Rajesh Farswan
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
Singapore
Summary
Experienced power electronic professional with over 10 years of experience in research, concept, product design & development. Having excellent proficiency in hardware as well as in embedded software design. Possess experience of diverse industries from Electric Vehicle, Solar Photovoltaic, Microgrid to consumer electronics. A strong team player with interpersonal capability. Also, experienced in leading research team and projects.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
Dyson Singapore Technology Centre
02.2021 - Current
- Working on product development in battery management system (BMS) and motor drives.
- Conducting Product Verification and testing ensuring system delivery for production
- Assisting research in BMS and motor drives system design
- Conducting reliability testing ensuring safe and long operation of systems.
- Conducting Tolerance stack, FMEA and Root Cause analysis on designed system to deliver robust product
- Conducting failure analysis to mitigate field failures
- Develop and modify design with alternative components to workaround semiconductor chip shortages
Research Fellow
Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University
03.2019 - 02.2021
- Developed 30-kVA portable Micro Power Pack unit (MPP) using bidirectional converter and SiC devices for microgrid application
- Worked in deployment and control of power electronic modules for experimental microgrid unit
- Designed electrical scheme for implementation of 200kWH Li-Ion energy storage integration with low voltage micorgrid cluster
- Developed MATLAB simulation model of microgrid modules to verify test cases and control strategy
- Worked on implementing safety standards (building and fire safety) for obtaining microgrid operating permits
Technical Project Manager
National Centre for Photovoltaic Research
07.2016 - 01.2019
- Developed 5 kVA Transformer-less Photovoltaic grid connected inverter system for residential application
- Developed 2.5 kVA Hybrid grid connected or off-grid Transformer-less inverter system using SiC Mosfet, with integrated energy storage converter for residential applications
- Developed of portable 0.5kVA off-grid Photovoltaic inverter system for rural applications
- Testing of SCR based 100kW electric bus drive
- Reliability assessment of power electronics balance of systems (BOS) in solar PV power plants and systems in India under National Solar Mission
- Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
- Developed project proposals for new projects and progress reports for existing work
- Analyzed projects to determine resource requirements and procured necessary equipment and software.
- Maintained project schedules by managing timelines and making proactive adjustments.
Research Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay
03.2010 - 12.2010
- Developed 2kVA configurable and programmable Power electronics drives experiment bench, for laboratory teaching, learning and research verifications at EE department
- Developed Virtual Laboratory consisting of 50kW synchronous machine connected to grid to facilitate remote learning and experimentation
- Conducted study and research in assimilation of open-source software for power electronics circuit simulations
- Maintained and calibrated various types of lab equipment
Senior R&D Design Engineer
Electrotherm India Ltd
09.2006 - 03.2010
- Developed1kW BLDC motor drive for electric vehicle
- Developed 500W, 48V VRLA energy storage charger
- Developed 250W, 12V auxiliary dc-dc converter for electric vehicle power supply
- Worked on system verification of power electronic modules like dc-dc, battery chargers and drives
- Worked on development of control software for battery chargers and motor drives
- Conducted highly accelerated life test on power electronics modules
- Conducted root cause and failure analysis in power electronic systems of electric vehicle to mitigate field failures
Education
Ph.D. - Power Electronics And Power Systems
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Mumbai)
India 01.2011 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Power Electronics
Saurashtra University
India 06.2002 - 07.2006
Skills
Programming Languages: C, C, Python
undefinedAffiliations
- Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Member of IEEE Singapore section
- Reviewer in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronic
- Reviewer in the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Certification
Printed Circuit Board Design from Centre for Electronics Test Engineering Pune, India
Publications
1. R.S. Farswan and A. Datta, “Low-leakage current two-stage transformerless grid-connected converter for residential PV application," Trans. IET, Vol. 12, pp. 1043-1052, 2019.
2 . R. S. Farswan, A. Datta and B.G. Fernandes, “Development of a Two-Stage Transformerless Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter System Using SiC Devices," proc. Applied Power Electron. Conf. (APEC), Florida, 2016.
3. R. S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “Analysis of different PWM schemes for 3-level boost converter to reduce current stress in DC link capacitors of single phase NPC inverter," proc. Photovoltaic Specialist Conf. (PVSC), New Orleans, LA, pp.1-6, 2015.
4. R. S. Farswan, A. Datta, G. Kamble and B.G. Fernandes, “A Low Leakage Transformer-less 3-Level DC-DC Boost Converter for Transformer-less PV Inverters," proc. European Conf. Power Electron. Applicat. (EPE'15 ECCE-Europe), Geneva, pp.1-10, 2015.
5. R. S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “A Low Cost High Reliable Hybrid Switch Single Phase Grid-Tied Inverter," proc. Indus. Electron. (IECON), Dallas, TX, pp.1048-1052, 2014.
6. R. S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “A Low Cost and Reliable Single Stage Four Switch Photovoltaic System for Rural Area," proc. Indus. Electron. (IECON), Dallas, TX, pp.1912-1918, 2014.
7. R.S. Farswan, H. Khan and B. G. Fernandes, “A Low Cost Reliable Stand-Alone Photo-Voltaic System," proc. Power Electron. Drives Energy Systems (PEDES), India, pp.1-6, 2014.
8. R.S. Farswan, S. Anand and B.G. Fernandes, “Unique Power Electronics and Drives Experiment Bench (PEDEB) to Facilitate Learning and Research," IEEE Trans. Edu, Vol. 55, pp. 573-579, 2012.
9. R.S. Farswan, S. Anand, B. Mangu and B. G. Fernandes, “Optimal Charging of Battery using Solar PV in Standalone DC System," Proc. IET Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD), Bristol, pp.1-6, 2012.
Timeline
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
Dyson Singapore Technology Centre
02.2021 - Current
Research Fellow
Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University
03.2019 - 02.2021
Technical Project Manager
National Centre for Photovoltaic Research
07.2016 - 01.2019
Ph.D. - Power Electronics And Power Systems
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Mumbai)
01.2011 - 06.2016
Research Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology
03.2010 - 12.2010
Printed Circuit Board Design from Centre for Electronics Test Engineering Pune, India
11-2008
Senior R&D Design Engineer
Electrotherm India Ltd
09.2006 - 03.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Power Electronics
Saurashtra University
06.2002 - 07.2006
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