Sneha Jayachandran
Bangalore
Summary
Renewable energy enthusiast with a passion for innovation, research and making a real impact in energy space, with a proven track record in developing tailored solutions for solar and distributed energy resource (DER) technologies. Passionate about promoting sustainable practices and building a greener future.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Grid Modelling Engineer
sma solar-india
Bangalore
09.2023 - Current
- Supporting the customers in creating grid access solutions for their large-scale PV plants.
- Directed initiatives to customize products for client needs in R&D.
- Developed documentation for tailored system solutions, specific to projects.
- Performing grid studies (steady state flow, dynamic analysis, model acceptance test, benchmarking studies, hardware-in-loop testing).
- Developing automation tools in Python.
- Key projects executed so far:
- 110 MW grid studies for PV Plant in Israel.
- DMAT inverter compliance testing for grid-forming and grid-following inverters.
- ERCOT RTDS HiL compliance testing.
Associate Engineer
Larsen and Toubro Limited
Chennai
08.2022 - 08.2023
- Delivering power system studies and simulation analysis using PSSE and PSCAD software.
- Technical and financial research and analysis of renewable energy projects using software such as PVSyst and HOMER Grid.
- Writing technical proposal part of response for various RFPs (Request for Proposal).
- Development and testing of an in-house Power Plant Controller (PPC).
- Executing various tasks on DER integration and optimization tools.
M. Tech Project Intern
Veoneer India
Bangalore
10.2021 - 08.2022
- Project carried out during the tenure: 'Demonstration and Calibration of Driver Monitoring System (DMS) for the Indian Automotive sector'.
- Executed unit testing of system codes, considering various test cases and inputs in VectorCAST.
- Performed manual testing in C language using Visual Studio.
- Test case designing and implementation of Integration testing for DMS.
- Conducted SecureC and MISRA compliance tests.
- Gained hands-on experience in Vector CAN tools: Canalyzer and CANoe.
- Obtained a high-level overview of the important Unified Diagnostics Services (UDS) Protocol: ISO14229 standard.
Remote Research Intern
IEEE Consumer Technology Society Bangalore Chapter
Remote
12.2020 - 03.2021
- Area of work: Internet of Things (IoT)
- Examined different ways to detect gestures using ultrasonic sensors and built the surface to detect sliding gestures using an Arduino microcontroller programmed using C and Python, yielding an accuracy of 70%.
Summer Research Intern
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
Tadepalligudem
05.2020 - 08.2020
- Area of work: Smart Transformers and Power Electronics.
- Collected research papers and reviewed the current research and developments of Smart Transformers.
- Developed the following 5 open-source innovative teaching modules in power electronics using Octave/MATLAB programming for Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad: Fourier analysis of half-wave diode rectifier, pulse width modulation, single-phase half-bridge inverter, single-phase full-bridge inverter, and three-phase inverters.
Engineering Design Intern
Vardhan Consulting Engineers
Patna
04.2020 - 05.2020
- Area of work: Solar PV simulation and designing.
- Executed research and analysis on current solar PV installation and designing technologies, and calculated annual energy production for a Grid-connected 100kV Solar PV Project in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India using PVsyst software.
Summer Research Intern
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Hyderabad
06.2019 - 07.2019
- Area of work: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML)
- Developed basic matrix analysis and optimization techniques in AI and ML in Python programming on Raspberry Pi microprocessor.
Education
Masters of Technology - Power And Energy Engineering
Central University of Karnataka
Gulbarga, India06.2022
B. Tech. - Electrical Engineering
Central University of Karnataka
Gulbarga, India05.2021
Skills
- PSS/E
- PSCAD
- MATLAB & Simulink
- Python
- PVsyst
- HOMER Grid
- OpenDSS
- LabView
- Octave
- C
- Fortran
- RTDS/RSCAD
Certification
- ETAP short course on “Stability studies for Power Systems with DERs”, 03/23
- Graduate level short course on “Dynamics of low-carbon power systems” by The University of Melbourne, 11/22
- Coursera Certifications, Introduction to Battery Management Systems & Equivalent circuit cell model simulation, Neural Networks and deep learning, Machine learning for all., Python data structures
- NPTEL Certifications, Introduction to smart grid, Introduction to industry 4.0 and industrial internet of things, Opportunities, challenges, and research trends in wireless sensor networks (GIAN Short course MHRD).
Volunteer Experience
- Mentor, Student coordination team, IEEE India Council, 2022
- Chairperson, Student coordination team, IEEE India Council, 2021
- Event Management lead, IEEE Bangalore Section, 2021
- Student Branch Networking lead, IEEE India Council, 2020
- Section Student Representative, IEEE Bangalore Section, 2020
- Chairperson, IEEE Student Branch Central University of Karnataka, 2020
- Member- SAC, IEEE Bangalore Section, 2019
Hobbies and Interests
- Renewable Energy
- Smart Grid
- Power System
- Data Analytics
Projects
M. Tech Project: Demonstration of Driver Monitoring System for Indian Automotive Sector B. Tech Project: Battery Management System: Study and Simulation of Battery Modelling and SOC estimation methods. Medium Term Load Forecasting Using Distribution Level Smart Meter Residential Data. IoT-Based Ultra-Sonic Touch Surface Smart Garbage Bin Monitoring System
Publications
Poster paper on ‘IoT based garbage monitoring system ‘at IEEE International conference: CONECCT-2019, IIIT Bangalore.
Awards
- Finalist (National level) of Pralhad P Chhabria Award: Best Outgoing Female Student 2021.
- Finalist of Adobe India: Women in Technology Scholarship 2021: selected from an application pool of 1000+ applicants after 5 rounds.
- Selected and participated in “STEMCOM Powering Future Women Leaders”, a professional development training powered by World Bank and Alan Alda Centre of Communication.
- IEEE Bangalore section student innovative project fund 2018 for ‘IoT based Smart Garbage Monitoring system’.
- Outstanding student volunteer award- 2019 from IEEE Bangalore section.
- Participated in Schneider global student experience program.
- Central University of Karnataka free-ship (tuition fee refund) awardee for academic excellence in the years 2017-2022.
Timeline
Grid Modelling Engineer
sma solar-india
09.2023 - Current
Associate Engineer
Larsen and Toubro Limited
08.2022 - 08.2023
M. Tech Project Intern
Veoneer India
10.2021 - 08.2022
Remote Research Intern
IEEE Consumer Technology Society Bangalore Chapter
12.2020 - 03.2021
Summer Research Intern
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
05.2020 - 08.2020
Engineering Design Intern
Vardhan Consulting Engineers
04.2020 - 05.2020
Summer Research Intern
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
06.2019 - 07.2019
Masters of Technology - Power And Energy Engineering
Central University of Karnataka
B. Tech. - Electrical Engineering
Central University of Karnataka
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