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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

- Successfully achieved a 25% reduction on raw material cost and weight of the high-pressure ventilation on-demand doors. - Completed pressure rating calculation using CISC and AISC for reducing raw steel tube dimensions. - Developed and implemented the estimation optimization process in approximately 12-15 % saving in production cost. - Supervising manufacturing, preparing the schedule, preparing RFQ, and coordinating services, supply, and manufacturing with team members to maintain smooth operation. - Utilized Solidworks knowledge in preparing 3D and 2D drawings with GD&T for high-pressure door fabrication.

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

- An experiment was designed using MINITAB to predict the number of the variables involved to obtain data within a 95% confidence level for each set of experiments. - Perforated plate burner with different porosity and hole arrangement prototype design and modeling using Solidworks and ANSYS design modeler and Spaceclaim with GD&T and liaison with fabrication team. - Performed 3D simulation with turbulence modeling using simulation software ANSYS FLUENT for non-reacting flow through the perforated plate of various porosity and hole arrangement for the different Reynolds number with hexahedral mesh using multizone approach using ANSYS Meshing, and model validated with the experiment result. - Data post-processing was carried out using ANSYS CFD-Post, MATLAB, and Origin statistical analysis software. - Graduate teaching and Lab assistant for the following courses - Fluid Mechanics II - Heating Ventilation and Air-conditioning - Design of Experiments in Manufacturing ( Industrial Engineering) - Vehicle Thermal Management (Automobile Engineering) - Heat Transfer - Applied Thermodynamics - Product manufacturing process and Business Integration.

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Sudbury

- The research focused on the computational study of periodic incompressible thermal flow using the Lattice Boltzmann Method.- Simulation performed for the D2Q9 (two-dimension and nine lattice velocities) structure with single relaxation Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BKG) model scripted in C/C++ and, post-processing and data analysis using MATLAB. - Autopilot pitch system design and control simulation using MATLAB Simulink for open loop, close loop responses, and closed-loop with Linear Quadratic Regulation (LQR) alone and with Precomponseter such that design has a steady-state error less than 2%.

Gujarat India

- Achieved 20% increased workflow with 30% space reduction based on plan workforce use, space requirements, and equipment layouts to optimize workflows while successfully leading a team of 14 technicians.- Operation and maintenance of laboratory-scale thermal power plant unit to demonstrate operating and process. - Design and prepare 3D models and 2D drawings of the prototypes using AutoCAD for engineering and diploma students’ workshop practical (machining, carpentry, plumbing, welding, and casting)- Estimating and preparing an annual budget for procurement, maintenance, and equipment. Lab technician and students scheduling for practical and other technical support to the concerned department for development of new facilities. - Preparing and maintaining logbooks, job scheduling details, ensuring workplace health and safety measures.

Vadodara Area, India

- Performed numerical simulations and validations for 2D and 3D geometries using ANSYS Fluent for internal and external aerodynamics, two-phase flow in a microchannel, and heat transfer in heat exchangers, and automobile fin cooling.- Prepared research project proposals for various agencies like GUJCOST, AICTE, DST, and CSIR. - Sessional Teaching (lectures, tutorials, and laboratories) Courses: - Thermodynamics, - Heat transfer, - Advanced Fluid Mechanics, - CFD Lab on Ansys Fluent, - Experimental Methods in Thermal fluid engineering, - Fluid flow modeling lab, - Wind-tunnel testing, and measurements.

Vasad, Dist. Anand, Gujarat 388306, India

- Performed numerical simulation and wind tunnel testing for the project on the aerodynamics of Eppler airfoil for Micro Arial Vehicles in collaboration with the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) Bangalore. - Set up laboratory-scale wind tunnel test facility with smoke flow visualization and tuft flow visualization techniques for wind tunnel experiments. - Engaged in sessional teaching as a lecturer for the undergraduate courses: - Aerodynamics, - Gas dynamics, - Flight Mechanics, and - Aerospace propulsion.

Department Of Aerospace Engineering

- Prepared experimental test rig and high-pressure chamber Design carried out for high-pressure piping for atomization test rig as per ASME B13.3 and high-pressure chamber designing as per ASME BPVC.VIII.1,2, and 3 for atomization experiment. - Prepared 2D fabrication drawing of internally mixed swirl atomizer, high-pressure chamber, and other components and liaised with machine shop technician for fabrication, welding, and assembling. - Hands-on Malvern Spray Tec analyzer for measuring droplet size (SMD) and its distribution. - Numerical modeling and simulation using commercial software Fluent and Gambit for internally mixed atomizer and air-water two-phase flow to observe the two-phase flow development and various regimes. - Assisted graduate student instrument calibration, experiment, and data collecting for swirl stabilized liquid-fueled combustion chamber for gas turbine combustor and other combustion and atomization related projects. - Handling all administrative activities including planning, scheduling, and procurements for funded projects.

Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Thesis: Flow Behavior of Thixotropic Gelled Propellant through Single Injector Element: - Worked on the rheological studies of Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine (UDMH) gel propellant prepared using high substitution Methyl Cellulose (HSMC) under varying pressure range of 1.38 MPa to 3.45MPa for atomizer design. - Designed and developed high pressure (1MPa to 5 MPa) pneumatic experiment facility for gelled propellant flow through injector element under varying shear conditions to study the rheology of thixotropic gel propellant. - Prepared detailed 2D CAD drawing and assembly using AutoCAD for each component of capillary flow meter and association with machine shop and technician for fabrication. - Trained to work under a high-pressure environment and handle hazardous and toxic chemicals (UDMH) as laboratory-safe operation protocol.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd - Incomplete, Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Thermal, Cfd

M. Eng With Dissertation, 8.23/10

Associate'S Degree In Engineering (Propulsion), Propulsion, First Class