Adriano Costa Sampaio

Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

_______________________________________________________ Profile __________________________________________________________________

Creative, independent, forward-thinking and accomplished.

A seasoned and professional Electrical Engineer with more than 20 years experience in the energy industry, with background
on biomedical electronic engineering research and development specialised in automation and control for electrical power
conditioning and generation, and great experience in analog and digital electronics . With a proven history of leading
successful project delivery and the design, implementation and integration of new systems, I can contribute to any
organization with deep technical knowledge, good commercial awareness and a curious, creative mindset and a hands on
approach.

________________________________________________ Key Skills & Competencies _______________________________________________

 Solar and Wind Energy certified, micro-grids.  Electrical protection and control panels
 Power plants connected to grid and isolated. projects.
 Application software development for control.  Electronics and devices for electrical energy
 Technical training for industry employees. power conversion and generation.
 Control systems projects for power generation  Design and conduction of factory acceptance
and distribution. tests and certification tests.
 Electronic system simulation and PCB design  Technical projects leading , teams
-Matlab/ Spice/ Eagle Cad. coordination.
 Control algorithm development ,  Vessel propulsion control.
parametrisation optimisation  Biomass gas, Diesel, and natural gas power
 Electric Electronic Components Specification generation and control.
 Design and simulation of electronic analog and  Sales support & budget composition.
digital devices and prototyping .

__________________________________________________ Qualifications & Training ___________________________________________________

 MSc in Automation – Biomedical Electronic Engineering | State University of Campinas; Unicamp | 1998
 BSc in Electrical Engineering | State University of Campinas; Unicamp | 1996
 Wind Energy | Technical University of Denmark (DTU)/Coursera|2018
 Solar Energy | Delft University of Technology/EDX| 2018
 Electric vehicles | Delft University of Technology/EDX| 2019 (in course)
 GE Mark VI & GE Mark Vie Controllers | Salem, USA
 6 Sigma Green Belt / São Paulo, SP, Brazil
 Brazilian Standard NR10 Certification | Work with Electricity Safety
 CBSP & HUET Certifications for offshore working.
 Digital Protection Relays Multiline | Santos, Brazil
 Redundant 9030 PLC Fanuc | Campinas, Brazil

_________________________________________________________ Languages __________________________________________________________

 Portuguese  English  Spanish  French

(native) (fluent) (fluent) (basic)
 Adriano Costa Sampaio
Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

____________________________________ Employment History ____________________________________________________

Consultant Engineer | Self-employed | 2009 – present
Providing consultancy services for major players in the energy market.

Services include…
 Analysing client requirements and producing detailed project specifications and documentation to drive attainment
of objectives.
 Production of complete small power plant electrical projects for budgetary, fundraising or feasibility studies
purposes (power, control, protection, SCADA and integration).
 Writing and debugging machinery control software, and hardware design to improve efficiency, functionality and/
or cost in applications such as speed control, voltage control, speed control combined with anti-surge, electrical
protection, balance of plant, SCADA and power management and conversion.
 On-site troubleshooting, technical consulting and project implementation.
 Design, implementation and validation of customized electronic devices.
 Designing and conducting factory and field acceptance tests.
 Retrofitting existing technology.
 Equipment specification and supply.
 Training delivery

Lead Application Engineer | General Electric of Brazil | 2006 – 2008

Responsible for leading commercial proposals and after market support for GE customers.

 Made multiple commercial proposals for hydropower plants, thermal power plants and offshore platforms, with
values between $250K and $12M.
 Worked closely with customers to define specifications, prices, contribution margins, tax calculations and terms of
contracts.
 Designed and implemented the best technical solutions for customer needs.

Project Engineer | General Electric of Brazil | 2000 – 2006

Responsible for programming software with digital control and protection devices, communications and protocols using
HMI and SCADA systems.

