Aaditya D Kulkarni

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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Master of Science, Electrical Engineering December 2017

• GPA: 3.52/4.0

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, MH, INDIA

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering July 2015

• Graduated with first division

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

● Power System Engineering I ● Power System Engineering II ● High Voltage Engineering ● Power Electronics ● Renewable Dist. Storage and Generation ● Control and Application of Power Electronics ● Wearable and Implantable Sensors ● Electrical Machines ● Power System Operation and Control ● Drives and Control ● Control Systems ● Electrical Machine Design ACADEMIC PROJECT S

• Planning a New System Load Spring 2017

o Completed the design project with a team of 2, using PowerWorld software. o Reduced system losses by 21 percent, even at the most economical proposition.

• Closed Loop Controlled Converter for Induction Motor Spring 2017 o Successfully designed and simulated a closed loop controlled neutral point clamped, 3-level converter using multicarrier PWM modulation, with a team of 2. MATLAB was used for simulation.

• Traction Drive System for an Electric Vehicle Fall 2016 o Devised and simulated a bi-directional boost converter and an inverter using PSIM. Components (e.g. IGBT) were selected via appropriate calculations. Project was accomplished with a team of 2.

• System Planning for a New Wind Farm Fall 2016

o Spearheaded a team of 6 for the project involving, transmission planning assessment and cost effective and reliable transmission design. Simulations were performed using PowerWorld.

• Solar PV Inverter for Water Pumping Application Spring 2015 o Orchestrated the design, simulation and construction of an actual hardware model consisting of a boost converter, an SPWM H-bridge inverter and a DSP controller, for water pumping application. Project was successfully executed with a team of 5.

o Made use of a single phase induction motor to drive the pump and used MATLAB for simulation. PAST EXPERI ENCE

Practical Industrial Training at Reliance Industries Ltd, MH, India Summer 2014

• Conducted detailed analysis of electrical machines such as high voltage transformers, synchronous motors, induction motors, generators and electrical drives in continuous process plants.

• Reviewed industrial transmission system including an in-depth analysis of 100kv switchyard. ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Computer skills: Microsoft Office, MATLAB, PSIM, PowerWorld, ECAD, ETAP, AutoCAD, Windows OS, Android and Mac OS.

• Programming languages: C, C++, Java and SQL.

• Strong Analytical skills, Team player, Communication and Organizational Skills, Web and Tech proficient, Trilingual. HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• First position in departmental project competition, for “Sound Controlled Lighting System”. Spring 2014

• Participated in national level project competition “Aavishkar-2015”. Spring 2015

• Student Employee of Faculty Students Association of UB at Campus Dining and Shops. Since Fall 2016

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