Electrical Design
Resume:
Saurabh Maithani
*********@*****.***
Sunnyvale CA 94086
Objective: Career opportunity exercising power electronics design and
problem solving skills.
Education:
The Ohio State University, Columbus OH
Masters of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Graduation: June
2010. GPA: 3.31
Masters degree focus in power electronics
Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Graduation: March
2007. GPA: 3.24
Work Experience:
San Jose, CA Dec. 2010-Present
Power Electronics engineering intern
- Programming of Texas Instrument DSP TMS320F28335 to generate PWM
signals (at specified frequency and duty cycle) used for switching
IGBT modules in a VAR compensator topology
- Switching and conduction loss calculations of Mitsubishi IGBT Modules
used in VAR Compensator topology
- IGBT Module Junction Temperature Calculations and Heat Sink Design for
Mitsubishi IGBT modules
- Hardware Testing of IGBT gate drive circuit
- Hands on use of Hioki Power Quality Analyzer instrument for measuring
harmonic content in current and voltage waveforms and measurement of
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
The Ohio State University: Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Columbus OH.
March 2008-June 2010
Graduate research student; Member of the High Voltage and Power Electronics
Group, OSU
- Design of Signal Conditioning circuit required as an interface to the
Digital Signal Controller: TMS320F2810 and a 12V DC Voltage Supply
- Design of a multi step non inverting Cuk Converter for low voltage
Thermo electric cooling applications
- PSIM simulated design of Flyback converter for thermo electric cooling
applications with current ripple minimization
- Design of six step DC-AC inverter in Simulink by implementation of
Space Vector PWM and PID control in Simulink
The Ohio State University: Dept. of First Year Engineering, Columbus OH.
Graduate teaching assistant: First Year Engineering Department at the
Ohio State University
- Responsibilities included teaching students Auto desk inventor (CAD)
drawings, Matlab and MS Excel.
- Development of electrical circuits based curricula for the Ohio State
University
Academic Project Work:
- DC-DC Converter Design For Thermoelectric cooling (TEC) Applications
- Discrete Controller Design using Simulink and Dspace
- FIR low pass filter design using Matlab
- 3 Phase Power transmission with load Flow studies and phase to ground
fault analysis
- High Voltage Experiments including gap experimentation, flashover
study, dielectric testing with liquids, solids and SF6, insulation
breakdown, Corona tests, partial discharges, surge generator and Tesla
transformer studies
- Design of Algorithms to study the characteristics of a digital relay
in Matlab
Software Skills:
. Proficient in programming software's like MATLAB, Simulink, Dspace,
PSIM and C++
Honors & Activities:
. Dean's List at undergraduate graduation: Winter-2007.
. Student member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE)
References:
Available upon request
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