Dr. Shashank. M. Gowda

"YEN VISION" Final Year Student Project under my guidance was selected for KSCST Funding of Rs. 6000 under 47th Series Students Project Programme (SPP)

"AGRICOPTER" Final Year Student Project under my guidance was selected for KSCST Funding of Rs. 6000 under 46th Series Students Project Programme (SPP)- Selected for the 46th series state-level Seminar and Exhibition at AIET, Moodbidri on 11th and 12th August 2023.

Successfully completed a Funded Project "Emergency Ventilator Splitter" of Rs. 50,000, funded by VTU TEQIP Innovative Ideas and Research Grant under the scheme “COVID 19 related Innovative Ideas and Research Project Under TEQIP 3” (Ref: VTU/TEQIP 3/2020/21).

Successfully completed a Funded Project "Smart Sanitization Tunnel (SST)" of Rs. 50,000, funded by VTU TEQIP Innovative Ideas and Research Grant under the scheme “COVID 19 related Innovative Ideas and Research Project Under TEQIP 3” (Ref: VTU/TEQIP 3/2020/21).

“Flexi Smart Gloves: An IoT Based Sign Language Interpreter” Final Year Student Project under my guidance was selected for KSCST Funding of Rs. 5000 under 44th Series Students Project Programme (SPP).

“Avathi: Smart Vanity for Women Safety” Final Year Student Project under my guidance was selected for KSCST Funding of Rs. 4500 under 43rd Series Students Project Programme (SPP).

“HYDRABOT- A Smart Rescue Bot” Final year student's project under my guidance was selected for KSCST Funding of Rs. 8000 under 42rd Series Students Project Programme (SPP).

Invited as Resource Person for Two- Day Workshop on “Design of Embedded Systems Using Open Source Tools” on 22nd  & 23rd of January 2024  at Atal Tinkering Lab of St. Meera’s Public School, Perambra, Kozhikode. 

Invited as Resource Person for a One Day Hands-on Workshop on "PCB Design Using Open Source Tools" for 2nd and 3rd Year Engineering Students of the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department on 16th of January 2024 at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management, Bantakal.

Resource Person for One Day Workshop on "Electronics Circuits Simulation using Tinkercad" for First Year ECE and EEE Students of Yenepoya Institute of Technology Moodbidri, Organized by First Year Engineering Students Association, YIT in association with ISTE Students Chapter(KA-109), YIT on 11th of January 2024.

Invited as a Resource Person for Technical Talk on “3D Printing and It’s Applications” for the Officials of R&D, Production Department, and Apprenticeship Training candidates at BEML India Limited, Mysuru on 1st of December 2023 at BEML Mysuru Complex.

Resource Person for a Technical Session titled "Introduction to Robotics using Tinkercad," conducted for final-year diploma students in Automobile Engineering of SNM Polytechnic, Moodbidri. This session was held on the 7th of November 2023, as part of the YenReach: Student Outreach Program hosted at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri.

Resource Person for a Technical Session titled "Introduction to Robotics using Tinkercad," conducted for final-year diploma students in Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering of SNM Polytechnic, Moodbidri. This session was held on the 6th of November 2023, as part of the YenReach: Student Outreach Program hosted at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri.

Resource Person for a Technical Session titled "Introduction to Robotics using Tinkercad," conducted for final-year diploma students in Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering at SNM Polytechnic, Moodbidri. This session was held on the 6th of November 2023, as part of the YenReach: Student Outreach Program hosted at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri.

Invited as a Resource Person for Technical Talk on “3D Printing and It’s Applications” for Final Year Engineering Students in Electronics and Communication Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering on 18th of October 2023 at Shree Devi Institute of Technology, Kenjar, Mangalore. 

Resource Person for One Day Hands-on Session on "Journey into Microcontroller Circuits: A Hands-On Introduction Session" on 13th September 2023 in ISTE Karnataka Section and VTU Sponsored State Level Five Day Faculty Development Program (FDP) On "Internet of Things (IoT): Exploring Applications and Innovations" held from 11th to 15th  September 2023 at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, YIT. 

Invited as Chief Guest for the Inauguration of K. V. G. Polytechnic, ISTE Students Chapter (KA- 168), on 31st of December 2022 at K. V. G. Polytechnic, Sullia.

