PRANAM MANJUNATHA

**** ********** *****, ********* #***, Dearborn, MI 48126

313-***-**** ac0gjx@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/PranamManjunatha SUMMARY:

MS Graduate in Mechanical Engineering with a sound knowledge of Automotive Powertrains- Dynamics, Modeling and Control, Planetary Gear Train Kinematics, Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Powertrains, Vehicle Thermal Management, Heat Transfer, Fracture and Fatigue in Design, Strength of Materials, Theory of Machines, Design of Machine Elements, Product Development

Experienced in the process of new product development, patenting, lean canvas, customer survey, market analysis, bench marking, quality attributes, budgeting, cost analysis, BOM, FMEA, prototyping

Experienced in the simulation and analysis of shift processes of automatic transmission systems using Matlab/Simulink which involved deriving the clutch variable equations, obtaining the clutch torque profiles and optimizing them for a smooth shift process with minimal power loss, which serve as vital steps in the process of Powertrain Validation and Calibration

Experienced in the simulation of battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles using Matlab and predicting their performance and fuel economy for various EPA driving cycles

Experienced in modeling an engine cooling system using Matlab/Simulink

Experienced in experimentally investigating the heat transfer performance characteristics of perforated fins-the extended surfaces which are used for enhanced heat transfer and cooling

Member of the Formula SAE Electric, Battery Management and Motor Cooling Team

Worked as an Engineering Intern at Bharath Earth Movers Limited (BEML), India’s leading designers and manufacturers of rail coaches

Worked as a Teaching Assistant for the undergraduate courses of Thermal Fluid Sciences and Instrument and Measurement Systems, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Strong problem solving, organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills EDUCATION:

University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.59 Sept 2015-April 2017

Teaching Assistant-Thermal Fluid Sciences, Instrument and Measurement Systems

Non-Resident Graduate Scholarship Recipient-Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Fall 2016 and Winter 2017

Member of the Formula SAE Electric, Battery Management and Motor Cooling Team Visvesvaraya Technological University Bangalore, India Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Percentage: 77.8 Sept 2011-June 2015

Ranked 5th in a class of 140 students

TECHNICAL SKILLS: SolidEdge, AutoCAD, Catia V5, Ansys, HyperMesh, Matlab/Simulink, C, MS Office, LMS Test.Lab

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Bharath Earth Movers Limited (BEML) Bangalore, India Engineering Intern July 2014

Assisted engineers in conducting an array of tests on rail coaches, which included the clearance, car body leveling, weighment, water tightness and dielectric tests

Participated in the car body integration, which involves the assembly of the bogie frame, suspensions, brakes and bearings of rail coaches

PRANAM MANJUNATHA

5580 Nottingham Court, Apartment #210, Dearborn, MI 48126 313-***-**** ac0gjx@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/PranamManjunatha ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

New Product Development, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Developed a patentable design of a manual, compact and portable, integrated fruit juicer-water bottle and designed it in Catia V5

Framed a lean canvas business model of the product, based on customer survey to validate the proposed idea, and market analysis and benchmarking to assess the commercial potentiality of the concept

3D printed a functional prototype of the product after an extensive cost analysis and FMEA Simulation and Analysis of Shift Processes of a 6 Speed Front Wheel Drive Automatic Transmission System, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Established a mathematical model of the given transmission system involving various general and specific state variable equations based on the clutch constraints for the 1st gear, 1-2 shift and 2nd gear operations

Simulated the model in Matlab/Simulink to obtain the various clutch torque profiles which were optimized for better shift quality, for an open torque converter and a fixed throttle position

Determined the torque overshoot and torque hole size characteristics that serve as the initial stage for transmission control and calibration and design validation Fuel Economy Simulator of a Battery Electric Vehicle, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Developed a backward facing simulation model of a battery electric vehicle using Matlab, that computes the fuel economy, in miles per gallon equivalent, propagating the wheel demand upstream through the transmission, traction motor and power electronics, finally to the battery

Determined the mpg equivalent of the given battery electric vehicle for the EPA-City, EPA-Highway and US06 driving cycles, given the vehicle, transmission, motor and battery data Modeling of an Engine Cooling System, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Developed an integrated engine cooling system in Matlab/Simulink, comprising of 4 sub-systems, namely, the engine operation, coolant flowrate, air flowrate and heat transfer models

Simulated the system to determine the engine outlet conditions for varying vehicle speeds, gear engagement and grades

Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Perforations on Natural Convection Heat Transfer by a Fin with an Axial Cavity, Visvesvaraya Technological University

Developed an experimental setup to study the performance characteristics of cylindrical fins with axial cavities and perforations inclined to the longitudinal axis, when subjected to natural convection

Considered fins with straight and tapered cavities, with an in-line arrangement of perforations

Observed an increase in the heat transfer coefficient by 5 percent on an average, for every perforation machined and by 7 percent on an average, for an increase in the taper angle of the fin by 10 percent

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