Navya Venugopal

Driven Power Electronics and Control Systems Engineer with a robust skill set in power electronics, power systems, and analog systems design, seeking to apply technical acumen and creative problem-solving to develop advanced power solutions.

• No sponsorship required
• Pending Green Card Application September 2024
• Eligible to work in the US from 2025 without sponsorship

• Secured a place in the Semi-finals in the Innovate FPGA Global Contest out of 300 international teams for building HealthCare and Conservation of Lion Tailed Macaques using FPGAs, Bangalore, April 2022
• Honored with the Karnataka State Topper Award for securing 99.68% in my Class 10 Board Exam out of 8,70,000 students of the state, securing the third rank, Karnataka, June 2017
• Secured 93.8% in Class 12 and developed interest in Electronics and Electrical sciences, June 2019
• Received the second place in the Electro Vaganza Inter-school Electronics Contest for building a voice controlled robot, Bangalore, December 2017
• Ability to speak six languages including French, English, Kannada, and Spanish with advanced fluency and Tamil and Hindi with intermediate fluency

• Verilog Masterclass, Udemy, November 2021 - April 2022
• Arduino Programming and Hardware Design, Udemy, October 2021 - February 2022
• Analog Hardware Design, Udemy, May - August 2022
• VHDL and FPGA Development, Udemy, August - November 2022
• Microcontroller Communication Protocols, Udemy, October - November 2022
• Design of Power Electronic Converters, NPTEL-IIT Guwahati, February - April 2023
• Industrial Automation and Control, NPTEL-IIT Kharagpur, January - April 2023
• Robotics and Control: Theory and Practice, NPTEL- IIT Roorkee, January - March 2023

• IEEE PES (Power and Energy Society), Chairperson, Dec 2021- Dec 2022, Bangalore, Conducted workshops and technical events in the Electrical domain, especially robotics.
• IEEE PES Bangalore Division, Secretary, Nov 2020 - Dec 2021, Bangalore, Performed the documentation, collaboration with other departments for projects, and workshops for events related to the Electrical domain.

GPS Based Toll Collection System, Bangalore, ( January - April 2023)

• Developed a GPS-based Toll Collection System leveraging GPS coordinates to detect the traveled distance and automatically deducting the toll from the user's account to reduce the crowding at toll booths.
• Redesigned the model to reduce the number of physical tolls with the plan to utilize virtual toll booths.
• Added updates like SMS alerts for users and SOS alerts via SMS in case of overspeeding or accidents.

Simulation of the field patterns in a sensor fixture model on transmission lines, Bangalore,( November 2022 - January 2023)

• Using COMSOL, analyzed the field pattern for the sensor fixture for various cases on a transmission line: a) sharp edges b) different materials c) different air gaps around the sensor fixture model.

 Design and Development of IoT Based Apparatus to Measure the Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Materials, Bangalore, (April - July 2022)

• Designed and Developed an Electronic Apparatus to Measure the thermal conductivity of insulating slabs.
• Used a band heater (nichrome wire) throughout the length of the slab and DS18B20 thermocouples to measure the temperature.
• Measured the plot of the thermal conductivity vs temperature in real-time using the IoT platform ThingSpeak.

HealthCare and Conservation of Lion-Tailed Macaques using FPGAs, Bangalore, Innovate FPGA Contest, (October 2021 - April 2022)

• Developed an animal monitoring system using FPGAs.
• Designed the firmware using Verilog HDL on Quartus.
• Used the DE10 Nano and cloud connectivity kit for real-time monitoring of the animals.

Automatic Parking Detection System, Bangalore, (January - February 2021), 

• Developed a counter to automatically detect the number of incoming vehicles using Arduino.
• Used a Fresnel Lens to detect the presence of incoming and outgoing vehicles. Designed the counter to increment and deduct the number accordingly.

Voice Controlled Robot, Bangalore, (November - December 2017)

• Developed a voice-controlled robotic toy car that could move forward, backward, left, right, and play music. Used HC05 Bluetooth Module and 8051 Microcontroller as the key components.

Design and Development of IoT Based Electronic Apparatus to measure the Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Slabs

Published in the International Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels- Jan 2024

• The paper describes the creation of a cost-effective, portable device designed to measure thermal conductivity in various insulating materials, enhancing accessibility for research laboratories.
• The apparatus incorporates Internet of Things (IoT) technology, allowing real-time data transmission and cloud storage, which facilitates remote monitoring and data analysis.
• The thermal conductivity measured had 99% accuracy when compared to the standard values available for both homogenous materials and composites.

GPS-Based Toll Collection System

Published in IEEE Xplore November 2023, International Conference on the Confluence of Advancements in Robotics, Vision and Interdisciplinary Technology Management (IC-RVITM)

• The system uses predefined GPS coordinates to identify when a vehicle passes through toll points.
• Upon crossing a toll point, the system automatically calculates the toll fee based on the distance traveled.
• The calculated toll fee is then deducted electronically from the vehicle owner's pre-loaded account or linked credit card.