Maghsoud (Mike) Saghaimaroof

PO Box#******, Sacramento, CA 95860

acxjpd@r.postjobfree.com

916-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

Interested in an Electrical Engineering Position.

MASTER and BACHELOR of SCIENCE DEGREE in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING:

MASTER of Science in ELECTRICAL POWER ENGINEERING, CALIF STATE UNIV, 2001

Certificate of Advanced Power Engineering Program.

BACHELORE of Science in ELECTRICAL POWER ENGINEERING, CALIF STATE UNIV, 1984

REGISTERED PE/EE, State of Calif, #E14549.

Large Interconnected Power Systems, Advanced Fault Analysis

Advanced Topics in Transmission Lines, Generation/Control & Dispatch, Substation

Reliability, Stochastic Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Linear Systems

Electrical Distribution, Machines and Transformers, Load Flows

UNIVERSITY PROJECTS:

Master’s Project: Studied and recommended application and use of Series Capacitors in aerial lines with digital control, artificial networks, UPFC and FACTS devices.

Bachelor’s Projects: Design and building of wireless digital transmitter/receiver set using pulse code modulation (PCM) with CMOS technology.

Electrical Engineering Instructor in University (Jan 2014-Present):

Electrical Engineering instructor, 2014, Calif State Univ, Sacramento,

EEE117Lab, Steady State power system/network laboratory, inclusive of operational amplifiers (Opamp 741), and Filters, with time domain & frequency domain, fourier analysis, using OrCad CADENCE/PSPICE Simulation S/W, and Tektronic Function Generator/Oscilloscope/Digital Multimeter and Power supply.

Electrical Engineering instructor, 2015, Calif State Univ, Sacramento,

EEE131Lab, Electrical Machine, Transformers and 3 phase circuits laboratory. Simulation by MATLAB/SIMULINK. Three Phase Transformers, SC/OC Tests, DC Motors. Three phase Asynchronous/Induction machine, No-Load, DC and Blocked Rotor tests..

Fill-in instructor for various electrical engineering courses during professor absence at California State University, Sacramento (1995-2002):

-ENGR 17/STATISTICS

-EEE141, POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS

-EEE251, LARGE INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS

-EEE254, GENERATION/CONTROL & ECONOMIC DISPATCH

Calculus/Differential EQU Tutoring in MATHEMATICS DEPT (1980-1984).

Application Engineer/Proposal Quote Writer (Estimator)

Electrical Power Systems

General Electric, CA, USA (June 23, 2014-Nov 15, 2015):

Acting as C10 Elect Licensed Contractor Qualifier for entire General Electric International Incorporation.

Project involvements have included upgrades to Molded Case Circuit Breakers and Trip Units in 480, 4160 LV/MV, MOXA Modbus Gateway retrofit for reading CB Data, Switchgear upgrades and Bus Extensions of 4000 Amps, 65KAIC, Cap Banks, Transformers, MCCs.

Provide Tech support to Field Engineers, Sales Engineers, assist in proposals and sales efforts.

Prepare RFP, Purchase Order, specs for MV SYSTEMS.

Cost Estimate for projects of 60KV and under with Relays, CBs, Power Monitoring/Quality Equipment, etc.

Review of SLD, 3LD of the clients’ substations and plants and proposal of retrofit relays such as SEL/GE.

Univ of Davis and University of Merced, CA facilities Relay upgrades study.

Attend and participate in high level weekly sales and application engineers online conferences, to help increase profit margin by developing sales skills.

Writing Proposals with cost Quotations using SFDC/Sales Force Dot Com, for projects of PSS(Short circuit, Coordination/Protection/Arc Flash), Power Quality Studies, Transient Voltage Switching Study (TVSS) in 12KV/4.16KV SUBSTASTIONS, Plants with SWITCHGEAR, MCC, RELAYING/TIEs, 2000HP MOTORS/GENS. Proposal/Quote for Testing, PM(Preventive Maintenance) of Substations using SLD and BOM (Bill Of Materials). Proposals for Commissioning/NETA Tests.

