Profile

Product Specialist nanoFluidX, Altair Engineering India Pvt Ltd., Chennai. (Nov 2022 – Present)

• Multiple responsibilities from software design, testing, benchmarking and support activities for meshless CFD software, nanoFluidX.

• Acting as a bridge between the nanoFluidX (solver) team and SimLab (pre/post) team.

• Performed CFD benchmarks, validation and verification using nanoFluidX.

• Worked on an Aircraft Wading simulation for customer proof of concept.

• Worked on e-motor cooling project - Extracted heat transfer coefficients from nanoFluidX and provided input data to the AcuSolve team for thermal analysis.

• Worked on Fluid Structures Interaction benchmarks using nanoFluidX and OptiStruct (Structural Solver). 

• Working closely with developers and sales team to define a roadmap for feature and software development.

• Involved in the design of Graphical User Interface to facilitate the pre-processing, solution setup and post-processing.

• Created tutorial, training materials and delivered hands-on training sessions on the Drivetrain Oiling, Vehicle Wading, Water Management and Tank Sloshing solutions.

• Worked on customer models and provided second level support to internal users of nanoFluidX.

• Testing of solver and tool features supported in every software development cycle before release.

  • Carry out thorough internal testing of the support features.

  • Creation of regression test scripts to identify regressions in the future.

  • Create JIRA tickets for identified and reported issues and help in resolving them.

  • Act as a point of contact for technical details and consultation.

Ph.D., Computational Flow Turbulence and Combustion Lab, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India.                                                                                  (Jan 2017 – Nov 2022)

• Studied the effect of roughness in turbulent plane-Couette flow using DNS.

• Performed HPC simulations with ~75 million grid points.

• Automated scripts to extract results using Shell scripting.

• Analysis of results using MATLAB and ParaView.

• Published articles in reputed international journals and conferences.

In-plant training, Aero Engine Research and Design Center, HAL, Bengaluru. (Aug 2015 – Nov 2015)

• Analysed thermal properties of a gas turbine combustor liner with Thermal Barrier Coatings.

• Visited all departments in the Aero Engine Division to understand engine design, manufacturing, assembly, and testing processes.

• Ph. D. in Applied Mechanics specialization in Fluid Mechanics from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (Jan'2017 - present).

    Thesis title: Turbulent plane Couette flow with surface roughness: DNS study using an in-house code

    Advisor: Dr. Vagesh D. Narasimhamurthy

• M. Tech. in Thermal Power Engineering with Distinction from Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India (July'2014 - Nov'2016).

Thesis title: Thermal design, analysis and optimization of liquid cooled heat sink using CFD

    Advisor: Prof. Sekhar Majumdar

• B. E. in Mechanical Engineering with Distinction from Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, India (June'2010 - June'2014).

• Awarded as a Best Young Researcher from SADHANA-Indian Academy of Sciences at the 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, 2019.

• Received achievement bonus from Karnataka government for studying at IIT Madras, 2018.

• Academic excellence certificate for securing highest marks in I and II semesters in M. Tech. program from NMIT, Bengaluru, 2014-15.

• Department Legislator (Research) in the Dept. of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras (2018-2019).

• Teaching Assistant at IIT Madras.

  1. Engineering Mechanics (Feb 2021 – April 2021)

  2. Turbulence Modeling (Jan 2018 – May 2018)

  3. Advanced Fluid Mechanics (July 2017 – Nov 2017)