Hugo F Mendel
Erie,PA
Summary
Always seeking to broaden my knowledge and further my career goals to the premier level.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Distribution Planning and Protection
First Energy
08.2022 - Current
- Developed protection settings for reclosers and relays across various controllers and prepared specifications for distribution substation protection projects, strengthening system reliability
- Conducted radial and looped planning studies for DER, PJM wholesale interconnections, and power quality analysis, ensuring reliability and compliance with industry standards
- Evaluated and troubleshot settings for line regulators and capacitors, optimizing performance and enhancing voltage regulation
Power Transformer Design Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania Transformer Technology Inc.
07.2021 - 02.2022
- Designed transformers using IEEE standards, company standards, and customer specifications through design programs and Excel spreadsheets to fulfill specific transformer design requirements
- Performed impulse calculations, core and winding force calculations, and winding and core evaluations to ensure transformer performance and reliability
Internship, Test and Assembly Engineering
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic
10.2020 - 04.2021
- Collaborated with the assembly team to assemble power supplies and develop assembly procedures based on drawings and a bill of materials.
- Working in the test lab by testing inductive junction boxes and different control consoles as well as power supplies
Co-op Design Electrical Engineering
First Energy
09.2019 - 12.2019
- Analyzed drawing changes and vendor documents to study design principles for engineering modifications.
- Acquired the knowledge on how to size fuses and wires based on a time-current curve, thermal overload relays, calculated the set-points that plant sets up
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering Computer/Digital Option, Mathematics
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH05-2021
Skills
- Programs: Pspice(designing basic digital and analog circuits), Electric, MatLab, C, Fusion 360, Microsoft Office(including Excel), VLSI(MOSFET FPGA design), VHDL, CYME, CYMETCC, SEL acSELElator, Proview 40-51, CAPE14/15/APA15, ABB applications, GIS, PSLF, and S&C 21
- Protection relay settings
- Distribution planning studies
- Power quality analysis of distribution system
- Protection coordination
- Substation Protection specifications
- Control settings prep for regulators and capacitors
Honors
Engineering in Training certificate, 2024
Timeline
Distribution Planning and Protection
First Energy
08.2022 - Current
Power Transformer Design Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania Transformer Technology Inc.
07.2021 - 02.2022
Internship, Test and Assembly Engineering
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic
10.2020 - 04.2021
Co-op Design Electrical Engineering
First Energy
09.2019 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering Computer/Digital Option, Mathematics
Youngstown State University