Arc Flash Mitigation for substations, using SR345 Relays and CTs for downstream 480V CB Feeder Protection, with feedback signal and control power circuit coordinating with upstream 12KV CB.

Schematics and cost estimate for Three Source, Utility, with 2 UPS, 2 Diessel Generators and 2 ATS operating as bypass isolated system.

Analysis of power quality monitoring system not displaying data for under loading by 20%.

Senior Transportation Electrical Engineer

Omni Means Consultants, Roseville, CA (Dec 17, 2013-June 23, 2014):

Design of ITS Wireless RRFB as SR2S for City of Benicia.

Write RFPs (Request for Proposal) with Scope, Scheduling, Budget, Utilities coordination, and civil improvements for ADA Compliance and MUTCD.

Marketing activities with various agencies to facilitate project bids.

Heading Electrical Dept and oversight of ACAD Drafting.

Hydroelectric Power Plants & Transmission Lines & Electrical Design, Dept of Water Resources (May 2007-September 2011):

Investigate Independent System Operator/PGE/SCE HV/LV Annual TRR(Transmission Revenue Requirements).

Study WAPA/Other Rates for Pacific AC Intertie regarding TAC/TRR Charges and Transmission Loss.

Integration of Renewable Resource as Wind/Pumped Storage Sys and the Transmission Line and Network Upgrade. Conferences with FERC/PGE/TANC on Dockets for investigations in Transmission Capacity/Energy Rates and Economics of ROE(Return On Equity), Depreciation, Cost of Reconductoring, XFMR Upgrade & Paralleling, SPS(RAS), Series/Shunt Caps/Reactors and Static VAR Compensators.

Participate in preparation of Annual Transmission Cost Bulletin-132 for SWP/DWR.

Modifications and upgrades to PG&E & State Water Project Comprehensive Agreement for Demand Based & Energy Rates & Scheduling. Rate calculations based of $/MWHr, Coincidental Peak Load.

WECC Operations Procedures and Requirements for Trans Lines/Gens, Load Curtailment, Scheduling.

ISO requirements on Ancillary Services (Reliability, Voltage Support, VAR Support, Frequency Response, Contingencies and Stability).

Energy need forecast for California grid for 30% renewable (Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Wind, etc) production by year 2010, and 50% by 2030 with energy resources from Canada to USA to Mexico. Participant as State Liason on transmission issues of governor mandated renewable energy project of California energy Commission (CEC) of several thousand miles of Renewable Energy Transmission Integration (RETI) project researched by Black & Veatch.

Study of solar project installation and cost/rate, with Phasor Measurement Units (PMU), and Phasor Data Concentrators (PDC).

SEL Relay for Revenue Metering in substation.

Revenue metering using Seimens Maxsys, LandisGyr 2510 meters

RTU/PLC/MCC/Actuator review and design applied in Water Treatment, Water Outflow Gates and metering system.

Instrumentation design of revenue metering to send power flow data from Substation to CAISO Remote Interface gateway (RIG).

Emergency Diesel and Gas Generator for backup systems in case of utility loss.

Study/participate in testing of substations regarding PT & Current Transformer Burdens of cables and meter.

Microstation Design, drafting of HV substation CKTs one line and three line diagrams.

Water Treatment Plant design, pump and instrumentation for water filteration and system data connection to network via CAT5 cable.

Work on service upgrade to 2 MW, 12KV with Automatic Recloser installation.

CALTRANS(1991-2007):

Office of Traffic Signal Operations(1999-2007):

Office of Electrical Operations/Design(1996-2007):

Lead Electrical Engineer involved with various aspects of Traffic Signal Operations in District 3, District 8 and District 12 of CALTRANS.

Fixed time operation, traffic actuated systems, TOD Time of Day Operations, Coordinated Systems, Traffic Responsive Systems, Elementary Adaptive Traffic Signals( District 12 Office of Technology Research Program with UC Irvine)

Responsible for a team of 5-8 traffic signal operations engineers.

