electrical engineering (design, power electronics, control systems)

MOHIT SHARMA

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Objective

A full-time position in electrical engineering that requires a solid background in design and development of power electronics, motor drives, and control systems.

Summary

Well-versed in algorithm formulation, design and testing. Extensive experience in modelling DC/DC and DC/AC switching mode power converter with current/voltage control feedback system in Simulink and ORCAD. Proficiency in Observers design, PID controller design, Bode-plot analysis, Non-linear controller design via Lyapunov theory, Sliding mode control and Adaptive control. Specialize in PMSM motor control, renewable energy (PV), power electronics, battery Management and control system design through university research. Education

Master of Science Electrical Engineering San Jose State University, CA GPA: 3.8/4.0 Summer 2018 Bachelor of Engineering Electrical and Electronics UIET Panjab University, India May 2015 Technical Skills

• Programming Languages: C, C++, Python (Intermediate), Scratch.

• Hardware used: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, D-Space, ESP8266.

• Software Skills: MATLAB/Simulink, LabVIEW, OrCAD (Schematics& PCB design), Altium, LT Spice, COMSOL.

• Lab Skills: Experience with Oscilloscopes, signal generators, DMM, Variable AC/DC power supply, DC/DC converters, Debugging circuits, Inverters, PMSM motor. Master’s Thesis (Skills: MATLAB, Simulink, OrCAD P-Spice) May 2017 - Present

“Application of Model Predictive Control in Interior Permanent Magnet machine (3kW) for higher efficiency.”

• Designed Model Predictive Control for accurate tracking of reference torque by switching IGBTs.

• Implemented Maximum Torque Per Ampere and Field weakening to improve electrical efficiency.

• Designed State of Charge (SOC) algorithm to ensure identical SOC for the battery cells in MMC modules.

• Tested control system on vehicle load and a speed command utilising the Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule.

• Archived less than 0.5% error in actual and commanded speed.

• P-Spice schematics and PCB design of the Modular Multilevel Converter, gate driver and circuit.

• Selection of Appropriate Microcontroller, Implementation and debugging of MPC control. Work Experience

Research Assistant, Center for Power Electronics Converters, San Jose State University July 2017 - Present

• Designed and Modelled Analog Control of Buck and Boost converter on Simulink and OrCAD Pspice.

• Designing Multilevel Modular Converter in OrCAD PSpice. Instructor, Electrical Engineering Lab, San Jose State University Aug 2017 - Present

• Demonstrated experiments and explained the theoretical reasoning behind their working.

• Collaborated with a team of faculty at the weekly meeting and actively contributed new ideas on teaching.

• Consistently received positive teacher evaluations from students. (Student Evaluation – 4.8/5.0) Research Intern, Solid State Physics Lab, New Delhi Jan 2015 - June 2015

• Designed and simulated vector hydrophones via Finite Element Modeling in COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b software.

• Studied algorithms for finding the direction of arrival of the acoustic signal using vector hydrophones. Intern, Scomi Engineering, Mumbai Monorail June 2013 - July 2013

• Observed control operation of power equipment kept in substations by controlling Mitsubishi PLC.

• Used Wonderware SCADA to control PLCs using Modbus protocol.

• Studied communication system of monorail and extraction of data from various Remote Terminal Units (RTU). Relevant Courses

Automatic Control Theory Vector Control of AC Machines Neural Network Advanced Power Electronics Applied Nonlinear Control Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Systems Relevant Projects

Maximum Powerpoint tracking of PV array (Skills: MATLAB, Simulink, Control Systems) Aug 2017 - Sept 2017

• Designed the boost converter for stabilising the output voltage of the PV array.

• Applied current mode control by regulating PWM signal from normalised reference current and voltage error signal.

• Simulated Perturbed & Observe and Incremental Conductance tracking methods in MATLAB/Simulink. Speed Control of Induction Motor (Skills: MATLAB, Simulink, Motor Control) Mar 2017 - Apr 2017

• Built Simulink model based on two-phase flux model for a three-phase induction machine.

• Developed a speed controller (PID) for the machine using vector control theory. Designing Voltage Mode control of Buck converter (Skills: Simulink, PSpice, Power Electronics) Oct 2017 - Nov 2017

• Designed buck converter of varying input voltage in Simulink and OrCAD PSpice.

• Duty cycle controlled by PWM generated using AD8561/AD as a comparator and uA741 as a differential amplifier. Modelling and Control of a Two Link Robot using Feedback Linearization (Skills: MATLAB, Simulink) April 2018

• Modelled and developed tracking controller to track desired trajectories in θ1 θ2 and x y coordinates.

• Implemented trajectory filtering by using a second order filter to decrease control signal saturation.

• Applied Inverse Kinematics to control End-Effector Position. Scholarships and Publications

Scholarship (Among Top 30 research proposals)

Davidson Student Scholar Fall 2017, San Jose State University Sept 2017 Publication June 2018

“Application of Model Predictive Control in Modular Multilevel Converter for SOC balancing and MTPA Operation.” Mohit Sharma, Carlos Hernandez, Mohamed Badawy. Accepted for publication in 19th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics – Padova, Italy

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