Kedar Prakash Honrao

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Education:

Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering [GPA: 3.67] State University of New York, University at Buffalo (UB) Aug 2018 – Feb 2020 Focus: Power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, high voltage engineering Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering [GPA: 3.75] University of Pune, India June 2012 – June 2017

Focus: Power systems, smart grids, renewable energy (solar), electrical design and testing Technical Skills:

Electrical: Electrical design and testing, solar PV design, power conversion (AC/DC), renewable energy integration, operations and controls, electrical maintenance, electrical motor testing, transformer testing Manufacturing: Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing, Root cause analysis, 8D problem solving, DMAIC, DVP&R, Problem Solving, FMEA, DFMEA, Statistical Process control SPC, continuous improvement, Fishbone diagram, Spaghetti diagram Certifications:

• Synthesis and Communication of Electrical Engineering – University at Buffalo (certificate)

• Six Sigma Foundations – LinkedIn Learning (certificate) Software: MATLAB & Simulink, Simscape Electrical, PSpice, HelioScope, PowerWorld power system simulator, Mathcad, Autodesk AutoCAD, Fusion 360, TinkerCAD (3D modelling), OrCAD (PCB Design), Minitab, MS Office, Wireshark, VirtualBox, Android Studio. Programing language: C, Java, Python 3 Operating systems: Windows, Linux, MacOS Professional Experience:

Teaching Assistant – SUNY, University at Buffalo (UB), New York Aug 2019 – Feb 2020

• Facilitated lab sessions & recitations for a class of 55 students to demonstrate circuit simulations on MATLAB & Simulink for the course of power electronics and controls. Tutored and graded assignments, exams. Graduate Electrical Engineer – Opulence Power Pvt Ltd, Pune, India Aug 2017 – July 2018 Electrical Engineering (EE):

• Worked with the electrical design team to identify potential site(s) for solar PV installations. Assisted in designing of solar PV system (10 – 200 kW) for rooftop, ground mounted and carport type installations for residential and commercial buildings

• Contributed to the implementation of Preventive Maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical equipment, resulting in increase of system efficiency by +15%

• Developed and configured electrical networking system for real-time data monitoring of electrical power system for faster fault diagnosis, reducing downtime by 10%.

Quality Control (QC):

• Initiated quality assessment of solar PV installations to identify driving factors, CTQ(s) and performed Gemba walk, electrical testing and data analysis. Compiled a detailed report of all the root causes and effects.

• Improved workplace efficiency by practicing Six Sigma methodology and defined Standardized Work Instructions SWI. Utilized problem solving methodology such as 8D, DMAIC and Kaizen. This resulted in an increase in the efficiency by +10% Electrical Engineering Intern – MMSU Electrics, Pune, India June 2016 – April 2017

• Designed Sync. Reluctance Motor (SRM) under the guidance of the professor at PVG’s COET. The motor has multipole arrangement (4 – 8 poles) for variable sync speed (1500 – 750 rpm). The motor was manufactured at MMSU Electrics, Pune.

• Performed electrical tests to find Voltage, Current, Reactive power, Torque, Speed characteristics. The motor produced linear torque – speed characteristics with 95% efficiency and slip <2% Manufacturing Intern – Rakesh Transformers Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India Dec 2015 – Jan 2016

• Performed electrical test on power transformer and protection accessories (type, routine, conditional, special)

• Worked with the Quality department to analyze and develop FMEA reports for the transformer parts (winding, oil, core) Academic Projects:

Design and simulation of renewable energy integration

• Designed and modeled the integration of renewable energy sources (200kW) in West Seneca, NY (2.5MW) microgrid with a purpose of reducing load demand on the utility and optimizing power usage. Simulated the power system on PowerWorld for accurate load flow, contingency analysis and to showcase operation under fault condition. Modeling and control of inverters for renewable energy source (Solar)

• Designed buck-boost DC/AC inverter for solar PV system. Implemented Perturb and Observe based Maximum Power Point Tracking (P&O-MMPT) algorithm on the inverter. Simulated the system on MATLAB Simulink, Simscape Electrical.

• Designed and modelled power converters and inverters with control mechanism such as PWM, PID controller. Studied modeling and characterization of wide band gap device (WBG), Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) topologies. Leadership:

• Secretary (2018 – 2019), Treasurer (2019 – 2020) of EE-Graduate Student Association of SUNY, University at Buffalo (UB)

• Actively involved in Business Networking International for business development session and CRM activities.