Kunal R. Salunkhe
2111 Holly Hall Street, Apartment # 3306,
Houston, TX 77054
Phone: 713-315-7638.Email: krsalunkhe2@uh.edu
OBJECTIVE: To find an Electrical Engineering / Power Systems internship in Summer 2010 or a full-time position starting in summer 2010 upon graduation.
EDUCATION:
M.S. Electrical Engineering. University of Houston, Houston, TX. GPA: 3.801 Aug 08 - May 10.
Thesis: “Wide Area Measurement Systems (WAMS) Applications in Power System.”
Applications of Synchronized Phasor measurements for power system protection.
Related Coursework:
* Power System Analysis:
* Advanced Power System Analysis: load flows, state estimation,
* Power Transmission and Distribution: project for transmission line design
* Power System Control and Stability
* Industrial Substations and Switching Equipment:
Short circuit calculations and voltage considerations and relay types
* Industrial Power System Protection: SKM Power Tools 6.5, relay coordination, relay schemes for transformer, buses, generators, lines.
B.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Pune, India. First Class with Distinction Aug 02–May 06.
Academic Project: Designed Energy saver scheme for welding transformer. It resulted in 7% saving in electricity bills.
Academic Seminar: Presented a seminar on “Power Quality Monitoring And Instrumentation.”
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Teaching Assistant. University of Houston, Houston. Aug 08-May 09.
* Assisted Dr. Ovidiu Crisan in Power Electronics and Electric Drives class in fall 2008.
* Assisted Mr. Robert Spiewak (PE) Electrical Power Regulation and Standards class in spring 2009.
Assistant Manager. Product development (R&D), Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, India.
Aug 06 – Jun 08.
* Finalized motor & drive specifications tested motor and drive on vehicle. Worked with many cross-functional teams to achieve the results.
* Promoted electric vehicle in Pondicherry with government support, supported a fleet of electric vehicles in Jammu & Kashmir in India. Provided technical assistance to marketing and service department.
* Vendor development and management for electrical components of vehicle.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
* SKM Power Tools 6.5, (Dapper and Captor) and ETAP for short circuit and load flow studies, device evaluation and relay coordination.
* Completed training and received hands on experience in construction, maintenance, repairs and applications of Low Tension switchgear at L&T training center, Pune.
* Experience with PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens, Modicon, Messung) and SCADA at Prolific Systems and Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
* Experience with MATLAB and SIMULINK programming and modeling mathematical models at Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., India and used C/C++ programming for numerical methods for computations.
* Windows and MS-Office: MS-WORD reports, MS-EXCEL spreadsheets for data analysis and MS-POWERPOINT presentations.MS-PROJECT for Gantt charts. MS-ACCESS for simple database applications.
AWARDS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
* Recipient, American Society of Indian Engineers [ASIE] scholarship for Indo-American students September 09.
* Student member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
* Won Outstanding Presentation Award at Graduate Research Conference (GRC), Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE), University of Houston May 09.
* Member, Logistics committee in Graduate Indian Student Organization (GISO) at University of Houston.
* Participated in many social and community service events (rebuilding school and an orphanage, blood drives) under corporate social responsibility (CSR) program of Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.
* Treasurer, IET-UK, college student chapter in undergraduate studies.
References made available upon request.
Thank you for the info. It sounds pretty user friendly. I guess I’ll pick one up for fun. thank u
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