PRATHAMESH JAYPRAKASH BAIKERIKAR

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SUMMARY

Passionate Mechanical Engineering Graduate, Major: Design and Analysis, Minor: Automotive Engineering

Experience at Cummins India Ltd in developing design tools and designing test fixtures for thermal profile testing

Worked on BIW (chassis) Design and Analysis, Suspension Design and Product Development projects

Strong fundamentals in Machine Design, FEA and Structural Optimization; Excellent CAD (Solidworks) and CAE skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Solidworks (Certified), ANSYS, Hyperworks, Abaqus, Matlab, Pro-E / Creo, Microsoft office, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor

ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant at Clemson University, Clemson, SC August 2016 – May 2017

Comparison of Experimental and FEA results of 3D printed parts - Graduate Thesis

Conducted tensile tests of 230 3D printed test specimens with varied infill patterns and developed its material models

Designed ‘As-built’ test specimens using G-code in Solidworks to capture the microstructure of 3D printed parts

Simulated the transient loading and performed FEA using four different material models in ANSYS and Abaqus

Compared experimental and FEA results to conclude that FEA is an unreliable method for analysis of FDM parts

Mechanical Design Intern at Cummins India Ltd, Pune, India June 2016 – August 2016

Developed VBA based design tool aimed at reducing design time for design calculations of Alternator Components

Supervised installation of data sensors and gained hands-on experience in thermal profile testing of alternators

Designed fixtures to install data logging devices to obtain time-temperature data for post-processing and analysis

Automotive Internal Combustion Engine Design course, K.N. College, Pune, India December 2014

Studied the factors responsible for thermal stresses in a piston and proposed ways to reduce piston thermal loading

Presented the technical project report and received certificate of excellence for best project out of 120 participants

RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Body-In-White (BIW) Development for a Mid-Size Sedan January 2016 – April 2016

Developed and Optimized BIW topology structure to meet FMVSS requirements, Designed the chassis in Solidworks

Analyzed the BIW for structural integrity and crashworthiness and optimized the structure by 5 kg in Hyperworks

Pedal Powered Washing Machine - Undergraduate Finals Project July 2014 – June 2015

Designed and fabricated a pedal powered washing machine to provide an alternative to tedious hand washing

Developed subsystems to include the processes of washing, rinsing and drying as in an automatic washing machine

EFFICYCLE 2014 - National-level SAE Competition December 2013 – June 2014

Led a team of 10 students to design a two-seater tricycle with electric backup for National SAE competition

Designed the chassis (frame), suspension and steering systems and analyzed it for collision safety and stability

Used design tools like DFMEA, Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, APQP, Solidworks and Ansys

OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS

Analyzed and optimized race-car frame, bicycle frame and structural automotive components by performing FEA, Topology, Shape and Size Optimization using Altair Hyperworks – Radioss and Optistruct Jan 2016 – Dec 2016

Developed FEA solvers in Matlab to solve linear and non-linear problems to find displacements and stresses in cantilever beams and thin plates January 2016 – April 2016

Designed, Analyzed (FEA) and Optimized a spoked bicycle wheel using ‘Genetic Algorithm’ in ModeFrontier and achieved 23% weight reduction August 2015 – December 2015

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Design and Manufacturing) GPA: 3.8/4.00

Clemson University, Clemson, SC May 2017

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.7/4.00 Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Navi Mumbai June 2015

PUBLICATIONS

Baikerikar, P. J. & Turner C. J. (2017). ‘Comparison of as-built FEA simulations and experimental results for additively manufactured dogbone geometries.’ Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, August 6-9, 2017, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. (Accepted).

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