Dr.K.Muthumeenakshi serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. She received her B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Bharathiar University, M.E. in Applied Electronics and Ph.D. from Anna University Chennai. To her credit, she is a gold medallist in her ME programme and University 6th rank holder in her BE programme. Prior to joining SNUC, she was with SSN College of Engineering for 17 years, Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai for 4.5 years and Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore for 3 years. Her areas of research include Signal / Image processing, Machine Learning / Deep Learning and Sensor Development. She has published more than 75 papers in International Journals and Conferences. She is a Member of IEEE, IETE and ISTE.

Work Experience

Experience: 25 years

• 2026 July – till date, Associate Professor Grade II, Department of ECE, SSN School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Chennai
• 2020 April to June 2026, Associate Professor Grade II, Department of ECE, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.
• 2015 April to March 2020, Associate Professor Grade I, Department of ECE, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.
• Jan 2009 to March 2015, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.
• July 2004 to Jan 2009, Senior Lecturer, Department of ECE, Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai.
• June 1999 to July 2002, Lecturer, Department of ECE, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.

Projects

• Title: Automated Identification and Characterization of Underwater Images in Deep Ocean; Investigators: K. Muthumeenakshi (PI), Dr. S.Sakthivel Murugan, NITTTR (Co-PI), Dr. N. Padmapriya (CoPI); Funding Agency: Deep Ocean Mission Scheme, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India; Funding Amount: 48.16 Lakh; Duration 2023 – 2026.
• Title: Design and Implementation of an IoT- based Water Quality, Flow, Pressure, and Level Monitoring System at Water Supply Pumping Station; Investigator: K. Muthumeenakshi (Co-PI); Funding Agency: ABS Consults, Chennai; Funding Amount: 3.15 Lakh; Duration 2025 – 2026.
• Title: High Performance Two Stage Electrochemical Technology for Recovery of Water from Electroplating Effluent and Real Time Monitoring & Control System; Investigators: S. Radha (PI), Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi (Co-PI), Dr. B. S. Sreeja, CEG (CoPI); Funding Agency: Technology Mission Division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India; Funding Amount: 34.46 Lakh; Duration 2020 – 2026.
• Title: Analysis of Base Station Antenna Parameters using Matlab; Investigators: K. Muthumeenakshi (PI) and Dr. S. Esther Florence, CEG (Co-PI); Funding Agency: HCL Technologies, Chennai; Funding Amount: 0.65 Lakh; Duration 2022 – 2023.
• Title: Development of an automatic fabric defect detection system; Investigators: R. Hemaltha (PI), Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi (CoPI); Funding Agency: SSN Trust; Funding Amount: 2.5 Lakh; Duration 2020 – 2022.
• Title: Implementation of Magnetic Induction (MI) based Wireless Underground Sensor Network (WUSN) System for Smart Irrigation Investigators: S. S.Sakthivel Murugan (PI), Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi (Co-PI); Funding Agency: TNSCST; Funding Amount: 8.3 Lakh; Duration 2017 – 2020.
• Title: Development of an automatic fabric defect detection system; Investigators: K. Muthumeenakshi (PI); Funding Agency: SSN Trust; Funding Amount: 2.75 Lakh; Duration 2015 – 2017.

