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PATEL

Phone:

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Location:

Philadelphia,

PA EDUCATION

Illinois

Institute

of

Technology,

Chicago,

IL M.S

and

B.S

Electrical

Engineering,

Jan.

2004

–

Dec.

2010 Specialization

in

signal

communications

and

signal

processing PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

General

Motors

-

Warren

Technical

Center,

Warren,

MI Computer

Aided

Engineer

(CAE),

Jan.

2011

–

Sept.

2014 Simulated

rechargeable

battery

safety

scenarios

using

Matlab

and

Synopsys

Saber

tools

to

reduce

cost

and

physical tests

as

well

as

optimize

system

level

performance.

Analyzed

statistical

data

from

control

tests

to

create

physics based

models.

Verified

and

validated

such

models

using

on- road

experiments.

Standardized

and

optimized

designs using

Monte

Carlo,

Pareto

and

worst

case

analysis.

• High

voltage

ripple

study

for

rechargeable

battery

model:

Led

a

study

to

understand

system

level

ripple effects

on

rechargeable

batteries,

enabling

cost

reduction

by

minimizing

test

time

and

charging.

• System

level

electrical

model:

Led

a

project

to

identify

voltage

imbalances

due

to

transient

noise

from inverters

and

electric

motors.

Also,

verified

the

accuracy

of

sensing

electronics

during

different

states

such

as vehicle

turn- on/off,

bus

loss

of

isolation,

and

AC

charging.

• Multiphysics

CAD

models:

Developed

electrothermal

and

structural

models

of

high

voltage

fuses

and

cell- to- cell

connectors

for

robust

synthesis

and

optimization.

Used

these

models

to

conduct

a

DFSS

study

on

battery connectors

that

achieved

mass,

cost,

and

temperature

reductions

and

power

efficiency.

Led

a

DFSS

fuse durability

performance

study

to

optimize

size

of

fuses,

harnesses,

and

connectors. Illinois

Institute

of

Technology,

Chicago,

IL Engineering

Design

Specialist,

Feb.

07

–

Feb.

08 Entrepreneurial

and

design

support

for

undergraduate

programs

of

40

multidisciplinary

team

projects.

Provided feedback

on

project

plans

and

final

reports.

Longterm

team

involvement:

• A.

Finkl

&

Sons:

Used

vibrational

signal

detection,

estimation,

noise

cancellation

and

digital

signal

processing techniques

to

detect

broken

teeth

inserts

on

steel

smoothing

milling

machines.

• Non- invasive

glucose

monitor

and

insulin

administrator

design:

Developed

conceptual

designs

consisting

of transducers,

vacuum,

and

impedance

spectrometry.

• Devices

to

assist

the

visually

impaired

with

swimming:

Designed

and

prototyped

devices

that

utilize

wireless communication

technology

and

feedback. Illinois

Institute

of

Technology,

Chicago,

IL Interprofessional

Projects

Program

(IPRO)

Operations

Assistant

(part- time),

Feb.

09

–

Dec.

10 Expanded

recruiting

network

and

company

sponsored

team

based

projects. INVENTIONS

&

AWARDS

General

Motors

-

Warren

Technical

Center,

Warren,

MI,

2012

–

2013 Patent,

pending

–

related

to

high

voltage

main

fuse

for

electrical

vehicles. Tool/Method/Secret

• Multi- physics

(electrical,

mechanical,

structural

and

electromagnetic)

simulation

methods

for

robust

and optimized

sizing

of

bus

bars

used

in

rechargeable

batteries

for

automotive

applications.

• Electrothermal

physics

based

model

for

high

voltage

fuses

used

to

analyze

automotive

fuse

durability. TeamGM

award

• Received

for

“Exemplary

commitment

towards

the

betterment

of

the

Global

CAE

community

through volunteer

service.”

Created

the

first

Stochastics

Working

Group

Challenge

Problem,

which

introduced

the method

of

Uncertainty

Quantification.

This

was

presented

at

the

2013

NAFEMS

World

Congress. DFSS

Green

Belt

Illinois

Institute

of

Technology,

Chicago,

IL

–

2007

• First

place

for

design

and

prototyping

of

devices

to

assist

the

visually

impaired

with

swimming.

• Second

place

for

design

of

continuous

non- invasive

glucose

monitoring

and

insulin

delivery

systems. Georgia

Institute

of

Technology,

Atlanta,

GA

-

Idea- to- Product

Social

Entrepreneurship

Competition

–

2008

• Second

Place

for

devices

to

assist

the

visually

impaired

with

swimming.

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