexible organic Schottky diode based on charge transfer complexes of semiconducting natural rubber ”
      Paper presented, An innovative and Futuristic Approaches in Science & Technology-iFAST, MANIT, Bhopal, India
    9. J.Manuvel, T.Praveen, Shiju K. and P.Predeep “ Development of cost effective green organic semiconductors from natural rubber (cis 1,4 polyisoprene) ”
      Paper presented, An innovative and Futuristic Approaches in Science & Technology-iFAST, MANIT, Bhopal, India
    10. Shiju K,T.Praveen, J.Manuvel and P.Predeep “ Green and sustainable organic field effect transistors (OFETs) from Natural rubber ” Paper presented, An innovative and Futuristic Approaches in Science & Technology-iFAST, MANIT, Bhopal, India
  • EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
    Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Pulsed laser deposition, Plasma Polymerisation, Spin coating, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering, Cyclic Voltammetry, Corrosion Cell Analysis, Polarimetry, High/Low Temperature characterisation, Impedance Spectroscopy, Current-voltage characterisation, Capacitance -Voltage characterisation, Device modelling and simulation, Density of states and mobility characterisation, Nanoparticle synthesis, Organic-nanocomposite synthesis and characterisation, High/ Low resistance measurement, Optical microscopy, Physical vapour deposition, Polymer pressing, ZView /Thales equivalent circuit design
Techanical Skills

    Supervised more than 500 academic projects of Under Graduate, Post Graduate and Ph.D level students

  • Software skills

    Inventor of the programming language “NE-PHP”
    Opensource software for high level device simulation and IOT automation, it will work in Apache server, can be used as PHP extension
    (About 100k users are downloaded this package)

    Expert in following programming laguages/scripting
    BASIC HTML FORTRAN 77 ACTIONSCRIPT JAVASCRIPT
    C EMBEDDED C MICRO C C++ J2SE
    PHP DBMS SCRIPTING RDBMS SCRIPTING ORACLE MYSQL
    MS SQL POSTGRE SQL SQLITE WREG BREG
    CORE INF CORE BAT CORE INI UNIX SHELL LINUX SHELL
    PYTHON 2, 3.1 to 3.8 AUTOIT GUI MSLS MATLAB NE-PHP
    ANDROID Core Core JAVA AJAX LabView JSP
    Arduino TCAD & Deckbuild APP Inventor Cloud JSON Keil C
  • EXPERT IN FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
    Spectroscopic EllipsometryUV-Vis spectroscopy Pulsed laser deposition
    Plasma Polymerisation Spin coating Scanning Electron Microscopy
    Atomic Force Microscopy Dynamic Light Scattering Cyclic Voltammetry
    Corrosion Cell Analysis Polarimetry High/Low Temperature characterisation
    Impedance Spectroscopy Current-voltage characterisation Capacitance -Voltage characterisation
    Device modelling and simulation Density of states and mobility characterisation Nanoparticle synthesis
    Organic-nanocomposite synthesis and characterisation High/ Low resistance measurement Optical microscopy
    Physical vapour deposition Polymer pressing ZView /Thales equivalent circuit development
  • Device modelling, fabrication and characterisation
    Polymer solar cell (PSC)
    Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED)
    Organic Field Effect Transistor (OFET)
    Thin Film Schottky Diode (TFSD)
    Organic Bistable Memory (OBM)
    UV light sensors
    Device modelling using TACD Silvaco.
  • Selected Software Works
    Name of the Software Details
    THE RAM SPEEDER An interesting tool to speed up your PC, virtual process optimisation technology
    FORTRAN COMPILER AND RUNNER (perfect IDE) Write, Edit, compile and Run Fortran programs without using DOS
    Total Virus Remover tool Removes all* viruses from your PC
    The Registry protector Protect your registry from invalid entries, hence from viruses.
    8086 microcontroller debugger and analyser Create, compile, debug, run 8086 programs
    8086 MASM compiler and runner Create and analyse 8086 assembler programs, With MS Assembler Support
    8051/8071 microcontroller compiler & Debugger Do 8051 compatible programs without using trainer kits
    Portable Folder background changer We can change Folder backgrounds with pictures. we can also change colour of folders
    Windows creen capture Utility Advanced screen capture program, Works in both graphical and text mode.
    Serial Port data logger Simple and freeware tool for RS232 communication.
    MySql Autoit Connector Data base connector. Downloaded more than 7000 peoples all over the world.
    Intel 8085 development kit Students can do their 8085 lab experiments using this software.
    Ethical Key logger software Software developed to give awareness of hacking and password hijacking. News Published in
    “MALAYALA MANORAMA” newspaper.
    Android multicanvas utility Package to detect multiple click and drag in Android phones  (Compatible from Android 2.2 and higher version)

    Hardware Skills

    Expert in following Microcontroller/Microcomputer

    intel 8085 (8 bit) intel 8086 (16 bit)
    intel 8051/8052 /8951/8952 Atmel AVR
    Microchip PIC Cypress PSoC (16 bit)
    Arm processor (32 bit) ESP 8266/ESP 32 IOT
    Arduino UNO/Nano/Mega Raspberry Pi/Mango Pi

