NAGA SAI NIRUPAMA BEZAWADA

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SUMMARY:

Electrical control engineer with a specialization in the automation and test controls and a master’s graduate with thesis on renewable energy. Accomplished in reducing the cost of the project for the HIL setup and conceptualized the design architecture and implementation. Strategized and redesigned the system in reduction of the material waste by 20% and cost of the production by $0.1/fiber in fiber manufacturing. Demonstrated working on customer interface projects and managed training the application engineers. Investigated different methods of improvements in the process in the projects for more efficient implementation. Managed a team of interns and lab technicians and worked with system engineers, reliability engineers and customer product teams. Analyzed the efficiency increase in the solar cells and presented the results in a journal. Fulfilled maintaining the NEC and NFPA 70e for safe installation.

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Raymond Corporation, New York

HIL Simulation Engineer Feb 2019-present

Reduced the design cost of the HIL bench setup by 35% by designing the system to implement the digital, power and mixed signal. Discuss the technical details with the vendors and co-teams in the company.

Created the wiring harness and designed the matlab models for the motor controller, sensors and hydraulic system for implementing the control system. PCB design of the sensor for the hydraulic implementation. Debugged the system by writing embedded C code to troubleshoot.

Integrated the CAN based messages, mixed signals, power signals and matlab model signals using NI labVIEW and veristand. Developed teststand and veristand test script for testing the specs given by the lab.

Documented the process of modelling and implementation of a control design in D-space microautobox II.

Control Engineer II Feb 2018- Jan 2019

Discussed the technical details with customer and application engineers for the fleet management system for Class 1 & 3 forklifts.

Used AB PLC, sensors, conveyors and switches to automate warehouse. Tested the system on the customer and reviewed the improvements.

Documented the technical details and implementation process for the system. Trained the application engineers to implement this setup on different customers.

Designed e wireless charging and contact charging product on the Pallet truck. Implemented the design by using transceiver position sensor and used embedded C for integration into the ECU.

Learnt the effects of Lithium battery implementation in an electrical forklift and listed the tests that need to be run for SoC and SoH determination.

Tesla, Norristown, Philadelphia

PV designer II Aug 2017-Feb 2018

AUTOCAD electrical design for residential photovoltaic roof top systems. Design of the new electrical system for the grid production. Worked on BOM analysis and tracking permit process approval.

Worked with cross functionally like sales, project management and installation teams for individual design projects.

Corning Incorporated, Hickory, North Carolina Jan 2016-May 2016

Control System Engineer

●Improvised the manufacturing process of slicing an optical fiber by acquiring data using Keyence vision sensor and Yasakawa motion controller. Worked on Variable frequency drives (VFD), RSlogix5000Allen Bradley, pneumatic systems and lasers systems during the improvisation process which worked on 4-20mA range using Ethernet protocol.

●Designed the control logic in labView and created an HMI system.

●Retrieved the data from acquisition system using SQL tested the efficiency of the automation process using C#.

●This improvisation of the process helped in reducing the cost of production by $0.1/fiber and ensured a decline of manual labor and material wastage by 20%.

Corning Incorporated, Keller, Texas

Electrical Test Engineer Jun 2015-Aug 2015

●Developed an ATE system using VXI and PXI equipment to test the wireless components and used LabVIEW language for the test script with the help of Modbus and TCP/IP protocols.

●Designed the electrical system in AutoCAD, drafted the cable routing in microstation and interpreted mechanical design drawing using creo.

●Functionally tested and qualified the electronic systems for low voltage devices. Maintained spreadsheets and datasheets of the components in the design process and worked with electric and hydraulic systems.

●Installed and debugged of the new instruments setup in the manufacturing plant to follow the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70).

Center for Nanotechnology and Science, India

Product Development Engineer Dec 2013- Jul 2014

●Synthesized a Gas sensor from vanadium pentoxide nanoparticles and various characterization techniques like SEM, TEM, XRD and FTIR are performed.

●An electronic circuit is designed using 8051 microcontroller and a gas sensor control design is done using LABVIEW to detect the LPG by using RS424 communication.

SSP 2000 Inc., India

Embedded Control Engineer Jun 2012-Jun 2013

●Automation alarming system is designed with the help of an ARM processor and the programming of the controller is done in embedded C.

●Equipment like stepper motor, RTC and LCD are used and communication of these is done using I2C protocol.

Skillset: AB PLC programming, Simulink, Veristand, D-space, labView, Teststand, Circuit design using LTspice, SEM, TEM, XRD, FTIR, AutoCAD, PSCAD, ETAP, MS-office, PCB design

EDUCATION:

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC Aug 2014-Dec 2016

MSEE (Power and Controls as specialization) GPA: 3.4

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India June 2010-May 2014

Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering GPA: 3.72

ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

●Paper on “Understanding the influence of tellurium oxide in front Ag paste for contacting silicon solar cells with homogeneous high sheet resistance emitter” was accepted in PVSEC-26, an International conference in Singapore

●Published paper on Vanadium Pentoxide based Gas Sensor in the International Congress on “Agriculture, Food Engineering and Environmental Sciences- Sustainable Approaches” held at New Delhi, India.

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