Sanij Gyawali

github.com/Sanijg linkedin.com/in/sanijg

adcjn7@r.postjobfree.com 540-***-****

SUMMARY

I am looking for full-time position in

Electrical Engineering; Interested in

roles pertaining to Power Systems

and/or Data Science/Engineering and/or

Machine Learning

EDUCATION

MS, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

VIRGINIA TECH

Expected May 2020 Blacksburg, VA

GPA: 3.73/4

BE, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, NEPAL

August 2015 Lalitpur,Nepal

Graduated First Class (GPA: 78/100)

SKILLS

PROGRAMMING

MATLAB(4yrs)

Python and iPython Notebook(2.5yrs)

R(1 year), C(2yrs) and C++(1yr)

SQL(1yr), Arduino(1.5yrs)

TOOLS

GRIDLAB-D, MATLAB/SIMULINK

PSS/E, AUTOCAD, SOLIDWORK

OpenDSS, OpenECA

YALMIP, Gurobi, SeDuMi

Github, Microsoft Office, Latex

RELEVANT COURSES

Graduate Levels

-Power Systems Under Abnormal

Operating Conditions

-Power Distribution System Analysis

-Power System Protection

-Power System Operation and Control

-Computational Methods in Pwr Engg

-Data Analytics, -Machine Learning

Undergraduate Levels

-Power System Analysis

-Power Electronics, -Electric Machine

-Switchgear and Protection

-Transmission system Design

-High Voltage System, -Instrumentation

-Analog and Digital Control Systems

INTERESTS

WORK EXPERIENCE

VIRGINIA TECH GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT (GTA)

Aug 2018 – current Blacksburg, VA

• Facilitating students with their lab workouts; updating course syllabus with Professor; grading lab reports and quizzes for a class of 100 students

• Supervised new TAs with curriculum resources and TA-student relationship via GTA training workshops and seminars

KATHMANDU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTOR

May 2016 – March 2018 Kathmandu, Nepal

• Instructor for “Power Electronics”, “Electrical Measuring Instruments”,

“Electrical Engineering Material” and “Industrial Electronics” courses for a class of 30-40 students

• Held bi-weekly meetings with department head to discuss the class performance of students, leading to 30% increase in class success rate RESEARCHWORK

• Data Driven Electrical Load Modeling August 2019

– Currently working on my MS Thesis with Dr. Virgilio Centeno to develop a data driven dynamic load model using Phasor Measurement Unit(PMU) collected data with an intention of supporting contingency simulations to run faster in comparison to contemporary methods.

– Analyzing and comparing perfomance from ANN, SVM, LSTM and Transformers. Programming language of choice is python.

• Resiliency Enhancement of Distribution system November 2018

– Objective was to exploit microgrid resources to feed critical loads on a faulted distribution network

– Dijkstra’s algorithm finds most resilient supply path and modified IEEE 37-node system with 6 tie lines got implemented

• Active Power Filter August 2015

– Undergrad project on the topic “ Three Phase four wire shunt Active power filter using instantaneous P-Q theory as control strategy” published in KEC journal of Science and Engineering (KJSE), Volume 2, Issue 2, 2015

– Filter compensated harmonic currents, reactive power and zero sequence current; Instantaneous p-q theory for ref. current

– Power stage of SAPF consists of current controlled 3-legged power inverter with split phase capacitors in dc side

• Comprehensive Modeling of Distribution System December 2018

– Review and critical analysis on comprehensive modeling of three-phase distribution systems with example implementation using MATLAB scripts.

• DG in Power System Power System Protection May 2019

– Effects of DG on Power system Protection was studied and reported.

– Protection issues on Power systems and solutions were presented. ACTIVITIES/LEADERSHIP

• Event Organizer at Electrical club IOE, Nepal 2014-2015

• MMA club member Virginia Tech 2019-current

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