Aneil Ramkhalawan is an Assistant Professor at The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), for the past ten (10) years in the Manufacturing and Design Engineering Programme. He has completed his doctoral work from the Design and Manufacturing Engineering department in the area of controls and renewable energy with specific interest in Ocean wave energy devices and simulators. He has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of the West Indies (UWI) and a Diploma in Process Plant Operations from The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He was awarded the Best Mechanical Engineering project and Best Engineering project in the Faculty of Engineering in 2004 at UWI. This project also won Engineers Most Innovative Design award in the 2004 Building and Interior Trade Show (BITS). 

His research area is wave-powered desalination with specific interest in the application and modelling of heaving buoys on the ocean waves for Renewable energy purposes. He is also doing work in the field of PID controls and its application to hydraulic systems. He also does some teaching, conducts laboratory exercises and assists in student projects at UTT for courses such as Engineering System Dynamics, Engineering Drawing, CADCAM, Mechatronics, Controls and Instrumentation.  

He has presented and published his research work at both local and international forums such as The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) conference in Pittsburgh, United States, in 2011, also at The Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT) technical conference in Trinidad and Tobago in 2015 and APETT journal in 2016, Tobago Gas Technology conference in 2008 and at the Caribbean Academy of Science conference in Grenada in 2008.

PhD in Manufacturing Engineering | 2017 | The University of Trinidad and Tobago

• Upgraded from M.Phil. to PhD in January 2012
• Presented at more than two departmental seminars
• Published and presented work from research area both locally and internationally

BSc in Mechanical engineering | 2005 | The University of the West Indies

• Energy Option

Diploma in process plant operations | 2005 | The University of Trinidad and Tobago

GCE Advanced level | 2001 | Carapichaima senior comprehensive

CXC level | 1999 | asja boys’ college

Assistant Professor

Mechatronics Group in Design and Manufacturing Engineering in UTT

• Participate in Outreach programs at UTT
• Member of the Management Committee of Swaha Divya Ashram Pre-school
• Member of the Mechatronics Group in UTT

International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology – 2020 (IConETech-2020), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, The University of the West Indies.

• Outstanding Research Paper Award for presenting paper titled "Smart Irrigation Estimator"

The University of the West Indies

• Student producing the Best Mechanical Engineering Special Project for 2004
• Student producing the Best Engineering Project for 2004 in the Faculty of Engineering
• Bursary Award -Year II (2002/2003) of the Mechanical Engineering Degree

2004 Builders and Interior Trade Show / Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT)

• Engineers Most Innovative Design Award in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of the West Indies
• Engineers Most Innovative Design Award, Overall Winner in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of the West Indies

Engineering System Dynamics

Engineering Drawing

• Study of Ocean Wave Energy devices and simulators
• Renewable energy
• Control Systems (PID)  

Journals

• Prakash Persad, Nadine Sangster and Aneil Ramkhalawan.(2016), “Design and Development of a Novel Heaving Wave Force Simulator”, The Journal of The Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (ISSN 1000 7924), Engineering for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean, Vol. 44, No. 1, April/May 2016.
• Persad, P., Sangster, N., Cumberbatch, E., Ramkhalawan, A. and Maharajh, A. (2011), “Investigating the feasibility of solar powered irrigation for food crop production: a Caroni case”, The Journal of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago, Vol.40, No.2, October/November, pp.61-66
• Cheddie, D., Maharajh, A, Ramkhalawan, A. and Persad, P. (2010), “Transient modelling of wave powered reverse osmosis”, Desalination, Vol. 260, Issues 1-3, September, pp. 153-160.

Conferences

• Sangster, N., Ramkhalawan, A., Maharajh, A., Bisnath, J., Cumberbatch, E., Bickramdass, R., Edwards D. and Persad, P. (2020). “Smart Irrigation Estimator”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology – 2020 (IConETech-2020), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, The University of the West Indies.
• Gajadhar, J., Ramkhalawan, A. and Bisnath, J. (2020). “A Time study of the Pastelle making process: An Investigation aimed at reducing labour and time”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology – 2020 (IConETech-2020), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, The University of the West Indies.
• Polisher, M., Cumberbatch, E., Ramkhalawan, A., Bisnath, J. and Maharajh, A. (2020). “Feasibility of Powering Manzanilla via a Wind Farm”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology – 2020 (IConETech-2020), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, The University of the West Indies.
• Bisnath, J., Ramkhalawan, A., Cumberbatch, E., Persad, P., Maharajh, A., Persadie, N., Bickramdass, R., Soodeen, D. and Edwards, D. (2020). “Experiences of using a single assessment for both Practical Prototyping Skills and Introduction to Energy Engineering”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology – 2020 (IConETech-2020), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, The University of the West Indies.
• Bisnath, J., Thielman, D., Ramkhalawan, A. and Edwards, D. (2020). “Aerial drone to harvest mangoes”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology – 2020 (IConETech-2020), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, The University of the West Indies.
• Persadie, N., Sangster, N., Ameerali, A., Soodeen, D., Maharajh, A., and Ramkhalawan, A. (2020). “Integrated Approach to Masters Programme Delivery in Manufacturing and Design Engineering at UTT”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology – 2020 (IConETech-2020), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, The University of the West Indies.
• Persad, P., Sangster, N. and Ramkhalawan, A. (2015). “Design and Development of a Novel Heaving Wave Force Simulator”, APETT TECHNICAL CONFERENCE 2015, Engineering for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago.
• Persad, P. and Ramkhalawan, A. (2011). Hydraulic based Wave Buoyancy Force Simulator. The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Power and Energy Systems and Applications - (PESA 2011), Pittsburgh.
• Persad, P., Ramkhalawan, A. and A. Maharajh (2008). Potential Application of Wave Power in the Eastern Caribbean. (CAS: 065). Caribbean Academy of Science Conference, Grenada.
• Persad, P., Ramkhalawan, A. and A. Maharajh (2008). Potential for Wave Power in the Caribbean. Tobago Gas Technology Conference, pp. 222-229.