Invited as Resource Person for Technical Talk on "3D Printing" for all the Student Members of ISTE Students Chapter (KA- 168), on 31st of December 2022 at K. V. G. Polytechnic, Sullia. 

Invited as a Resource Person for Technical Talk on “Additive Manufacturing and It’s Applications” for Final Year Diploma students in Mechanical Engineering on 27th of December 2022 at SNS Polytechnic, Sunkadakatte, Mangalore. 

Invited as a Resource Person for Technical Talk on “Additive Manufacturing and It’s Applications” for Final Year Diploma students in Mechanical Engineering on 15th of December 2022 at PA Polytechnic, Mangalore. 

Invited as a Resource Person for Technical Talk on “3D Printing and It’s Applications” for Final Year Diploma students in Mechanical Engineering on 25th of November 2022 at BIT Polytechnic, Mangalore. 

Invited as a Resource Person for Technical Talk on “3D Printing and It’s Applications” for Pre- Final Year Diploma students in Mechanical Engineering on 25th of July 2022 at KPT, Mangalore. 

Invited as a Resource Person for Technical Talk on “Additive Manufacturing and It’s Applications” for Pre- Final Year and Final Year Engineering students in Mechanical Engineering on 9th of April 2022 at KVG College of Engineering, Sullia. 

Conducted a Three Day Hands-on Workshop as a Resource Person on “Simulation, Schematic Capture and PCB Design of Electronic Circuits” for Second Year Students of Electronics and Communication Engineering from 21st – 23rd of March 2022 at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri. 

Conducted a One Day Workshop as a Resource Person on “3D Printing and It’s Applications” for Final Year Diploma in Mechanical Engineering students on 14th of January 2022 at KVG Polytechnic, Sullia, D. K. 

Invited to Deliver Two Sessions as a Resource Person in AICTE Sponsored Six days Short Term Training Programmme (STTP) on “Hands on approach for Design and Implementation of Digital Circuits using Open Source Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools – III” from 23rd to 28th of November 2020, Organized by Department of ECE of SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Tamilnadu.

Invited to Deliver Two Sessions as a Resource Person in AICTE Sponsored Six days Short Term Training Programmme (STTP) on “Hands on approach for Design and Implementation of Digital Circuits using Open Source Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools – II” from 2nd to 7th of November 2020, Organized by Department of ECE of SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Tamilnadu.

Invited as Resource Person for a Webinar on “3D Modeling and Electronic Circuit Simulation Using Tinkercad” on 7th August 2020, Organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri. 

Invited as Resource Person in a Webinar on “Electronic Circuits Simulation using Tinkercad” on 02nd May 2020 in a Webinar Series organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Excel Engineering College, Chennai.

Invited as Resource Person in Five Day National Student Development Programme (SDP) on “3D Printing and Raspberry-Pi” from 2nd to 6th of March 2020, Organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

Invited as Judge for “TeCH- ART 2.0: Model Making Competition Using e- Waste” held on 12th October 2019 at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, organized by Echolectic, Department of ECE in association with ISTE Student Chapter, YIT. 

Invited as Resource Person in Two Day Workshop on “Arduino Programming Fundamentals and PCB Design” held on 21st and 23rd September 2019, Organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, K. V. G. Polytechnic, Sullia, Karnataka. 

Invited as Resource Person in a Technical Talk on “3D Printing and its Applications” held on 21st September 2019, Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. V. G. Polytechnic, Sullia, Karnataka.

Invited as Resource Person in One Week Short Term Training Programme on “Arduino Programming Fundamentals and PCB Design Suite 8.0” held on 20th to 24th July 2019 organized by Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, S. N. M. Polytechnic, Moodbidri, Karnataka.

Coordinated and Conducted a Two-Day Workshop as Resource Person in “3D Printing Technologies and It’s Applications” held on 18th and 19th March 2019, Organized by Department of ECE, Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri, Karnataka. 

Coordinated and Conducted a Five-Day Short-Term Course as a Resource Person on “Arduino Programming Fundamentals & Proteus Design Suite 8.0” from 8th to 12th January 2018.

