Master of Science in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

2019 - 2022

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Bachelor of of Science in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

2014 - 2018

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

Weight reduction and Shape Optimization for a helicopter wing

Jan 2021 - May 2021

Course Project - Structural Optimization

• Optimized shape of helicopter wing by reducing structural weight by 98% by developing complex testing procedures
• Delivered live presentation explaining numerical analysis and finding critical design variables process that impact weight
• Attained reduction in computational cost by 91% by implementing multiple strategies to speed up optimization process

Mercedes Benz Greener Manufacturing: optimization testing time

Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

Course Project - Data Analatyics

• Developed 4 different regression analysis in MATLAB scripts along with data pre and post processing programming
• Performed statistical analysis on 5000 data points with 400 encoded features labels by multiple machine learning model
• Documented technical report and showed 100% accurate results along with 93% reduced run time using own ML code

Failure analysis of composite polymers – (Experimental, Computational)

Jan 2020 - May 2020

Course Project - Elastic Stability

• Collaborated in interdisciplinary team to obtain effective material properties using Finite Element Analysis in CAE tools
• Conducted laboratory tests to validate computational, analytical results and published paper with less than 2% error
• Implemented DIC technique to capture failure stress by developing 18 3D printed samples using rapid prototyping lab

Body Structure Sub-Division Team Leader

Jan 2021 - May 2021

International Competition - New Mexico, USA

• Headed structures team of 8 to model, fabricate a scaled rocket with carbon fiber and launch in Spaceport America, US
• Acquired a sponsorship of $2000 and collaboration with 5 vendorsfor providing material & hardware for body assembly
• Coached 12 junior students with CAD tool, SolidWorks and helped the team as technical mentor for 2018 competition
• Implemented rapid prototyping manufacturing technique to optimize the rocket body designs and testing in wind tunnel

Weight reduction and Shape Optimization for a helicopter wing

Jan 2021 - May 2021

International AIRBUS Competition - Stockholm, Sweden

• Led a team of 5 people to build automatic drilling machine with most economic and efficient machine design in 4 months
• nvented several mechanical systems and numerical control algorithms (CNC) to control electrical hardware (Drilling)
• Build relationship with suppliersto reduce cost on hardware & gained hands-on experience with lathe/drilling machine

Weight reduction and Shape Optimization for a helicopter wing

Jan 2021 - May 2021

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

• Optimized shape of helicopter wing by reducing structural weight by 98% by developing complex testing procedures
• Delivered live presentation explaining numerical analysis and finding critical design variables process that impact weight
• Attained reduction in computational cost by 91% by implementing multiple strategies to speed up optimization process

Graduate Researcher

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

Virginia Tech, VA

Mode Shape Characterization for Tire Research - Center for Tire Research (CenTiRe)
• Awarded with Best Overall Project Presentation Award in board evaluation meeting from university and industry judges
• Achieved 100% accuracy in extracting displacement results from Abaqus by writing pre/post processing scripts in Python
• Managed Project to develop robust plans and expand scope of work in advanced noise frequency range: 500 - 1500Hz
• Amended tire fem model with hyperelastic material properties, bar and acoustic mesh elements to improve accuracy
Rapid Error Prediction in Finite Element Analysis using data-driven methods
• Accelerated structural analysis of 8000 unique load test cases using Python scripting and reduced run time by 40 mins
• Pioneered surrogate model to predict errors in FEA solution and recommends best mesh practices with 98% accuracy
• Honed technical writing and presentation skills by assisting professor with writing NSF proposals and research articles
• Boosted neural network training time of TensorFlow model by 26 hours by implementing GPU parallel computing (HPC)

Mechanical Design Engineer

Dec 2017 - Jan 2019

Aerosphere Pvt. Ltd, Chandigarh, India

CAE Simulation - Finite Element Analysis
• Execute structural and fluid flow analysis using Ansys Mechanical, Fluent, LS Dyna on automotive and aerospace designs
• Supervised steam turbine blade project from design to end simulation results including documentation and validation
• Applied First Principles of Structural Engineering and FEM to validate both hand calculated and computational results
Design Engineer – 2D/ 3D CAD Modeling and Assembly
• Rendered complex CAD designing using SolidWorks and CATIA v5 with material properties to finalize for manufacturing
• Created advanced master assembly, component designs, engineering drawings using global standards of ASME Y14.5

Mechanical Engineering Intern

May 2015 - Jul 2015

National Ball Bearing Company, India

• Documented technical report of entire process of ball bearing manufacturing from Material to Heat Treatment till Supply
• Involved scrupulous study of Hydraulic & Pneumatic circuits for cutting, lubrication & grinding in product manufacturing

Development of Mode Shape characterization tool using Abaqus

On-Going

Journal

Link:

Accelerating stress analysis by selective mesh optimization in Finite Element Analysis

Review

Journal

Link:

Surrogate Model to Predict FEA errors using Data-Driven Methods

Jan 2022

Conference - AIAA SCITECH FORUM

Link: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2022-0972