Electrical Engineer Power
Resume:
SHRAVANA MUSUNURI
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Starkville, MS 39759 Phone:
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OBJECTIVE
To obtain a full time position as an Electrical Engineer in an engineering
firm which combines my technical skills and experience to contribute for
the benefit of the company.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Power Electronics applications in Power Systems, Renewable Energy, Smart
Grid, Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (Expected Fall 2010)
GPA 3.94/4.0 Mississippi State University
Doctoral Thesis: Control and Interface Design for Cost Reduction of a
Hybrid Wind -Photovoltaic Renewable Energy System.
Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
GPA 4.0/4.0
Mississippi State University
Thesis: Battery Electric Vehicle Modeling and Simulation in Generic
Modeling Environment
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
GPA 3.6/4.0
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
Project: SCADA Control of Electric Drives
WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan. 2007 - Present: Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State
University. Work includes:
> Design, modeling and simulation of Wind and Photovoltaic energy systems.
> AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC converters design, control and simulation for Wind
and Photovoltaic systems.
> Controller design for extracting maximum power from Wind and Photovoltaic
systems.
> DC bus voltage controller and grid interface filter designs for efficient
interconnection of the hybrid system while meeting the IEEE, ANSI power
quality standards.
> Study of existing interconnection issues like low voltage ride through,
system stability considerations etc.
May 2008 - Dec. 2008: Internship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Richland, WA. Worked on:
> Distribution substation choices for implementing Demand Response using
Augmented Conservation Voltage Reduction technique for Smart Grid
applications.
> Analysis of the Electric Water Heater as a frequency responsive load for
demand side management.
> Power system voltage stability boundary visualization.
> Frequency response analysis from PMU data for analyzing wind penetration
effects on the grid.
> Wind integration tool development for studying the impact of Wind energy
integration in power system planning and scheduling operations like
security constrained unit commitment and economic dispatch, congestion
analysis, ancillary services requirements, load flow analysis etc.
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2006: Graduate Research Assistant, Center for
Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University. Worked on:
> Physics based modeling and simulation of various components like battery,
fuel cell, ultra capacitor, dc motor, vehicle etc.
> Developed an electric vehicle domain modeling environment using Generic
Modeling Environment.
> Developed a solver for simulation of the Battery Electric Vehicle in the
developed environment.
Jan. 2004 - June 2004: Student Trainee, Electronics Corporation of India
Ltd. Worked on:
> Designed ladder logic programs for controlling electric drives in a SCADA
system using GE-FANUC 9030 PLC.
COURSE PROJECTS
> Compensation techniques for improving power system transmission line
voltage regulation.
> Power system load flow analysis using Newton Raphson method.
> Design of DC-DC Boost converter with Peak-mode current controller.
> Design and control of a boost power factor controller.
> Fault analysis and circuit breaker selection for IEEE 37 bus power
system.
> Modeling of Switched reluctance motor in VTB
> Reactive power compensation using STATCOM: Design and simulation
> Utility interconnection standards and regulations study for Wind and
Photovoltaic systems.
> Impact of various energy storage devices on power system transient
stability using STATCOM.
> Comparison of STATCOM, SVC, TCSC, and SSSC performance in Steady State
Voltage Stability improvement.
> Design and control of an LCL- filter based active rectifier.
> Back-to-Back Voltage Source Converter based induction motor speed
control.
> Lead-lag compensator design in Matlab.
> Design and Simulation of SVC based shunt compensation.
> Design and Simulation of reactive and unbalance compensators using p-q
theory.
> Simulation study of PI, PR, Hysteresis, Dead Beat controllers for
Voltage Source Converter applications.
SOFTWARE SKILL SET
Simulation Tools: MATLAB/SIMULINK, PSCAD, PSS/E, PowerWorld, VTB, PSPICE,
PSAT, LabView.
Programming Languages: FORTRAN, Pascal, C, C++
Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows 9x/XP/Vista.
Application Software: MS Office, MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe Photoshop.
PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
> Shravana Musunuri, Herbert L. Ginn, "Comprehensive Review of Wind Energy
Maximum Power Extraction Algorithms", Submitted for Presentation at
Energy Conversion and Congress Exposition, Atlanta, Sep. 2010.
> Shravana Musunuri, Herbert L. Ginn, " A Modified Maximum Power Extraction
Algorithm for Wind Energy
Systems", Submitted for Presentation at IEEE Control and Modeling
for Power Electronic, Boulder, June 2010.
> Shravana Musunuri, Herbert L. Ginn, "Power electronic Interface of
Renewable Energy Sources to Utility
Grid", Poster Presentation, Electric Ship Technology Symposium,
Starkville, May 2009.
> Shravana Musunuri, Herbert L. Ginn, "Power electronic Interface of
Multiple Energy Sources to Utility
Grid", Poster Presentation, IEEE Transmission and Distributon
Conference, April 2008.
> Wenzhong Gao, S.Musunuri, "Hybrid Electric Vehicle modeling and
analysis in Generic Modeling Environment," Proceedings the IEEE
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, Windsor, UK, Sep. 2006.
> Wenzhong Gao, Sandeep Neema, Jeff Gray, J. Picone, S. Porandla, S.
Musunuri, J. Mathews, "Hybrid
powertrain design using a Domain-Specific Modeling Environment,"
Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicle Power
and Propulsion Conference, pp. 6-12, Chicago in September, 2005.
RELATED GRADUATE COURSES
. Digital Signal Processing . Alternate Energy systems . Power system
transmission and distribution
. Power Electronics . Flexible AC transmission systems . Feedback control
systems . Digital control systems . Power system relay operation and
control . Power system modeling simulation . Physical Electronics .
Automotive engineering . Computer methods in power system analysis . Power
system stability&security . Communication theory . Power Semiconductor
Devices . Advanced Power Systems
. Advanced Power electronics . Power system compensation
REFERENCES
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