Preyank Sheth Email & Phone Number

Southlake, TX, US

Englewood, Colorado, US

Fort Worth, Texas, US

- Conceptual and Preliminary Design activities (requirements development, subsystem functional and physical architecture, airworthiness qualification criteria, and supplier management) for ECS, Ventilation, Oxygen, Inerting, and Pneumatic subsystems for the V-280 Valor and its variants. The V-280 was selected by the US Army as the Future Long Range Assault.

Savannah, GA, US

• Led thermal engineering support for all production Gulfstream models (G550, G650, G500 and G600), interfacing with external customers as well as across all levels of the Engineering, Flight Test, Production.
• Led multi-disciplinary product improvement teams through root cause investigation, corrective action determination, and solution development for a variety of in-service issues.
• Closed long-standing G650 continued operational safety (COS) issues related to flammable fluid protection (§25.863) by reviewing certification guidance material, analyzing stated issue and documenting compliance.
• Developed an innovative heat sink solution for G500/G600 cabin router box replacement.
• Modeled LCS/ECS performance for various mission mode thermal loads of Special Missions platform after customer SWaP-C analysis
• Optimized Special Missions platform rack design using 1-D models and first-principles knowledge.

Savannah, GA, US

• Supported Part 25 certification and Entry-Into-Service of clean sheet Gulfstream G500 and G600 through thermal analyses, trade studies, flight test plan development and data analyses for multiple systems (Integrated.
• Performed 25+ technical analyses for Propulsion, ECS, Icing, Structures, Safety, Applied Aero, Flight Test, Doors, Technical Publications, Entry-into-Service, and Completions using first-principles knowledge, analyzing.
• Supported G500/G600 ECS and Dry Air certification flight test campaign by developing test points, analyzing data to verify system performance, establishing margins and generating limitations via IFRs and TOLs.
• Engineered wireless field kit with live-data streaming capabilities to allow in-flight troubleshooting/solution development of various aircraft cabin zones.
• Resolved in-service cabin comfort concerns by interfacing with global customers, technicians, conducting visual inspections and/or cold soak flights.

Savannah, GA, US

• Deployed with flight test for G500 Ventilation and Cooling (V&C) certification test campaign and authored Gulfstream Engineering Reports to document G500/G600 V&C data analyses, solutions for various test failures and.
• Spearheaded cross-functional tiger team, including ECS supplier teams, to develop innovative hardware/software solutions to resolve multiple ECS performance issues prior to certification.
• Provided design recommendations via validated models and innovative bench tests to ensure various cabin avionics unit installations will meet ambient environment qualification limits.
• Developed intuitive flight test data visualization tools to facilitate daily high-level/in-depth reviews of systems data from multiple flight test airplanes

Taneytown, Maryland, US

• Led/contributed to product development cycles from concept to market launch, including certification.
• Developed expertise in refrigeration system engineering and applied it to modify an existing environmental test chamber. This led to increased lab test throughput ( 3x ), and AHRI approval to conduct performance tests.
• Developed extensive in-house component qualification testing programs.Other engineering support functions-
• Provided field performance evaluations and onsite troubleshooting for customers.
• Ran technical analyses to qualify vendors for critical components
• Customized standard products to meet end-user requirements

Taneytown, Maryland, US

• Product performance testing; development, implementation and analysis of test programs
• Component development programs to improve condenser performance and reliability.
• Key member of the eco-ATC product introduction team. Directly involved in testing, perf. rating, engineering data creation, and production order generator development

University Park, PA, US

• NASA funded project to experimentally study bend effects on high speed fluid flow internal to a pipe.
• Analyzed 300 GB of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) data using custom MATLAB image processing code to visualize the flow and extract detailed turbulence statistics to characterize bend effects.
• Made reliability improvements to existing experimental set-up and LABVIEW based data acquisition.

University Park, PA, US

Responsible for explaining pre-lab theory, overseeing heat transfer experiments, and monitoring lab safety for undergraduates.

University Park, PA, US

Responsible for addressing subject questions, developing and grading student assignments.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

One of the founding members of India's 3rd Formula SAE (FSAE) team. Developed initial marketing strategies for project financing.

IN

• Developed a theoretical methodology to calculate the heat load on a supersonic aircraft in flight.
• Created a user-friendly model backed by database capabilities to allow quick heat load estimates at customized flight profiles.
• Provided recommendations on upgrading the Environmental Control System (ECS) to meet heat load.

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

B. Engg, Mechanical Engineering