Nega Ejjigu
Fargo,ND
Summary
Graduated Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from North Dakota State University and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Bahir Dar University Institute of Technology. Worked as a Research assistant in the Biomedical engineering laboratory of North Dakota State University and as a Teaching assistant in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Currently, working as Electric Distribution Project Management Intern at Xcel Energy.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Electric Distribution Project Management Intern
Xcel Energy
Fargo, ND
05.2022 - Current
Operating Network management and outage management system for electric distribution networks.
Working in team with electric operation manager, work coordinator, and electrician for troubleshooting and maintenance of electric distribution system Developing projects for upgrading existing electric distribution network and coordinating with design team to implement proposed projects
Teaching and Research Assistant
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
08.2020 - 05.2022
Teaching assistant for electrical engineering lab I (ECE 306)
• Tested equipment, organized lab settings, and conducted ECE 306 Lab experiments
• Performed on Tumor xenograft mouse model for pancreatic cancer detection and treatment study
Oil and Gas Monitoring
Nova Energy
Williston, FL
12.2017 - 09.2020
Monitored control and automation system in oil and gas industry, o
Operated treater, pipelines, oil wells, tank batteries, pumping motors.
Prepared production and operation reports to oil companies
Chief Technical Assistant
Kotebe Metropolitan University,
Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa City
03.2016 - 05.2017
Technical Assistant I, II, and III
Bahir Dar University
Bahir Dar, AmharaServed As Teaching Assistant For Practical C
03.2007 - 03.2013
Served as teaching assistant for practical chemistry experiments
Electro Technical Officer
Eurotankers Inc
Piraeus,, Greece
10.2014 - 02.2015
Served as a single point of contact for electrical machines, power system, communication, and
electronic system related issues within the ship.
System Control and CMC
Ethiopia Electric Utility
Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa
07.2014 - 10.2014
Operated and managed control system and CMC for electric distribution using SCADA
Electro Technical Officer Cadet
Allseas Marine S.A
Voula, , Greece
12.2013 - 07.2014
Completed Cadetship intern for Electro Technical Officer (ETO) requirements.
Education
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND05.2022
Graduate Program - Electro Technical Officer
Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute
Bahir Dar , Ethiopia09.2013
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Bahir Dar University
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia06.2012
Associate of Science - Chemistry
Gondar Teachers College
Gondar, Ethiopia06.2006
Skills
- Cell culture, exosome isolation, purification, and Characterization [CD, tunable resistive pulse sensing], tumor xenograft mouse model [Basic husbandry, Subcutaneous injection, Intraperitoneal]
- Software: Solidworks, MATLAB, C, Oracle Network Management System, BlueBeam, GIS
- Electro Technical Skills: troubleshooting and operating electrical and electronic equipments
- Designing circuits, testing and calibrating electronic, electrical and electromechanical system
- Experience in academic laboratory settings in chemistry lab, electrical engineering lab and electromechanical workshop fittings
Accomplishments
- Nega Ejjigu et al
- Environmental noise reduction for tunable resistive pulse sensing of extracellular vesicles, Sensors, and actuators B chemical (Under review)
- RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Design, fabrication, and testing of noise reduction shield for qNANO device [TRPS system], EV characterization: SEC, circular dichroism spectroscopy and development of portable circular dichroism device, Tumor xenograft mouse model for pancreatic cancer detection and treatment, FM RADIO Distribution: USRP-GNU RADIO Technology for FM transmission for BDU
- Workshop attended
- Design of medical devices conference 2022, University of Minnesota, USA
- RELEVANT COURSEWORK
- Master of Science at North Dakota State University (2020-Present)
- Biomedical engineering
- Biosensing technology
- Instrumentation engineering 2
Timeline
Electric Distribution Project Management Intern
Xcel Energy
05.2022 - Current
Teaching and Research Assistant
North Dakota State University
08.2020 - 05.2022
Oil and Gas Monitoring
Nova Energy
12.2017 - 09.2020
Chief Technical Assistant
Kotebe Metropolitan University,
03.2016 - 05.2017
Electro Technical Officer
Eurotankers Inc
10.2014 - 02.2015
System Control and CMC
Ethiopia Electric Utility
07.2014 - 10.2014
Electro Technical Officer Cadet
Allseas Marine S.A
12.2013 - 07.2014
Technical Assistant I, II, and III
Bahir Dar University
03.2007 - 03.2013
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering
North Dakota State University
Graduate Program - Electro Technical Officer
Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Bahir Dar University
Associate of Science - Chemistry
Gondar Teachers College
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