Engineering Projects

Second internship on the Energy & Power Electronics Systems team, integrating ComAp InteliGen 1000, InteliNeo 6000 and InteliMains 1010 controllers into hardware-in-the-loop testbeds. That meant wiring binary and analog I/O, emergency stop, CT and VT secondaries, and BESS, mains and bus voltages through Universal HIL Connect, then building the signal and channel mapping programmatically so probes and terminals generate themselves instead of being placed by hand. The work also covered converting PSCAD components into Typhoon models and EV charger testing across the NACS and CCS standards.

• ComAp InteliGen 1000
• InteliNeo 6000
• InteliMains 1010
• Universal HIL Connect
• Binary & analog I/O
• CT / VT secondaries
• PSCAD conversion
• EV charging, NACS / CCS

Some details are redacted for confidentiality.

First internship on the same team, building and extending microgrid testbeds on Typhoon HIL's real-time simulation platform. The models carry IEC 61850 GOOSE and Sampled Values messaging between simulated breakers, disconnectors and metering, with SEL 751 and SEL 700G protective relays in the loop alongside a Woodward easYgen genset controller and an EPC inverter. The SCADA interfaces built on top drove live demonstrations that were used in customer engagements.

• Hardware-in-the-loop
• IEC 61850 GOOSE
• Sampled Values
• SEL 751 / SEL 700G
• Microgrid modelling
• SCADA
• Real-time simulation

Some details are redacted for confidentiality.

A solar powered wireless sensor node designed for long term unattended deployment. An Arduino driven boost converter with closed loop feedback charges a 9 V battery, a thermistor handles temperature sensing, and Bluetooth transmits readings out. The converter was characterised across six load resistances and reached 88% power efficiency at its highest charging current, and when solar input is lost the node drops into a sleep mode that stretches runtime past five days on battery alone.

• Boost converter
• Closed loop feedback
• Solar charging
• Thermistor sensing
• Bluetooth telemetry
• Low power sleep

Some details are redacted for confidentiality.

Member of the Power Systems and Controls sub-team for the Wind Turbine Team at Virginia Tech, across both the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition cycles. On the turbine side a three phase BLDC generator feeds a diode bridge rectifier, then buck and boost converters that hold the controller and linear actuator supplies steady, with safety relays across the generator phases. On the load side a digitally controllable resistive load, a backfeed diode and an optocoupler isolated microcontroller handle load switching and a fail-safe emergency stop, all staged by a control scheme that runs cut-in, power and safety states.

• BLDC generator
• Diode bridge rectifier
• Buck / boost converters
• Optocoupler isolation
• Controllable load bank
• Fail-safe E-stop
• Safety state machine