Power Electrical Engineering

KALHAN BHAN

**** ********** **, *** ****, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 • 412-***-**** • **********@*****.***

Aug. ‘11 – Apr. ‘13

University of Pittsburgh, PA

MS Electrical Engineering GPA : 3.78/4.0

Education

Aug. ‘07 – May ‘11

University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

B.Tech Electrical Engineering GPA : First Class

Sept. ‘12 – Dec. ‘12

Bombardier Transportation, Systems Engineering Intern, West Mifflin, PA

Validated DC Motors, PIDs, PLCs in an IRIS/ISO certified High Voltage (750V) power lab.

Created test procedures for field and lab equipment validation.

Conducted real time simulation (RTS) of Drive Control Units (DCU).

Conducted type tests of metal oxide surge arresters for dc rail applications using IEC Standards.

May ‘12 – Aug. ‘12

ANSYS Inc., Summer Intern, Pittsburgh, PA

Developed models for power electronics applications as a part of the R&D team.

Work

Optimized the VHDL-AMS code for existing transmission line model.

Experience

Led a team of 8 interns to setup a new on -boarding program for intern & co-ops.

Provided bi-weekly reports on intern activities to management.

Sept. ‘10 – May ‘11

Arrow Engineers, Mumbai, India

Designed a power factor correction device which switched capacitor at zero volt age.

Successfully corrected the power factor of an industrial motor from 0.7 to 0.95.

Tested Variable Frequency Drives based on V/F control & vector control.

Led a team of 3 interns to co-ordinate procurement, assembling and testing.

Graduate Researcher, Electric Power & Energy Research for Grid Infrastructure (EPERGI)

Conducted comparative analysis of transmission technologies (HVDC v/s HVAC)

Prepared turnkey technical proposal (IEEE, IEC, DNP, NEC stds) for offshore wind farm.

Conceptualized a smart green city by employing IEDs, AMIs, and substa tion automation.

Academic Designed a static var compensator for a steel facility including harmonic filter sizing.

Experience Conducted load flow/fault analysis of IEEE 9 bus base case system using PSS®E.

Implemented ladder logic (PLC) using Micrologix 5000 for automated bott ling plant.

Simulation of a PID controller using MATLAB .

Analyzed energizing transients on a three phase transmission line system.

Aug. ‘09 – May ‘10

President, Student Council, University of Mumbai

Established contacts with sponsors & organized engineering events.

Increased the operating budget of the annual festival from $3000 to $10,000 .

Leadership /

Founding Member, Energy Volunteers’ Group (EVG) Jul. ‘10 – May ‘11

Volunteer

Organized seminars, energy audits and talks with leaders from power and energy industry.

Experience

Graduate student mentor, Office of International Services, University of Pittsburgh.

Volunteer, One Young World Global Convention, Pittsburgh, PA.

PSS®E, PSLF, PSCAD, MATLAB, SIMPLORER, AutoCAD, MathCAD, C++, PLC, DCS, PID,

Skill Set

DOORS, CMMI, VHDL-AMS, ETAP, Solidworks

English (Fluent), Hindi (Fluent), French (Basic Spoken), German (Training), Kashmiri, Gujarati, Marathi.

Languages

Relevant Power System Design, Electric Machine Design, Project Management, Protection & Switchgear, Linear

Coursework Control, Optimal Control, Smart Grids, FACTS & HVDC Applications, Power System Analysis.

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