Objective Seeking a challenging position in an enterprising and progressive organization which provides scope and opportunities to utilize my technical and communication skills to excel in my professional career.

Education

M.S. Mechanical Engineering
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering

Internships

Confidential, Murray Hill, NJ, USA May 09-Jan 10

• Research Intern in the NPPE division, Bell Labs on "Cooling System Design for Datacenters" and modular cooling tool development for power analysis and economic study. Worked on refrigerant based cooling system and analyzed for performance and exergy analysis.
• Developed "Alternative Power Analyzer" for power estimation and renewable energy system design for Off-grid/Grid-Tie Base Telecom Stations using sustainable energy systems (solar, wind, and fuel cells). Analyzed for model telecom stations of Verizon, AT & T and ALU.
• Research Intern in the Micro and Nano Systems research group of Bell Labs on thermal analysis of "Photon IC's" and "3D- Heat Sinks" using Fluent 6.3.26 and Icepak. Designed and developed test bed for analysis of temperature, flow rate and pressure profiles of opto-mechanical devices.

Confidential, Rochester, NY, USA Jun 08-Sep 08

• Research Intern in the OCTO Fluidics group, Kodak Research Labs on "Jetting phenomenon analysis in various printing inks" and on drop break up and viscosity analysis of Non-Newtonian fluids
• Customized viscosity models in Flow-3D using Fortran and Visual Studio and performed sensitivity analysis for the jet breakup, thermal effects on ink drop and presented a research poster at Kodak.

Confidential, Hyderabad, India May 06-Jul 06

• Engineering Intern in the Project engineering division and analyzed various turbo machinery performance characteristics.
• Design and analysis of boilers and heat exchangers using a Catia V5 scale down model used as a part of plant design and also as a test case for fouling analysis.

Confidential, Avadi, India May 05-Jul 05

• Engineer Intern in the Engine Research Division and designed cooling systems for Internal Combustion Engines and studied about the various armored fighting vehicles.
• Used Solid Works 2003 and AutoCAD 2004 to design and analyze the cooling systems.

Confidential, Proddatur, India May 04-Jul 04

• Engineering Intern in the Turbo Machinery Division on performance analysis of plant accessories and ancillaries.
• Used Solid Works 2003 and Pro/Engineer 2000i to design and analyze machinery used and prepare Bill of Materials for the same apart from thermal analysis and material testing.

Research Experience

Confidential, MIE Department,
Confidential, Amherst, MA Jan 08-Till date

• Research Assistant under Prof. Jon McGowan and Prof James Manwell on "Design and Analysis of Hybrid Power Systems" for remote locations for system efficiency and economic study. Load profile and power system analysis for remote localities to determine the load variations and power requirements.
• Turbine blade design and structural analysis for offshore as well as onshore structures. Site assessment and data processing for proposed site Russell via met tower data using DQMS and AQUA. Noise study on wind turbines and analyzed for harmonic as well as acoustic analysis using Ansys.

Projects

Mechanical Analysis of Confidential, Jan 09-May 09

• CFD analysis of Microjet Gas Turbine for flow and temperature characterization.
• Used experimental analysis results to determine temperature and velocity profiles for various turbine components using Mechanica, Fluent 6.3.26 and Ansys ED 10.

Cooling system design and analysis of electronic equipment Sep 08-May 09

• Chip design and cooling system design of electronics equipment and thermal packaging. The circuit and chip design was performed using CADENCE and tested for thermal variations across the circuit.
• Heat sink and board design and analysis using Flotherm and Icepak 4. System enclosure design and analysis to determine temperature profiles and account for effects of power.

Centre of gravity determination for flight operations Sep 07-Dec 07

• Determined the centre of gravity of helicopters for flight operations with varying payload.
• Used frequency domain vibration data and measurement point geometric locations to determine centre of gravity using Matlab.
• Discussed the impact of matrix conditioning, accelerometer placement and frequency selection.

Design, Fabrication and analysis of a Circulating Fluidized Bed Jan 07-May 07

• Designed and fabricated Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor and analyzed the thermal, vibration and material performance characteristics.
• Worked on the design of combustor using Solid Works 2005 and analysis using Ansys ED 10 and validated with that of the experimental results.

Performance analysis of a shell and tube heat exchanger Aug 06-Dec 06

• Performance analysis of shell and tube heat exchanger and analyzed the heat losses during the working.
• Performed experimentation at varying temperatures to analyze the performance.
• Used Ansys ED 10 and Pro/Engineer Wildfire to validate the results obtained from the actual performance analysis of heat exchanger.

Flow Analysis on a Centrifugal Pump Jan 05-Apr 05

• Design of a centrifugal pump and fan blade using Solid Works 2003 scaled to a working model.
• Used FLUENT 6.2 to perform flow analysis on the blade and pump for velocity as well as turbulence profiles.

Courses

Computer Skills

Programming Languages : C/C++, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Fortran, Matlab, LabView, DBMS
Operating Systems : Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista, Linux
Database : SQL SERVER
Packages :Microsoft office 2003, 2007

CAD/CAM Software : Ideas, Catia, Solid Works, Pro/Engineer Wildfire, Autodesk Inventor, Autocad, Ansys, Fluent, Flow-3D, Flotherm, Icepak, Mechanica

Awards University of Massachusetts Amherst Merit scholarship for the academic years 2007-08 & 2008-09
Merit Scholarship at college level for three consecutive years

Activities

• Member of ASHRAE, ASME and SAE
• Volunteer Team Leader for WINDPOWER 2009 & 2008, an AWEA conference held at Chicago, Illinois and Houston, Texas.