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Alka Singh

Alka Singh

Senior Power Systems Research Engineer
Richland,Washington

Summary

Experienced Power Systems Research Engineer at PNNL specializing in power grid distribution, communication, and transmission, with diverse experience in engineering, task leadership, and project management.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Power System Research Engineer

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
01.2020 - Current
  • NAERM Project (FY 24): Task lead 4 tasks in NAERM - Work with NAERM leadership to prioritize team work on timely issues

- Ensure staff have clear direction and work for allocated time on monthly basis

  • MAPLE LEAF (FY 24): Task Lead

- Work with Field demo team to deploy the applications on VEC field - Ensure the demonstration is performed with live substation data for US DOE, OE sponsored project

  • Grid Atlas Project: Project Manager

- Leading a team of 7 for data processing and creation of synthetic CIM models for distribution feeders across USA

  • WIRES project: Project Co-Lead - WIRES was funded by U.S Department of State

- At PNNL, we were a team of 6 mentors, and we worked with 42 women engineers from SE Asia

- We mentored them on technical topics related to power grid

- Co-led an international workshop for WIRES in Vietnam. We had 50 attendees from 4 different countries along with 9 PNNL staff members

  • FastDERMS Project: Task Lead - Led the GridAPPS-D DNP3 service task for NREL ADMS Test Bed
  • Developed a new capability to the service where GridAPPS-D is acting as a client to the actual devices in Distribution systems
  • Contributed to several other projects related to grid modeling and simulation tools like GridLAB-D, PSSE, PowerWorld, HELICS etc.

Masters' Intern

Pacific Northwest National Lab
10.2018 - 12.2019
  • Development of next generation Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) software tools
  • Extending the capabilities of a state-of-the-art ADMS simulation platform GridAPPS-D by integrating with commercial wide area situational awareness tools
  • Responsibilities include integration architecture conceptualization, implementation and testing using real world use cases

Technical Lead and Senior Associate Consultant

Infosys Ltd.
06.2015 - 06.2017
  • Led the team for SMARTs development in DyNS (Dynamic Smarts) project at Infosys for monitoring of Virtual Networks
  • Supervised several team members and trained them extensively
  • Led the Software Solution Migration of Credit Suisse and European central bank, which are the most critical clients of BT currently
  • Lead trainer for new joiners to get them up to speed

Senior Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra
06.2013 - 06.2015
  • Led the PEC (Patrol Event Collector) installation on Solaris box and Porting to Linux; installation of PEC on Linux of around 20 SSML servers and monitoring of PEC alerts
  • Customization and automation via ASL, Shell, C, C++ & Perl scripts as per customer requirements
  • Development of pro-active scripts and their deployment on production servers to monitor the capacity and performance of the servers as well as the services hosted onto them

Education

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

Washington State University
Richland, WA
08.2017 - 12.2019

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

Nagpur University
Nagpur, India
08.2008 - 06.2012

Skills

    Power Grid Modeling

    Simulation

    Communication

    ADMS

    Team Collaboration

    Python

    Linux

    C

    C

    Perl

    SCADA

    Power World

    PSSE

    PowerWorld

    HELICS

Accomplishments

  • Received IEEE Region 6 Outstanding Affinity group member, 2024 for exceptional leadership in Women in Engineering and fostering collaboration.
  • Received 'Exceptional Contribution Award' for contribution in DEI council
  • Selected by the US Department of State as a mentor for the Female Leadership in Energy (FLIE) program
  • Won EED Outstanding of the Year (OTY) for STEM contribution at PNNL in FY 23
  • Hosted nine FLIE mentees at PNNL for a job shadow program
  • Liaison between PNNL and City of Richland for strategic collaboration activities
  • Scholarship Chair: Society of Women Engineers, Eastern Washington Section (03/2017 - 2020)
  • Awarded Certification of Appreciation by Infosys
  • Awarded 'Bravo Award' by Tech Mahindra

Timeline

Power System Research Engineer

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
01.2020 - Current

Masters' Intern

Pacific Northwest National Lab
10.2018 - 12.2019

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

Washington State University
08.2017 - 12.2019

Technical Lead and Senior Associate Consultant

Infosys Ltd.
06.2015 - 06.2017

Senior Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra
06.2013 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

Nagpur University
08.2008 - 06.2012
Alka SinghSenior Power Systems Research Engineer