Leading VAVE Commercial Gearing group

NPD Design Lead

 9+ years of experience in product design with management and technical competency  Product Manager and design lead for wind turbines gearboxes & transmission system  Extensive experience of collaborating with customer, vendors and engineering team Proven record of leading and working in cross-functional customer engagement globally Gained experience in managing a vast array of hydraulics, lubrication & cooling systems. Focused towards team management, product improvement, increasing productivity and cost reduction

Hansen Transmissions (Now ZF Wind Power) Technologist, Product Design, INDIA Plant • Individually handling the India design and development of Hydraulic systems• Simulated Cooling & Lubrication system of MMW gearbox using Flowmaster• Proposed and Developed Cost Saving Techniques for the existing design of gearbox• Studied transmission system and energy flow in existing gearboxes• Optimization of heat loss using Flowmaster• Design Validation for the lubrication system for multi mega watt gearbox• Single point contact in Auxiliary Systems from India to coordinate with Belgium

Worked in the design and development of the transmission system Landing gear for fighter aircrafts using tools like Simulink@MATLAB, ADAMS etc• Developed a code in MATLAB to compute loads on LG System under various conditions• Supervised and assisted two internees from BITS PILANI for LG system design• Designed 2D model of LG for Basic Turboprop Trainer Aircraft using AutoCAD• Simulated Landing Gear using Simulink® (MATLAB)• Analyzed and modeled LG System using CATIA and ADAMS• Detail design of Quick Release Spring, brake system• Completed the analysis and design of LG for Basic Turboprop Trainer Aircraft

Developed computational program using MATLAB for the physical Aging of Polymer Matrix Composites. Got Awarded for Outstanding Performance for this intern.Aim: Computational programs for the Physical Aging of Polymer Matrix Composites Description: • Code determines the failure condition for the multi‐layered laminate • Creep and Physical Aging phenomenon were includedAchievement: Awarded for Outstanding Performance during the summer internshipProject Guide: Dr. H. K. Kung, Chair & Head, Department of Mechanical Engg., CSU Taiwan

Developed MATLAB code for the laminates / composites for the calculation of Equivalent Stiffness, Stiffness, Coefficient of thermal expansion, Stresses & Strains and Failure Criterions.Aim: Development of the computational programs for Laminate theoryDescription: • Code determines the failure condition for the multi‐layered laminate • Inputs: Geometrical config., orientation, temperature rise • Outputs: Stiffness matrix, equivalent material, apparent coefficient of thermal expansion, stresses and strains, property variation curves and failure criterionAchievement: Simulated the process in MATLAB and verified the theoretical resultsProject Guide: Dr. H. K. Kung, Chair & Head, Department of Mechanical Engg., CSU Taiwan