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Saginaw, Michigan, United States

- Involved in design, modeling and simulation of current control systems and power converters for PMSM motor drive.-Performed open and short circuit tests to characterize the motor and tests to validate the power pack which consists of the power inverter and, position and current sensing subsystems.- Developed simulations in MATLAB/dSPACE to study the effect of continuous and discontinuous PWM techniques (constant/variable frequency) on the Noise, Vibration and Harshness… Show more - Involved in design, modeling and simulation of current control systems and power converters for PMSM motor drive.-Performed open and short circuit tests to characterize the motor and tests to validate the power pack which consists of the power inverter and, position and current sensing subsystems.- Developed simulations in MATLAB/dSPACE to study the effect of continuous and discontinuous PWM techniques (constant/variable frequency) on the Noise, Vibration and Harshness characteristics and torque ripple performance.- Studied fault analysis methods for PMSM drives and development methods to model safety-critical designs of the stator windings (Multi-winding Machines).- Submitted 2 patent applications on dynamic current control of Induction machines. Show less

Saginaw, Michigan, United States

* Analyzed and simulated the effect of asymmetric PWM on base-band and switching frequency harmonics which appear as torque ripple, noise and vibration in a PMSM Drive.* Current Control of Induction Motor - Designed decoupled current control (Indirect FOC) methods involving forward-path and feedback controllers for torque control applications* Studied overvoltage protection circuitry of IGBT and summarized the design flow.* Acquainted with unpowered and powered test… Show more * Analyzed and simulated the effect of asymmetric PWM on base-band and switching frequency harmonics which appear as torque ripple, noise and vibration in a PMSM Drive.* Current Control of Induction Motor - Designed decoupled current control (Indirect FOC) methods involving forward-path and feedback controllers for torque control applications* Studied overvoltage protection circuitry of IGBT and summarized the design flow.* Acquainted with unpowered and powered test methods performed on machines (using dynamometers) for parameter extraction. Show less

North Carolina, United States

- Assembly, Debugging and Testing of Gate Driver PCBs for GaN HEMT.- Worked on extraction of parasitic inductance in power paths with the help of Solidworks and ANSYS Q3D- Worked on LTSpice simulations for studying effect of gate loop and power loop parasitic inductances to be considered in paralleling of GaN HEMTs for high-power density converters.- Soldering experience and minor decision making activities.- Basic experience with FPGA application design flow… Show more - Assembly, Debugging and Testing of Gate Driver PCBs for GaN HEMT.- Worked on extraction of parasitic inductance in power paths with the help of Solidworks and ANSYS Q3D- Worked on LTSpice simulations for studying effect of gate loop and power loop parasitic inductances to be considered in paralleling of GaN HEMTs for high-power density converters.- Soldering experience and minor decision making activities.- Basic experience with FPGA application design flow with Verilog and MATLAB & Simulink Code Generation. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Fall 2022: ECE 732 - Dynamics and Control of Electric Machines ECE 560 - Embedded Systems Architecture ECE 536 - Digital Control Systems.

Bachelor Of Technology, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

First Class with Distinction Final Year Project: Development of a Single-Stage MPPT Strategy for Solar Water Pump with Predictive Current.