Industrial Experience

Mercedes Benz 

(June 2015 - Present)

Designation : Senior Engineer , EE Department

Responsibilities:

• New configuration development and comparison simulations for vehicle

• Tool development and maintenance for full vehicle simulations, to provide faster computation and realistic full vehicle simulations

• Responsible for full vehicle simulation of hybrid and electrical vehicles on Matlab and Simulink based software environment.

• Development of the various modules and updating the software environment to enhance the functionality of the tool.

• Merging other modules like charging systems and other similar tool like CarSim to widen the use of the tool.

• Planning of projects and delivery of reports

Projects:

• Battery modelling to understand the effects of parameters and model aging effect.

• Thermal management system integration which includes coolant circuit and the components with logic.

• Cabin cooling model development and validation for simulations

• EMI/EMC of components(Study)

• Charging time optimization

• Including charging components in the vehicle models and modifying the drive cycles.

• Including longitudinal dynamics of the vehicle in the tool

• Debugging the code to remove any anomaly in the results

• Creating generic scripts to automate various processes

• Optimization using GA, to validate the parameters and to find the configurations for given result data

Hero Moto Corp Ltd. : India's largest 2 wheeler manufacturer.                                                                                                                                                                                                   (November 2013- May 2015)

Designation: Deputy Manager, R&D, Engine Design Group

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for various types of structural linear and non-linear analyses of engine and frame components which includes Connecting rod analysis, Crankshaft analysis, Engine block analysis and Crankcase analysis, Bore distortion analysis, Fatigue analysis, Contact analysis

• Optimization of various engine components using OptiStruct or by codes written in Matlab.

• Responsible for development of standard of procedure for various components

• New product development, data generation and methodology development for various automotive parts

Projects:

• MATLAB and Python code development for data analysis and post processing of analysis results.

• Methodology to design engine mounts to optimize engine vibrations, in order to determine the location of the engine mounting locations and the mounting stiffness.

• Front cover design for minimal drag under the design constraints using GA and ANN

• Design of engine mounts to optimize engine vibrations

• Optimization of frame bending stiffness

• Tire modelling (Tire road interaction and Tire water interaction)

• Scripting for ABAQUS and Hypermesh using Python and Tcl/Tk

TVS Motor Company : a part of TVS Group, 5th largest manufacturer of motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and auto rickshaws in India.                                                                    (Nov'  2011- Oct' 2013)

Designation: Member, R&D, Design and Analysis Group

Responsibilities:

• Structural analysis, Modal analysis, Harmonic analysis, Fatigue analysis, Contact analysis and Non-linear analysis (mainly including material non-linearity) in ANSYS.

• Analysis of various automotive parts, mainly including plastic parts and all kinds of wheels.

• Design and topology optimization in Optistruct and ANSYS.

• Simulating the standard laboratory tests to set up a correlation between experimental data and computational data.

• Resolving warranty issues and customer complaints.

Notable Projects :

• Design of Magnesium Alloy Wheel.

•  Mathematical modelling of piston rings conformability and piston motion.

• Energy recovery for hybrid vehicle : There is a need of energy recovery in hybrid vehicles. A particular design of energy recovery system was presented and patented. The shock-absorbers which are supposed to absorb the impact from the road, are utilized for energy recovery, further making the system a semi-active suspension system.

• Macros for ANSYS and HyperMesh : The pre-processing and post processing of any analysis requires a lot of time. This process was automated by writing macros in HyperMesh using the language TCL/Tk. Further the analysis in ANSYS was automated by writing the macros in APDL. The outcome was the reduction in overall analysis time by 50-60 %

Cyborg Creation  : a start-up company which deals with creating awareness and imparting technical skills among the college students in India. The idea is to give them an opportunity to learn the technical skills which will be helpful in the future.

Duration: Aug’ 10-till date

Designation: Director(technical)

Responsibilities

• Conducting workshops and seminars in various colleges for MATLAB, Embedded systems, Robotics and VLSI.