Hemanth Kappanna, Phd. Email & Phone Number

Long Beach, California, United States

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Milford, Mi

• Commissioned AECD documentation tool to build and maintain AECD justification documents. • Compile and update justification document of individual AECDs.• Create and review parameters sensed versus controlled documentation.• Present AECD justification document to CARB / EPA.• Interface with CARB/EPA to clarify any AECD related queries across entire product portfolio, including gasoline and diesel.• Assist legal staff in providing required background material when responding to CARB/EPA.• Harmonize Global AECD strategy and policies to address Euro 6d (WLTP), China, Japan and Korean regulations.

Milford, Mi

• Verify controller functionality on a HiL (Hardware-in-Loop) bench and/or vehicle (examples: diesel specific control functions, new calibrations, PPEI/PTEI interfaces, DVT interfaces, legislated compliance xPIDS– e.g. PIDs, CPIDs, DIDs, and DTCs)• Troubleshoot vehicle level integration issues including hardware, software, calibration and vehicle wiring.• Demonstrate ownership by tracking issues to resolution.• Educate/train/support/mentor new and less experienced Controls Integration Engineers (CIE).• Provide support as required for calibration development trips, assembly plant builds, field issue resolutions, prototype shops, durability and captured test fleet vehicles.• Stay abreast of new technology and competitive products.

Milford, Mi

Calibrate 2.8L diesel for emissions and performance...• Execute vehicle emissions testing for engineering target assessment related to all emissions standards including required tests for application compliance matrix.• Create and maintain a database of vehicle emissions testing results.• Analyze and communicate emissions test data to verify calibration subsystem performance, which includes looking for trends, understanding impact of calibration changes to results, confirming validity of test• Lead Vehicle Emissions Status meeting with lead calibrator and subsystem calibration specialists.• Give directions in preparing AECD (Auxiliary Emissions Control Device) documents and emissions data to support the AECD submitted to regulatory agencies that certifies the engines for emissions compliance.• Collaborate with calibration specialists in providing emissions data from chassis rolls after comprehensive data validation.

Graduated with a PhD in ME from WVU, specializing in heavy duty diesel engines emissions control using advanced in-cylinder strategies and after-treatment devices. Also specializing in emissions measurements, current and future emissions regulations.

-Calibrate on-road and off-road diesel engines.-Plan, procure and test various hardware components.-Study the effects of engine deterioration on emissions.-Conduct endurance test to determine deterioration factor for NOx and PM emissions.-Perform transparency tests before approving engine hardware and control software before releasing for production.-Supported engine round robin test to correlate the emissions test results among various test facilities in USA and overseas, with the certification test cells at Corporate Technical Center.-Plan design of experiments to evaluate critical engine hardware components-Automate engine test procedures.-Supported new product launch in the manufacturing plant.-Involved in several sensor failure campaign in the plant.-Involved in simulating, testing and resolving hardware failure issues.-Troubleshoot engines failing emissions audit.-Re-calibrate engines to improve emissions margin and fuel efficiency.-Conduct Emissions audit of medium duty diesel engines and -Report and maintain repository of emissions audit results.-Supervise Emissions Test Cells.-Involved in upgrading emissions test cells to 40CF1065 standards.

Worked as student research assistant in Engine and Emissions Research Lab at WVU in various projects. -Measuring Emissions from heavy duty diesel engines, -Developing test cycles to simulate real world condition in test cell, -Developing and validating advanced after-treatment technologies, -Developing protocols to measure emissions from diesel engines,-Assisting Environmental Protection Agency in implementing new measurement protocols, and -Developing advanced emissions measurement equipment.

-Worked in a diesel after-treatment development group, testing and calibrating active regeneration system for particulate filters (DPFs). -Conducted endurance testing of catalytic mufflers of different configurations subjecting them to harsh on-road conditions.

Provided support to run and enhance the software application based on COBOL running on mainframe machines for American Express Credit Card Services in the US and Latin American region.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Kappanna, Hemanth K, and West Virginia University. Development of a Reference Dataset to Evaluate PEMS Post-Processing Software. PhD.

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation title is "Reduction of Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs) and particulate matter emissions from heavy-duty natural gas engines".

Be, Mechanical Engineering

Studied in undergraduate Mechanical Engineering