Muhammad Ahsan Idrees, Graduate Research Assistant

Muhammad Ahsan Idrees

Graduate Research Assistant

State University of New York

Location
United States - New York
Education
Master's degree, Electrical Engineering- Smart Grids
Experience
10 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months

Graduate Research Assistant at State University of New York
  • United States - New York
  • My current job since October 2019

Designing a grid tied inverter for RES integration using Power Electronics tools.
Experimental setup using Hardware in the Loop (HIL)
Embedded Systems expertise

Research and Development Researcher (R&D Researcher) at ABB
  • Italy
  • My current job since September 2018

Design of a simulator for actuators of an arc furnace.

Technical Engineer at Aligntech International FZ-DMCC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2015

Value Added Distributor for European Brands of ELV Systems in MENA Region
• Working on someMillion Dollar Projects including Government and non-Government
• Providing Technical Assistance to the team and client
• Preparing reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sales information
• Providing customers with quotations
• Solving Technical Queries along with feasible solutions
• Contributing to team effort and coordinating with rest of the team members
• Attending Meetings, Presenting and Demonstrating new technologies to partners
and clients
• Maintaining good relationships with clients by providing support, information,
and guidance; researching and recommending new opportunities

Research at University of Engineering and Technology
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2013 to May 2015

• Debugging, Testing and Developing prototypes
• Hardware and sensors interfacing
• Planning, Research and estimate.

Incubate at Al Khawarizmi Institute Of Computer Science
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2014 to January 2015

Incubate- Reporting to Senior Mentor
• Researched on creative and innovative ideas
• Developed prototypes
• Managed and lead a team on projects
• Presented and pitched ideas to mentors and investors
• Monitored credibility of the product by market research
• Conducted Surveys and polls
• Worked on localization of objects and well beings
• Practiced leadership, patience, flexibility and team spirit

Trainee at High Voltage Engineering Lab-UET
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2014 to December 2014

• Testing of Insulators for 132KV, 33KV and 11KV in transmission
• Testing of circuit breakers and cables
• Measuring corona discharges and flash-over distances
• Demonstrating safety and security procedures

Internship at Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2014 to August 2014

Intern- Reporting to Senior Engineer
• Monitoring the whole city’s communication system on NMS
• Checking alarms in Network Management System (NMS)
• Reporting and fixing if any malfunctioning in the system
• Visiting the site and debugging the problem with team
• Configuring the Cards in Synchronous digital Hierarchy (SDH)
• Practicing D-Link Switches in Pulse Coded Modulation Unit (PCM)
• Adding, Removing and Configuring VLAN’s
• Observing Connectivity issues in optical fiber and other transmission media
• Demonstrated about different cards in OLT (Optical Line Termination), ONU
(Optical Network Unit), MSAG (Muti Service Gate Access)
• Training about
- PDH (Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy)
- SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy)
- OFAN (Optical Fiber Access Network)
- MDF (Main Distribution Frame)
- ODF (Optical Distribution Frame)

Education

Master's degree, Electrical Engineering- Smart Grids
  • at Politecnico di Milano
  • April 2020

Thesis in State University of New York involving development of Inverters using Hardware in the Loop.

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at University Of Engineering And Technology, Lahore
  • June 2015

I was enrolled in the top ranked University of my Country and was involved in extra curricular activities besides teaching material. Exposure with international students was very helpful for working in diverse conditions and cultures. Some of the Projects I covered were: • Portable ECG monitoring and Heart Attack Detection (Final Year Project) • A Robust Line Follower Robot using Cortex ARM STM32F3 (Semester Project) • Single and 3 Phase inverter (Semester Project) • Localization and Transmission with History Access (Side Project) • The Sand Time Traffic System (Side Project) • Water Level Measurement With Efficient Operation (Side Project) • Tic Tac Toe using JAVA (Side Project)

High school or equivalent, F.Sc. Pre-Engineering
  • at Government College University, Lahore
  • June 2011

I was enrolled in the top college of my country and got exposure with national and international students.

Specialties & Skills

Smart Grid
Power Engineering
Embedded Systems
Electrical Engineering
Research
C, C++, Embedded C
Electric Machine And Transformer Design
Leadership
Power distribution And Transmission
Research, Analysis, Entrepreneurship
Proteus, Proload, Keil, CCS, Power World Simulator, PCB designing
Microcontrollers, Microprocessors
Estimation and Commisioning
High Voltage Engineering
Negotioation
Team player
Pre-Sales
Smart Grids

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Expert
Italian
Beginner

Memberships

IET (UET Chapter)
  • Event Management
  • May 2014

Training and Certifications

HSEQMS (Training)
Training Institute:
EMAL (Emirates Alluminuim)
Date Attended:
August 2013
Field Training (Training)
Training Institute:
RAWAT Extra High Voltage Labs
Date Attended:
April 2015
PCB designing (Training)
Training Institute:
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Date Attended:
February 2014
Field Training (Training)
Training Institute:
TARBELA DAM 3600 Mega Watt Power Plant
Date Attended:
April 2015
Field Training (Training)
Training Institute:
MANGLA Dam 1200 Mega Watt Power Plank
Date Attended:
May 2013

Hobbies

  • Volunteering and Peer Tutoring/Advising
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Surfing, Research, Projects
  • Socializing, Tennis
  • Mountaineering, Hiking, Travelling