Sushma Bala Madanu

aculrv@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sushmamadanu 515-***-**** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Work experience: More than three years of project work experience involving designing experiments, managing equipment procurements, performing shop floor operations to build experimental setups, logically conducting experiments, developing strategies for results’ analysis, presenting effective solutions

• Leadership experience: Executive member, event management and coordination, project leader

• Skills developed: Project management, critical thinking, problem solving, presentation, technical writing, professional and multi-cultural communication, decision-making, priority management, time management

• Software competencies: AutoCAD; CATIA; SolidWorks; MATLAB; ABAQUS; COMSOL Multiphysics; Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint; LaTeX

EDUCATION

Iowa State University, Ames, IA December 2015

Master of Science, Engineering Mechanics

CGPA: 3.63

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India May 2013 Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

CGPA: 3.53

WORK EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA January 2014 – December 2015

• Reviewed publications to design experiments that would result in easy operation as well as perform desired functions and to establish governing equation of novel vibrating flexible electrode problem to control flapping in Micro Air Vehicles

• Self-taught MATLAB to custom program algorithms to investigate experimental data and perform numerical simulations using specific iterative method efficiently to produce accurate results

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities by verifying governing equation’s feasibility, generating effective results analogous to experiments

• Planned weekly team meetings to present results for reviews and discuss further implementation Graduate Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA August 2015 – December 2015

• Enlightened 3 groups of 15 advanced engineering students to conduct experiments with curiosity in Fluid Mechanics lab which resulted in an overall average performance of 84%

• Improved professional and multi-cultural communication skills by interacting with students from different backgrounds and cultures

Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India June 2012 – March 2013

• Secured 99% results in the project and it has been recognized as the newest project, for our work in investigating experimentally a method to efficiently produce electricity by amplifying gravitational energy

• Enhanced management skills by scheduling meetings, initiating discussions and reporting status of the project to the project advisor for evaluation as well as how to proceed Swathi Hydraulic Engineers, Hyderabad, India January 2012 – April 2012

• Accomplished team leader role by taking initiative and organizing discussions to collaborate with the company to design a hydraulic power pack system for lifting heavy loads

• Applied theories studied in class for design and efficiency calculations of the system

• Learned to communicate with people in different levels, from CEO to the shop floor employee ACTIVITIES

• Lighthouse International Fellowship [2015 – present]: Executive member, event manager and coordinator

• Graduate Society of Women Engineers at Iowa State University [2014 – present]: Student member

• Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Organization [2014 – 2015]: Member

• Scholarly article: Electrostatic and aerodynamic forced vibrations of a thin flexible electrode: Quasi- periodic vs. chaotic oscillations (under review)

• Conference presentation: SIAM 2015 conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems

• International Friendship Fair: Volunteer, Spring 2014

Contact this candidate