Prashant Hiremath Email & Phone Number

Troy, Michigan. Us

1. Acting as primary point of contact for all technical activities of Altair Suite of Products i.e. Presales, Technical support, Consulting and Training • Work with customers across USA to gather requirements for Altair Products i.e. OptiStruct, Radioss, HyperMesh, HyperView, HyperGraph, HyperStudy, SimLab, Flux, Inspire, Multiscale Designer, Compose, Activate and Inspire Cast • Develop Methods and best practices for using Altair Products in Design and Engineering groups • Reviewing Technical support activities at value added reseller partners and defining metrics to ensure appropriate follow-up for all support needs• Identify opportunities to improve customer process and support them with their queries• Act as primary Altair consultant for the region to develop new optimization and automation process for customers to improve performance, reduce weight and design cycle • Interface between customers and all internal teams at Altair i.e. Development, Quality Assurance, Documentation and Product design for smooth deliver of projects • Lead benchmarks for Structural analysis and optimization using Altair Products i.e. OptiStruct and Inspire against competitor products• Conduct trainings and educate customers with new features relevant to Safety, Durability, NVH and Powertrain teams respectively2. Coordinating worldwide meetings with Technical counterparts to execute planned activities at other global sites3. Coordinating technical initiatives at value added resellers to increase Altair foot prints at accountsInterfacing with the Marketing teams to help promote Altair Suite of Products4. Interfacing with the Marketing teams to help promote Altair Suite of Products5. Interfacing with the Development teams during the initial phase for deployment of new versions of the Altair Suite of Products6. Interfacing with the Business Development teams to help promote new technologies

Troy, Michigan, United States

Was responsible for supporting technical support activities for Altair HyperWorks Solvers i.e. OptiStruct, Radioss and Inspire. Responsibilities;• Perform benchmarking against competitive solvers using Altair HyperWorks Solvers • Conduct Online and in class trainings for Inspire and OptiStruct for Linear, Non-Linear and Optimization classesIn-house Projects;• Non-linear analysis of Car Front Door for Durability load cases i.e. Sag, SOC and Aero, for Auto OEM using OptiStruct and HyperMesh• Torque Box Topology Optimization for an Auto Supplier using OptiStruct• Arm-rest non-linear Strength analysis for a Car seating system for an Auto-supplier• Concept design Optimization benchmarks with Inspire for Auto OEMs i.e. GM, Ford, Chrysler and Magna.Creating Proof of Concept and Demo models • OptiStruct Non-linear demo models for Durability load cases i.e. Door Sag, Door Stiffness and Door denting analysis• Proof of Concept “Single model multi-attribute (NVH, Strength & Durability fatigue) analysis and optimization workflow” of an Automotive Cradle, presented at the ATCx

Altair Chennai

Worked as Technical Manager HyperWorks at Altair Engineering India, Chennai, was responsible for supporting customers i.e. Chrysler, Ford, Caterpillar, Daimler, Mahindra & Mahindra, Renu-Nissan, Ashok Leyland, LnT & ValeoWork Responsibilities handled;• Act as primary Altair consultant for the region to develop new optimization and automation process for customers to improve performance, reduce weight and design cycle • Identify opportunities to improve customer process and support them with their queries• Perform onsite visits to monitor the usage, so as increase the usage & track the competition• Identify new prospects, position HyperWorks products & perform benchmarks• Conduct trainings and educate customers with new features relevant to Safety, Durability, NVH and Powertrain teams respectively

Altair Bengaluru

Worked as a part of solutions delivery team, responsible to support strategic accounts, by providing customized solutions and working on POC to help increase Altair products usageProjects:Worked onsite at GE John Welch technical Centre-Bangalore for 8 months along with the Tools & methods development team for developing best practices for FEA using HyperWorks• Worked on feasibility study of converting Solid (Hexa-Penta) models to Shell structures for components like engine casings, compressors etc. perform modal analysis & compare the masses & frequencies. Further fine tune the shell models to get the results closer to the solid model and document the entire process, tools used HyperMesh, OptiStruct, Nastran and Ansys• Performed Locomotive Crash Analysis as per EN15227 regulation and worked on modeling of assemblies & performed a sub system level analysisWorked onsite at Nissan Technical Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam for 2 weeks • Performed 2d meshing/batch meshing using HyperMesh on components of Door, Bumper Fascia and body side outer components to benchmark against competitor product ANSA, was able to show significant time saving and better quality. which helped them to migrate from ANSA to HyperMeshWorked onsite at Volvo Tech Centre, India for 2 months• Performed 2d meshing/batch meshing using HyperMesh for an entire BIW assembly. Mesh flow and quality were two key parameters for evaluation, which were met. The results were compared with Ansa and found to be very close and better

