Bipin Maharjan Power electronics, control and microgrids

Curriculum vitae

Bipin Maharjan

Electrical Engineer · Power Electronics and Control

Kathmandu, Nepal bipin.mhr22@gmail.com LinkedIn GitHub

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Electrical engineer completing an MSc in Power Electronics and Drive Engineering, with hands-on experience in hydropower governor rebuild and commissioning, PLC and SCADA control programming, utility-scale solar PV studies, and substation and transmission line work — supported by a control design and simulation background in MATLAB/Simulink and Python.

Education

  1. MSc in Power Electronics and Drive Engineering

    2025 – present

    Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Kathmandu

    • First semester completed — 89.75%.
    • Thesis in progress: grid-forming inverters for electric vehicle charging stations, to strengthen distribution grid resilience.

  2. BE in Electrical Engineering

    2018 – 2023

    National College of Engineering, Talchhikhel, Lalitpur (IOE, Pulchowk)

    • Overall distinction — 81.69%.
    • Dean's List, second and fourth semesters.
    • Second year topper, overall faculty.
    • Member and Secretary, Electrical Club.

Experience

  1. Electro-Mechanical Consultant (freelance)

    2024 – present

    National Hydro Power Co. Ltd.

    • Rebuilt and commissioned the damaged 4WT1000-4.0XT governor system of the 2.5 MW Indrawati III unit, with the associated electro-mechanical consulting. The unit was returned to service and remains in operation.
    • Reviewed and redesigned the unit frequency and gate control program (Siemens S7-1200, TIA Portal V17).
    • Authored the damage assessment report.

  2. Electrical Engineering Intern

    2023

    NEA Engineering Company Ltd.

    • Desk study and simulation of a 40 MW solar PV project for Vidhyut Utpadan Company Ltd., with estimated annual generation around 85 GWh.
    • Assisted in substation design and in the survey of a new transmission line for expansion of the Kathmandu Valley transmission network.

  3. Trainer, Training Program

    2023

    Nepal Hydropower Academy

    • Delivered a two-day training course on basic PLC, SCADA and HMI systems.

  4. Student Intern

    2022

    Middle Marsyangdi Hydropower

    • Worked with the plant team on the operation, maintenance and components of the hydropower station.

Skills

Power systems & electronics
Grid-forming and grid-following inverters, LCL filters, DC–DC converters, solar PV system design, microgrid stability, renewable energy integration
Industrial automation
Siemens TIA Portal (S7-1200, LAD and SCL), PLC, SCADA and HMI systems, hydro turbine governor systems
Modelling & simulation
MATLAB/Simulink, PVsyst, Autodesk AutoCAD
Control
Model predictive control, system identification, droop and secondary control, PID tuning, state-space modelling
Programming
Python (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas), MATLAB
Machine learning
Physics-informed neural networks, reinforcement learning, regression and neural network modelling

Projects

  • A fuzzy logic based automatic voltage regulator (AVR) for an alternator — BE final year project.
  • Power distribution and illumination design for a commercial building.
  • Design and cost estimation of a standalone solar PV system.

Current research work →

Certifications

DTU (Coursera)
Wind Energy; Photovoltaic Systems
IBM (Coursera)
Python for Data Science, AI and Development; Supervised Machine Learning: Regression
DeepLearning.AI (Coursera)
Neural Networks and Deep Learning

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