Mechanical Engineering Engineer

Gulshan Singh, Ph.D.

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Phone: 937-***-****

San Antonio, TX-78230 E-mail:

abhltx@r.postjobfree.com

highlights

. 6+ years of experience in finite element analysis and in-depth

theoretical knowledge of FEA

. 3+ years of experience in fatigue and damage tolerance analysis of

aerospace structures

. 2.5 years of product development and project management exp. at Larsen &

Toubro Ltd.

. Proficient in programming: Fortran, C, C++, Python, Visual Basic, Matlab,

OpenMP, and MPI

. Received outstanding PhD student award 2009 in Engineering at Wright

State University, OH

. Leading the development of a 1 Million dollar fatigue software for

Federal Aviation Admin.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

August 09

M. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

India March 03

BE in Mechanical Engineering, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, India

August 01

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Finite element analysis

. Fatigue analysis

. Probabilistic damage tolerance anls.

. Programming & parallel computing

RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE

SEPTEMBER Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX

2009 - Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration

PRESENT Leading the development a 1 million dollar general aviation

probabilistic damage tolerance software for Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA)

Combined implicit and explicit solvers for nonlinear FE analysis

to optimize fatigue life turbine disk (ABAQUS and in-house code)

Employed high-performance computing to enhance FAA's SMART and

Southwest Research Institute's DARWIN structural integrity

software

SePTEMBER Graduate Research Assistant, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

2005 - Sponsor: AFRL, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

AUGUST Conducted simulation-based optimization to improve fatigue life

2009 of aircraft lug (ABAQUS, NASTRAN, and Fe-safe)

Developed and experimentally validated nonlinear FE analysis of a

residual stress generation process called laser peening (ABAQUS &

LS-DYNA)

Minimized the weight of a torpedo hull through simulation-based

design optimization (Genesis and NASTRAN)

mARCH 2003 Executive Design Engineer, Design Center, Larsen and Toubro Ltd,

- jULY Mumbai, India

2005 Conceptualize, design, draft drawings, experimental validation,

documentation, obtain client approval, fabrication, and

installation of cast tube supports (CTS) in high temperature

heaters

Performed modeling and simulation of CTS involving thermal and

mechanical loads (ANSYS)

Supervised draftsmen to prepare general arrangement and detail

drawings of refinery fired heaters and reformers

JULY 2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology,

- march Kanpur, India

2003 Sponsor: PCT Industries, Lucknow, India

Wrote a finite element code to find temperature distribution of a

bi-metallic plate by performing thermal analysis

Developed seven C codes for multimodal optimization that have

been referred by more than 35 researchers across the globe

May 2000 - Undergraduate Internships, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Kanpur,

july 2000 India

Programmed CNC machines to manufacture aircraft parts

COMPUTER SKILLS

. ABAQUS

. ANSYS

. Genesis

. Hypermesh

. I-DEAS

. LS-DYNA

. NASTRAN/PATRAN

. NASGRO/NASFLA

. DARWIN

. Fe-safe

. nCode

. Solidworks

. Solid Edge

. AutoCAD

. MATLAB

. C and C++

. Fortran

. Message Passing Interface

. Linux/UNIX

. Design Optimization Tool

. HEEDS

Honors and leadership positions

. First place Young Professional Chair Award in the USA from American

Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), USA

. Invited by prestigious Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for a seminar

on fatigue life improvement of aerospace components through residual

stress

. Invited to judge Engineering project by San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo

Science Fair 2011 to award five $10,000 scholarships to students

. Received outstanding PhD student award at Wright State University,

Dayton, OH

. Outstanding Paper Presentation award from ASME Dayton Engineering Science

Symposium 2007

. Finalist of Jefferson Goblet Student Paper Competition at 50th AIAA

Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Palm Spring,

CA, May 4-7, 2009

. Finalist of Student Poster Competition at 12th AIAA/ISSMO

Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, Canada,

September 10-12, 2008

. Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute Scholarship for three consecutive

years, 2006-08

. Member of Team Ohio to represent local industry for AIAA Congressional

Visit Day 2009 at Washington DC

. AIAA Young Professional Chair, Dayton-Cincinnati Section, 2008 - 09

. AIAA president, student chapter, Wright State University, Dayton, OH,

2007 - 08

. ASME vice-president, student chapter, Wright State University, Dayton,

OH, 2006 - 07

PUBLICATIONS

. 7 journal and 11 conference peer-reviewed papers in damage tolerance,

fatigue analysis, finite element analysis and optimization field; details

provided on request

REFERENCES

Provided on request.

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