Altair Bengaluru

Worked on Benchmarking solvers against competition using Altair Solvers Radioss and OptiStructOnsite Projects:Worked onsite at Goodrich Aerospace, India for 3 months along with the structures team for performing Optimization of brackets to reduce the mass, keeping the static & fatigue stresses within the targets. Topology Optimization was performed on existing designs by adding the package space, various concepts were explored by adding manufacturing constraints i.e. draw constraints like single, split, extrusion.Worked onsite at Harita seating systems for 6 months, a major seating supplier for domestic Indian customers• Objective of this assignment was to perform simulation for Seat belt anchorage test, head rest test and back rest performance tests, all these tests were carried out as per ARAI standards, the idea was to minimize physical testing.• Worked on analysis of tractor seats and heavy vehicles seats • Co-related the simulation results to the physical tests • Trained the Engineers and setup a CAE Process by creating a design data hand bookWorked onsite at Altair Engineering, Munich, Germany for 3 months, to help support Optimization benckmarks for Aero and Satellite customers.• Performed Optimization of Isostatic Mounts of a Satellite equipment for thermal loads. The idea was to reduce the radial stiffness of the brackets for the thermal loads, satisfying the stress, buckling & frequency targets. Shape & size optimization were performed together & mass was reduced up to 60% when compared to the baseline design

Altair Bengaluru

Worked on Finite element modeling and Analysis for Crash, NVH and Durability. Projects using Radioss crash solver• Frontal Impact Analysis (Pendulum hit) of Light commercial vehicle (AIS-029) • FEA and Drop Testing of Power Backup System (ASTM D-4728/IEC 68-2-34)Worked on-site at Tata motors for 6 weeks to support Side impact protection analysis as per FMVSS-214 using HyperMesh and LS-DYNA• The complete BIW along with seats and doors in closed position was evaluated • The average force required to deform the doors was calculated using the Force Vs Displacement curves• Iterations performed by changing the material and design of the side impact beam • The objective was to evaluate the strength requirement for side door of passenger car to minimize safety hazards caused by intrusions into the passenger compartment Worked on-site at LG electronics India Ltd and was responsible for setting up CAE Process • Engineers were trained on CAE-Process, Basic Finite Element Methods & Altair HyperWorks Products i.e. HyperMesh, Radioss, OptiStruct, Motion Solve and HyperForm Projects using Radioss crash solver• Air Conditioner Chassis Drop Impact Analysis for Top Face Impact with packaging • Drop Impact Analysis of a Microwave for Corner point ImpactProjects using OptiStruct solver• Static analysis of a washing machine upper lid to identify the regions of stresses• Analysis and Shape optimization of copper tubes of an Air conditioner to increase the frequenciesIn-house FE Modeling Projects.• Handled GM Full Vehicle FE-Model build program for Frontal Crash using HyperMesh for LS-DYNA, model updated from Left hand drive to Right hand drive • BIW FE-Model Build program for Honda using HyperMesh for Radioss • Hex meshing project for Chevron for Geo-mechanics using HyperMeshThesis project• “Design and Analysis of rear under ride guard of a truck for enhancement of crashworthiness of an impacting car (ECE -058)” at Altair using HyperMesh and Radioss

Bengaluru Area, India

Projects• Actively involved in a number of programmes for developing chassis and cradles for global automotive OEMs. Responsibility included, leading the team in creation of finite element models and analyzing for standard set of loads. Analyses included extraction of normal modes, static and dynamic stiffness calculation and durability studies. Interacting with designers synchronizing FE analysis and design.• FE Modeling and Static Analysis of Pickup Box using HyperMesh and OptiStruct• FE Modeling & Static Analysis of Seat Recliner Assembly using HyperMesh and LS-Dyna

Hyderabad Area, India

Worked on multiple Finite Element Modeling of full vehicle programs i.e. BIW, Subsystems, Closures for crash, NVH and Durability using HyperMesh, process followed:• Vehicle Segregated at sub-system level and assigned to multiple engineers• Meshing, Quality and penetration removal all done at sub-system level• Full vehicle integration performed with sub-systems, penetration cleared between assemblies• Bolting and weld connections performed referring to Master weld file• Co-ordination with client at various stages of the projectFE Modeling, Static and Modal Analysis of Front Door using HyperMesh and Nastran.FE Modeling & Modal Analysis of Connecting rod using HyperMesh and Nastran.

Hubli, Karnataka, India

Worked on FE modeling projects:• 3d Hexa-Penta meshing of components like Engine blades/brackets and casings for Structural analysis• 2-d Shell meshing of wing of an Aircraft• 3d Hexa-Penta meshing of mobile casings for Structural analysis.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked with the tool maintenance group for the Molding division, which use to run production of injection molds.Work Responsibilities handled;• Perform preventive maintenance of injection molds• Fixing molding issues like shrinkage, short filling, side core breakdown etc.• Work on break downs of molds i.e. insert break, mold chip off etc.

M Sc In Automotive Engineering, Automotive Engineering

Tool & Die Making

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