Power Plant

SOWMYA SRIDHARAN

** *********** ******, *******, ** 14226

***********.******@*****.*** 716-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/sowmyasridharan

EDUCATION

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Expected Graduation: Feb 2016

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) CGPA: 3.92/4

Anna University, Chennai, India June 2014

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering CGPA: 8.58/10

Gold Medalist, First class with Distinction

COURSE WORK

Power System Analysis-Load flow studies, Fault Analysis, Power systems operations & Control, Power Electronics,

Advanced Energy grid-1&2, Electricity Markets-optimization, High Voltage Engineering, Strategic Quality

Management .

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Simulation Tools: MATLAB, SIMULINK, PROTEUS (ISIS), ETAP, POWERWORLD, LABVIEW, PSSE (Basic Knowledge)

Programming Languages: C, C++, Basics of JAVA, embedded C

OS and tools: Windows (Win 8, Win 7, XP, 2000, NT), Linux, Microsoft office suite.

PROJECTS

Design of Substation and Transmission planning for system expansion Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

Developed a design for inclusion of a 69kv substation, performed transmission planning and contingency analysis in

an existing power system using POWER WORLD software with the available new right of ways

Achieved a system with 8% less loss in addition to a cost benefit of 15% than peers

Application of Newton Raphson for solving load flow analysis using power world Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

Conducted power flow analysis, short circuit analysis on a 6 bus power system using POWER WORLD

Analyzed the impact of different parameter variations such as inclusion of wind generators in few buses, change of

VAR supply, change of load demand and voltage value

ZVS isolated active clamp SEPIC converter for high power LED applications Jan 2014 - June 2014

The SEPIC converter was designed to work at higher switching frequencies using zero voltage switching principles

Simulation was done using PROTEUS and embedded C coding achieving an efficiency of 80%

Design of a smart integrated system for renewable energy harvesting Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

Harvested energy with 75% efficiency from a complementary solar and wind source using MPPT algorithm

Simulation was done using SIMULINK and embedded C programming

Thermoelectric energy harvesting of human body heat using wearable sensors May 2013 - July2013

Using a peltier device, a wearable sensor was designed to harness thermoelectric energy from human body

The energy harnessed was used to light small LED torches

WORK EXPERIENCE

Student Intern - Winwind Power Energy Private limited, Chennai (India) June 2013 - Aug 2013

Trained on condition monitoring, wind turbine inspection, electrical operations and maintenance of wind farm

Collaborated with the sales team in understanding contracts, tenders and regulations of electricity

Protection Engineer Intern - North Chennai Thermal Power Station, Chennai (India) June 2012 - July 2012

Learned the working of thermal power plant and substation operations carried out by NCTPS, India

Assisted the plant engineer with switchyard operations and gained hands-on experience on protection devices

such as relays, circuit breakers, isolators

ACTIVITES & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Member of The Buffalo Energy Science and Technology (BEST) research group in University at Buffalo –

research and weekly presentations on power system stability and control, Transmission switching and power

system economics

Overall student coordinator for National level technical symposium at Anna University

Core Organizer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Student Branch, 2012– 2014

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