Ketan Ameta, E.I.T.

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Electrical Engineer with exceptional problem solving and technical skills seeking a position in which these skills can be utilized and enhanced for the betterment of the company. Technical Skills

• MATLAB/Simulink, ETAP, EagleCAD (PCB Design), PSCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, Revit MEP, DIALux, PSIM, CYME, Microsoft Visio, Word, Excel, LabVIEW, C Programming, PLC/HMI Programming, Knowledge of NESC, NEC, UL and IEEE codes and standards, Typhoon HIL

Experience

Graduate Research Assistant University of North Carolina at Charlotte September 2017-May 2018

• Designed a PCB board of a Power Electronics based Active and Reactive Power Compensator for Duke Energy’s research project.

• This compensator provides the active and reactive power control, voltage support and harmonics reduction for the houses having PV system and Battery Storage tied to 240V AC grid. Electrical Design Engineer Dimension Buildcon, Udaipur, Rajasthan August 2015-July 2016

• Designed wiring/circuit, distribution panel, electrical switches and sockets diagrams using AutoCAD for the houses/buildings.

• Designing and calculations of circuit breakers and cables for the houses/buildings.

• Interior lighting designing using DIALux.

Education

MASTER’S IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AUGUST 2016-MAY 2018 UNC CHARLOTTE GPA-3.90/4.0

• Major: Power Systems/Power Electronics

• Related coursework: Power System, Power Electronics, Optimal Control Theory, Electric Distribution system, Smart Grid, Power Generation, Operation, and Control, Energy Data Analytics, Utility Application in Power Electronics, Energy Systems, Energy Markets. Masters Project:

• Designed and simulated two-output voltage-mode controlled CCM Flyback converter using the Simulink and MATLAB’s SISO tool.

• Modeled and perform the unbalanced load flow of the IEEE-34 bus system and identified the weak buses and improved the bus voltages using capacitor bank and voltage regulator in ETAP.

• Designed and simulated the PWM Unipolar and Bipolar Full Bridge Converter for the variable torque constant speed separately excited DC motor.

• Designed and simulated a Three Phase Grid-Tied Inverter with Phase Locked Loop (PLL) and PI controller to regulate the DC bus voltage.

• Designed and simulated a 240V AC grid connected solar PV and Battery system with the MPPT, inverter and battery control in a MATLAB Simulink.

• Studied and analyzed the effect of residential and community scale energy storages on an active distribution feeder.

• Performed the closed loop protection system (physical protection relay) testing with the RTDS simulator.

• Analysis of a building’s HVAC system using the RTU and zones VAV data and found the problems and their solutions to reduce the energy consumption of that building.

• Developed an algorithm to detect capacitor aging in the output stage of Buck Converter and its control using switching frequency in the MATLAB Simulink.

• Designed the capacitors at PCC to improve the voltage at the PCC and further testing of the Loading margin.

BACHELOR’S IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AUGUST 2011-JUNE 2015 MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY GPA-3.2/4.0

• Related coursework: Power System, Power Electronics, Control System, Electrical Machines, Circuit Theory, Electrical Measurements and Instruments, Instrumentation, Electrical Drives and Control. Bachelors Project/Seminar:

• Designed open and closed loop DC-DC Buck converter with PD, PI and PID error amplifier compensation, and comparison of performance of error amplifier compensator using MATLAB.

• Performed a balanced and unbalanced load flow, short circuit analysis, arc-flash, motor-start analysis, protective device coordination in ETAP.

Internship

GRID SUB STATION 220 KV, DEBARI, UDAIPUR JUNE 2014 – JULY 2014

• The main aim of this practical training was to get the practical knowledge of the different electrical components and equipment used for controlling, protection and monitoring of the grid sub-station and use of modern engineering in it.

HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD, DEBARI, UDAIPUR JUNE 2013 – JULY 2013

• During this internship period, I was trained about the working of transformer and other switchyard and protection equipment.

Achievements/ Extracurricular Activities

• Passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (E.I.T.) Electrical and Computer Engineering Exam.

• Qualified and scored more than 97 percentiles in GATE-2016 Electrical Engineering Examination organized by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

• Worked with Trimurti Shiksha Prasar Samiti (TSPS) NGO in the capacity of coordinator (rural areas) in organizing medical camps in remote villages.