SUMMARY

• +10 years in stress analysis, fracture mechanics and manufacturing engineering & Mechanical design
• Effectively supervised a group of 3 - 5 people
• Expertise in numerical analysis, stress analysis, NDT/NDE testing and finite element analysis in automotive (metallic primary structure) and power plant industries
• Highly experienced with mesh generation, Hypermesh, developed macros, subroutines (Abaqus) and improved product and processes.
• Travelled globally with multi-cultural orientation. Strong business sense.
• Led small commercial and research projects overseeing other less experience engineers
• Liaised with clients in technical discussions, project status and gateways reviews
• Developed, managed and validated predictive models to support system definitions and design decisions from concept phase to start of production
• Developed optimization algorithms for electrified powertrain controls using vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communication
• Analyzed real-world driving usage and test data, performed statistics and developed simplified models to understand performance of new technologies in the field
• Participated in data collection initiatives to define requirements and support pilot test data analysis
• Supported report-out and presentations to senior management
• Built full vehicle FE models and perform optimization of revolutionary vehicle architectures in collaboration with a small team of multi-disciplinary CAE engineers
• Performed structural topology, shape, and size optimization of vehicle structures using OptiStruct to achieve world-class vehicle durability, NVH, and crash attribute targets
• Performed full vehicle Multi-Disciplinary Optimization experience using model FRONTIER / iSight / HyperStudy to reduce the weight and/or improve the structural integrity of structural components
• Supported world-class engineering teams with design direction based on optimization analysis
• Performed analysis for feasibility for manufacturing, assembly and service processes
• Provided input in the creation of component specification, component DFMEA, and other technical designed documents where analysis plays a pivotal role.
• Provided alternate solutions to reduce vehicle weight
• Provided inputs in benchmarking and Target setting
• Worked with vendors for testing and validation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Tucson, AZ

Graduate Research Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Used knowledge of physics to build deep understanding of the material behavior by development of a numerical computer code using a nonlocal continuum mechanics peridynamic theory, that modeled the complex branching phenomena in a thin plate
• Used expertise in numerical simulation and programming to prepare modeling tools and user interfaces to use as development tools for improving product and processes by introducing a novel simulation tool for elastic wave propagation modeling called “peri-ultrasound tool” for structural health monitoring (SHM)
• Used existing tools and developed new analytical and numerical models to resolve challenging problems (e.g. nonlinear ultrasonics and detection of micro-crack at the very early stage of damage)
• Correlated simulation with experimental results
• Supported development and validation testing (e.g. conducted a series of notched composite tests in a summer job in University of South Carolina)
• Partnered closely with other simulation groups
• Communicated results both orally and in written form in clear precise English (more than 20 presentations)
• Documented all findings in reports and journal papers (4 top-quality journal papers)

Confidential

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of creep and fatigue of high temperature welded material, using Abaqus
• UMAT implemented in Abaqus using Fortran user subroutine
• Analyzed thermo-mechanical fatigue behavior of welded components by performing preliminary and detailed stress analysis using classical hand analysis and FEA. Result: Finding the crack location, Predicted fatigue-damage and stress-strain behavior of P91 at high temperature
• Responsible for collaborating directly with Irish and global teams to brief them about our design, root cause analysis and cost-benefit evaluation for development of the design process.

Confidential

Graduate Research Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Performed static, fatigue, and durability and damage tolerance analysis of metallic structures (e.g. S304, S304 L)
• Performed structural integrity evaluations on metallic and composite materials
• Planned, developed, and implemented life prediction technologies (e.g. fatigue, damage, creep life prediction methodologies).
• Conducted laboratory tests for material property and strength (e.g. fatigue test machines)

Confidential

CAE/ Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked for designing manufacturing aides and tooling
• Worked daily in CAD/Drafting software (e.g. Jig & Fixture drawings)
• Actively performed FEA analysis with Ansys (different Automobile components)
• Received and resolved internal or customer reported issues. Decided and scheduled testing environments to reproduce the issue. Identified the root cause, purpose algorithm and/or calibration fixes, validated and documented the resolution.