N arayana Vijesh Ravindran

** ******* ****** • Buffalo, NY 14223 • Phone: 716-***-**** • acogg6@r.postjobfree.com

SUM MARY

• Experience in automotive components, sheet metal works, Plastic injection molding, and FMEA

t hrough the manufacturing industry and at public sectors in India.

• Certified Engineer in T raining and (E I T) and certification in CAD software

( Pro/ENGI NEER, SolidWorks) a long with 4+ years of project and industry experience of ANSA,

F luent.

• Experience in design of heat exchangers, HVAC and analysis of Suspension, chassis,

f ixtures, and piping.

• Analytical and problem solving skills in Thermal and Fluid sciences using MATLAB and FE

method and strong understanding of Manufacturing Technology.

E D UCAT ION

Feb 2015

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

The State University of New York at Buffalo, NY

• GPA: 3.09

Jun 2012

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical

E ngineering

Anna University, India

• GPA: 8.49/10

Relevant Coursework : Design of Machine Element • Design of Jigs and Fixtures • Dynamics of Machinery

• F ini te Element Structural Analysis • Fluid Mechanics • Computational Fluid Dynamics • Heat

T ransfer • Advanced Material Sciences • Supply Chain Management.

Software: P ro/E, SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, CATIA5, UG, Fluent, REVIT, AutoCAD, ABAQUS, MS Office,

C/C++, MATLAB

Certification: Certified SolidWorks Associate SolidWorks, Certification of Completion –

P ro/ENG INEER Certified Engineer in T raining (E.I.T)

Tools/Techniques: H VAC, GD&T, FMEA, Product design, Optimization, Injection molding, sheet metal,

Lean, CNC, APQP.

E XPER I ENCE

Jul 2012-Jun 2013

Junior Quality Engineer

Leo Pressings and Engineers, Chennai, India

• Inspected the automotive press component as a line inspector and wrote observation report.

• Developed, diagnosed, and implemented quality programs, including t racking, analyzing, reporting

and problem-solving using recognized tools such as PPAP and followed ISO control plan and SOP-

Standard Operating Procedure

• Achieved an increase in production rate (6.48%) by diagnosing and rectifying defect component by

metrology and statistical methods (SPC) collaborating with the Quality Management team.

• Involved in fabrication, operation, installations, maintenance, and t roubleshooting of equipment.

• Helped in prescribing GD&T to the design engineers and aided them in the design using Pro/E

Advanced Product Quality Planning: Leo Pressings and Engineers

• Deployed APQP workflow technique for the product development according to the client

requirement.

• Reviewed the critical characteristics with the customers and replied the information to the

suppliers.

• Inspected at the suppliers to double check the inspection method and measurements.

• Reviewed and updated timeline submission weekly.

May 2011-Jun 2011

S tudent I ntern

Integral Coach Factory (ICF), India

• Obtained practical and hands-on t raining in various large and heavy machinery.

• Inferred the importance of standard measurements like ASME.

Dec 2010-Jan 2011

Student I ntern

Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC), India

• Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team of thermal engineers, design engineers, and electrical

engineers and proposed a report on the optimization of boiler feed.

P UBL ICAT IONS

Conference publication

• Narayana Vijesh Ravindran, ArulmozhiVarman Seetharaman. “Waste Heat Recovery from

Porous LPG Gas Burners used for Cooking” . American Society of Mechanical Engineers

I MECE 2014, Montreal, Canada, 2014.

o Lead the project as Lead Author and presented the paper at the Conference.

Selected papers for the conference

• Narayana Vijesh Ravindran, Ragaventhra Prasad, Deepan Murali . “CFD Analysis of Flash

D uct D ryer”. ASME Power and Energy conference, June 2015.

• Narayana Vijesh Ravindran, Kaviyarasan, Gowtham Rajendran. “Study on Thermal

E fficiency Enhancement in Solar Tunnel D ryer” . ASME Power and Energy Conference, June

2015.

o Lead author of both the papers.

P ROJECT EXPER I E NCES

Numerical Solution for Laminar flow backward step using 2D incompressible Non-Linear

N avier-Stokes equation with residual smoothing

Spring 2014

• Programmed a CFD MATLAB numerical function to solve the incompressible Navier-Stokes

Equation.

• Generated the simulation output of the vortices in the model with prescribed boundary conditions.

Design and Fabrication of Vehicle Running by CVT system using Reeves D rive

Summer 2012

• Designed and fabricated an industrial vehicle in which gear t ransmission system was replaced

w ith continuously variable t ransmission (CVT) system which runs on the concept of reeves drive

• Fabricated a CVT system using Reeves Drive which eliminates clutch and gear box assembly from

t he t ransmission system, making t ransmit ting mechanism simple and reduce loss.

H VAC review of building and comparison with ASHRAE standards

Spring 2012

• Reviewed building’s compliance with the systems and equipment requirements in section 5 of the

s tandard and calculated ventilation procedure to compare with ASHRAE standard 62.1.

• Reported the corrections to improve the efficiency of the overall system.

Finite Element Method Analysis of Pressure Vessel and piping Design

Winter 2011

• Designed a Solid Pressure Vessel and checked parameters according to ASME Sec VI I I Division I

specification

• Calculated the various theoretical limits of the single and multi-layer pressure vessel.

• Optimized dimension and analyzed (Von mises analysis) using ANSYS to compare with the

t heoretical result.

D esign and Analysis of Static and Dynamic Vibrations of Sugarcane I nfielder suspension and

C hassis Summer 2011

• Designed new sugarcane infielder suspension and chassis using Pro/E based on dimension

specification given by Sakthi Sugars L imited.

• Tested with 7 tons of load in ABAQUS and the newly designed suspension takes away all the

v ibrations and dynamic load preventing the damage caused by absorbing load.

H O NORS /LEADERSH I P

• Congress Correspondent, ASME Conference, Montreal, Canada Nov 2014-Present

• Jul 2011-Jun 2012

Secretary, MECHAN ICA (College Chapter)

• Jul 2010-Jun 2011

Vice-President, MECHAN ICA (College Chapter)

• 2 Years in National Cadet Corp (NCC), I ndian Mil itary Cadet Corps Jun 2003-May 2005

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