Afanasi Chihaioglo

Experience

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  Printemps Ltd.

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Engineering Intern

  ● Was involved in the design and implementation of an automatic fire extinguishing system to protect the storages of liquefied petroleum gas.● Participated in the process of wiring all the components and design of the correct TTL circuit for the system.● Attended all project meetings and was involved in decision-making process.● Worked with the engineering-related documentation.

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  Enigma Quests

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2016

  Engineering Consultant

  ● Created the self-designed projects for the company.● Designed all the circuits and the software for the project.● Worked with RFID and NFC modules.● Purchased all the components by optimum cost.● Implemented the system by using different sensors and components.● Tested the system under the different operational conditions.● Completed the project successfully in the limited timeframe.

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  Jaguar Land Rover

  Jun 2017 - Sept 2017

  Sponsored Electrical Engineering Intern

  ● Worked on Functional Safety of SOTA (Software Over The Air) project.● Was responsible for the functionality of the feature to be safe within vehicle'selectronic and electrical architecture.● Gathered requirements for logical design of the feature and also createdengineering documentation to satisfy the ISO and internal standards. Additionally,did the physical testings of the ECU’s.● Organised two half-day workshops with different engineers in the department.● Made a research of possible methods of measuring wireless data transfer quality.● Had constant contact with engineers in the other departments in order to get morespecific information about architectural design.● Attended various meetings and was involved in keeping constant progress of theproject. Show less

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  Printemps Ltd.

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

  Engineering Consultant

  ● Was hired to be a technical consultant in the business deal of purchasing the two 1.5 MW RePower wind turbines.● Was involved in price negotiation, transportation of the turbines, dismantling and installing the turbines , transformer rewinding, telemetry configuration and other.● Identified the correct monitoring solution for the turbines and found the required contractor. ●Implemented the SCADA monitoring and remote-controle solution for the two wind turbines

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  Enigma Quests

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2017

  Engineering Consultant

  ● Designed the control sub-system for the hydraulic system. ● Designed all the circuits and the software for the project.● Purchased all the components by optimum cost.● Implemented the system by using different sensors and components.● Tested the system under different critical conditions.● Completed the project successfully in the limited timeframe.● Created the machine learning model for improved advertisement.

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  Jaguar Land Rover

  May 2018 - Sept 2018

  Sponsored Electrical Engineering Intern

  ● Created and proposed the machine learning framework. ● Identified potential use cases of the blockchain technology. ● Presented my ideas to upper management. ● I was tasked to research the feasibility of statistical analysis to assess robustness of the certain hardware-software interconnected feature.● Came up with the innovative machine learning approach which I developed as my final year project.

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  Loughborough University

  Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course Representative

  ● Promoted the need and strategy to bring more ML&AI content into the study program. ● Represented the Electrical and Electronic Engineering course at Student-Staff Liaison meetings. ● Worked on the inclusion of students with diverse backgrounds.

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  Jaguar Land Rover

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2019

  Sponsored Electrical Engineering Intern in Data Analytics

  ● Developed a machine learning framework to autonomously extract error patterns from industry specific diagnostic data. ● Implemented system at GCP using services: AI Platform, GCS, BigQuery and others. ● Tested the system and created required set-up documentation.

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  Imperial College London

  Oct 2019 - Oct 2020

  Course representative
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  Proton Energy Solutions

  May 2022 - now

  Founder and CEO

  The goal of Proton Energy Solutions is to provide the best technical, operational and consulting services for renewable energy producers in Moldova. We currently manage wind turbine units, support multiple producers with various services and spare parts, and also develop software solutions for top-tier energy companies in Moldova.

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  Association of the wind and solar energy producers in Moldova

  Oct 2022 - now

  Board Member

  Working with stakeholders and governmental bodies to address the clean energy agenda. Currently, 100+ MW under representation.

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  YTILI | Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative

  Jun 2024 - now

  YTILI Fellow

  The YTILI Fellowship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by American Councils for International Education, is a prestigious program aimed at empowering young European entrepreneurs. This initiative fosters economic growth and innovation through a blend of virtual and in-person professional development activities, culminating in a six-week fellowship with a U.S. host organization.