Jigneshkumar Patel, MS Electrical Engineer

130 E 23rd street,

Los Angeles, CA-90011
Cell: 213-458-9361
jpef02b0@westpost.net
SUMMARY:
Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Los A
ngeles (GPA 3.522)
Bachelors in Power Electronics Engineering focused on Rectifier, Inverters, Chop
per and cycloconverter
Created, designed and fabricated 3kW DC Drive project
Collaborated with an Inverter manufacturing firm and developed 200W Solar Invert
er
Proficient in analyzing and creating of line diagram, wiring diagram and circuit
diagrams
Experienced electrical engineer in Root cause analysis of SF6 circuit breaker
Designed 20 MW Solar Power Plant using SAM, PVwatt, and RETscreen software
EDUCATION:
Master in Electrical Engineering, 2010, California State University, Los Angeles
, CA
Course work focused on:
Electric Power Systems Analysis, Computer Methods in Power Systems, Power System
Stability
Protective Relaying, Faulted Power Systems, Electrical Power Distribution system
s
Bachelor in Power Electronics Engineering, 2007, Saurastra University, Gujarat,
India
Course work focused on:
Power Electronics Devices & Circuits, Industrial Drives & Control, Electrical Ma
chines, Electronics Design, Automation & Control, Advance Power Electronics, Mod
ern Power System Protection, Advance Microprocessor & Micro Controller, Digital
Signal Processing
PROJECTS:
High Voltage Circuit Breaker, flesh over and slow closing analysis
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Design of 20MW Solar Power Plant on SAM, PVwatt and RETscreen
Power Tech Engineers Inc, Walnut, CA
Power Flow, Stability and Transient Analysis using ETAP, ATP and PSLF software
Master of Science course work
DC Drives circuit designed using OrCAD, fabricated and tested DC Drives circuit
Solar Inverter designed using OrCAD, fabricated & tested
Bachelor of Engineer course work
100W Inverter fabricated and tested
Diploma course work

ACHIEVEMENTS:
Ranked third in the Bachelor of Engineer Power Electronics program
Saurastra University, Gujarat, India
Achieved third position during the annual model presentation of Avishkar (Future
 Inventors)
Avishkar Group, Gujarat, India
WORK EXPERTISE:
Apprentice Electrical Engineer
Power Tech Engineers Inc - Walnut, CA, Apr 2010 to Oct 2010
Collected data related to SF6 flesh over and slow close event circuit breaker
Analyzed the transient effect on SF6 circuit breaker using ATP
Analyzed the Ground Potential Rise effect when fault occurs in power system usin
g SKM
High Voltage Circuit Breaker tested with TDR9000 - Doble Engineering instrument
Coordinated with peers and technicians to verify function and testing of power s
ystem design
Drafted initial to final engineering drawings and installed testing equipments r
elated projects
Worked with people from other disciplines and vendors to gain knowledge on new s
ubjects
Collaborated with vendors and customers to provide efficient product
Service Engineer
Innovative Electronics - Vapi, Gujarat, India, Sept-2007 to Jun-2008
Installation, Service and Repair of Invertors, UPS and Stabilizer
Provided telephone support to customers to solving the problem in Invertors and
UPS
Visited customer to provide annual Service and Maintenance of Inverters & UPS
Understand electronics circuit diagram, PCB diagrams and simulate circuits using
OrCAD
Performed duties of the Manager as needed
Skilled in using Oscilloscope, Function generator, DC supply, and Soldering equi
pment
Trainee Engineer
PCS Industries Ltd - Silvassa, India, Dec-2003 to Apr-2004
Team member of production group, assembled and built desktop computers as per cu
stomer specification
Provided remote customer support related to desktop computer hardware problem
Provided support to the senior engineer when require
Created and presented power point presentation related to monthly inventory of s
upplies
COMPUTER SKILLS:
AutoCAD (Basic)
ATP (Alternative Transient Program)
OrCAD
SAM (Solar Advisor Model)
PVwatt
RETscreen
MS Access
MS Word, and Excel,
PowerPoint