Prayas Das
Electrical Engineering Undergraduate.
Social links
Overview
GitHub contributions
About
- Final-year Electrical Engineering undergraduate at Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Odisha (CGPA 9.04/10.0).
- 2 research internships at IIT Kharagpur under Prof. Aurobindo Routray on real-time Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) and IoT water-quality monitoring.
- Industrial training at Tata Steel in power generation systems and industrial engineering.
- Hands-on experience across STM32, ESP32, power electronics (BLDC sensorless control), PCB design, IoT, and AI-enabled software systems.
Experience & Education
- IIT Kharagpur — Embedded Systems R&D Intern
- BPUT, Odisha — B.Tech Electrical Engineering
- Tata Steel — NS-7 Job Trainee
- FITT IIT Delhi — Project Trainee / Researcher
Stack
Embedded & Hardware
Electrical & Diagnostics
Experience
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- Location
- Kharagpur, West Bengal
- Location type
- (On-site)
- Employment status
- Current
- Worked under Prof. Aurobindo Routray on a GAIL & CIL (India) sponsored research project.
- Developed an ARM STM32-based embedded device for event monitoring and real-time Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) of variable-speed induction motors.
- Designed and validated embedded hardware and PCB interfaces for current sensing, signal acquisition, and real-time data processing.
- Replaced a multi-chip legacy architecture (ATmega328P + ESP32 + Raspberry Pi) with a unified STM32 platform.
- STM32
- ARM Cortex-M
- C
- MCSA
- Signal Processing
- DMA
- High-Speed UART
- PCB Interfacing
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- Location
- Kharagpur, West Bengal
- Location type
- (On-site)
- ESP32
- IoT
- LoRa
- EasyEDA
- Flutter
- Supabase
- Firebase
- Motor Control
Tata Steel
- Location
- Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
- Location type
- (On-site)
- Power Generation Systems
- SAP-PM
- Metrology
- Industrial Piping
- Industrial Safety
Education
- Final-year undergraduate; Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): 9.04 / 10.0.
- University Foundation Day Award 2024 (Highest CGPA among peers).
- Branch Coordinator, Industry-Academia Interaction Cell and Training & Placement Cell, BPUT (Mar 2025 – Present).
- Class Representative, Electrical Engineering 2023–2027 batch.
- Relevant Coursework: Circuit Analysis, Power Systems I & II, Power System Protection, Control Systems, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines I & II, Electrical Measurements & Instrumentation, Signals & Systems, DSP, Microprocessors & Microcontrollers.
- Circuit Analysis
- Power Systems
- Control Systems
- Power Electronics
- Electrical Machines
- Signals & Systems
- DSP
- Microprocessors
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Sanskrit
- English
Projects(7)
Designed a unified STM32 data acquisition system for real-time Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) of variable-speed induction motors for a GAIL & CIL (India) sponsored project, replacing a legacy multi-chip architecture.
- Software-defined Automatic Gain Control (AGC) using internal OPAMP PGA
- Timer-triggered ADC with circular DMA buffer transfers
- High-speed binary telemetry over UART at 921,600 baud
- Replaced legacy multi-chip pipeline (ATmega328P + ESP32 + Raspberry Pi)
- STM32
- ARM Cortex-M
- C
- MCSA
- DMA
- OPAMP PGA
- Timer-Triggered ADC
- High-Speed UART
- Induction Motors
- Signal Processing
- PCB Interfacing
Developing an ATmega328P-driven sensorless BLDC motor controller utilizing six-step trapezoidal commutation with back-EMF zero-crossing detection on the floating unenergized phase.
- Custom discrete 3-phase MOSFET inverter using IR2104 gate drivers and IRFZ44N power switches
- Analog virtual-neutral comparator circuit for zero-crossing detection
- Open-loop alignment and ramp-up state machine to closed-loop commutation transition
- Dynamic speed regulation via high-side PWM duty cycle control
- Power Electronics
- Motor Control
- ATmega328P
- C++
- Back-EMF Zero-Crossing
- Six-Step Commutation
- IR2104 Gate Drivers
- IRFZ44N MOSFETs
- PWM
- Analog Filtering
Built an end-to-end IoT system for real-time water quality monitoring and automated pump control during summer research at IIT Kharagpur.
- Multi-sensor array integrating water flow, line pressure, TDS, and temperature sensors
- Custom PCB engineered in EasyEDA with optoisolated relay actuation
- Long-range LoRa wireless telemetry with offline fail-safe logic
- Cross-platform Flutter mobile app with Supabase live sync and Firebase alerts
- ESP32
- IoT
- LoRa
- EasyEDA
- PCB Design
- Flutter
- Supabase
- Firebase
- C++
- Sensors
- Automation
- Motor Control
Recognition(17)
Summer Research Internship — Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- Type
- Certificate
- Issued by
- IIT Kharagpur
- Issued on
AI Powered Blockchain Builder (80-hour Program)
- Type
- Certificate
- Issued by
- FITT, IIT Delhi
- Issued on
Internet of Things (IoT) Internship
- Type
- Certificate
- Issued by
- Emertxe Information Technologies
- Issued on
Programming the Internet of Things (IoT) Specialization
- Type
- Certificate
- Issued by
- University of California, Irvine (via Coursera)
- Issued on
Blog(1)
Getting started with modern web development
- Published on