RESUME
RESUME
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO.
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO.
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, S.V. University, Tirupati, India.
Positions
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., Univ. of Minn. Duluth 2015 - Present
Senior Design Engineer & Analyst, Pacific Engineering Inc., NE 2011 - 2014
Graduate Research Assistant, Univ. of MO - Rolla, MO 2005 - 2011
Industry Experience
Design and Development of Ready Stow Group and Composite Canisters for Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System for U.S. Navy
Development of Lightweight Composite Modular Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) Cargo Trailers for U.S.Marine Corps
Design Tool for Implosion Assessment of FRP Composite Pressure Vessels
Publications
Menta, V.G.K., Tahir, I., and Abutuniz, A. G., Evaluation of Biodegradable Blends of HDPE and Tobacco Lignin. Energies, 2022 (Under review)
Menta, V.G.K, Abutunis, A. & Chandrashekhara, K. Manufacturing and Evaluation of High Quality Composites using Out-of-Autoclave Prepregs. Aca. J. Poly. Sci., 2021.
Enemuoh, E., Duginski, S., Feyen, C., & Menta, V. G. K. Effect of Process Parameters on Energy Consumption, Physical, and Mechanical Properties of Fused Deposition Modeling. Polymers, 13(15), 2406., 2021
Lii, R. S., Abutunis, A., Menta, V. G. K., Zurales, T., Dowling, D., & Imtiaz, N. Evolution of Smart Pillbox: History and Reasons for a Need to Design a Smart Pillbox. International Research Journal of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2021
Abutunis, A. & Menta, V.G.K., Comprehensive parametric study of blockage effect on the performance of horizontal axis hydrokinetic turbines, Energies, 2021.
Fal, M., Husein, R., Chandrashekhara, K., Abutunis, A., & Menta, V. G.K.. Experimental and numerical failure analysis of horizontal axis water turbine carbon fiber-reinforced composite blade. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 13(1), 014501-14, 2021.
Tahir, I., Rapinac, J., Abutunis, A., & Menta, V.G.K., Investigating the Effects of Tobacco Lignin on Polypropylene. Polymers, 2021
Enemuoh, E., Menta, V., Abutunis, A., O'Brien, S., Kaya, L., & Rapinac, J. Energy and Eco-Impact Evaluation of Fused Deposition Modeling and Injection Molding of Polylactic Acid. Sustainability., 2020.
Tahir, I., Rapinac, J., Abutunis, A. G., & Menta, V. Development of a Low-Cost Silicone Mold Tool for Injection Molding Plastic Parts. Duluth:. (7th Annual Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX 2020), Florida, United States.), 2020.
V.G.K. Menta, R.R. Vuppalapati and K. Chandrashekhara, “Manufacturing of Transparent Composites Using Vacuum Infusion Process,” Journal of Polymer and Polymer Composites, 2013.
R.R. Vuppalapati, V.G.K. Menta, T. Schuman and K. Chandrashekhara, “Manufacturing and Impact Characterization of Soy-based Polyurethane Pultruded Composites,” Polymer Composites, DOI: 10.1002/pc.22754, 2013.
V.G.K. Menta, R.R. Vuppalapati and K. Chandrashekhara, “Elevated-Temperature Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Process for High Performance Aerospace Composites,” Polymer International, Vol. 62, No. 10, pp. 1465 – 1476, 2013.
V.G.K. Menta, R.R. Vuppalapati and K. Chandrashekhara, “Manufacturing and Mechanical Performance Evaluation of Resin Infused Honeycomb Composites,” Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 31, pp. 415 – 423, 2012.
J. Nicholas, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara, J. Watts, B. Lai, G. Hilmas and W. Fahrenholtz, “Polyureasilazane Based SiC/ZrB2 –SiC Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites,” ICACC, February 2012.
S. Nagarajan, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara, T. R. Berkel, J.Sha, P. Wu, and D. Pfitzinger, “Out-of-Autoclave Sandwich Processing Study,” SAMPE Journal, Vol. 48, No.4, July/August 2012.
J. Nicholas, V.G.K.Menta, K. Chandrashekhara, J. Watts, B. Lai, G. Hilmas and W. Fahrenholtz, “Processing of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites for Ultra High Temperature Applications using Polymer Precursors,” Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 21-24, 2012.
R.R. Vuppalapati, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara, and T. Schuman, “Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Soy-Based Aliphatic Polyurethane Nanocomposites for Pultrusion”, Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, SAMPE 2011, Long Beach, CA, May 23 -26, 2011.
V.G.K. Menta, R.R. Vuppalapati, K. Chandrashekhara, D. Pfitzinger, and N. Phan, “Evaluation of Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structures Manufactured Using VARTM Process”, Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, SAMPE 2010, Seattle, WA, May 17 -20, 2010.
V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara and T. Schuman, “Manufacturing of Transparent Composites using Vacuum Infusion Process,” Proceedings of 4th Annual ISC Research Symposium, Rolla, MO, April 21, 2010.
J. Hu, S. Sundararaman, V.G.K Menta and K. Chandrashekhara, “Failure Pressure Prediction of Composite Cylinders for Hydrogen Storage using Thermomechanical Analysis and Neural Network’, Advanced Composite Materials, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp.233 – 249, 2009.
V.G.K. Menta, R.R. Vuppalapati, K. Chandrashekhara, Gary G. Bond, and N. Phan, “Low Velocity Impact of Composites Manufactured using Out-of-Autoclave Process”, Proc. of SAMPE Conf., MD, 2009.
V.G.K. Menta, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara, N. Phan and T.T. Nguyen, “Hybrid Composites Using Out-Of-Autoclave Process for Aerospace Sub-Structures” Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, SAMPE 2008, Long Beach, CA, May 18-22, 2008.
J. Chen, J. Hu, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara and W. Chernicoff, “Neural Network Based Failure Prediction Model for Composite Hydrogen Storage Cylinders,” Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE) Conference, pp. 1-6, St. Louis, MO, November 11-14, 2007.
A. Shabeer, S. Sundararaman, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara and T. Schuman “Manufacturing and Performance Evaluation of Soy-based Nanocomposites,” Proc. of ACMA Conf., pp.1-10, MO, Oct. 2006.