• Involved with Slurry Valve Development projects (as valve specialist), Displacement Pumps and High-Pressure Grinding Rollers• Linear and non-linear FEA

• Performance test evaluation, hydraulic and mechanical calculations for Axial Flow Pump• Linear and non-linear FEA of pressure parts of Reciprocating Pump and Axial Flow Pump

• Project Engineer for assigned axial flow pump projects• Performance test evaluation, hydraulic and mechanical calculations for Axial Flow Pump• FEA• 3D/2D CAD

MSc thesis project - “Design of the impeller of a Francis type Reversible Pump Turbine (RPT) for variable speed operation”• Propose a design method to achieve design target head in pump mode and design target power in turbine mode considering variable speed• Investigate the designs based upon empirical data of Francis turbines, centrifugal pumps and RPTs for turbine mode and pump mode of operations• Perform CFD analysis using NUMECA software for determining the performance… Show more MSc thesis project - “Design of the impeller of a Francis type Reversible Pump Turbine (RPT) for variable speed operation”• Propose a design method to achieve design target head in pump mode and design target power in turbine mode considering variable speed• Investigate the designs based upon empirical data of Francis turbines, centrifugal pumps and RPTs for turbine mode and pump mode of operations• Perform CFD analysis using NUMECA software for determining the performance characteristics of the RPT impeller in turbine mode and pump mode of operations Show less

• Develop python based script to determine various load coefficients to be used in the wind turbine cost of energy (COE) model developed at DNV-GL• Benchmarking of python based wind turbine cost of energy (COE) model against industrial turbine data and old COE model

• Operate and monitor efficiency measurement tests in the lab• Work for making strategy and plan for operation of lab• Develop Project Proposals for funding of R&D projects • Assist student projects in the lab• Support ongoing projects in the lab

Job training at Waterpower Lab and mainly included:• Calibration of pressure transducer and torque transducer of the Pelton turbine test rig.• Perform efficiency measurement of model Pelton runner and Francis runner.

Internship at Turbine Testing Lab, Kathmandu University, Nepal for a duration of 25 days, which started from 15 July 2011, and mainly included:•Preparation of 3D drawing of the Pump, Valve and Pipe arrangements, along with various modes of lab operation.