Shashank M Gowda, Raviraja Nayak, Shruthi Poojarthy, Spoorthi, Sushanth Nayak, “RS3: Agricopter for Crop Detection and Optimization”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering (IJIRCCE), Volume 11, Issue 4, April 2023, pp. 2714-2720. DOI: 10.15680/IJIRCCE.2023.1104189

Shashank M Gowda, P N Anvitha, Abhishek Poojary, Prajwal Shetty, Mouna C B, “MAAP: The Segregator”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering (IJIRCCE), Volume 11, Issue 4, April 2023, pp. 3142- 3155. DOI: 10.15680/IJIRCCE.2023.1104268.

Shashank M Gowda, H N Suresh, “Facial Expression Recognition using Robust Algorithm based on Modern Machine Learning Technique”, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), 11(5), 2022, pp. 30-39. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35940/ijeat.E3535.0611522.

Shashank M Gowda, H N Suresh, “Facial Expression Analysis and Estimation Based on Facial Salient Points and Action Unit (AUs)”, International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research (IJEER), 10(1), 2022, pp.7-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37391/IJEER.100102

Shashank. M. Gowda, Pushpalatha, Rasika Talekar, Sandhya M Badiger, Ms. Sowmya, “S3RP: A Iot Enabled Shoulder Bag for Women Safety”, International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management (IJAEM), Volume 3, Issue 8 Aug 2021, pp: 197-200.

G Praveen Achari, Vikas Hegde, Shamshulla, Jagadeesh, Shashank M Gowda, “Flexi Smart Glove: An Iot Based Sign Language Interpreter”, International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management (IJAEM), Volume 3, Issue 7 July 2021, pp: 4102-4105.

Shashank M. Gowda, H. N. Suresh, “Convolutional Neural Network Architecture for Facial Emotion Recognition on Raw FER2013 Dataset” Design Engineering, June 2021, pp: 506 - 519. DOI: http://www.thedesignengineering.com/index.php/DE/article/view/2008

Shashank M. Gowda, H. N. Suresh, “A Survey on Methodologies and Database used for Facial Emotion Recognition”, published in Electrical Engineering with the book cover “Advances in VLSI, Signal Processing, Power Electronics, IoT, Communication and Embedded Systems”, ISBN 978-981-16-0442-3, Vol. 752. Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0443-0_30

Bharatesh B, Hafisa Hariz, Sumayya, Mohammed Danish, Nithin Upadhyaya, Shashank M Gowda, “Facial Emotion Recognition for Smart Applications”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), NCCDS-2020 Conference Proceedings, Volume 8, Issue 13,              pp: 35-37 and also Awarded as Best Paper. DOI: //doi.org/10.17577/ijertconv8is13009

Mr. Shashank. M. Gowda, Ms. Krithi P, Ms. Dravya D Prasad, Ms. Fathimathul Razeema, Ms. Sushmitha, “Avathi: Smart Vanity for Women Safety”, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), Volume: 07, Issue: 06, June 2020, e-ISSN: 2395-0056.

Shashank M Gowda, Prathveesha Kumar, Hithendra Shettigar, Prasanna Kumar, “Hydrobot – A Smart Rescue Bot”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), National Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical Science And Information Technology – 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 08, pp:1-3. DOI : //doi.org/10.17577/ijertconv7is08071

S. Kumar, Megha, A. Rajan, A. E, Gangadhara and Shashank. M. Gowda, “IoT Based Smart Embedded System for Environmental Pollution Monitoring,” 2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics, Information & Communication Technology (RTEICT), Bangalore, India, 2018, pp. 1394-1397, DOI: 10.1109/RTEICT42901.2018.9012465.

B. K. Rao and S. M. Gowda, “Data logging of processed real-time signal by Bluetooth and user-friendly GUI in Java platform,” 2017 2nd IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics, Information & Communication Technology (RTEICT), Bangalore, India, 2017, pp. 1422-1426, doi: 10.1109/RTEICT.2017.8256832.

Application Number: 202241024446 A

Title of the Invention: Facial Emotion Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks.

Name of the Inventors: Shashank M Gowda and H N Suresh

Date of filing of Application: 26/04/2022

Status: Published in Indian Patent Office Journal No. 19/2022 Dated: 13/05/2022.

Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi.

• Membership Number: LM107949

Life Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong.

• Membership Number: 255674  

Member of the following Societies

• The IAENG Society of Artificial Intelligence.

• The IAENG Society of Imaging Engineering.

Attended a 5 Day Workshop on "VLSI to System Design: Silicon to End Application Approach," from 31st July 2023 to 4th August 2023, organized by AICTE, ARM Education and STMicroelectronics

Attended an event on “New Learning Methodologies in Engineering and Medical Education: Role of Faculties and Librarians”, organized by IEEE and EBSCO on 10th of August, 2022.

Attended a One Day Workshop on “Publication Tools for Scholarly Publishing”, organized by the Central Library at Yenepoya Institute of Technology on 25th June, 2022. 

Attended a Three-Day Hands-on Workshop on “PCB Design” from 16th to 18th February 2022, Organized by Department of EEE at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri.

Attended a Five-Day Workshop on “Applications of Artificial Intelligence Using Python” from 06th to 10th April 2021 at Organized by Department of ECE at YIT, Moodbidri.

Participated in a “Four Day Online Webinar Series April 2020” conducted from 29th April to 2nd May, 2020, Organized by the Department of ECE, Excel Engineering College, Komarapalayam. 

Participated in a One-Day Workshop on “PCB Designing Using KiCAD” held on 24th  October 2019 at YIT, Organized by Department of ECE in Association with Brevera technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mangalore 

Participated in a Three Day Student Employability Program on “Innovations and Incubations: from Ideation to Realization (IIIR-2019)” from 6th to 8th September, 2019,  Organized by Department of ECE, MITE, Moodbidri.

Attended a Two Day Workshop on “VLSI Chip Design & Verification using Mentor Graphics EDA Tool”, held on 3rd and 4th September, 2018 at YIT, Moobdidri.- HARD COPY 

Attended a Workshop on “Awareness on Emergency Life Saving Skills” on 24th May 2018, Organized by the Youth Red Cross Unit of Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri.

Attended a Two Day Workshop on “Fundamentals of Computer Networks and OS” organized by Department of ECE in association with IT department on 8th and 9th May 2017. 

Attended a “One Day Design Awareness/ Orientation Programme on Design and Innovation Under Design Clinic Scheme” at PA College of Engineering, on 25th October, 2016

Attended a Two Day FDP on “Effective Teaching Methodology” Conducted by Genesis Career Analytics held at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri on 21st and 22nd October, 2016.

Attended a One Day Workshop on “PCB Design and Implementation”, Organized by Dept. of ECE in Association with LIVEWIRE, India at YIT on 4th October 2016. 

Attended a Three-Day Workshop on “The Internet of Things- IOT”, Organized by YIT, from 27th to 29th September, 2016.

Attedned a Two-Day Workshop on “Embedded Electronics”, Organized by Department of ECE at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri on 20th and 21st April, 2016.

Attended a  One Day FDP on “Teaching: Problems & Prospects”, Organized by Department if MBA, Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangaluru on 29th March, 2016. 

Coordinated and Participated in  a Two Day Workshop on “FPGA and ASIC Design using Mentor Graphics Tools” on 13th and 14th of August 2015, Organized by Department of ECE at Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri.

Received ISTE Best Chapter Award for Karnataka Section for Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri during my tenure as ISTE Chief Coordinator and ISTE Section Managing Committee member of ISTE karnataka Section, ISTE, New Delhi. 

Reviewer of papers submitted to "International Conference on Intelligent Systems in Computing and Communication" (ISCComm-2023) organized by Mangalore Institute Technology & Engineering, Moodbidri, India on 8th and 9th December, 2023.

Member of “Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication (BEIESP)” and it’s journal’s for Year 2023-24.

Appointed as “Paper Setter for DEC-JAN 2023 EXAMINATIONS” of Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Appointed as "Question Paper Setter” for the following subject, “Electronics and Acoustics”,  I Semester B.ASLP, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Unit, Department of ENT Yenepoya Medical College & Hospital, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakette. 

