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Firasath H Mohammed Houston, Texas - 77054

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SUMMARY

- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Texas, USA (GPA: 3.5/4.0)

- 3 years of Experience as a Thermal Engineer, designing and rating cost effective heat transfer

equipment (heat exchangers) for various industries.

- Excellent understanding of thermal engineering principles and proficiency in using HTRI for

simulations involving heat exchangers.

- Has worked on ASME Section VIII Divisions and API Standards.

- Exceptional project management ability with skills in preparing design specification sheets, proposals

and project presentations.

- Ability to interface effectively with other departments in order to confirm the specifications.

- Has accomplished various projects dealing with product design, development and preparing test plans.

- Proficiency in using CAD, ANSYS and CFD gained through industrial experience.

Highly self-motivated, disciplined and a self-starter. Positive attitude towards problem solving.

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Effective communication and presentation skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jan ’09 – Present Hudson Products Corporation, Sugar land, Texas, USA

Thermal Engineer

- Responsible for providing thermal and mechanical design of heat

exchangers for oil and gas industry.

- Achieved excellent cost reduction in the Saudi Aramco project involving

eight (8) units to be installed at the off-shore site.

- Provide check rating of equipment as per the customer data using HTRI.

- Provide the most cost effective designs for heat transfer equipment like air

coolers, condensers, heat pipes and preheaters based on ASME Section VIII

Divisions and API 661 standards.

- Perform FEA using ANSYS on the plates, inlet and outlet nozzles and tubes

as per the request of the customer and determine the thermal performance

based on the operating conditions (design pressure, temperature, etc).

- Successfully transformed maximum sales proposals into orders by bidding

the most cost-effective designs.

Aug’07 – Dec’08 University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

Mechanical Engineer

- Involved defining the Bourke engine part and assembly specifications by

interacting with the vendor, followed by model building using rapid

prototyping machine.

- Supervised number of projects on Solidworks, Pro/E, AutoCAD and FEA

followed by fabrication in the machine shop.

- Trained students on CAD packages like AutoCAD Inventor, Pro/E,

Solidworks, PDMS, Ansys, Ansys-workbench and Pro/Mechanica.

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- Maintained the student activity schedules and performed project analysis

using MS-Excel spreadsheet.

Jan’06 – June’07 Visoka Engineering Private limited

Thermal Engineer

- Designer and rater of air cooled heat exchangers for refinery and

petrochemical industries.

- Performed thermal design calculations for cost effective heat exchangers

using HTRI and other fan selection software, based on ASME Section VIII

Divisions.

- Prepared design specification sheets as per the optimal thermal design

selected.

- Highly acclaimed for providing technical engineering assistance and

direction to project managers and other departments.

- Frequently interacted with customers to discuss technical aspects relating to

the proposal.

TECHNICAL PROJECTS

- Heat transfer enhancement using wavy tubes in heat exchangers using Computational Fluid

Dynamics (CFD).

- Thermal stress analysis of fluid flow over a composite material using FEA (ANSYS).

- Solar Energy Driven Vehicle: Design and manufacturing of Solar Energy Driven Vehicle (Solar-

powered car) using Pro/E.

- Design and optimization of cable cross-section subjected to turbulent flow using Matlab.

- Design of stabilizer site using reboiler, condenser, pumps and reflux drum in Plant Design

Management System (PDMS)

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Modeling Packages (CAD): AutoCAD, AutoCAD Inventor, Pro/E Wildfire, SolidWorks,

FEA Packages : Ansys, Ansys-Workbench, Pro/Mechanica,

Other Mech. Software : CNC Machining, Plant Design Management System (PDMS), Multisim,

Labview, NI-Elvis, Rapid Prototyping.

Heat transfer software : HTRI

CFD : FLUENT, Gambit.

Programming Languages : C, C++, MATLAB, HTML, Basic, Oracle, Java, J2EE, JavaScript

: Windows, UNIX, Linux, Photoshop, MS Office, Flash MX

OS & Other Software

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS/ACHIEVEMENTS

- Best Engineer of the Year-2006 Award in Visoka Engineering for exceptional technical and

managerial skills.

- Lead of teaching assistants at University of Houston for Mechanical Engineering Technology

Department.

- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Membership.

Environmental Health and Safety Management Certification.

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