Power Plant Mechanical Engineering

Ms. Monika Chauhan

*** * *** **.***-***, UTA, Arlington, Texas- 76010, USA ■ Phone: 443-***-**** ■ E-mail: ***************@*****.***

Objective

Looking for job opportunities in a professional and challenging environment that offers opportunities for career growth and

broadening of technical skills.

Work Experience

Engineering Intern, America Meteodyn Inc., Wind Resource Assessment, Philadelphia, USA June 2010 – Aug 2010

Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, USA Aug 2009 – Dec 2010

Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Krishna Engineering College, India Jun 2008 - Jul 2009

Academic Qualification

Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering – GPA: 3.7/4.0 Aug 2009 - Dec 2011

University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering- First class distinction Aug 2004 - Jul 2008

UPTU, Lucknow, India

Technical Skills and Relevant Coursework

Techniques: Computational fluid dynamics, Scientific/Numerical programming, Statistical analysis, Scientific Visualization

Programming Languages: MATLAB, FORTRAN 90/95, C (basic), C++;

Applications: MS-Office Suite, HTML

Operating system: Windows 98/2000/XP, UNIX, Mac OS

Engineering Design Software’s: AUTOCAD, CATIA V5

Wind resources assessment software’s: OpenWind, WAsP, Meteodyn WT and Meteodyn UrbaWind, Windographer,

Google Mapper, Google Sketcher

Certification: 2 years certified CATIA V5 Engineering Design course from Product Lifecycle Management Competency

Centre (PLMCC), India (undertaken by Dassaults Systems - France and French Ministry of Education)

Coursework: Computational Aero-dynamics (CFD), Wind/Wave/Current Energy harvesting systems, Fluid Mechanics,

Gas dynamics, Combustion, Thermal Conduction, Finite Element Methods, Analytical Methods of Engineering,

Engineering Analysis, Machine design, Mechanics and Dynamics of machines, Strength of materials and other

related courses

Projects/Trainings/Internships

Engineering Intern- Wind Energy Analyst, America Meteodyn Co., Philadelphia, USA Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

• Tests for the development of the products of the company (CFD software Meteodyn WT™ and UrbaWind™),

• Propositions for amelioration of Meteodyn WT and UrbaWind software

• Scientific research using CFD and other wind energy components

• Use of the software for practical cases of Wind resource assessment for clients or study cases using OpenWind,

WAsP, Windographer, Google Mapper, Google Earth, Google Sketch up etc.

• Urban design analysis using UrbaWind Software – Natural Ventilation, Pedestrian Comfort etc.

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Aug 2009 - till date

• Programmed and performed Direct Numerical Simulation (CFD technique) of interaction of Detonation wave with

homogeneous isotropic turbulent field by solving 3-D Navier-Stokes equation and analyzing Pre shock and post shock

turbulence effects; Compiled and executed programs on a high-performance computing platform

• Authored programs in MATLAB for data/statistical analysis and scientific visualization utilizing gigabytes of data

Final semester Project - PLMCC, India and Dassaults Systems, France Jan 2008 - Jul 2008

• Analyzed and Designed Chassis and Body prototype ‘ANANT’ for Shell Eco Marathon Car

• Designed braking system and wheels for fuel efficient and minimum emissions car using CATIA software under tri-

partnership of JSSATE (India), Ministry of Youth Education and Research (France) and Dassaults Systems (France)

Larsen & Toubro- Sargent & Lundy Ltd., Faridabad, India Jul 2007 - Aug 2007

• Analyzed thermal power plant setup and mechanical piping system design

Signed by: Ms. Monika Chauhan

• Worked on Riyadh Power Plant 8 (RPP8) specifically Piping and Inline Instruments design (P&IIDs) for various

sections as follows: Instrument Air, Service Air and Closed cooling Water systems

National Thermal Power Plant (NTPC), Noida, India Jul 2006 - Aug 2006

• Analyzed thermal power plant installation requirements which includes conceptual design, various operational load

calculations and cost efficiency

Northern Railways, Ghaziabad, India Jun 2006 – Jul 2006

• Hands-on experience on various mechanical systems of train like braking systems, ignition systems, pantographs

Honors and Awards

• Graduate Research Assistantship from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department., University of Texas at

Arlington, USA

• American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) worldwide wind conference, Dallas, USA, Volunteer selection, 2010

• Merit-based Rotary International Society Scholarship for undergraduate studies, 2004-2007

• Recipient of Merit certificate in Science Open Merit Test, 2002

• Recipient of ‘A’ Certificate in National Cadet Corps (NCC) by Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India, 2000

• Recipient of Merit Certificate (90 percentile) in 42nd Annual All India United Nations Information Test, 1999

• Recipient of Merit Certificate (85 percentile) in Junior General Knowledge Test,1997

Research Publications

• L. Massa, M. Chauhan, F. Lu, “Detonation Turbulence Interaction”, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (4 - 7 January 2010), Orlando, Florida

• L. Massa, M. Chauhan, F. Lu, “Numerical study of Detonation-Turbulence Interaction”, 49th AIAA Aerospace

Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, (January 2011), Orlando, Florida

• L. Massa, M. Chauhan and F. Lu, “Detonation – Turbulence Interaction”, Combustion and Flame Journal, July

2010 (Under review), 2010

Extra Curricular Activities

• Active member of Mechanical Engineering organizations such as ASME & AIAA

• Active member and participant of the events organized by AWEA (American Wind energy association) and WoWe

(Women of Wind energy)

• Active participant in seminars and events conducted by Rotary Intl. Society Club, FSI & DFWCIS cultural association

• Mentoring Undergraduate students for their Mechanical and Mathematics coursework

References

1. Dr. Luca Massa,

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace department,

University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Email id: *****@***.***

2. Mr. Guillaume Dupont

Administrative Manager and Business Development Engineer

Meteodyn America Inc., Philadelphia, USA

Email id : *********.******@********.***

3. Dr. Frank Lu,

Professor and Director of Aerodynamics Research Lab,

University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Email id: *******@***.***

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