Jayanti Sinha Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Ma, Us

Lexington, Ma

Provide engineering and logistics leadership on a multi-million dollar USAF program for the Integrated Aircrew Ensemble (IAE).

Lexington, Ma

Technology development in the areas of combustion, heat transfer, biofuels, fluid dynamics; Lead technology assessment in the areas of hydrogen PEM fuel cells, PHEV Li-ion batteries; Business Development; Team Leadership; Engineering Management, Intellectual Property

• Principal Investigator (PI) for a 5-year $1.5M US DOE program to assess the cost of automotive PEM fuel cell systems• PI for a US Navy Phase I SBIR to develop an innovative high-efficiency heat source for field food service equipment• PI for a DoC-NOAA Phase I SBIR to develop an energy-efficient, low-cost, algal oil extractor• For a US Army Phase II SBIR, developed and evaluated alternate designs for a multi-fuel burner, recuperator, and manifolding to achieve increased efficiency in a Stirling engine• For a DOE Phase II SBIR, developed thermodynamic model and conducted bench-scale tests to demonstrate low-quality-waste-heat-activated absorption cooling using metal hydrides• Conducted analyses of PHEV lithium-ion battery manufacturing costs; Evaluated impact of prismatic vs. cylindrical format & various anode/cathode materials• For a DOE Phase I SBIR, to demonstrate a scalable algal biofuel extraction device, proposed a novel approach and conducted initial calculations and IP/literature review to establish feasibility• As project lead/team member on assignments for major oil/global chemical companies and the DOE, conducted 3D, turbulent, reacting flow CFD simulations, to optimize burner and process furnace design• Developed technology forecasts for market adoption (2005-2025) of powertrain/aerodynamic/hybridization changes in HD & LD vehicles in the US, EU & JPN markets; Used GT-Suite to model vehicle fuel economy over drive cycles• Led the Ansys Fluent CFD modeling study of turbulent mixing, heat/mass transfer for a patent-pending microreactor• Performed techno-economic assessments of on-board hydrogen storage systems (Cryo-compressed, Liquid Hydrocarbon and Ammonia Borane)• Lead Engineer at sales pitch to major natural gas pipeline transmission company to analyze impact of unconventional shale gas composition on existing appliances

• For major oil companies, global chemical companies and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), used Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code Ansys Fluent, to perform 3D simulations of turbulent reacting flow in process furnaces when equipped with ultra-low-NOx burners. Burner styles evaluated used emissions control features (e.g. staged air and flue gas recirculation) and included swirl, forced draft, natural draft, air preheat, partially pre-mixed and non-premixed burners• Designed, built and tested finned heat exchangers for a prototype engine; Used Ansys Fluent CFD and analytical methods to compare fin efficiency and fan requirements

Steam Turbine Aerodynamics Group, Schenectady NY• Using CFD code CFX, developed a repeatable methodology for prediction of steam turbine exhaust hood performance; Reduced risk from Level 20 to Level 4 for retrofitting of old nuclear LP hoods on new steam turbines; Validated CFD results against experimental data to generate a predictive curve within 3%-7%

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

• Experimental research on two-phase flow applied to cooling of simulated nuclear fuel rods: M.S. Thesis (2001): Effect of surface.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

• B.S. Thesis (1998): Experimental evaluation of the effect of engine operating and design parameters on performance and emissions.

Education record