Experience

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  Pragati power corporation ltd (ppcl)

  May 2010 - Jun 2010

  Engineering intern

  As a trainee, I learned operation and maintenance of combined cycle power plant. Besides this, I performed scheme tracing of PPCL (i.e. two gas turbine units combined with a steam turbine unit).

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  Indian railways

  Jul 2010 - Jul 2010

  Engineering trainee

  As a trainee, I studied overhead electrical (OHE) modification of a train coach, rolling stock operation (RSO) of rail engines and traction management.

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  Power grid corporation of india limited

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  Summer intern

  At PGCIL, I worked as a design engineer at Corporate office, Gurgaon. I performed a feasibility study on Air insulated substation (400/220 kV) and Gas insulated substation (400/220 kV) along with HVDC bipolar system (500 kV, 2500 MW).

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  Delhi transco ltd.

  Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

  Engineering intern

  This was the short stint at a state-owned transmission utility during winter internship in my under-graduate studies. I worked as a maintenance engineer at a 220/66/33 kV substation in Khajuri, Delhi.

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  Ntpc limited

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2014

  Assistant manager

  At NTPC, I worked in the execution of power projects with quality assurance and safety following technical specifications given in contract documents and minimizing time and cost overrun. Few projects which I oversaw are: 1) Electrical installation, testing and commissioning of 10 MWp solar photovoltaic grid connected power plant.2) Commissioning of 33 kV switchyard under 5 km rural electrification scheme of NTPC.3) Day-to-day maintenance activities for 210 MW synchronous generators (both static and brushless excitation based) for four thermal power units. Show less

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  Berkeley education alliance for research in singapore

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2019

  Graduate student researcher

  We at BEARS, develop resilient power-electronics rich power distribution network for zero-energy buildings. The next generation power distribution network will be as complex as present-day INTERNET. We enable peace-of-mind in operation and maintenance of these emerging power distribution network by using concepts of cyber-physical systems, feed-forward and human-centered design, distributed computing and data science.

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  National university of singapore

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2018

  Graduate teaching assistant

  At NUS, We manage and teach laboratory experiments for undergraduate-level power electronics course (EE2025).

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  Solar energy research institute of singapore

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2018

  Visiting researcher

  Our goal is to develop fault-aware self healing junction box-level power electronics for next generation PV systems. For instance, building integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs), rural region PV applications etc. We test and validate the fault diagnosis and remediation algorithms in field and analyze their impact on performance and dependability of these PV systems to achieve the stated goals.

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  University of california, berkeley

  Feb 2018 - Mar 2018

  Visiting graduate student researcher

  The goal here is to investigate the adaptive learning algorithms for developing digital twins of cyber-physical power electronic based energy systems. Specifically, we explore the adaptive parameter identification algorithms for estimating various parameters of power electronic circuits, such as capacitor, inductor etc.

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  Xilinx

  Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

  Researcher at xilinx research labs at xap

  Domain: High-performance computing for data centers.Skills: Linux, Bash\PERL scripting, C, VHDL\Verilog\SystemVerilog, Hardware modelling, UVM, Vivado, QuestaSimKey learnings: Ethernet protocols (IP/TCP), AXI protocols, NetworkingIn my internship with Xilinx, I worked on improving Quality of Service (QoS) through packet scheduling for better traffic management at Network Interface Card (NIC) (at data plane).Packet networks allow users to share resources such as buffer and link bandwidth. Given a number of users multiplexed at the same link, a packet scheduling discipline is needed to determine which packets to serve (or transmit) next. Since data traffic is loss-sensitive, sophisticated scheduling algorithms (max-min scheduling, round-robin service, weighted round-robin, weighted fair queuing) are required to prioritize users' traffic to meet various QoS requirements while fully utilizing network resources.I worked on those packet schedulers where I wrote/modified a variety of FSMs to achieve timing closure and system verification of that module of a programmable NIC with clock frequency of 156.25 MHz. Show less

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  Ge

  Aug 2019 - Mar 2023

  Research scientist, electrical systems, ge global research center

  Domain: Power electronics, embedded control, ML/AI frameworksProject [5]: Analytics and Conceptual Software for Enterprise Carbon Management Skills: ML/AI, Python, Carbon emission calculations, Distributed ledgerProject [4]: Edge AI/ML for grid connected AssetsSkills: Python, Power Machines, StatisticsProject [3]: Embedded controls for Anesthesia and Respiratory Machines.Skills: FPGA, VHDL, Control theoryProject [2]: Wireless power transfer using electromagnetic resonanceSkills: Embedded C, Micro-controllers, Hardware debugging, Digital communicationProject [1]: Power supply design and control for additive machinesSkills: FPGA, Saber, 3D Metal Printinghttps://www.ge.com/research/newsroom/why-science-palak-jain Show less

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  Vellex computing

  Sept 2020 - now

  Ceo & co-founder
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  California polytechnic state university-san luis obispo

  Oct 2022 - now

  Senior research associate
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  Activate

  Jun 2023 - now

  Activate fellow, activate berkeley at berkeley lab's cyclotron road
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  National science foundation (nsf)

  Oct 2023 - Dec 2023

  Entrepreneurial lead

  The entrepreneurial lead of a team awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a customer discovery project to determine the market need for analog computing in the energy and manufacturing industry.Our customer discovery research focused on high-performance computing needs at the edge and in data centers. We talked to individuals with experience in different areas, including formulation, R&D, sales, business development, marketing, procurement, and more.