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Albuquerque, Nm, Us

Warren, Rhode Island, United States

• Conceptualize, develop, and design structures in accordance with customer requirements, with a focus on advanced composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) and fiberglass to design lightweight components for electric cars, trucks, and cabs.• Conducted CAE simulations to evaluate structural crashworthiness performance for high and low speed frontal, rear impact, front pendulum, roof crush, seat pull for leading OEMs of cabs related to FMVSS,SAE and EU standards.• Performed dynamic analysis of battery box such as drop test, crush test, scrape test ,projectile test and side impact using Ls-dyna, ANSA & META.• Conducted CAE modal analysis to identify mode shapes, conducted gravitational load-cases to ensure structural stability under gravity-induced loads and point mass analysis to simplify dynamic simulations by treating masses as concentrated at specific points for cabs and battery boxes.• Conducted FEA Vs testing co-relation for various composite materials.• Document test plans and procedure requirements.• Create detailed FEA report on the analysis performed.• Worked on pultrusion technique to save time, mass and cost for customers which require ease of manufacturing and strength.• Performed data analysis using python, created scripts for automation. Automated CAE process to save modelling time.• Prepared dashboard by POWER BI to show it to lead engineers.• Strive for the highest possible structural performance that is also cost effective and assures complete reliability.• Manage and track multiple priorities while maintaining a focus towards common project goals of the program team, matrix organization, and customers.• Participate in internal and external meetings and reviews.• Coordinate analysis tasks, e.g., within an analysis team working on the same product.• Worked on A-class surfaces and build design using CATIA.

Warren, Michigan

• Interacted with product engineering team to identify potential CAE issues, to conduct root cause analysis, and to provide technical proposals and solutions to resolve engineering problem• Lead CAE activities and provide insight to structural and safety model integration and provide direction to product design.• Modelling of BIW, Grilles, Fascia, Engine, Transmission, Driveline and other subsystems and integrating them• Performed Computer Aided Engineering integration to evaluate full vehicle crashworthiness performance for high speed Frontal, Side, Rear impacts or low speed Front and Rear load cases, etc. using LS-DYNA software.• Well Versed with GM modelling and Safety guidelines.• Conducted optimization studies by utilizing optimization CAE tools, including DOE/ DFSS techniques to optimize vehicle designs to meet performance requirements while minimizing mass and cost.• Build full vehicle models in LS-Dyna and Nastran.• Used advanced CAE tools and methods to optimize the structural designs. Improves structural efficiency - achieves improved performance with less mass (topology, shape, weld/adhesive, gauge, lightweight materials, etc.).• Converted models from LS-DYNA to OPTISTRUCT/ NASTRAN for structural analysis.• Assist in developing new CAE techniques.• Keep up to date with latest CAE tools/trends.• Participate in CAE focus groups as requested.• Generate technical solutions for current, new, and major programs.• Perform complex design analysis.• Develop engineering designs (including subsystems).• Experience in using analysis tools to assess NVH models and resolve full vehicle NVH error states. Knowledge in the use of software tools like: MSC-NASTRAN, Alatir-Optistructr/ HyperMesh.

Greater Detroit Area

• Evaluate and supervise students assignment..• Prepare and proctor examinations.• Teach students to conduct: 1.Free and force vibration tests to correlate with theoretical topics such as free vibration ,damped vibration, inertia-force and displacement excitation, resonance, amplitude and phase angle. 2.Modal Analysis from free vibrations tests which involves the estimation or measuring the normal mode frequencies, mode shapes and damping ratios. 3. Free and force vibrations of 2-DOF torsional systems.• Extensive study on fatigue analysis.• Research on structural life assessment of aircraft structures.

• Generation of surface geometry of sacrum using CT images.• Meshing of the surface geometry using ICEM-CFD.• Improve Element Quality in Hypermesh.

Mumbai Area, India

• Lead & coordinate manufacturing of pressure vessels within the organization along with interface with Manufacturing, Facility Planning Personnel, Plant personnel ,Maintenance to ensure that the projects meets its deliverables and customer requirements.• Floating enquires and taking quotations from Sub-contractors and negotiations of overall equipment cost with Sub-contractors.• Shop visit and monitor the project progress.• Project in Godrej & Boyce Mfg Ltd to "To reduce bending process time" by designing a new punch.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ASME,SAEStudying Crash Analysis using FEA Pre-post

Master'S Degree, Engineering/Industrial Management, A

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering