Melake Kuflom
Leigh,Wigan
Summary
Accomplished professional with expertise in power system analysis, power system protection and control analysis, and power network management. Demonstrates strong project management skills, ensuring efficient and effective execution of complex projects. Committed to advancing career in the energy sector by leveraging technical skills and strategic insights to drive innovation and operational excellence.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4034
4034
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Power System Consultant Engineer
Arcadis Consulting UK
04.2021 - 08.2025
- Involved in preparing a protection coordination and arc-flash study report as part of a series power system report studies for a large wind farm on Shetland. The work involved protection relays setting, grading and coordination studies where the site comprises 103 wind turbine generators and associated transformers, over 200 km of inter-array 33 kV cabling, and 4 grid transformers.
- As part of the programme all protection 33kV settings are being reviewed by Arcadis. Involved in preparing a protection study report that dealt with undertaking a protection study for Kaimes GSP 33kV switchboard replacement. This includes to determine an appropriate setting of unit, overcurrent, and earth fault protection for all 33kV protection relays.
Power System Consultant Engineer
Copenhagen Offshore Partners
04.2021 - 08.2025
- Involved in conducting harmonic studies as part of a series of power system and engineering design studies. The work includes assessing harmonic distortions by adding grid transformers, cables, wind turbine transformers and turbine generators as well as harmonic filters. DIgSILENT Power Factory was used for modelling studies.
Power System Consultant Engineer
Kirby Engineering and Construction
04.2021 - 08.2025
- Involved in preparing a load flow and voltage regulation, and turbine transformer energisation study reports as part of a series power system report studies for a 36MW wind farm located in North Lanarkshire that connects into the Scottish Power system at 33kV. The work involved short circuit, tap settings, reactive power capability equipment loading & voltage regulation, power loss, step voltage changes studies where the site comprises 8 off 4.5MW wind turbine generators and associated transformers, over 7.6km cable.
Power System Consultant Engineer
Scottish Power Renewable
04.2021 - 08.2025
- Involved in harmonic studies as part of a series of power system and protection and engineering design studies to look at the impact of installing a BESS at an existing windfarm site.
Lecturer: Power Systems
Solihull College & University, UK
01.2020 - 08.2025
- Part time lecturer: units: industrial Power System Design & HV power System. The content includes Power System Protection, Power System Analysis & Modelling within electrical & electronic engineering.
Research Associate
The University of Manchester, UK
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Involved in assessing the performance of existing protection schemes and SEL T400L travelling relay protection under low fault level based on physical relay injection and simulation studies.
Power System Engineer
WSP Consulting, UK
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Engineer within power system analysis team. Involved in power system analysis - power quality, feasibility and protection studies for industrial & commercial clients.
Research Assistant
The University of Manchester, UK
09.2015 - 06.2019
- Assist UG students in protective testing and simulation studies. Studied for a Ph.D. in the EPSRC Central Doctoral Training (CDT) in Power Networks, specialised in power system protection.
Summer Placement
The University of Manchester, UK
06.2014 - 08.2014
- Undertook a summer placement on the impact of intermittent fault on the operating times of overcurrent relays.
Education
PhD - Power Network
The University of Manchester
Manchester12.2019
BEng (Hons) - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Manchester
Manchester07.2014
Skills
- Power System Analysis
- Power System Protection & Control Analysis
- Power Network
- Project Management
Certification
- 18th edition BS7671:2018, requirements for electrical installations, IET wiring regulation
- Members of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (MIET)
- Working towards CEng (UK)
Custom
- Performance Testing of Distance Protection under Weak in-feed Sources based on IEC61850 standard tools, 9th Protection, Automation & Control World (PACWorld) conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 06/25/18
- Impact of Intermediate Sources on Distance Protection of Transmission Lines, 14th International Conference on Development in Power System Protection (DPSP), Belfast, UK, 03/12/18
- Impact on Transmission Line Protection of future changes in the UK Energy landscape, 7th International conference on Advanced Power System Automation and Protection (APAP), Jeju, Korea, 10/16/17
- Impact of pecking faults on the operating times of numerical and electromechanical over-current relays, 13th International Conference on Development in Power System Protection (DPSP), Edinburgh, UK, 03/07/16
Personal Information
Citizenship: UK citizen
Languages
English
Fluent
Timeline
Power System Consultant Engineer
Arcadis Consulting UK
04.2021 - 08.2025
Power System Consultant Engineer
Copenhagen Offshore Partners
04.2021 - 08.2025
Power System Consultant Engineer
Kirby Engineering and Construction
04.2021 - 08.2025
Power System Consultant Engineer
Scottish Power Renewable
04.2021 - 08.2025
Lecturer: Power Systems
Solihull College & University, UK
01.2020 - 08.2025
Research Associate
The University of Manchester, UK
01.2020 - 01.2021
Power System Engineer
WSP Consulting, UK
01.2019 - 01.2020
Research Assistant
The University of Manchester, UK
09.2015 - 06.2019
Summer Placement
The University of Manchester, UK
06.2014 - 08.2014
PhD - Power Network
The University of Manchester
BEng (Hons) - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Manchester
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