Customer Service Mechanical Engineer

UMAVENKAT KARANAM

716-***-**** ** Tyler Ave, Apt **03, Iselin, NJ-08830 ******.*******@*****.***

Highly analytical, performance driven graduate mechanical engineer with experience in design and analysis of

thermal and fluid systems. Expertise in analyzing systems from fundamental levels, applied research, new

concept development, simulation and validation. Broad knowledge in energy sector with focus on Combustion,

CFD, Thermodynamics in Materials, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Mechanics with additional focus on Alternative

Energy Sources(wind and solar).Over 1500 hours of exposure on CAD/CAE and programming softwares like

Solidworks, Ansys, Matlab and MS office suite.

EDUCATION

State University of New York, Buffalo September 2010-September2012

M.S in Mechanical Engineering, (Thermal and Fluid Sciences) GPA: 3.2/4.0

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India October 2005-May 2009

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.5/4.0

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Heat Transfer Computational Fluid Dynamics

HVAC

Computer Modeling of Complex Direct

Combustion Energy Conversion

Thermal/Fluid problems (thermal to electric)

Fluid Mechanics

Thermodynamics in Material Wind Turbines

Engineering Analysis

Science

SOFTWARE

Analysis: Ansys APDL, Ansys CFX, Turbogrid, HAP, CAD/CAM: SolidWorks, Catia, ProE, AutoCAD

Programming: Matlab, Maple, C

DuctSizing, EES

WORK EXPERIENCE

Study and Analysis of high interference fit hub coupling of a compressor shaft. May 2008- June 2008

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd Vishakhapatnam, India

Led a team of six interns to study the technical procedures of removing and remounting of the gear coupling hub.

Assisted the team of engineers with performing heating and cooling calculations.

Performed stress analysis of the rotor and coupling hub using Solidworks and Ansys.

Design and analysis of power transmission unit December 2008-June 2009

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd Vishakhapatnam, India

Led a team of four interns to analyze the existing double herringbone gear box deficiencies.

Designed an alternate gear box in Solidworks for the same parameters.

Performed stress analysis on the gear tooth using Ansys.

Customer Service Executive July 2009- June 2010

HSBC(EDPI Ltd) Vishakhapatnam, India

Top seller of 12 member sales through service team.

Assisted Credit card holders on a daily basis with troubleshooting and converting potential calls into sales.

Assisted Team manager with managerial responsibilities.

Student Assistant September 2011-November 2011

SUNY, Buffalo Buffalo, NY

Assisted Professor of Road Vehicle Dynamics in grading of tests and assignments.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Thermal and CFD projects

Unsteady State Analysis of Two Dimensional Heat Conduction August, 2011

Executed a code in Matlab to conduct a comparative study of implicit and explicit finite differencing schemes with

respect to stability and demonstrated the economy of FTCS schemes.

Demonstrated the stability of Alternating Direction Implicit methods.

Steady-State Two Dimensional Temperature Distribution Simulation September, 2011

Implemented a code in Matlab to simulate two dimensional temperature distribution using PSOR and LSOR schemes

with varying relaxation parameters for a square domain with combustion chamber boundary conditions.

Demonstrated the economy vs stability characteristics of LSOR scheme.

Obtained the Optimum relaxation parameter value.

One Dimensional Wave Equation Analysis September, 2011

Simulated non-linear solution schemes in Matlab to understand the propagation of a wave in a square domain.

Focused on flux limiter concepts, Runge-Kutta and Modified Runge-Kutta schemes.

Executed multi-step schemes to make a comparative study.

Analysis of Lid Driven Cavity October, 2011

Laminar incompressible flow was simulated in Matlab.

Solutions to vorticity, stream function and velocity fields was sought in a simulation using SOR schemes.

Riemann Problem Simulation November, 2011

Simulated the Euler Gas Equation.

A methodical simulation using Navier-Stokes equation was done in Matlab using TVD schemes, Monotone schemes to

simulate the solution to Riemann problem.

Simulation Projects

Simulation of Bicycle model May, 2011

Simulated linear model called “Bicycle Model” in Matlab working of a car on proving grou nd to study the

performance of a car.

Data was taken from a simulator in the NYSCEDII lab.

g-g graphs were drawn at various points on the tracks to study the car behaviour was studied for under steer, overstreer

and neutral steer conditions.

Analysis of non-linear systems October 2011

Simulated Duffing equation in Matlab.

Analyzed the results obtained under various initial conditions and in absence of damping.

Drew analogy with stock market dynamics and hyper fast muscle extensions to illustrate the application of

fundamental mathematics for daily life paradigm simulation.

Design and Research Projects

Design of a building HVAC system January 2012-April 2012

Designed the Heating and cooling system for an office space located in Chicago.

Calculated summer and winter thermal loadings for a year, and maximum thermal load points were calculated for a 24

hour period and 365 day period.

Thermal simulation and analysis for various zonal configurations was performed in HAP software.

Duct layout design was performed using Duct sizing software.

Economic considerations were met.

Research on Wind Energy January 2012-July 2012

Researched the development and working of wind systems and Aerodynamics of wind turbines was understood.

Understood the working aspects of the development of a WT blade from the beginning to deployment .

Modeled WT Blade in Solidworks and Blade structural stresses were simulated in Ansys.

Design of a Mechanical Fan

As a personal project I am working, using Solidworks, on a concept to harness wind using a portable system to work

independently of electricity and totally comprised of mechanical components.

Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/venkat-k/1b/834/56/

Contact this candidate