 Project, testing and field technical assistance of software and hardware of digital speed controllers, voltage
regulators and electrical protection systems.
 Successful projects in DCS, HMI, PLC and SCADA systems for power generation.
 Designed and conducted factory and field acceptance tests.
 Provided customer support
 Kept up to date and accurate project documentation and built outstanding stakeholder relations.
 Training delivery for end users.

Field Engineer | Woodward Governor | 1998 – 2000

 Commissioned digital speed governor systems for generators and compressors.

________________________________________________________ Personal Interests _________________________________________________

I´m motivated by curiosity and continuous learning. With a true passion for music, I play the electric guitar and enjoy
occupying myself building audio electronic devices for music. Sometimes, I participate as a musician in community theatre
and dance groups. I have an enthusiasm for surrealism, creativity and quirkiness and I believe this brings with it humour,
warmth and the ability to make meaningful connections.

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_________________________________________________ Selected Professional Achievements ________________________________________

During my MSC thesis development I designed and tested a 12 channel electromyograph for research porpouses. Electrical
signals from skeletal muscles of the human body contain important information about their use during gait. In this work I
developed an electromyograph capable of capturing the electromyographic signal, with isolated inputs, at twelve
simultaneous points for use in rehabilitation research laboratory. The signal is captured by surface electrodes. There is an
EMG output and a muscle strength output for each channel. Specifications for the project were raised based on muscle
physiology and the existing electromyography literature. Implementation is shown through wiring diagrams. Several tests
and measurements were made to verify the agreement with parameters specified at the beginning of the project, confirming
the agreement with these parameters. Tests are also made to demonstrate the functioning of the instrument by capturing
biological signals in the upper limbs and lower limbs during gait.
 Adriano Costa Sampaio
Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

_________________________________________________ Selected Professional Achievements ________________________________________

Added new functionalities and extended the life of hydraulic parts to cut costs and improve the efficiency of 6 Pelton
Turbine driven generators at Henry Borden Hydro Power Plant EMAE in Cubatão, Brazil by:
-Implementing software changes to increase functionality.
-Designing, and fabrication and implementation of six electronic boards for noiseless speed measurements, improving
control and extending mechanical devices life.
-Designing, and fabrication and implementation of four electronic boards for closed loop control for
-Retrofitted communications in the control network, changing it from a serial RS485 network to an optical TCP/IP network
-Executed hardware maintenance for 6 Woodward Micronet digital TMR Controllers
-Implemented software modifications and hardware installations.

Submitted project for Finep Subvenção economica for development of a electrical Bicycle propulsion system with
regenerative brakes and use of buck/ boost converters and supercapacitors as energy storage, for more efficient energy use
on storage and environmental sustentability.

Participated as technical electrical power lead to the research and development project ‘Power Production of Biogas
Generated from Stillage, with Pollution Reduction & Diversification in the Brazilian Power Grid’, working with Ester Sugar
Mill in Cosmopolis. Designed the specifications for voltage electronic controller and speed controllers and produced the
basic substation design.

Optimized hydro power generation of Brazil PCH São Lourenço. Up to 20% gain in efficiency in power generation was
obtained with Kaplan Curves studies, on site tests, and software modifications in Woodward Atlas PC redundant controller.

Lead Engineer for the successful Endesa-Central Isla Hydro-Power Plant project (Chile). Made general design and
integration working with four engineering teams. The work included IHM (Ifix), redundant digital speed control Woodward
Atlas, voltage control and machine static excitation (GE EX 2100), DNP3 communications sequence of events (GE D200),
breaker, transformer (T60), generator protection (G60) and GPS Irig-B time synch.

Control project (Woodward Atlas II and Versamax PLCs) using aeroderivative gas turbine LM2500 ship propulsion.
Delivered control software development, assembly supervision, conduction of audits and external certifications at Unicamp,
as well as the factory acceptance tests and technical meetings with customer for Brazilian Navy Julio de Noronha Corvette .
Brazilian Navy Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Conducted 200 hours on site training course for maintenance and operation personnel focusing on the MKVIe GE controllers
for steam turbo generators in GALP Oil Refinery, Sines, Portugal.

References will be made available on request