Electrical Engineering

Anand Zanwar

*** ******* *****, ***. *** Starkville, MS 39759

****@*******.*** 662-***-****

Education Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS.

Expected graduation date: August 2011.

GPA: 3.88/4.00.

Master’s Thesis: Electrical aging of 15 kV EPR cables energized by ac

voltage with switching impulses superimposed.

Master Thesis’s Supervisor: Dr. Stanislaw Grzybowski

Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering.

College of Engineering, Pune, India.

Graduated: May 2009, GPA: 3.84/4.00.

Work Research Assistant, August 2009-present.

Experience High Voltage Laboratory, Mississippi State University.

• Evaluated and tested high voltage equipments,

insulators, cables, switchgear, circuit breakers, etc.

Evaluation of ac dry and wet withstand voltage, lightning

and switching impulse withstand voltage, radio influence

voltage (RIV) and corona of 345 kV double end break

switch.

Evaluation of post type insulators under linearly rising

front chopped impulse waveform.

Evaluation of lightning chopped-wave withstand voltage

of SF6 insulated 362 kV RL switcher.

Evaluation of ac dry withstand voltage, lightning and

switching impulse withstand voltage, radio influence voltage

(RIV) and corona of 345 kV air TTT7 double end break

disconnect switch.

Evaluation of ac dry and wet flashover voltage, ac dry

and wet withstand voltage, critical lightning impulse

flashover voltage (CFO), lightning impulse withstand voltage

of guy strain insulators.

Evaluation of ac wet withstand voltage of the voltage

transformer with 69 kV polymer bushing.

Evaluation of ac dry and wet flashover voltage, lightning

impulse critical flashover voltage (CFO), radio influence

voltage (RIV) of pin type insulators.

Study on the Lightning Attractive Width of Transmission

Lines.

Teaching Assistant, August 2009-present.

Mississippi State University.

• Fundamentals of Energy Systems course.

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Software Skills Electrical Software: Matlab, Proteus, Maxwell, RMxprt, PSpice.

• Programming Languages: C, C++, Java.

• Web Designing Tools: HTML, PHP, JavaScript, Dreamweaver.

• Operating Systems: Windows 98/XP/NT/Vista/7, UNIX, Linux.

Relevant Fundamentals of High Voltage Engineering, Insulation Coordination in

Coursework Electrical Power Systems, High Voltage Measurement Techniques,

Advanced High Voltage Engineering, Space Charge Effect on Cables,

Power Transmission Systems, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Design

and Analysis of Experiment.

Publications L. Cao, A. Zanwar, B. Pushpanathan, S. Grzybowski, “Electrical Aging

of 15 kV EPR Cable Energized by ac Voltage with Switching Impulses

Superimposed,” International Conference on High Voltage Engineering

and Application, New Orleans, USA, CD-Rom, October 2010.

L. Cao, A. Zanwar, S. Grzybowski, “Electrical Aging Phenomena of

Medium Voltage EPR Cable Energized by ac Voltage with Switching

Impulses Superimposed,” Electric Ship Technologies Symposium,

Alexandria, Virginia, USA, CD-Rom, April 2011.

L. Cao, A. Zanwar, S. Grzybowski, “Electrical Aging Phenomena of

Power Cables Aged by Switching Impulses,” High Voltage Engineering

Journal (ISSN 1003-6520), China, Submitted.

S. Grzybowski, L. Cao, A. Zanwar, “Accelerated Aging Phenomena of

15 kV EPR Cable Energized by Elevated AC Voltage with Switching

Impulses Superimpsed,” International Symposium on High Voltage

Engineering, Hannover, Germany, August 22-26, 2011, Submitted.

Seminars A. Zanwar, “Selection of cage bars for improved starting

performance of a machine,” presented at College Of

Engineering, Pune, India, October 2008.

• President of Student Alumni Association,

Extracurricular

Activities College of Engineering, Pune, India. 2007-2008.

• Chief Organizer of Nexus, a national level technical event,

College of Engineering, Pune, India, 2007.

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Memberships Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Student Member, August 2009-present

• IEEE, Power and Energy Society (IEEE-PES).

Student Member, August 2009-present

• IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (IEEE-DEIS).

Student Member, August 2009-present

References Available upon request.

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