Publications

1. Journals (recent 5 years)

1. Vijayalakshmi, K., Radha, S. & Muthumeenakshi, K. Advancing to Smart Electrochemical Sensors for Heavy Metal Detection Using Nanomaterials. J Inorg Organomet Polym (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-026-04365-y
2. Srinivasan, S., Santhanam, S.M. & K, Muthumeenakshi, Color correction and contrast enhancement of underwater images. Ocean Dynamics 76, 33 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-026-01780-0
3. Kavitha, M.K., Sankararajan, R., Kailasam, M. et al.Moringa Oleifera-Mediated MnO₂-SnO₂ Nanocomposite for Simultaneous Electrochemical Sensing of Sunset Yellow and Ammonia in Food Samples.  Electron. Mater. 55, 2637–2658 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-025-12607-x
4. Kavitha, M.K., Sankararajan, R., Suseela, S.B. Muthumeenakshi K Vijayalakshmi K. Mentha leaf extract-assisted Mn-doped bismuth oxide-modified electrode for electrochemical monitoring of sunset yellow. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, (2025). Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 37(3), 254, (2026)
5. Kavitha, M.K., Sankararajan, R., Suseela, S.B. Muthumeenakshi K Vijayalakshmi K., Electrochemical Performance of MnO2-TiO2 Nanocomposite for Methyl Orange Sensing Applications, Applied Physics A, 2025.(Accepted)(Q2)
6. Muthumeenakshi K, Vijayalakshmi K and Radha S, Machine Learning Approach for Copper Detection by Halim Mediated Zinc Oxide Nanosensor, National Academy Science Letters (Published Online).
7. Kavitha, M.K., Sankararajan, R., Suseela, S.B. Muthumeenakshi K Vijayalakshmi K. Electroanalytic sensing of Rhodamine B detection using chamaecostus cuspidatus-MnO2 nanoparticles. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, (2025).
8. Mythili.K.K, Radha.S, Sreeja,B.S, Muthumeenakshi.K, “Electroanalytic sensing of Rhodamine B detection using chamaecostus cuspidatus-MnO₂ nanoparticles”. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization (September 2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-025-03630-x
9. Vimal Raj. M, Sakthivel Murugan. S and Muthumeenakshi. K, “Underwater MAD Blurred Image Classification by Versatile Interpretation of Machine Algorithmic Learning Classifiers”, Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 2025 Aug 13:2550061, https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219477525500610
10. K. Vijayalakshmi, S. Radha, K. Muthumeenakshi, Bunched Ag–BiOBr nanoflower modified carbon paste electrode with insitu DMG for nickel detection in effluent water” in Microchemical Journal, Volume 216, 114668, September 2025.
11. Mythili KK, Radha.S, Sreeja,B.S, Muthumeenakshi.K, “Development and Investigation of an Electrochemical Sensor for Ethanol Detection in Alkaline Medium Using Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles”. Journal of Electronic Materials, 54, 6229–6243 (Aug 2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-025-12076-2.
12. Kumaresan, M., Radha, S., Sreeja, B.S., Muthumeenakshi, K. (2025). Electrochemical Sensing Behavior of Ammonia Detection in Alkaline Medium Using Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-3445-3_13
13. Mythili.K.K, Radha.S, Sreeja,B.S, Muthumeenakshi.K, “Moringa Oleifera mediated MnO2 electrochemical sensor for ammonia detection in aqueous medium”, Journal of Material Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 35, 2193 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-13950-1.
14. K. K. Mythili, Dr. S. Radha, Dr. B. S.Sreeja, Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi, “Highly sensitive, environmentally friendly nanosensor for detecting sunset yellow in food products” in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 36 (2), pp. 1 – 14, January 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-025-14247-7
