Project Manager Mechanical

DAMODAR TANKARA

**** * ********* **

Phone: 316-***-****

Wichita, KS 67208

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

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a position in the industry as Crashworthiness and a Finite

Element Analyst where I can use my Practical/analytical skills with my

design knowledge.

SUMMARY

. 2+ Years in design and analysis of mechanical components

. Knowledge of 9G and 16G seat testing according to FAA guidelines

. Over 1500hrs of working knowledge using CAD tools such as CATIA and

SolidWorks

. Over 1500hrs Experience with Hypermesh, Hyperview, LS-PrePost and

PATRAN

. Good working knowledge of Multibody Dynamics using MADYMO,ADAMS and

VisualNastran4D

. Over 1500hrs experience with finite element analysis using LS-DYNA and

NASTRAN

. MSC Nastran/Patran certification for Linear Static Normal Modes and

Buckling Analysis

. Good communication and leadership qualities

EDUCATION

. Masters in Mechanical Engineering (expexted)

May 2010

Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

. Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering

May 2007

Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

. Diploma in Automobile Engineering

April 2003

State Board of Technical Education and Training, Hyderabad, India

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant under Dr.Hamid Lankarani

Wichita State University, Wichita KS

Jan 2008 - present

. Analyzing effects of carbon nanofoam fill on energy absorption

characteristics of crash box in axial compression using LS-DYNA

. Analyzing effects of crash initiators (triggering) on energy

absorption of square steel/aluminum tubes under axial compression

Teaching Assistant under Dr.Hamid Lankarani

Wichita State University, Wichita KS (July 2008 - present)

. Developed lab manual for ADAMS (View and Car),VisualNastran4D which is

useful to graduate students

. Developed lab manual for CATIA V5R19 to clarify the procedures for the

use by graduate students

. Taught CATIA V5R19 lab to graduate/under graduates in summer 2009

semester

. Helped students to do related lab work, assignments, project

. Assisting the faculty in preparing material for class room teaching,

lab experiments and in conducting exams

. Evaluated assignment papers, project reports, exam papers of

320+students in various classes

Trainee Engineer

Nipuna Engineering Services, India (Sep 2006 - Dec 2007)

. Worked for caterpillar marine engines, Lafayette, Indiana USA

. Responsibilities include preparing assembly lines and their drawings

for operational group

. Exchanged and coordinated the information between assembly line

changes within the operational group and with project leaders and

project manager

. Communicated with on-site managers to verify and check any design

changes in the process

PROJECTS

. Parametric study of Ring Rolling Process: Developed a detailed model

and studied the effect of each individual parameter which effects this

manufacturing process using LS-DYNA (Nonlinear FEA)

. Cup Forming Process: Developed a detailed model and analyzed the

results by changing process parameters of the process.

. Head Injury Criteria (HIC) Analysis of a Rear Passenger in a Car:

Determined HIC values for different acceleration inputs and studied

their significance in NHTSA by modeling human head model using Visual

Nastran4D/ADAMS (View)

. Nose Landing Gear: Modeled, assembled Landing gear model in CATIA and

performed kinematic analysis using Visual Nastarn4D

. Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of a Satellite Rotating Around the

Earth: Modeled an assembly model of Satellite using Visual Nastran4D

and studied kinematics of individual components

. Advanced Composite Tooling Materials: Studied upcoming, developed

tooling materials and their process parameters in composite material

processing

. CFD Simulation and Experimentation of Vertex Generator on Different

Automobile Car Profiles: Conducted experiments, developed and analyzed

the effect of vertex generator on different car profiles

COMPUTER SKILLS

. Solid modeling package : Pro/E, CATIA V5R18/R19,

SOLIDWORKS

. Multibody simulation package : ADAMS, MADYMO7.0,VISUAL

NASTRAN4D,

. Finite element package : LS-DYNA971, NASTRAN

. Pre-processing : PATRAN, HYPERMESH

. Post-processing : LS-PREPOST,

HYPERVIEW

. Operating systems : Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, MAC,

UNIX

. Other : MS Office

(Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

RELATED COURSE WORK

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Injury Bio-Mechanics

Computer Aided Engineering Computer aided analysis of

Mechanical Systems

Analysis of manufacturing processes Adv Computer aided analysis of

Mechanical Systems

Composite Manufacturing Advanced Joining Processes

REFERENCES: Available on request

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