Expertise

My professional expertise lies at the intersection of power system protection, advanced grid studies, and mission-critical infrastructure**, developed through hands-on technical leadership across utility transmission systems, hyperscale data centers, offshore wind projects, industrial facilities, and renewable energy integration.

🔌 Power System Protection & Control

• Design, development, and commissioning of LV, MV, and HV protection systems
• Feeder, transformer, motor, generator, line, and bus differential protection
• Protection philosophy development and functional design specifications (FDS)
• Development of trip, interlocking, and control logic diagrams
• Implementation of IEC 61850–based protection and control schemes
• Arc-flash protection design and mitigation strategies
• CT saturation analysis and development of CT/CVT selection criteria

⚡ Utility Transmission & Substation Engineering

• Protection and control for utility transmission and distribution substations
• Greenfield and retrofit substation projects
• Protection of 345 kV transmission lines and substations
• Series-compensated line protection and coordination
• Shunt reactor and capacitor bank protection and control
• Transformer thermal monitoring and protection standards development

🏗️ Hyperscale Data Center & Mission-Critical Power Systems

• Utility interconnection protection for hyperscale data center campuses
• Secondary system architecture and station control design
• Development of redundant and advanced source-transfer schemes
• Protection coordination for inverter-dominated facilities
• AC/DC auxiliary power system design, battery sizing, and charger selection
• Commissioning support, protection event analysis, and root-cause investigations

🌬️ Renewable Energy, IBR & Microgrids

• Inverter-Based Resource (IBR) integration studies and protection impacts
• Offshore wind HVAC and HVDC interconnection protection
• Microgrid modeling, analysis, and operational studies
• Protection challenges in high-renewable and inverter-dominated grids
• Fault detection and analysis in grid-connected PV systems
• Energy storage system sizing and optimal placement studies

🧪 Power System Studies, Modeling & Simulation

• Short-circuit, protection coordination, and arc-flash studies
• Insulation coordination, TRV/TOV, flicker, and harmonic studies
• Power system modeling and analytical studies
• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation and validation
• Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS)–based testing of HV protection schemes

🧠 Engineering Leadership & Project Execution

• Technical leadership of large, multi-million-dollar engineering projects
• Project planning, scheduling, and resource forecasting
• Coordination with utilities, OEMs, EPCs, and commissioning teams
• Supervision and mentoring of early- and mid-career engineers
• Field commissioning experience with extensive domestic and international travel

🛠️ Tools, Platforms & Software

🔌 Protection, Testing & Relays

⚡ Power System Analysis & Simulation

🧩 Engineering & Documentation

🧩 Industry Domains

• Utility transmission and distribution systems
• Hyperscale data center power infrastructure
• Offshore wind and renewable energy projects
• Industrial and oil and gas power systems
• Microgrids and advanced grid architectures

🎯 Professional Focus

My work emphasizes system reliability, grid resilience, and secure protection design, particularly as electric power systems transition toward renewable, inverter-dominated, and digitally interconnected infrastructures.