AKASH R. PATEL

***** ******* ****** (Apt # ***), Northridge, CA 91325.

Mobile Phone: 818-***-**** E-Mail: acv3pr@r.postjobfree.com OBJECTIVE:

Dedicated and motivated engineering graduate seeking electrical engineering full- time position where I can apply my education, hands- on experience working with electrical instruments in Lab as well as in Industry. PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Extensive training and course work in power system and control engineering

Experience of lean manufacturing process, designing load cells and residential lighting plans using AutoCAD.

Worked on projects related AC/DC machines, SEL-351 microprocessor relay, power electronics converters and soldering technique in the Electrical lab.

Protective device coordination and ground grid design using ETAP.

Reduced maintenance cost at Reliance industry by performing different online tests. TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Simulation Tools: MATLAB Simulink, Fuzzy Controller, ANN, SKM, Simpower System Toolbox, LabVIEW, Etap, PSpice Software: MS Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop, C++, AutoCAD, Revit, Quickset, SCADA, power world Lab tools: function generator, oscilloscope, and spectrometer, network Analyzer, Smithchart, power supplies. EDUCATION:

California State University, Northridge, CA Aug 2014 – May 2016 Master of Science Candidate, Electrical Engineering (specialization in power system (GPA 4.0)) (GPA 3.93) Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, India June 2009 – June 2013 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.6)

Relevant Coursework:

Machine & power system classes : electrical machines & machine design, power system analysis, simulation &design, interconnected power system, power system protection, advanced power system, commissioning of electrical equipment, electrical power utilization and traction, fault analysis in power systems, Power Distribution Systems, Selected Topics in Power Systems, switchgear, high voltage engineering, conventional power engineering, Distributed Alternative Energy Generation, power electronics.

Instrumentation, control & communication classes: control theory, Fuzzy Control, Optimal Control, Stochastic Control, electrical & electronic measurement, industrial instrumentation, communication engineering, theory of electromagnetics, RF

& Microwave Active Circuit Design, Data communication and Networking

Relevant Projects:

Ground Grid Mesh Design using ETAP: Using ETAP ISO 80-2000 and Finite Element Method, design ground grid meshes such a way that all grid parameters-touch, step voltages, ground resistance, ground potential rise are within certain limit, analyze 3D view and optimize design.

Protective Device Coordination Analysis using ETAP Star Mode: perform a short-circuit study on intelligent one-line diagram to update the time-characteristics curve for line to ground fault, analyze sequence-of-operations, operation of all protective devices, operating time and state of protective devices.

Dynamic protection of microgrid: Simulated load flow analysis on normal and isolated microgrid using ETAP software. Due to microgrid islanding there is high inrush current in one of the transformer. After resolving issue, reconnect isolated network with rest of the network and power redistribution is performed by MATLAB Artificial neural network.

Design of Renewable energy sources using MATLAB: modeling of the gas turbine, fuel cell, wind turbine, and PV cells, harmonic analysis, position tracking, wind turbine, speed control of DC motor, load balancing and resolve voltage drop issue on microgrid using Simulink, simpower system, fuzzy controlled software.

Electrical lighting design plan for residential building using AutoCAD: Using AutoCAD design center, locate different electrical symbols-lights, outlets, switches, flexures in the residential building plan and connects them with perfectly tangent arc/continuous polyline arc wiring using arc command / polyline arc option. EXPERIENCE:

Artech Industries Limited, Riverside, CA 92501 May 2015- Current Electrical Engineering Intern

Develop, evaluate, improve manufacturing methods according to quality control standards and lean manufacturing principles.

On-site audits to ensure that the protocol is being followed as per ISO 9000 standards.

Design engineering drawings, verifying process feasibility against new product design, implementing design changes using AutoCAD and perform required testing to meet product requirements.

Creating, improving and updating engineering documentations such as general engineering design and process planning sheets.

Perform soldering, Wheatstone bridge balancing, calculations and evaluations in equipment design.

Participate in planning, cost development, financial justification and scheduling for project.

Web designing and provide technical support regarding program malfunctions.

Data input and sorting using Microsoft Excel and Word to detect spending trends and form predictions.

Set-up accounting software from the ground-up (Intuit QuickBooks) California State University, Northridge, CA Feb 2016-May 2016 Lab Assistant in Electronics Lab

Experience with prototyping, debugging, and conduct engineering tests

Familiar with EMC/EMI, thermal stress, and other environmental issues and their impact on design methodology

Power supply magnetics design experience

Analyze, build and design operational amplifier circuits, single stage BJT and FET based amplifiers. Perform frequency response assessment of single stage BJT and FET based amplifiers. Design and build power amplifiers and low noise amplifiers California State University, Northridge, CA Aug 2015-Jan2016 Teaching Associate for Electrical Machines and Energy Conversion Lab

Design, develop and build power system test labs and help students to designs and sets up test circuits including test instrumentation and control, running the test, collecting test data, evaluating results, and writing reports.

Teach experiments on transformer open circuit/short circuit test, synchronization of synchronous generator, torque-speed characteristic curve and speed control of DC/AC motors, power factor improvement, induction motor protection system and different starters for induction motor etc.

Build SEL-351 microprocessor relay setup with testing kit and computer, generate three phase and line to ground fault on test system, observed relay tripping and analyze results. Reliance Industry Limited, Hazira, Surat, India Aug 2013-May 2014 Electrical Engineering Intern

Participated in the project, “online condition monitoring of rotating machines and transformers.”

Performed online and offline Diagnostic tests such as PD, DGA, FURAN, SFRA, MCSA, Tan Delta on transformers and induction motors using acoustic and electromagnetics sensors.

Analysis of test results and proactively determined optimal solutions in advance of faulted situations

Improved reliability and availability of plant due to such type of preventive maintenance. SVM Institute of Technology, Gujarat, India Aug 2011-Aug 2012 Lab assistant in power electronics lab

Designing power electronic systems consisting of DC-AC and DC-DC converters, cyclo- converter, electronics hardware involving converter topologies /control Systems.

Electrical Hardware design experience in designing analog & digital circuits to support Power Electronic Circuits: power supplies, intelligent High side/Low side driver circuits, I/O signal conditioning and filtering circuits AWARD AND CERTIFICATE:

CSUN Honors Graduation Award 2016

Engineer In Training (EIT) certificate

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

Event coordinator at SVM institute and grader, tutor for Facilitated Academic Workshops, Cooperative Learning Program, ECS Living Learning Community and ECE department at CSUN.

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