    Selected Hardware works

    Real time person tracking and plotting system PIC 16F873A, MMA675 Plots person’s path , works well inside of buidings also
    (Without using GPS tracking)
    Cellular phone controlled land rover AT MEGA 90S8535, DS5672 Control the path of the land rover using cellular phone
    Advanced Laptop security System AT TINY 92S8353, GPS,GSM Can view current position of stolen laptop, through Google map
    IEEE 802.15.4 based Data Acquisition system PIC 18F874A, IEEE802.15.4 Long distance high speed data transmission, Pressure, Temperature, Humidity
    Chameleon card AT 8952, RFID tags,Finger Print module Advanced 3 level  system model for high security systems
Achievements
  • Patents (Granted by 39 countries)
    France
    Patent Title:CÂBLE ET BORNE DE RECHARGE POUR VÉLO ÉLECTRIQUE OU À ASSISTANCE ELECTRIQUE
    Inventors: Praveen THAPPILY and Gabriele TOSATTI
    File Number:EP3895931
    International Patent Classification (CIB):B60L 53/16 ; B60L 53/18 ; H01B 7/00 ; H01R 13/66 ; H02J 7/00
    Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B60L 53/18 ; B60L 53/16 ; B60L2200/12 ; Y02T 10/70 ; Y02T 10/7072 ; Y02T 90/14
    View Patent

    Germany
    Patent Title: KABEL UND LADESTATION FÜR ELEKTRISCHE ODER ELEKTRISCH UNTERSTÜTZTE FAHRRÄDER
    File Number:60 2021 010 262.3

    United Kingdom
    Patent Title: CABLE AND TERMINAL FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC OR ELECTRICALLY-ASSISTED BICYCLE
    Application Number: EP21168891.6
    Publication Number: EP3895931
    View Patent

    Countries Granted the Patent
    France, United Kingdom, Serbia, Greece, Finland, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Cyprus, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Albania, San Marino, North Macedonia, Norway, Croatia, Malta, Latvia, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Turkey, Sweden, Portugal, Netherlands, Monaco, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Italy, Ireland

    Fellowships
    SAD (Stratégie d’attractivité Durable) fellowship by the Regional Council of Brittany, France. Financial assistance for the research work.

    KSCSTE Research Fellowship First position Kerala State Council for Science and Technology Environment (KSCSTE) Research fellowship selection process
    (Engineering Sciences)

    ACADEMIC EXCELLANCE
    UNIVERSITY FIRST RANK in M.Sc Electronics
    University of Calicut, Kerala, India

    NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST (NET) for lectureship
    Subject: Electronic Science (Code:88)
    Issued by University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of India (Year: 2011)

    BEST RESAERCH AWARDS
    BEST RESEARCH PAPER AWARD-1
    international conferenceon nanomaterials: science, technology & applications held at B.S Abdurahman University, Tamilnadu (Year: 2014)

    BEST RESEARCH PAPER AWARD-2
    24th SwadeshiScience Congress held at Thunjathu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Tirur, Kerala(Year: 2014)

    OTHER
    SPEED CUBER AWARD (Fastest Rubics Cube solver) from Volkswagens.
    Average Solving time is 27 seconds (Year: 2010)

    FIRST RANK in Animation & Graphics
    from Apple Computers, All india Examination (Year: 2007)

  • MEMBERSHIPS
    Lifetime Member of Indian Science Congress (ISC)
    Member International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
    Member of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
  • ACTIVITIES
    Officiated as an Organizing committee member in, “INSPIRE winter science camp” organized by National Institute of Technology(NIT), Calicut in association with Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India

    Participated in a two-week “ISTE Workshop on Solar Photovoltaics” conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in association with Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) and National center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (MNRE).

    Worked as Edtorial assistant of OPTICS-14 Proceedings "Light and Its Interactions with Matter" published by American Institute of Physics, ISBN 978-0-7354-1257-6, ISSN 0094-243X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/v1620.frontmatter

    Participated in the short term course on “Development of low cost science experiments using computers for Young Engineers, Science & Teachers” organized by Laboratory for Unconventional Electronics and Photonics , Dept. of Physics, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut in association with Inter-University Accelerator Center (IUAC), New Delhi

    Attended four day KSCSTE Scientist’s Interface Meeting held at Hotel Samudra, Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram.

    Attended 99th Indian Science Congress held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India.

    Attended one day workshop on “Spectroscopy: Instrumentaion & Applications” organized by Applied optics & Instrumentation Group and Department of Nanoscience and Technology, National institute of technology, Calicut.

    Officiated as Organizing Committee member in, “International Conference on light (OPTICS’14)” organized by National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut.

    Attended three day workshop on “Organic Solar Cells” organised by Laborotory for Molecular Photonics and Electronics [LAMP], National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut.

    Officiated as a Programme Committee member in , “International conference on Advances in Tribology (ICAT’14) ” organized by National Institute of Technology(NIT), Calicut in association with Department of Science and technology (DST), Govt. of India