New collage Graduate, Power Engineer

Rajasekhar Reddy Dontireddy

530-***-****| **********@*****.***

SUMMARY: Engineering graduate specialized in Power Systems, experienced with different power system tools like ETAP, MATLAB and PSCAD seeking an opportunity to apply the skills that have been trained and experienced in.

EDUCATION:

Master of Sciences in Electrical Engineering, GPA: 3.67

California State University, Long Beach

Graduated: May 2011, Emphasis: Power Systems

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA: 3.6

Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

Graduated: May 2008

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Engineer Trainee April 2008 – December 2008

AP State Electricity Board Guntur, India

• Monitoring real time power consumption and performing necessary actions required to avoid outages.

• Performed design analysis and calculations of electric utility project under the supervision of senior engineer.

• Responsible for reviewing new project proposals and other related duties as directed by the supervisor.

Student Intern September 2007 – March 2008

Datapro Solutions Vijayawada, India

• Worked on designing and development of “A Fault Analyzer in the Power Distribution System Using Micro-Controller 89c52”, where I have gained experienced on mounting circuits on PCB and coding the program for Micro-Controller 89c52. The system has been proved successful for the small scale system and future research has to be done for the larger scale system.

Industrial Trainee Summer 07

National Thermal Power Cooperation Vishakapatnam, India

• Underwent training with National Thermal Power Corporation.

• Trained on controlling the power generation using computers in Thermal Plant.

• Observed the economic load dispatch in real time.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

ETAP PROJECTS

• Effects of distribution generation system on the Transient Stability of Grid system. IEEE 14 bus test system has been used to simulate the scenario and study the transient stability behavior of the grid system.

• Constructed and coordinated time- current characteristics of the test system using ETAP.

• Load Flow Analysis and Short-Circuit analysis on various single line diagrams.

MATLAB PROJECTS

• Load flows, Optimal power flow and Continuous load flow on IEEE 14 bus using PSAT toolbox.

• Optimal operation of generating units with and without considering transmission losses [Economic Load Dispatch] using Simulink.

• Designed a control circuit using SCR to turn on and off DC motor of 50A for every 60 seconds using Simulink.

POWER ELECTRONICS PROJECTS

• Power Electronic circuits like buck to buck converter, half-bridge inverter circuits are designed using PSCAD and P-Spice.

• Designed and observed the performance of Series Inverter, Parallel Bridge Inverter, Step-Up Chopper, Impulse Commutated Chopper, and Single Phase to Single phase Cyclo -Converter.

• Tested and calibrated the characteristics of SCR, IGBT, MOSFET, UJT, DIAC and TRIAC.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Designed, simulated and analyzed power system models and power electronics circuits using MATLAB/SIMULINK.

• Used ETAP to analyze the stability and protective device coordination of power system.

• Experienced working with different power system analysis tools like PSCAD, PSS/E and SKM Tools.

• Handy using Labview and Auto CAD.

• Used Cadence for designing mixed signal IC circuits in 90nm technology.

• Experienced with Micro-Processor 8085 programming, and P-Spice.

• Good at working with MS Office tools, Windows XP/Vista/7 and Macintosh leopard/snow leopard.

COURSE WORK

• Power System Analysis and Stability

• Protection of Power Systems

• Power System Operation and Control

• Computer Applications in Power Systems

• Electrical Machine Design and Applications

• Power Electronics

• Electric Drives and Applications

• Robot Dynamics and Control

• Renewable Energy Sources

• Technical Communication

ACTIVITES

• Presented a paper on “Solution to the Remote Detection of Illegal Electricity Usage via Power Line Communication" at National Institute of Technology – Warangal, 2006.

• Awarded second in a state wide competition of analyzing power electronic circuits, conducted at Vignan Mahosthav, Vignan Engineering Collage, Guntur 2007.

• Active member and part of support board from 2009-2010 of India Student Association Long Beach (ISALB), CSULB.

• Technical coordinator of ‘Sankalpa-07’ National Level Technical Symposium conducted by Electrical and Electronics Engineering department of SRKR Engineering Collage.

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