Varun Ramasagara Nagarajan Email & Phone Number

Auburn Hills, Mi

• Investigated root cause of failures of various powertrain, engine and chassis components.• Document and drafted test reports based on the experimental findings.• Provided recommendations to customers to continuously improve part performance and durability.• Inspected part/product conformance to meet industry standards and engineering drawing specifications.• Worked with multi-disciplinary team members to address key product, process related issues.• Implemented capital… Show more • Investigated root cause of failures of various powertrain, engine and chassis components.• Document and drafted test reports based on the experimental findings.• Provided recommendations to customers to continuously improve part performance and durability.• Inspected part/product conformance to meet industry standards and engineering drawing specifications.• Worked with multi-disciplinary team members to address key product, process related issues.• Implemented capital expenditure budgets to improve test capabilities based on ROI; KAIZENs to enhance workflow management.• Offered test support on various vehicle programs throughout the product life cycle. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

• Involved in development of mechanism for Hydrogen assisted fatigue crack growth propagation, hydrogen concentration prediction correlations in a high strength (4140) structural steel. • Worked on analysis of fatigue crack growth behaviour of 4140 steel in hydrogen environment.• Investigated the influence of austempering heat treatment on the fatigue behaviour of a low alloy steel.• Found the tensile properties of 4140 in two different austempered heat treatment… Show more • Involved in development of mechanism for Hydrogen assisted fatigue crack growth propagation, hydrogen concentration prediction correlations in a high strength (4140) structural steel. • Worked on analysis of fatigue crack growth behaviour of 4140 steel in hydrogen environment.• Investigated the influence of austempering heat treatment on the fatigue behaviour of a low alloy steel.• Found the tensile properties of 4140 in two different austempered heat treatment conditions.• Characterized the fatigue fracture behaviour in various heat treatment conditions via SEM and EDAX.• Assisted principal investigator in composing research proposals to Federal funding agencies. • Involved in stress corrosion cracking studies of a structural steel.• Planned and organized the allocation of undergraduate recitation and laboratory sessions.• Revised instructional materials for Materials Science coursework for undergraduate students. • Taught recitation and laboratory sessions for undergraduate Materials Science course. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

• Synthesized and characterized thin films of superconducting Magnesium Diboride and Lead by a novel electroless plating technique.• Worked with cross-functional team to characterize superconducting properties of synthesized thin films.• Assisted principal investigator in composing research proposals to Federal funding agencies. • Data acquisition and managing of experimental work in the laboratory for publication in various technical joumals.

Ph.D, Engineering

M.S., Engineering

B.E., Engineering