Raghauv Govindarajan 300 Alumni Dr, 304, Lexington, KY-40503;
[email protected]; 8594894096. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/raghauv-govindarajan/91/234/4a1. EDUCATION M.S. Electrical Engineering,
May 2016- Expected
University of Kentucky - GPA-3.33/4 B.E. Electrical Engineering,
May 2013
Anna University, India GRAD COURSEWORK Deterministic Systems, Optoelectronic Devices, Power Systems, Power and Energy Experiences, Alternative and Renewable Energy Resources , Solar Cell Devices and Systems, Solid State Electronics, Advanced Computer Architecture , Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics. WORK EXPERIENCE Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, May 2014-Present University of Kentucky Performed fabrication and analysis of solar cells. Experienced in handling Small Sputtering Machine, Thermal Evaporator, Annealing Furnace, SEM, EDX, XRD and E-Beam Evaporator. Lab In-Charge, Student Computing Services, University of Kentucky Jan 2015- Present Helping students with software - MATLAB, XILINX, Word Processing and university password resets and basic hardware problems – printer breakdowns and laptop connectivity issues. TECHNICAL PAPERS INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS RESEARCH CONFERENCE: Nano-porous n-TiO2 / p-CdTe Heterojunction Solar Cells with Enhanced Response in the Near-UV Region of the Solar Spectrum. – To be published in SOLMAT soon. •
PROJECTS Net-Zero Home- Residential PV System: Calculated energy demands on a monthly basis and designed an optimum residential PV system to make it a net-zero home. Solar Angles, available roof area, strength (dead and live weight) and deflection calculations were made before PV design. Payback was calculated finally.
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Domestic Wind Power System:
Calculated energy demands on a monthly basis and designed an optimum residential Wind system from a given wind velocity data. No specific software help was used, all calculations
were made with MS Excel. An apt domestic wind turbine was chosen and energy calculations were made. •
CdTe-CdS Solar Cells:
Worked with a Ph.D. scholar with the fabrication of n- type Cadmium Sulfide nano-wires with p-type Cadmium Telluride solar cells. Characterized the solar cell with parameters such as Voc, Isc, and Fill Factor, EQE, C-V, I-V curves, low temperature measurements in both light and dark conditions.
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CZTS Solar Cells:
Fabricated Copper zinc tin sulfide solar cells, hand made a sulfurization furnace with a 3 member team, the furnace was made from spare parts available to reduce lab expenses and the system complied with the University safety parameters- a vacuum pump, quartz tube with end caps and thermocouples and a vent tube were put together for this purpose.
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Accumulator type Microprocessor:
Used Verilog coding to design and test an accumulator type microprocessor with a 2 stage processing capability, designed ALU, central controller, memory registers and interrupt register.
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Adaptive Cruise Control:
Senior year project, deceleration mechanism was implemented along with the already available mainstream cruise control. This was a prototype depicting the back tires of the car. IN PLANT TRAININGS AND INDUSTRIAL VISITS
1 DAY WORKSHOPS AND VISITS: •
Cincinnati Hydro Electric Station (2013).
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Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Power Plant (2013).
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EDP Wind Farm (2013).
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Fort Knox Power Production Units (2013).
5 DAYS IN PLANT TRAINING SESSIONS: •
TNEB-Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Chennai (2010).
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MTPS-Mettur Thermal Power Station (2011).
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Sharp Industries, Coimbatore (2012). HONORS
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Executive Member of Generix( National Level Symposium) 2012. President - Indian Student Association at the University of Kentucky. Member of Institute of Engineers. Volunteer in Bala Gurukulam (Orphanage).
