Design Manager

Chaitanya N Katekar

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Arlington, TX -76010

Ph: 817-***-****

Email: *********.*******@*****.***

Work Experience:

Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

(Aug 2007 to Aug 2009)

Department: SDDC (Switchgear Design and Development Center)

Designation: Sr. Design Engineer

Supervisor: Mr. C. D. Mehta

Client: Product being custom made, Client varies

Project: THUNDER -Design, Development and Testing of New Range of

Switchboards - PCC (Power Control Center) and MCC (Motor Control Center)

Education:

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - Spring 2011

University of Texas - Arlington; CGPA: 3.67/4.00

Concentration Area: Power Systems.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - May 2007

'Walchand college of Engineering' (Affiliated to Shivaji University)

73.93 % (First class with distinction) in 2007.

Technical Skills:

. Design of 3D models using Pro-E (basic CAD design tool).

. Determination of design approaches and parameters.

. Design of fixtures for testing.

. Design review, database management, performance of basic engineering

calculations, drawing preparations.

. Electrical design, code compliance safety, value engineering, life

cycle cost.

. Creating test plans which include functional plan. Add detailed test

requirements and procedures to be followed based on inputs from

Development Manager.

. Product development / Design, Test, QA and Research.

. Working in cross functional teams (CFT).

. Preparing Bill Of Material, Change requests in SAP, Product Data

Management (PDMLink)

. Read and understand construction drawings

. Electrical system load calculations, short circuit calculations,

single line diagram generation and load distribution design for low,

medium and high voltage systems.

. Implement DFSS (Design For Six Sigma) tool, lean manufacturing.

Soft wares: Power world simulator, MATLAB, SAP, PSpice,LTSpice, PSSE Pro-E,

Pro-Mechanica MS office

Academic Projects:

. Power Flow Analysis: Power World Simulator, performed power flow

solution to verify given base case system and considering a single

transmission line or transformer outage. Necessary compensation and

violations were noted and cleared.

. Power system design and planning: Design and develop a single line

diagram of given system in power world simulator. Using voltage control

methods control the voltage magnitude of a particular power system

element.

. Hair pin insulation detection: Using PLC IP 3416, to develop a ladder

diagram that will give an indication of hair pin. Concept was to glow

LED as an indication of good insulated hair pin or bad insulated hair

pin.

Paper presentations:

. A national level paper presentation on "Ultrasonic Motor".

. A college level paper presentation on "MEMS".

Course work:

1. Power System modeling and analysis.

2. Programmable logic controllers and SCADA.

3. Power system Planning, operation and control in deregulated

environment.

4. Power Quality.

5. Power Protective relaying.

6. Power electronics.

7. Linear control system.

8. Introduction to Pulsed power Technology.

References:

1. Dr. Wei Jen Lee

Professor and Director of Energy Systems Research Center, UT Arlington.

Phone: 817-***-****

Email:****@***.***

2. Mr. C.D.Mehta

Deputy General Manager, SDDC,L&T Ltd,India.

Phone: (91)22 -6705 2375

Email:*******@******.***

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