Raghauv Govindarajan
300 Alumni Dr, 304, Lexington, KY-40503; raghauveee05@gmail.com; 8594894096.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/raghauv-govindarajan/91/234/4a1.
EDUCATION
M.S. Electrical Engineering,
May 2016- Expected
University of Kentucky - GPA-3.33/4
B.E. Electrical Engineering,
May 2013
Anna University, India
GRAD COURSEWORK
Deterministic Systems, Optoelectronic Devices, Power Systems, Power and Energy Experiences,
Alternative and Renewable Energy Resources , Solar Cell Devices and Systems, Solid State Electronics,
Advanced Computer Architecture , Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering,
May 2014-Present
University of Kentucky
Performed fabrication and analysis of solar cells.
Experienced in handling Small Sputtering Machine, Thermal Evaporator, Annealing Furnace, SEM, EDX,
XRD and E-Beam Evaporator.
Lab In-Charge, Student Computing Services,
University of Kentucky
Jan 2015- Present
Helping students with software - MATLAB, XILINX, Word Processing and university password resets
and basic hardware problems – printer breakdowns and laptop connectivity issues.
TECHNICAL PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS RESEARCH CONFERENCE:
Nano-porous n-TiO2 / p-CdTe Heterojunction Solar Cells with Enhanced Response in the Near-UV
Region of the Solar Spectrum. – To be published in SOLMAT soon.
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PROJECTS
Net-Zero Home- Residential PV System:
 Calculated energy demands on a monthly basis and designed an optimum residential PV
system to make it a net-zero home. Solar Angles, available roof area, strength (dead and live
weight) and deflection calculations were made before PV design. Payback was calculated
finally.
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Domestic Wind Power System:
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Calculated energy demands on a monthly basis and designed an optimum residential Wind
system from a given wind velocity data. No specific software help was used, all calculations
were made with MS Excel. An apt domestic wind turbine was chosen and energy calculations
were made.
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CdTe-CdS Solar Cells:
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Worked with a Ph.D. scholar with the fabrication of n- type Cadmium Sulfide nano-wires with
p-type Cadmium Telluride solar cells. Characterized the solar cell with parameters such as
Voc, Isc, and Fill Factor, EQE, C-V, I-V curves, low temperature measurements in both light
and dark conditions.
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CZTS Solar Cells:
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Fabricated Copper zinc tin sulfide solar cells, hand made a sulfurization furnace with a 3
member team, the furnace was made from spare parts available to reduce lab expenses and the
system complied with the University safety parameters- a vacuum pump, quartz tube with end
caps and thermocouples and a vent tube were put together for this purpose.
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Accumulator type Microprocessor:
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Used Verilog coding to design and test an accumulator type microprocessor with a 2 stage
processing capability, designed ALU, central controller, memory registers and interrupt
register.
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Adaptive Cruise Control:
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Senior year project, deceleration mechanism was implemented along with the already
available mainstream cruise control. This was a prototype depicting the back tires of the car.
IN PLANT TRAININGS AND INDUSTRIAL VISITS
1 DAY WORKSHOPS AND VISITS:
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Cincinnati Hydro Electric Station (2013).
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Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Power Plant (2013).
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EDP Wind Farm (2013).
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Fort Knox Power Production Units (2013).
5 DAYS IN PLANT TRAINING SESSIONS:
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TNEB-Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Chennai (2010).
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MTPS-Mettur Thermal Power Station (2011).
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Sharp Industries, Coimbatore (2012).
HONORS
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Executive Member of Generix( National Level Symposium) 2012.
President - Indian Student Association at the University of Kentucky.
Member of Institute of Engineers.
Volunteer in Bala Gurukulam (Orphanage).