Design Assistant

VISHAL SANGHAVI

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Plano, Texas – 75025 817-***-****

Objective: To obtain a position in an industry/company where I can apply and enhance my knowledge

about structural analysis (FEA), design, modelling and manufacturing

Summary of Qualification:

• Knowledge about the theory and application of ASME Pressure vessel codes

• Strong fundamental concepts of solid mechanics, structural aspects of design, fracture and fatigue

• Good understanding of advanced FEA and its application to engineering systems for stress analysis

• Well acquainted with NDT & welding techniques, fabrication processes and material selection

Academics:

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.78

University of Texas at Arlington December 2012

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Mechanical GPA: 3.5

University of Mumbai, India July 2008

Work Experience:

Performance Pulsation Control, Texas, USA April 2013 – Present

Research and Development Engineer - Contract position

Research available technology, determine contract manufacturers whether ASME certified or not, and

determine if appropriate to manufacture a composite pressure vessel for sale

Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai, India July 2008 – July 2010

Executive – Design and Engineering

Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) is a technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing company. It

is one of the largest and most respected companies in India's private sector.

Carried out the Mechanical designing in accordance with ASME Sec VIII Div 1, TEMA and

Thermal Designing in accordance with HEI and Foster Wheeler of Condensers (design pressure of 15

psi), Deaerators (design pressure of 250 – 300 psi) and Flash Tank (design pressure of 250 – 300 psi)

for 800 MW, 500MW, 300 MW power plants. Study of customer specifications and HMBD (Heat Mass

Balance Diagram)

Worked on the mechanical designing and fabrication drawings of 800MW Flash tank which was

undertaken for the first time by the company

Used AutoCAD for generating 2-D fabrication drawings and verified the 3-D drawing developed

by draftsmen

Generated Bill of Material (BOM) for the entire project, fabrication drawings for Shop floor and

specifications of additional requirement

Studied vendor drawings and technical specifications of accessories and gave technical

clearance for their purchase

Good knowledge about the carbon steel material (SA 516, SA 285 etc), stainless steel material

(SA 304, SA 316 etc) and exotic material (Mod 9 Cr 1 Mo)

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Verified the WPS, QAP, PWHT, RTP, UTP, MTP submitted by other departments before their

release to the shopfloor

Took part in the initial quotation period by preparing the initial GA drawings & material

requirement sheets to the marketing and estimation department

Interacted with customers as a technical representative, Visited site for installation support,

commissioning and troubleshooting

Maintained project activities and progress reports using PLM and SAP R/3

Shop Supervisor

Supervised fabrication of Prototype Feed Breeder Reactor steam generator for 500 MW Nuclear

power plants.

Planned and Scheduled work and manpower to execute the fabrication process

Co-ordinated with other departments like Design, Quality and Machine shops

Produced written procedures for many of the shopfloor activities, carried out time study of specific

time consuming activities to study them in detail and suggested better alternatives

Executed the task of salvaging more than 350 damaged 23 meters long Mod 9 Cr 1 Mo tubes

which yielded a monetary benefit of $200,000 to the company

Training Program attended:

• ASME Sec VIII Div 1 and Div II • Fabrication process • Welding techniques • TEMA

University activities:

Research Assistant – Structural Composite Lab June 2012 – January 2013

Literature review about the effects of curing cycle parameters like temperature, heat-up and cool-

down rate, viscosity of matrix, pressure of autoclave and vacuum on the Spring-In of composite beams

Fabrication of composite L-beams ranging from 0.018 inches to 0.5 inches thick with different

layup from prepregs to study the Spring-In effect. Fabricated around 30 specimen for study purpose

Studied the effect of different parameters like stacking sequence, fiber material, corner radius,

number of plies on the Spring-In behavior

Prepared monthly progress reports and final technical reports which were submitted to the

company

Research funded by Bell Helicopter

Graduate Teaching Assistant January 2012 – May 2012

Duties included helping students with their homework doubts, grading their work and maintaining

the records for the course of Thermodynamics-I

Graduate Research Assistant – II, Office for Students with Disabilities August 2011 – January 2012

UTSI and SSS Tutor January 2011 – August 2011

Thesis:

Topic – Torsional Analysis of a Composite I-Beam

Guide – Dr. Wen Chan

Closed form expressions for Shear centre, Equivalent Torsional stiffness and Equivalent Warping stiffness

for Composite I-Beam is developed which gives better results when compared with the conventional

formulae. Also the results were compared with the ANSYS APDL output

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Academic Projects:

• Have performed non-linear simulations, structural dynamics, modal analysis and buckling in ANSYS

• Modelling composite I-Beam, Box Beam, C- Channel, T-section in ANSYS and comparing the results

with the expressions for axial and bending stiffness derived analytically. Also, comparing the stresses

and strains in each layer of the composite with the results obtained from analytical procedure

• Design and Fabrication of pedal operated Flour mill and Washing machine. Awarded First Prize

amongst 65+ entries and was selected to represent the college at state level exhibition in “Prakalpa”

held by ISTE (Indian Society for Technical education

Computer Skills:

Modelling software: Solidworks, Catia, Pro-E, AutoCAD

Analysis software: ANSYS (APDL and Workbench)

Computational: Matlab

Office Suite: MS Office

Publications:

V. M. Sanghavi and W. S. Chan, “Torsional Analysis of a Composite I-Beam” In Proceedings of the 28th

American Society for Composites (ASC) Annual Technical Conference at Pennsylvania, USA. September

8-11, 2013 (Abstract Accepted)

V. M. Sanghavi and W. S. Chan, “Torsional Analysis of a Composite I-Beam” In 17th International

Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS17) at University of Porto, Portugal. June 17-21, 2013

(Abstract Accepted)

W. S. Chan, V. M. Sanghavi and X. Tan, “Experimental Investigation of Spring-In Behaviour” at Bell

Helicopter, Texas. December 7th, 2012

J. C. Parambil, W. S. Chan, K. L. Lawrence and V. M. Sanghavi, “Stress Analysis for Composite I-Beam

by a Non- Conventional Method” In Proceedings of the 26 th ASC Annual Technical Conference (the

second Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites) Montreal, Canada. September 26-28, 2011

Graduate Courses:

Fundamentals of Composites Finite Element Method Structural Aspects of Design

Advanced Composites Advanced Mechanics of Materials Advanced FEM

• Received grants from the Texas Public Education Grant (TPEG) for the Fall 2012 Semester

• Volunteered for the ASC 2012 conference

• Volunteered for the SAMPE 2011 conference

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