15. Ms. K. Vijayalakshmi, Dr. S. Radha, Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi, “Environmentally friendly synthesis of Ag–ZnO nanocomposite-modified graphite electrode for copper ion quantification” in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 36, pp. 1-15, April 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-025-14771-6
16. Vijayalakshmi, K., Radha, S., Muthumeenakshi, K. Sreeja, BS. Chronoamperometry and Differential Pulse Analysis of Nickel Ions in Aqueous Solution Using Carbon Nanotubes with Nanosheet Shaped Bismuth Oxychloride Sensor”, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 34, 4583–4593 (May 2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-024-03127-y
17. Vijayalakshmi, K, S. Radha, K. Muthumeenakshi and Sreeja.B.S. ” Halim-mediated zinc oxide electrochemical sensor for copper detection in aqueous solution. Journal of Material Science: Materials in Electronics, 35, 1029 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12819-7.
18. Vijayalakshmi, K, S. Radha, K. Muthumeenakshi and Sreeja.B.S. ” Machine Learning Assisted Metal Oxide‐Bismuth Oxy Halide Nanocomposite for Electrochemical Sensing of Heavy Metals in Aqueous Media”, Crystal Research and Technology, vol. 59, no.5, 2300173, 2024.
19. Hemalatha, R, K.Muthumeenakshi and S.Radha. “A neural-network-based machine-learning model for fabric defect detection and classification using fused global features.” Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1-16, 2023.
20. R. Subashini; R. Hemalatha; K. Muthumeenakshi, “Dictionary Learning based Adaptive Defect Detection in Complex Fabric Textures”, International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems” Vol.14 no.1, 2023.
21. Vijayalakshmi, K, S. Radha, K. Muthumeenakshi and Sreeja.B.S. “Electrochemical sensing of nickel using modified silver nanoparticles/bismuth oxybromide graphite electrode.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 34(25), 1744, 2023.
22. K Muthumeenakshi, S Radha, “Comprehensive Analysis on the Performance of Antenna Design Using Machine Learning Techniques”, Springer’s Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol.1026, 2023.
23. K Muthumeenakshi, “A Segmentation based Classification Model for Primary User Detection Using Deep Learning Techniques”, International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems” Vol.14 no.1, 2023.
24. Divya.I, K Muthumeenakshi, S Radha, “Statistical analysis of radiofrequency energy harvester with bandpass filter for ultra-low power applications”, International Journal of Numerical Modelling, Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, 2022, published online, https://doi.org/10.1002/jnm.3077.
25. Divya.I, K Muthumeenakshi, S Radha, “An optimization of a reconfigurable CPW antenna for RF energy harvesting cognitive radio application”, Frequenz, 2021, published online, https://doi.org/10.1515/freq-2021-0131.
26. Kailasam Muthumeenakshi, Sankararajan, R Rajendran, H, “Improved Collaborative Spectrum Sensing Scheme for Maritime Cognitive Radio”, Indian Journal of Geo-marine sciences, vol.50, no.8, pp. 603-612, August 2021.
27. Hemalatha.R, Radha.S, Muthumeenakshi.K, “Disease Monitoring of Cucumber in Polyhouse Through IoT-Based Mobile Application”, Artificial Intelligence and IoT-Based Technologies for Sustainable Farming and Smart Agriculture, IGI Global pp.273-288, Jan 2021.
28. N Ambika, K Muthumeenakshi, S Radha, “Classification of Primary User Occupancy Using Deep Learning Technique in Cognitive Radio”, Advances in Automation, Signal Processing, Instrumentation, and Control, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 700, pp. 1795-1804, March 2021.
29. Vikneshwar, K. Muthumeenakshi, S. Radha, “Classification of Primary Users Using Deep Residual Learning”, Advances in Automation, Signal Processing, Instrumentation, and Control, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 700, pp. 2073-2078, March 2021.

