Engineer Engineering

SUJITH NAKKA

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Summary

• 3+ years of experience as a CAE engineer at Hyundai Mobis R&D, India.

• Pursuing a second Master’s degree in Automotive Engineering from the University of Michigan, Dearborn, with a first Master’s degree in CAD/CAM from Osmania University, India

• Masters with emphasis on Automotive Manufacturing process, materials, Six-sigma, TQM, Vehicle ergonomics, FEA, CFD, HMI

• Worked as a CAD teaching assistant for a year and worked as a CAD Intern for a year Key Skills

• Hypermesh, STARCCM+, Optistruct, ANSYS • Intermediate Skills in MATLAB, Simulink

• CATIA V5, AutoCAD, PROE • Basics of SIEMENS-JACK, Solidworks

• MINITAB, MICROSOFT OFFICE, DFMEA, DMAIC

Work experience

CAE Engineer (CFD) Hyundai Mobis India Limited, R&D 2012– 2015 Roles and Responsibilities:

• Created Finite Element Analysis(FEA) models of various vehicle interior trims and structural components

• Performed Flow simulations of HVAC systems to improve passenger thermal comfort and windshield defrost duration

• Analyzed heat distribution by performing thermal analysis in automotive lamps.

• Optimized the modeling techniques used in CFD projects which resulted in timely delivery of projects

• Implemented design optimization techniques at various stages of product design cycle

• Communicated and organized Video conference meetings with Korean HQ Design Engineers to discuss and provide suggestions to be implemented

Rewards & Recognition:

• Awarded Grade-A (Top-10%) for work at Hyundai Mobis for two consecutive years

• Optimized modeling techniques which resulted in reduction of 20% of Vent project completion time

• Trained and mentored Engineering trainees and junior level engineers Trainee Engineer (CAD) Dual Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 2011-2012 Roles and Responsibilities:

• Created CAD design, detailed drawings and responsible for development of products and perform lab tests on samples

• Worked with suppliers for purchasing and made quotations as per the changes in production

• Involved in product design review meetings and analyzed possible failure modes and develop actions

• In house design changes for bearings, seamless rings, steel forgings, forged rings gears, dies and fixtures using CATIA for clients such as NRB bearings, Tata bearings, ABC bearings, Ashok Leyland etc. Recognition:

• Pushed for paperless environment in workspace which helped in productivity, recognized for the sequential methods and approach implemented right from customer quotation to product dispatch Lab Assistant-CAD Osmania University 2010-2011

• Guided Under-Graduate students in their course work and teaching the basics of software tools CATIA and Hypermesh

• Assisted up to 40 students in software tools resulting in an above average total overall score Education

• Master of Science in Engineering (M.S) in Automotive Systems Engineering 2017 University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA GPA: 3.5

• Master of Engineering (M.E) in Mechanical Engineering(CAD/CAM) 2012 Osmania University of Michigan, Hyderabad, India

• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics) 2010 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India Masters Graduate Research Projects

Finite Element Method in Automotive Structure Design

• Determination of Tip Deflection and The Maximum Stress of a Steering Column Support Beam: Analyzed the stresses on two different steering column beam designs in different conditions

• Modal Analysis: Identified the global modes of vibration for a given Aluminum space frame structure and improved its natural frequency using Hypermesh and Optistruct

• Bending and Torsional stiffness analysis: Improved the bending and torsional stiffness of an Aluminum space frame and compared the percentage weight change to the original design using Hypermesh Vehicle Ergonomics and packaging: Team leader

• Evaluation of Driver Package: Measured, analyzed and compared driver ingress, egress and other driver package dimensions to SAE guidelines and anthropometry data, Evaluation of interior driver packaging was done based on subjective judgements of different percentile drivers.

• Evaluation of controls and displays: conducted an ergonomic Evaluation of some important controls and displays located on the driver’s door, instrument panel and steering column of a recent production vehicle, suggestions were made for improvements according to the identified ergonomic needs.

• Redesigned controls & displays on center stack: Evaluated the customer usability issues and redesigned the controls and displays in the center stack of ford fusion, by benchmarking and making a prototype. Subjective evaluation was conducted for validating the new design proper documentation was done

• Field of view analysis (A pillar): Analyzed ‘A’ pillar obstruction in driver’s forward field of view for various car segments. Suggested an idea of placing cameras at the A pillars and sensors at front bumpers which gets activated while taking turns and displays on Instrument cluster Vehicle Integration

• Benchmarking and preliminary design specifications: Conducted a Detailed bench-marking and Pugh analysis of competitor vehicles by tabulating the requirements and data collection for developing a best in class vehicle and implementing “voice of customer” in new product

• Quality Function Deployment (QFD): Cascaded the customer and vehicle attributes into functional and design requirements to highlight the key functional specification for the system development by QFD.

• Project planning: Business plan development, project planning, cost analysis & project timeline in reference with systems engineering V-model was done

• Vehicle packaging: Detailed packaging and conceptual design of major sub systems of an automobile like the engine, battery system, exhaust system, driver packaging, fuel tank was done Human Machine Interface

• User Interface Flow Development: Designed a mockup of new interface used in Ford focus using PowerPoint and developed HMI logic for Bluetooth screen and other features

• Design Evaluation: Conducted a usability evaluation on the Ford Focus 2013 MY to find the unfriendly designs of infotainment. FMEA, DVP&R, Task analysis was performed for operability, visibility, understandability and reachability of the system and provided possible improvements SUJITH NAKKA

4958 Heather Dr, Dearborn, MI 48126 ***********@*****.*** Cell: 313-***-****

• Prototype and Interface design revision: Redesigned the controls on the center stack with new User interface, addressing the usability deficiency of old design by making a prototype and conducted subjective evaluation for validating new design. Heuristic evaluation, Cognitive walkthrough methods are used for expert usability testing

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