Biography

Ankita Gupta is pursuing masters in Electrical Engineering majoring in Power Systems and Power Electronics from Michigan Technological University. She graduated with B.E. in Electronics and Communications from NSIT, University of Delhi. She worked as an intern in Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Wisconsin, where she researched on transients effects in a power system and was involved in motor controller project using PWM and zero crossing detection. She also worked as an intern in Steel Authority of India Limited and BSNL. She designed a phasor measurement Unit Algorithm and implemented the algorithm in FPGA and Arduino boards. She also has worked on several projects including Power flow control of transmission line using facts devices, Usage based transmission loss allocation and Stability Analysis and Control of a Wind turbine driven induction generator, Effects of Shunt Reactor switching on transmission lines and applications and Arduino implementation of Linear Programming for smart grid building networks. She co- founded a startup named Flashpal.Co, where she was involved in System Administration and social media managing. She is experienced in working with MATLAB, PSPICE, C/C++, EAGLE CAD, LABVIEW, ASPEN, ATP, CYME, GAMS, SAP ERP, PHP, SQL, PLC, SCADA. Presently, she is pursuing her interest in Solar Photovoltaic, working under Dr. J M Pearce.