2. Conferences (Recent 3 years)

1. Sabareesan Srinivasan, Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi, Dr. S. Sakthivel Murugan, Prof/NITTTR Chennai published a paper titled “Improving Visual Quality of Underwater Coral Images from the Indian Ocean using Adaptive Color and Detail Restoration” in the conference Oceans of Opportunity: Marine Bioresources for a Better Tomorrow organized by BRIC-Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar during November 24-25, 2025.
2. S.Sakthivel Murugan, Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi, ASP/ECE, Ms. R. Sathya Priya, RS/ECE published a paper titled “Underwater Coral Detection using a CBAM Integrated YOLO Model” in the conference Oceans of Opportunity: Marine Bioresources for a Better Tomorrow organized by BRIC-Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar during November 24-25, 2025.
3. K.Muthumeenakshi, K. Vijayalakshmi, S. Radha, and R. Giridharan, “Green Colorimetric Detection of Nickel Ions Using Halim Mediated Polyvinylpyrrolidone Silver Nanoparticles in Treated Effluent with Onsite Monitoring,” Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Recent Innovation in Modern Science and Technology, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India, Jul. 9–11, 2025.
4. K.K. Mythili, S. Radha, K. Muthumeenakshi, and B. S. Sreeja, “Electrochemical Detection of Ethanol in Alkaline Medium Using MnO₂ Nanostructures,” Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Recent Innovation in Modern Science and Technology, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India, Jul. 9–11, 2025.
5. D.Sowmika, K. Muthumeenakshi, A. Arivu, and R. N. Sirisha, “Eco-Friendly Red Beet-Based Colorimetric Sensor for Cu²⁺ Detection in Water Using Embedded System and Machine Learning,” Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Recent Innovation in Modern Science and Technology, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India, Jul. 9–11, 2025.
6. K.Vijayalakshmi, S. Radha, and K. Muthumeenakshi, “Sustainable Synthesis of Bimetallic Oxide Nanomaterials for Hexavalent Chromium Detection,” Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Recent Innovation in Modern Science and Technology, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India, Jul. 9–11, 2025.
7. Sarvesh Baskar. Anuprapaa A, Muthumeenakshi. K, “Edge-Powered Monitoring with Arduino Nano BLE Sense: Real-Time Industrial Wastewater Quality Assessment”, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Communication, Computing, Smart Materials and Devices 2024 (ICCCSMD 2024) during 19th and 20th December 2024, College of Engineering. Anna University, Chennai.
8. Sathya Priya R, Muthumeenakshi. K, Sakthivel Murugan S, “Enhancing underwater image classification with object-GCN and semantic correlation on custom datasets”, International Conference on AI for the Oceans, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 16 – 18 April, 2025 (Received the best paper award). 
9. Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi, ASP/ECE attended the 9th National Conference on Ocean Society of India (OSICON2025), held at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa during February 05-07, 2025. She presented the paper titled “Mitigating the Impact of Dataset Imbalance in Multilabel Classification of Underwater Images using Bilayer Graph Convolution Learning”. The authors of the paper are Ms. R. Sathya Priya, RS/ECE, Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi, ASP/ECE and Dr. S. Sakthivel Murugan, Prof/NITTTR.
10. Karun Pias Aro S , Vishaal S , Sakthivel Murugan S and Muthumeenakshi, “Deep-sea marine bioacoustics: a study of behavioral and communication patterns in catfish and damsel fish”, in proc of the 9th National Conference on Ocean Society of India (OSICON2025), held at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa during February 05-07, 2025.
11. Sabareesan Srinivasan, Sakthivel Murugan Santhanam and Muthumeenakshi K, “Colour correction and contrast enhancement of underwater coral reef image”, in proc of the 9th National Conference on Ocean Society of India (OSICON2025), held at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa during February 05-07, 2025.
12. Johann Sylvester J, Karthayani T S, Sakthivel Murugan Santhanam and Muthumeenakshi K, “A software toolkit for high resolution 3d underwater environment reconstruction using custom slam for high density data collection”, in proc of the 9th National Conference on Ocean Society of India (OSICON2025), held at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa during February 05-07, 2025.
13. Indhra SS, Gowshika J,  Sakthivel Murugan Santhanam and Muthumeenakshi K, “Optimizing underwater point cloud generation using slam techniques for ocean floor mapping”, in proc of the 9th National Conference on Ocean Society of India (OSICON2025), held at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa during February 05-07, 2025.
14. Divya Jha , Fadhil Syed Kader, Sakthivel Murugan Santhanam and Muthumeenakshi K, “Intelligent SLAM-based autonomous navigation system for rovs in confined underwater environments”, in proc of the 9th National Conference on Ocean Society of India (OSICON2025), held at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa during February 05-07, 2025.
15. Vijayalakshmi.K, Radha.S, Muthumeenakshi.K, Sreeja.B.S, “A Electroanalysis of Nickel ions with MWCNT/BiOCl Sensor”, XXII International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2023) organized by IIT Madras in collaboration with Society for Semiconductor Devices and Semiconductor Society during 14-17 December 2023.
16. Vijayalakshmi.K, Radha.S, Muthumeenakshi.K, Sreeja.B.S, “A Electroanalysis of Nickel ions with MWCNT/BiOCl Sensor”, XXII International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2023) organized by IIT Madras in collaboration with Society for Semiconductor Devices and Semiconductor Society during 14-17 December 2023.
17. Vijayalakshmi.K, Radha.S, Muthumeenakshi.K, Sreeja.B.S, “Beet Peel Extract Mediated Zinc Oxide Bismith Oxide Nanosensor for Nickel Detection”, International Conference on Sustainable Materials for Engineering Applications (ICSMEA 2024) at IIT Madras during Feb 1 to 3, 2024.
18. K. Vijayalakshmi, Dr.S.Radha, Dr.K.Muthumeenakshi, presented paper titled “Simultaneous electrochemical detection of lead and copper in aqueous solution by halim mediated zinc oxide nanosensor” in 3rd International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials (ICAFM-2024) at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar college of Engineering organized by Department of Physics- 17-19  Oct 2024.

Awards

• Best Teacher Award for the academic year 2023-24 at SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.
• Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Improving Visual Quality of Underwater Coral Images from the Indian Ocean using Adaptive Color and Detail Restoration” presented in Oceans of Opportunity: Marine Bioresources for a Better Tomorrow organized by BRIC-Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar during November 24-25, 2025.
• Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Enhancing underwater image classification with object-GCN and semantic correlation on custom datasets” presented at International Conference on AI for the Oceans, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 16 – 18 April 2025.
• Best Presentation Award for the paper presented at the International conference on Next Generation Computing and Communication Technologies (ICNGCCT 2014), April 2014, Dubai, U.A.E.
• Anna University Gold Medal Recipient – M.E (Applied Electronics) in the year 2004.
• College Gold Medal Recipient and Bharathiar University 6^th Rank Holder – B. E (ECE) in the year 1999.

Areas of Research

• Signal and Image Processing
• Machine Learning / Deep Learning
• Sensor Development
• Wireless Communication / Cognitive Radios

Links

Website: https://sites.google.com/prod/view/uwarlssn

Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_4Q7nuYAAAAJ&hl=en

Scopus Author Profile: https://www.scopus.com/pages/authors/49361699900

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muthumeenakshi-k-398077148/