Jury Member in the final round of “National Level Ideathon 2020” organized by Institution’s Innovation Council (MHRD Innovation Cell, Government of India), Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri on 27th July 2020

Jury Member in the final round of “College Level Ideation Contest” organized by Institution’s Innovation Council (MHRD Innovation Cell, Government of India), Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Moodbidri on 20th July 2020.

Attended a One Week AICTE Recognized FDP on “Arduino based system design using Tinker CAD Free Simulator” from 5th to 9th of February, 2024, Organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at NITTTR Chandigarh. 

Coordinated and Conducted State Level 5 Day ISTE Karnataka Section and VTU Sponsored Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Internet of Things (IoT): Exploring Applications and Innovations" from 11/09/2023 to 15/09/2023. - FDP Website LINK

Attended a One Week AICTE Recognized Faculty Development Programme on "OBE and NBA Accreditation" Conducted by Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, NITTTR, Chandigarh from 07/08/2023 to 11/08/2023.

Attended a Three Day Faculty Development Program on "Ability Enhancement Course in Basics of C++" from 27th to 29th July, 2023, Organized by the Department of ECE, KVGCE, Sullia.

Attended a One Week AICTE Recognized FDP on “Applications of AI in Electronics Design” from 20th to 24th February, 2023, Organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at NITTTR Chandigarh. 

Participated and Completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on “Transformational Leadership” from 2nd to 6th September, 2021 at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University.

Attended a Five Days KSTA, Govt, of Karnataka Funded FDP from 22nd to 26th March, 2021 on “Recent Trends in Application of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Engineering,” Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering & Center of Excellence in AI & ML of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte. 

Participated and Completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Robotics” from 14th to 18th December, 2020 at Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology. 

Participated and Completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “3D Printing & Design” from 30th November to 4th December, 2020 at K. L. N. College of Engineering.

Participated and Completed One Week FDP on “Research Proposal Writing and Opportunities in Science, Engineering and Management” from 6th to 11th July, 2020 organized by R & D Center- BIT held at Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

Participate and Completed AICTE Approved One Week Faculty Development Program on “Image and Embedded Processing” from 27th April to 1st May, 2020, Organized Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at NITTTR, Chandigarh. 

Participate and Completed AICTE Approved One Week Faculty Development Program on “Neural Networks and CNN” from 20th to 24th April, 2020, Organized by Curriculum Development Centre Department at NITTTR, Chandigarh. 

Participate and Completed AICTE Approved One Week Faculty Development Program on “Internet of Things” from 15th to 19th April, 2020, Organized by Computer Science and Engineering Department at NITTTR, Chandigarh. 

Attended One- Week Short Term Training Programme through ICT Mode on “Advanced Process Control and Instrumentation System”, Organized by YIT from 7th to 11th Jan 2019. 

Participated and Completed AICTE- ISTE Approved Induction/ Refresher Programme “Teaching Engineering and Pedagogy for Effective Implementation of Outcome Based Education” from 16th to 21st July, 2018 Organized by NMAMIT, Nitte. 

Participated and Completed AICTE Approved Short Term Course on “Real World Interfacing with 8051” from 17th to 21st July, 2017, Organized by Electrical Engineering Department at NITTTR, Chandigarh. 

Participated and completed TEQIP-II Sponsored Five Day Workshop on “Digital Image Processing: Basics to Recent Trends” Organized by Dept. of CSE, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysuru from 13th to 17th June 2016.

Analog Electronic Circuits

Digital Image Processing (2)

Power Electronics

VLSI Design (3)

Digital Switching Systems

Basic Electronics (3)

Microprocessor (4)

Digital System Design Using Verilog

Management and Entrepreneurship

Microwave and Antennas (2)

Verilog HDL (6)

Network and Cyber Security

Engineering Statistics and Linear Algebra

Embedded Systems

Completed an Online Course offered by IITBombayX on “ET702x: Designing Learner- Centric MOOC” held from 2nd August to 6th September, 2018. 

Successfully Completed the NPTEL Online Course with Elite on “Hardware Modeling Using Verilog” from Aug- October 2019. 

Successfully Completed the NPTEL Online Course with Elite+ Silver Medal on “Embedded System Design with ARM” from Jan- Mar 2019. 

Successfully Completed learning path “Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn” and got Certified. https://lnkd.in/dreRyKnA