Process Traffic Signal Warrants, Accidents Analysis with suggestions to existing traffic signals systems, MUTCD developments Review, Time-Space Diagrams, Signal Timing & Coordination, New Technology of LED Lighting Systems, Programming of 2070 Controllers, Training signal operations engineers on 2070s, and PE Professional Engineers Exams, wireless communications for signals and remote operations from CALTRANS Traffic Ops Center via CTNET/QUICKNET Technology, Traffic Signal Networks via telnet/ftp protocols, host dialup server, wireless CDMA system, Video Detection, MVDS, Piezoelectric, Radar Communication, IP-Based Signals with 2070, Traffic Signal software D5, C7, C8, TRSP-2070.

Office of Electrical Design(1994-1996):

Design of Coordinated Traffic Signals, Lighting and Power Distribution, Microwave Detection Systems, Fiber Optics Backbone. Wrote Cooperative Agreements, Contract Specifications. Acted as team leader for 4 Engineers. Lead/designed and stamped a $8,000,000 contract on Freeway80/Donner Pass. RWIS/HAR/CMS system design and specifications.

Office of New Technology and Research Program(1993-1994):

Short range car-to-car communications as 7 layered ISO OSI Sausage Model. Transportation data polling on secondly rate. Object oriented vehicle classification in C++, consultant oversight. ITS, Intelligent Transportation Systems Architecture for advanced vehicles and highway systems.

Upkeep of CCTV, Web Pages for Freeways in Unix Environment, Interaction with security FIREWALL, Various GATEWAYS/ROUTERS, FO Modems, Power Hubs, ATM Switches, ATMless CellPath 90 Proxy Server Installation, Video Encoder/Decoder, Wireless Spread Spectrum and Satellite Mobile Testbed and writing/ review of RFP/RFC. Designed, Specified/Installed a LAN for the office composed

PC’s/Laptop’s/Docking Stations/ Printer Servers/Hubs/etc. Installed Operating Sys Software, Configured Modem, Printer, ISDN/CDROM, etc. Caltrans Liason to University of Irvine on High Tech Data Communications & Research Programs.

Office of Electrical Construction(1991-1993):

Resident Engineer and Inspector for various electrical projects, contract management and project inspector in electrical power distribution/lighting/traffic signals. Contract oversight and enforcement of compliance with contract specifications, safety and labor relations.

WIND TURBINE POWER PLANT, 2MW, Los Banos, CA (1 year project, 1987):

Retrofit Design, Construction, Operation/Maintenance of Wind Turbine Power Plant with use of Westinghouse PLC’s at Los Angeles, CA with 10 Units of 100 HP Induction Motors generating electricity at 100A, 480 Volts and dumping into Utility Grid via Distribution Transformers. Inspection of OH Transmission Line and Substation. Voltage Drop Calculations. Installation of Shunt Power Factor Correction for Generation Site. Prevent Islanding and Motoring. Installation of STATCOM/FACTS in wind farm.

Design of Lighting/ Power Systems/UPS Emergency Gas Power Generation via ATS Switches for various Petroleum Industry/Multi Dwelling Sub Division/Restaurant Electrical System/Electrical.

Private Industry(1988-1991):

Distributions System for grocery stores, petroleum industry, commercial projects. Specifying MCC’s, Electrical Service Cabinets, Load Calcs. Fire sprinkler system design.

COMPUTER/PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS:

MATLAB used in power system application/calculations.

C++: Divide and Conquer Methodology of Program Coding, Classes/Inheritance.

Philosophy of Operating Systems: CPU Scheduling (Round Robin, FIFO/LIFO, etc.), Process Management, Virtual Memory, Distributed Systems, Security, Layered Architecture, etc.

Networking: LAN/WAN/MAN, Interconnection of Isolated PCs to LANs. TCP/IP, NTCIP.

HTML: Creation and maintenance of Web Pages.

Professional Engineer License/Awards:

Registered Electrical Engineer PE License # E14549

C10, Electrical Contractors License #625352

Award from Lester Snow, Director of Dept of Water Resources, on Transmission Planning

Award from Will Kempton, Director of CALTRANS, on sustained achievements.

Member of online HV ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS AUTOMATION forum LinkedIn group.

IEEE Member on Power Delivery, Smart Grid, Power Electronics.

FCC Radio Operator License, Morse Code

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