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Makarand Kane

Makarand Kane

Senior electrical design engineer — power electronics & applied electromagnetics

Stockholm, Sweden
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Joined November 2025
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Summary

Applied electromagnetics and power-electronics researcher with a practical engineering bent: Makarand's PhD and follow-up work focused on wire electric discharge machining (WEDM) for slicing semiconductor ingots — he combined experimental characterisation, pulse‑generator modelling, statistical experiment design and hardware implementation. This research produced multiple conference and journal papers and a public presentation summarising the PhD work. youtube+2
Research on photovoltaic EMC at KTH: During his postdoctoral appointment at KTH he investigated parasitic impedances of PV panels (capacitive and inductive contributions) and their impact on common‑mode currents and EMC of PV systems, leading to peer‑reviewed conference publications and measurements-based analyses. ieee+2
Bridges academic research and industry product engineering: After academic research at IIT Bombay and KTH, he moved to industry (Scibreak) where his role emphasises electromagnetic design for power-system hardware (HVDC circuit-breaker related work). Earlier industry experience at Tata Motors (ERC) gives him multi‑disciplinary applied engineering experience spanning machine design, motor development and power electronics. scibreak+2
Publications and IP: The body of work includes IEEE transactions/conference papers, Procedia CIRP conference papers, and patent applications related to miniature/customizable wire‑EDM machines — showing strengths in experimental methods, power‑electronic converter design, and translating lab research into patentable engineering innovations. ieee+2

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

Characterization of Parasitic Impedances of PV Panels from Common Mode Perspective

January 1, 2022

EMC‑focused conference paper analysing parasitic capacitances and inductances of PV panels, using FEM and Design of Experiments to show how geometric and environmental factors (e.g., water layer) affect parasitic impedance and common‑mode behaviour.

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Modeling and Efficiency Improvement of a Pulse Generator for Wire Electric Discharge Machining

January 1, 2020

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science article detailing modelling of EDM pulse generators, three stages of operation, and proposed pulsed-current reference scheme to improve efficiency for WEDM applications.

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Procedia CIRP papers on Multi-wire EDM / Experiments with Miniature Wire EDM

January 1, 2020

Conference papers from Procedia CIRP (2020) covering experiments with miniature WEDM for silicon and analysis of electrical forces in multi‑wire EDM for semiconductors — part of the PhD and collaborative work at IIT Bombay.

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Design and Control of a Light-Weight Drive-Integrated 48 V BLDC Motor for Radiator Fan in Hybrid Vehicle

January 1, 2015

Technical paper addressing design and control considerations for a drive-integrated 48 V BLDC motor targeted at hybrid-vehicle radiator fan applications (industry-oriented electrical machine design work).

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Hobbies

Learning and teaching Sanskrit; holds a formal Diploma in Samskrit Vidya. ieee