Biography[edit | edit source]
Ashutosh Timilsina is an electrical engineer from Nepal. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Currently working as an Electrical Engineer for Nilgiri Hydropower of 100 MW capacity, during his past experience as an Eletrical engineer for Mandu Hydropower he was responsible for Electro-mechanical installations and 66KV Transmission Line construction supervision for Bagmati Hydropower Project of 22 MW capacity which was completed on March 2019 and has began commercial operation. He previously worked as Technical Officer for H.I.F. Renewable Energy and was involved in Feasibility Study and designing of Grid Connected Solar PV Projects based in Nepal. He was one of the founding members of Electrical Club established at Institute of Engineering Actively involved in establishing the club, overseeing and organizing the events and programs of the Club thereafter and now continues as an Advisor to the Club. He also served as an editor and author for Zerone magazine and Zerone Scholar, college publications during his undergraduate year.
Research Interests[edit | edit source]
My research interests are particularly in Electromagnetics, Wireless Power Transfer and Renewable Energy Technologies. Specifically I am aligned towards the exploration of Wireless Power Transfer and its application in biomedical devices and Electric Vehicles. Currently, I am interested in exploring the design of PV Systems and their energy efficiency. As an active proponent of open source hardware and software, I have significant affinity towards the field to make the technology accessible to all levels of people in an equitable manner. Furthermore, my research interests also vary from Transmission and Distribution Designing to Energy Harvesting to Artificial Neural Network to Quantum Computation and Information Processing as well.
Projects[edit | edit source]
Wireless Power Transfer System via Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonance (2016)[1] Undergraduate Research Project in a team of 4; Completed successfully under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Arbind Kumar Mishra; Transferred electric power wirelessly over 1 m distance using magnetically coupled resonators; Authored and published a thesis on the topic
Cockcroft-Walton High Voltage Generator/Air Ionizer - Winner (2015) In a team of 3, developed a working prototype of Cockcroft-Walton Ladder Network and utilized it for air purifying purpose; Winning project of LOCUS 2015 in Electrical Event category
Tesla Coil - Participant (2014) Collaborated with a team of 10 members to build Tesla Coil and participated in Electrical Event Category of LOCUS 2014; One of the major attraction of LOCUS 2014
Automatic Greenhouse - Participant (2013) Microcontroller based Greenhouse System with automated temperature and humidity regulation; participated in LOCUS 2013 for Theme-based Competition category; Worked in a team of 3.
Publications[edit | edit source]
Comparative Analysis of Cell Balancing Topologies in Battery Management Systems(2019)
Research Paper presented in 6th IOE Graduate Conference - 2019 [2]organized by Institute of Engineering - Tribhuvan University; In this paper, brief overview of the existing methods of cell balancing in the BMS has been presented along with the comparative analysis of typical cell balancing topologies based on the MATLAB/Simulink Simulation.
Overview and Feasibility of Floating Solar Photovoltaic System in Nepal (2018)
Presented in RETRUD Conference - 2018 [3]organized jointly by Center for Energy Studies (CES) of Institute of Engineering - Tribhuvan University, Alternative Energy Promotion Center, and Government of Nepal; Paper analyzes the technical and economical feasibility of novel Floating Solar PV system.
Technical Design of a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System and Its Challenges in Nepalese Power Scenario (2017)[4]
Research article exploring the design details of GCPV system in Nepalese scenario and its challenges and possible mitigation measures; paper presented in 7th ICPS and is published in IEEEXplore ®.
Analysis and Optimization of Magnetic Resonant Wireless Power Transfer System (2017) [5]
Research Article exploring the optimization methods for magnetic resonant WPT system, presented in IOE Graduate Conference - 2017
Wireless Power Transfer System via Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonance (2016) Thesis submitted as a project report on Undergraduate Research Project completed successfully under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Arbind Kumar Mishra.
Design and Performance Analysis of Highly Efficient Class E Resonant Inverter (2016) [6]
Original Research article published in Zerone Scholar; co-authored paper in a team of 4