Power Plant Electrical Engineer
Resume:
VISWALEKHA KURAPATI **** Fox Run Drive, Apt #****, Blue Ash OH 45236
***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
To obtain the Full-time position as an Electrical Engineer in the power industry to apply my power systems skills
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, December 2013 GPA: 3.80/4.0
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, May 2012 GPA: 3.54/4.0
Jawaharlal Technological University, Hyderabad, India Honor: Top of class, Spring 2010
SKILLS
Simulation Tools : EMTP, AutoCAD, MicroStation, ETAP, MATLAB, PSCAD, Power World Simulator
: SCADA, C, JAVA, ACSELERATOR QuicKSet SEL-5030
Software
Office Suite : Adobe Photoshop, MS Word, Power point, Excel, Outlook, Project
Technical : Protective Relay and fuse Coordination and Settings, Single/ Three Phase Distribution
Design, Battery Calculations, Arc Flash Studies
EXPERIENCE
Protection and Control Design Engineer, General Electric & American Electric Power February 2014-Present
• Revising one-line, schematics, wiring, elementary drawings for green and brown field substation’s RTU,
Telecom, Metering Panels projects as per the scope using MicroStation
• Developing Sizing Calculations such as Battery Sizing, Conduit and Cable Sizing, Voltage Drop
Calculations
• Developing the Bill of Materials (BOM) for Projects
Intern, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), India May-August 2011
• Developed a solid understanding of three phase power generation, transmission and distribution
processes
• Analyzed complex systems involved in the thermal power plant like power evacuation systems
• Identified the major energy loss in the power plant and worked on solutions to eliminate the losses by
increasing the efficiency
PROJECTS
Coordination of Relays Spring 2013
• Calculated line, load parameters of a 5-Bus system and selected current transformers for buses
• Developed positive, negative and zero sequence diagrams and calculated 3-phase fault currents
• Performed selection and coordination of 50/51 overcurrent relays at different buses using time-current
characteristics, checked for dependability and verified calculations with SEL Relay 311L
Symmetrical Components Spring 2013
• Developed zero, negative and positive sequence diagrams of a 3-bus power system
• Determined thevenin equivalent of each sequence network viewed from the fault bus
• Calculated sub transient fault currents during all types of faults at specified bus and verified calculations
using Power World Simulator
• Performed lab experiments on symmetrical components with resistive, inductive and capacitive loads in
no-load, matching and short circuit modes
Low Cost Design of an Electrical Distribution Area Spring 2013
• Performed selection of equipment such as cable sizing, transformers and capacitors for loads and a
substation
• Implemented One-line and diagrams and simulated using Power World Simulator and ETAP
• Prepared load flow, line and voltage drop calculations
• Performed contingency, short circuit and cost analyses of entire system with 0.85 and 0.95 power factors
and identified the best cost solution
• Worked with the National Electric Code(NEC)
Design of Micro-grid using Distributed Energy Sources Spring 2013
• Determined the lowest cost design for University at Buffalo(UB) for construction of new buses and
transformers to ensure that new Micro-grid system was stable whether UB was islanded or connected
• Incorporated solar, wind, fuel cells and batteries into the design
• Performed short circuit fault and cost analyses using Power World Simulator and ETAP
• Implemented interconnection of micro-grid and utility systems
Transient Stability Analysis of a 5-Bus system Fall 2012
• Designed and simulated a 5-Bus Network using Simulink and Power World Simulator
• Analyzed the system stability under fault conditions and observed the changes in the governor and
exciter control systems during faults
COURSEWORK
Power Systems Power System Analysis Electrical Machines
Power Electronics High Voltage Engineering Utilization of Electrical Energy
Control Systems Power System Analysis and Operations Renewables for Distributed Generation and Storage
RECOGNITIONS
• Taking Fundamental Engineering (FE) Exam in May 2014.
• Member of the IEEE, the IEEE Power and Energy Society and the IEEE Women in Engineering
• Spearheaded the First Graduation day at CVR College of Engineering, June 2012
• “HVDC CIRCUIT BREAKER”, Presented at University at Buffalo, December 2012
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