Parag Dixit Email & Phone Number

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Leading the cross-functional development efforts of Marc which is a versatile finite element analysis (FEA) software renowned for its application across various industries. Its robust simulation capabilities enable engineers and researchers to model and analyze complex nonlinear behavior in structures and materials. In automotive engineering, Marc aids in crashworthiness analysis and vehicle dynamics simulations, ensuring safety and performance enhancements. In aerospace, it's utilized for structural integrity assessments of aircraft components under extreme conditions. Additionally, Marc finds extensive use in biomechanics for studying human body dynamics and in civil engineering for analyzing the behavior of buildings and infrastructure.Specific areas of development include support of new material models, solver performance improvements (HPC) and output in the HDF5 format. Involved in the re-architecture of Nastran (SOL 400) to increase performance.

PI’s : Prof. David Benson (UCSD) & Dr. Alice Koniges (LLNL)• Simulated the fragmentation of materials inside the target chamber of the stadium sized National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world’s largest laser facility, being set up at LLNL.• Implemented a hierarchical multi-scale method (HMM) in ALE-AMR (Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian - Adaptive Mesh Refinement) framework.• Benchmarked fragmentation results from ALE-AMR against LS-Dyna for an expanding ring problem.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Computational Mechanics Laboratory Ann Arbor, MIResearch Advisor : Asst. Prof. Krishna Garikipati• Developed a variational multi-scale method for embedding the Fleck & Hutchinson fine-scale strain gradient theory within Macro-mechanical Formulations. This resulted in a computationally efficient way to model micro voids, microcracks, inclusions etc. within macroscopic bodies.

Phd., Mechanical Engineering, Scientific Computing

• R.A. Regueiro and P. Dixit and K. Garikipati, “On standard and vector finite element analysis of a strict anti-plane shear plasticity.

Ms, Mechanical Engineering, Gpa: 3.69 / 4.00 Major Gpa: 3.78 / 4.00

Coursework: FEA, Theory of Solid Continua, Theory of Elasticity, Computational Plasticity, Nano/Micro-Structure Evolution, Numerical.

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, First Class With Distinction (Top 5%)

Activities and Societies: SAE, ASMEBest Outgoing Student, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Best Outgoing Student, SAE – WIS