DEVIPRASAD C J

**** **** ******, *** **: ***, Detroit, MI-48201

acqy5d@r.postjobfree.com, 313-***-****

OBJECTIVE

To strive for the betterment of the organization and face new challenges in the working environment, constantly trigger new innovative ideas that help in strengthening my skills.

EDUCATION

Masters in Mechanical Engineering January 2014 – December 2015

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI CGPA: 3.5

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering August 2009 - May 2013

Anna University, India CGPA: 3.2

Relevant Courses: Crashworthiness and occupant protection, Manufacturing Process Techniques,

Non-Destructive Evaluation, Project Management, Lean, System Engineering,

Composites, Fracture Mechanics, Dynamics and Kinematics of Machinery,

Strength of Materials, Finite element Analysis, Design of Machine Elements,

Heat and mass transfer. Fluid mechanics.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

CAE Software’s: AutoCAD, CATIA, ARAMIS, Solidworks, HyperMesh, Ansys, Abaqus, LS-DYNA

Other software’s: Minitab, Matlab.

Programming Language: C and Python

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant – Thesis, Wayne State University, USA August 2014 – May 2015

Investigation of Structural and Mechanical properties of Polymer Nanocomposites

Design and development of Nanocomposite based smart artificial muscle technology Using AutoCAD & CATIA

CAE Internship, University of Paderborn, Germany June 2014 - August 2014

Performed various crash tests to study the crashworthiness of automotive parts of BMW

Learned different technologies used for the design of lightweight automotive accessories.

LS-DYNA stimulation of full body vehicle for various types of crash test to study deformation behavior of BMW vehicles

Composites Internship, Sri Venkateswara University, India June 2013 – November 2013

Mastered preparation of Nano particles and testing their mechanical properties

Gained good exposure on analysis of mechanical and thermal properties of Nano materials

Quality Internship, Port of Chennai, India April 2 - 19, 2013

Studied the terminal operations at the engineering department (Six-Sigma) at Port of Chennai

PROJECTS

Crashworthiness and occupant protection in Transportation system

Documented FE characteristics of a Ford Taurus vehicle model and GM PU truck model(frontal crash)

Calculated the capacity of the vehicle structure to absorb crash energy in frontal crashes and assessed vehicle crashworthiness by measuring vehicle decelerations and barrier force

Preformed FMVSS 216 standards Quasi Static roof test and Malibu-II drop test on full body vehicle in LS-DYNA (Rollover).

Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) methods and Industrial Application,

Analyzed the vibration motion of a system, computing all resonance frequencies and mode shapes

Recorded the magnitude of the relative amplitude of the system using MATLAB

Documentation of relationship between sizing and amplitude of vibration of an auxiliary systems along with attachment of absorber

Direct Study – Composites,

Gained Knowledge on the advantages of the metal coatings on CNTs to enhance the mechanical properties of composites

Documented challenges and opportunities in CNTs-Ti matrix composites

Manufacturing Processing Mechanics,

Calculated fatigue life cycle for the Flip-Chip package in the presence of void near solder balls using Abaqus (FEA)

Learnt application of Finite Element Analysis in Automobile industries

Ornithopter Fly Mechanism, Anna University, India

The project work is to study, design and fabrication of an Ornithopter of determined scale using CATIA and SOLIDWORKS and suggesting the scope of future work

Fracture Mechanics, Wayne State University

Case study - Studied extensively type 2 fracture which is the reason for the explosion of Challenger space shuttle and Columbia space shuttle

CERTIFICATIONS

Master Diploma in Product Design & Analysis

Six Sigma – Green Belt

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Industrial Training: Visited Ashok Leyland, Integral Coach Factory, Chennai and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Sriharikota, Nellore, India

Attended a National Laser Symposium and a Conference on Laser Glass Science & Technology, during my bachelors.

Student Representative of Rotaract Club, Chennai, India January 2011 - May 2013

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