Electrical Engineer Power

Mangesh Sapre

****B, Woodmar Dr Houghton, MI ****1. 906-***-****

*******@***.***

Objective: Seeking a position as an Electrical Engineering full-time employee.

Education: M.S. Electrical Engineering- Power Systems Expected Apr 2012

Michigan Technological University (MTU) Houghton, MI

CGPA 3.74

BS in Electrical Engineering June 2009

University of Pune Pune, India

CGPA 3.2

Keywords: Power System Analysis, Power System Protection and Relaying, SEL, Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, Transformers, High Voltage, PLC, Dynamics and Controls, Distribution, Transmission, Renewable, Wind, Substation designing, Power Systems Transients.

Experience: Development Engineer, Weldcon India Pvt. Ltd. June 2009 to June 2010

Worked on development and testing of high current, low voltage transformers.

Implemented technical skills in improvement of secondary winding and epoxy casting method of hermetic transformers. Conducted High Voltage, Short Circuit, No-Load test as a part of routine tests on transformers.

Coordinated maintenance work at Mahindra & Mahindra and Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Limited.

Electrical Engineer Intern, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), India June 2011 to Aug 2011

Completed a project on implementation of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) in conventional transformer cooling scheme.

Developed the PLC logic in Rockwell Automation’s PLC simulator and verified the results.

Worked on electrostatic field plotting of 420kV Current Transformer (CT) in 2D software, Electro.

Results of the project were used to redesign CT to reduce Corona seen at Power Grid site located in Dehgam, India.

Learned power transformer designing and testing in detail for transformers with voltage rating upto 1200kV.

Enhanced practical knowledge by understanding designing and manufacturing of circuit breakers, OLTC, traction control panel, transmission line protection panel, shunt reactors, capacitors, AC\DC motors, steam and water turbines.

Projects: Improved Transformer Protection and Arc Flash Safety using S&C Trans-Rupter® at Minnesota Power Lind Greenway 115/23 kV Substation Aug 2011 to Dec 2011

Described the protection scheme of the Lind Greenway substation, modeled the site on ASPEN software and performed short circuit analysis

Worked on modeling the tripping characteristics of the Trans-Rupter® using Basler

BE1-50/51B relay and Doble test set available in lab and verified the results found by Basler relays

Performed Arc Flash analysis to determine effectiveness of instantaneous protection.

Capacitor Only Static VAR Compensator (SVC) Voltage Control Algorithm Jan 2011 to Apr 2011

Studied SVC concept in detail and decided SVC type to be used.

Designed 3-phase system model and control algorithm.

Developed test method and implemented it to simulate different test scenarios.

Transmission Line Fault Location Using MATLAB. Jan 2011 to Apr 2011

Studied symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults occurring on transmission lines.

Conducted literature review of Simple Reactance Method and Takagi Method used for fault location detection.

Implemented these two methods using MATLAB and analyzed for different fault conditions.

Educational GUI for Equal Area and Swing Curve Aug 2010 to Dec 2010

Used MATLAB GUI to create a graphical user interface model to understand power system stability

Created GUI model for equal area criteria method and swing curves

Displayed programming skills in MATLAB GUI to create model.

Dynamic Modeling and Performance Analysis of a Wind Energy Conversion System Aug 2010 to Dec 2010

Developed models for wind speed, wind turbine and commonly used induction generator.

Used these models to design wind energy conversion system.

Validated the design using sample wind input data.

Aggregation of Multiple Induction Motor Loads Aug 2010 to Dec 2010

Presented a method of finding equivalent model of a number of induction motors connected in a system forming a group

Carried out steady state and transient analysis on the new model and the results were compared with group of induction motors connected in parallel.

MATLAB, Simulink, and SimPowerSystems is used for simulation

Study Effect of Voltage Sag on Performance of SMPS using MATLAB June 2008 to June 2009

Studied different Power Quality issues like voltage sag, transients, flicker and their effect on performance of electronic equipments

Observed the range within which SMPS performs satisfactorily giving required results.

Seminar:

Conducted a seminar on Blu-Ray Disc.

Participated in a seminar on Power Quality and Power Quality Issues.

Presented a paper on use of Smart Grid in distribution engineering.

Wrote a research paper and delivered a seminar on use of voltage stability index to prevent undesirable distance relay operation during voltage instability.

Achievements:

Worked as a Teaching Assistant with Dr. Mork for EE5200, Advanced Power Systems Analysis.

Meritorious Performance Certificate in Maharashtra Talent Search Exam-I&II

Software:

PSCAD, ASPEN, ATP, Simulink, MATLAB, Doble, Mathematica, C, Electro, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows

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