Umesh Chandra Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh

Founded the business in November 1997 providing research and consulting services to commercial and government clients in analysis of industrial products and simulation of manufacturing processes. Responsible for all administrative functions including business development; compliance with federal, state and local regulations; legal agreements with clients and business partners; various certifications; financial and other issues. Principal Investigator on a NASA funded SBIR project related to finite element simulation of electron beam freeform fabrication process (additive manufacturing); unpublished proprietary work. Other projects included the development of new software for simulation of heat treatment on a STTR project funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, elevated temperature racheting finite element analysis of a complex structure used in production of glass fibers for composites, heat treat simulation of an aircraft engine impeller, and the application of ASME codes to nuclear fuel for Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. Managed work of MCT employees, independent laboratories and university professors (as subcontractors and consultant).

Johnstown, Pa

Served as senior technical staff, line manager and senior project manager. Developed U.S. Navy and commercial contracts. Managed in-house multi-disciplinary teams of mechanical engineers, material scientists and technicians; supervised work subcontracted to independent material testing laboratories and a university. Developed the basic concepts and approach for finite element prediction of hot tears, hot cracks, residual stresses and distortions in castings; supervised all related activities including the development of several new constitutive models and user subroutines, experimental studies related to nucleation and growth, mold-metal interface heat transfer and hot tears in Ni-Al-Bronze; work verified by application to a U.S. Navy casting. Large deformation 3-D finite element simulation of the diffusion bonding process for development of a new low inertia rotor for IHPTET engines resulting in successful fabrication of 9- and 30-bladed prototypes by the engine manufacturer. Coupled thermo-mechanical simulation of the thread rolling process. Reviewed (with two other experts) the capabilities of U.S. Naval Shipyard foundries on instructions of the U.S. Navy and made recommendations for their consolidation.

Cincinnati, Oh

Performed simulation of various manufacturing processes such as heat treatment, casting, single crystal growth, thermal barrier coatings, machining and HIP diffusion bonding using finite element and other computational methods. Was the first to recognize the role of thermo-mechanical simulation in prediction of hot tears, residual stresses and distortions in castings (ideas fully developed during the next employment), and to demonstrate the application of commercial finite element codes for the prediction of residual stresses and distortions due to machining. Reviewed a casting simulation software developed on US Air Force TechMod funds. Coordinated the activities of colleagues at Corporate Research & Development Division. Assisted GE's casting and forging suppliers in developing in-house computer simulation capabilities.

M.S. And Ph.D., Civil Engineering

With major in structural engineering and minors in solid mechanics and mathematics.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Civil Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Applied Sciences