Structures Engineering Intern
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Supervisor: Kaliya Balimuragan
Location: Middletown, CT
Timeline:
May 2022 - Aug. 2022
Industry: Aerospace & Defence
Division: 17K Structures
About Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney is an aircraft engine manufacturer for defence, commercial, and private industires. Each engineering division of Pratt is split up into the subsystem section of the internal cumbustion engine, then into the hot or cold systems, and finally into subcomponents of the subsystem. The company had around 40,000 people working globably when I worked there. During my time there, I learned how to run FEM tests through Ansys Classic on Airfoils, along with learned the shop floor and manufacturing process of many engines we see on flights today, and lastly I programmed helper macros for both Ansys and Excel to aid the structures team effectivenes.
Tasks/Projects
Read-Across
Read-Across
Scope: Develop a read across tool that structures engineers can use to have a quick reference to generic FEM Tests of different class engines.
Challenges:
Create a functioning and useful UI
Decoupling individual tests from Ansys
Items Learned:
Microsoft VBA for Excel and Word
Running Ansys FEM life cycle tests
Mentor Plaque
Mentor Plaque
Scope: Build a thank you for my mentor Vincent Ames-Cirino during my time at Pratt.
Challenges:
My supervisor changed divisions a month into my internship so I had to work with my coworkers to stay busy
I had to teach myself how to print with different color filaments on my Ender 3 printer
Items Learned:
Use a textbook to learn about different underlaying physics and functions at Pratt
Take advantage of company tours and events
Additional Information
I wanted to thank Dave Yutichak for getting my foot in the door, and Kaliya Balimuragan and Vincent Ames-Cirino for bringing me on the team for a summer and allowing me to work with the rest of the structures team.
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