Academic Research/Experience:

1. Graduate Research Assistant, ALSET Lab, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2017-2021)
   • FPGA based Phasor Measurement Unit implementation and verification.
   • Time-critical control application development on reconfigurable hardware based on real time PMU streams.
   • Cross platform RT-modeling for Li-ion battery based energy storage system.
   • CHIL-Evaluation of protection schemes for smart inverters for DERs.
   • Real-time HIL/CHIL implementation of renewable energy components and microgrid units.
   • CHIL test development for investigating the impact of GFOV/SPOV/LROV in inverter based DERs.
   • Experimentation with networking and protocols in a digital power system simulation lab.
2. Graduate Research Assistant, EmSys Lab, IIT Bombay (2013-2016)
   • Implementation and testing of a C-to-FPGA pathway based on AHIR v2 tools.
   • Management and maintenance of reconfigurable computing resources.
   • Experimentation with IMAGE Simulation Accelerator for Xilinx FPGAs.
   • Low-level modeling of Modular Multilevel Converters for real-time implementation.
   • Real-time predictor development for Modular Multilevel Converters.

Industrial Experience:

1. Specialist, DERMS Center of Excellence, Eaton (2022-present)
   • Communication protocols for real-time industrial applications.
   • Deployment of custom microservices for DER applications on IoT edge devices.
   • RT model implementation for DERs.
   • Secondary control deployment for real-time microgrid applications.
2. Graduate Research Intern, AgiLE Lab, EPRI (Summer 2021)
   • PMU configuration of NY state grid on Opal-RT ePhasorSim platform.
   • Upgraded the visualization tool for NY state grid’s RTDS model.
   • Improved automation of NY-state model comparison between PSSE and RSCAD.
3. Digital Design Engineer, ARM (2016-2017)
   • Validation of software-models for ARM v8, R class and A class processors.
   • Implementation of Interrupt Service Routines and test-automation.