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London, Ontario, Canada

• Performed hardware and software development for locomotive control systems in various stages of product lifecycle, including research, analysis and prototyping of prospective designs.
• Developed PCBs containing analog sensing circuitry interfaced with a noisy locomotive environment, while managing electromagnetic interference and powerflow considerations.
• Designed PCBs for automating harness testing in production workflows, improving harness verification speed by ~95%.
• Managed supply chain disruptions during COVID through rapid re-design and SPICE simulation of critical circuitry to identify appropriate component substitutes.
• Rectified issues in third party hardware by designing a solution using CAD software, prototyping using 3D printing, and deploying with minimal production disruptions.
• Provided training and skill development support for R&D interns, with emphasis on strong conceptual grounding to their academic studies.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Designed and deployed locomotive control system solutions, and tackled troubleshooting investigations with rapid solution development to ensure smooth customer operations.
• Analyzed troubleshooting processes to identify bottlenecks and automatable tasks. Developed a custom GUI application to extract and analyze control system fault data, linked to a local database using Docker containers.
• Deployed solutions for remote access of PLC and HMI hardware with reconfigurability using solid-state relays and a Raspberry Pi interface. This enabled remote working members of my team to use the full range of PLC.
• Provided training and skill development support for applications engineering interns.

Ontario, Canada

• Primary responsibilities pertained to research and teaching. This involved coordinating with other graduate students to develop research ideas and supporting the undergrad learning environment by handling lab.
• Researched and designed a system for dynamically optimized power exchange among consumers with renewable energy sources (solar / wind / hydroelectric) and energy storage capability (battery / pumped Storage).
• Supported students as a teaching assistant in Electronics and Programming courses. Provided hardware/software debugging expertise and rehashing studied topics to ensure concept comprehension.
• Developed a predictive model for Electric Vehicles using machine learning algorithms to evaluate grid frequency response capability through Vehicle-to-Grid power exchange.
• Developed a slope-based model to reduce switching cost of an On-Load Tap Changer (OLTC) transformer.

• Spearheaded the student electrical engineering team in a multi-disciplinary design competition for a next-generation Smart Home. Participated in the design and implementation of various energy management and automation.
• Developed a comprehensive electrical system suite for an on-grid Net-Zero energy smart home consisting of a solar power system, electrical/lighting plans, and a home automation system.
• Designed a custom MCU based power management system for automated optimal environmental and appliance control with a load capacity rating of 10kW.

Daharki

• Undertook several projects and collated results into functional rules of operation for the local MV power generation system undergoing scheduled modifications.
• Gained proficiency in PSS SINCAL PSCAD software for the design and analysis of electrical power networks. Conducted network studies to evaluate steady state voltage levels and transient short circuit fault levels with.
• Participated in the design and deployment of a GSM based Remote LV Pump motor monitoring and control system

Master Of Applied Science - Masc, Electrical Engineering, 93/100

Thesis : A Novel Multi-Layer Framework for Dynamic Operation of Prosumers in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Energy Markets Thesis Supervisor.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.82/4.00