Engineer Design

NIKHIL BHARADWAJ BIRUR

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EDUCATION

M.S Electrical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY.

December 2015 GPA: 3.55

B.E. Electrical & Electronics, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India.

June 2012

GPA: 3.75

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: C, C++, Embedded C, Python

Software and Tools: Eclipse, MATLAB, PSPICE, Lab View, Power World, PSSE, MATLAB Simulink, OpenCV, AutoCAD

EXPERIENCE

Systems Engineer Trainee, Infosys Limited, Mysore, India (March 2013-August 2013)

Trained on Core Java, RDBMS, COBOL and DB2 with Hands-on knowledge in PL/SQL, DB2, OS Concepts. Gained hands on knowledge on Customer Information Customer Systems- an IBM Transaction Server, an online transaction processing tool which required programming skills in COBOL and DB2.

Electrical Design Engineer (Client: GE), Quest Global Services N.A, Greenville SC (Apr 2016-Present)

Spearheaded the enabling of using of a LM2x base engine temporarily in place of a TM2500 +G4 Engine

Implemented the 5-min fast start on a LM6000 Engine. Created instrument wiring drawings and schematic diagrams for the fast start in LM6000 units.

Spearheaded the implementation of speed sensor on an existing LM6000 unit. Created instrument wiring drawings and schematic diagrams for the implementation.

Responsible for the conduction of Preliminary design reviews both on and off site

Innovate and deploy field modification kits for Field Engineers. Monitor field changes and compose technical reports for electrical devices utilized in various projects.

Author technical specification documents which focus on design, construction materials, manufacturing, quality, inspection and testing.

PROJECTS

Design of a Controller to operate a Buck Controller in Voltage Control Mode (June’14)

Designed a Voltage controller using BODE PLOT and PSpice. The K-factor method to decide the specs of the components to be used in the controller. The operation of a Buck controller in Voltage Control Mode with the errors falling in the acceptable range.

Micro grid analysis of Power systems using Power World (October’14)

Designed a micro grid topology comprising of industrial and residential loads. The total daily active and reactive energy consumption and the energy costs were evaluated under different operating conditions. The voltage ranges at different buses were calculated and the necessity for voltage regulation were evaluated. Also the power flow solutions were obtained by using Newton-Raphson method compared with those obtained during Power World Simulation.

Micro grid analysis of Power systems using PSSE (November’14)

Designed a micro grid topology comprising of industrial and residential loads. The total daily active and reactive energy consumption and the energy costs were evaluated under different operating conditions. The voltage ranges at different buses were calculated and the necessity for voltage regulation were evaluated.

Performance Analysis of a 6-pole Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (December’15)

For a fixed load PMSG using the design parameters, performance evaluation is carried out to determine Stator Voltages and Currents, mechanical power and the power factor of operation. At different steady state rotor speeds performance evaluations are carried out. The calculation of different parameters are carried out using the d-axis and q-axis equivalent circuits of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator.

Analysis of Voltage and Current Harmonics of a Thyristor Rectifier (June’15)

Analyzed the samples recorded for a 12-pulse 3-phase thyristor rectifier using MATLAB. The voltage magnitudes and their respective phase were calculated and their respective plots were obtained. The true and apparent powers were calculated alongside the total current and voltage harmonic distortions.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION: Syracuse University Graduate Scholarship Award

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