CFD software Ansys FLUENT and ICEM

EDUCATION

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering May 2014 – Aug 2017 West Virginia University, Morgantown

GPA: 3.71

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Aug 2011 – Dec 2015 West Virginia University, Morgantown.

GPA: 3.56

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering Aug 2007 – May 2011 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

GPA: 3.5

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant

Investigation of Rope Formation in Gas-Solid flows using Flow Visualization and CFD Simulations for Industrial Applications (May 2013 – Aug 2017)

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Applied Multi Physics Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Performed several numerical simulations - RANS and LES on gas-solid flows in pipe bends and axial cyclones, analyzed performance and efficiency, studied various factors affecting these flows and formation of ropes.

Performed experiments with high speed imaging and analyzed experimental data in gas-solid flows.

Performed several numerical simulations on particle clustering in fluidized beds with MFIX software.

Study of 3-D Dynamic Roughness Effects on Flow over a NACA 0012 Airfoil Using Large Eddy Simulations at Low Reynolds Numbers (Aug 2011- Dec 2015)

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Applied Multi Physics Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Performed several numerical simulations - RANS and LES and studied flow behavior with active dynamic roughness elements.

Developed a unique and effective UDF for hump motion.

Graduate Teaching Assistant and Instructor

Thermal and Fluids Lab – MAE 322 (Aug 2014 – Dec 2014)

Fluid Mechanics – MAE 331 (Jan 2012 – May 2012)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Instruction of theory and laboratory experimentation.

Guidance in report writing, calculations and conducted help sessions.

Set quizzes, exams and graded them.

Grader and Lab Instructor

Thermal and Fluids Lab – MAE 322 (Jan 2013 – May 2013) Statics – MAE 241 and Heat Transfer – MAE 423 (Aug 2011 – Dec 2011)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

CFD software – Ansys FLUENT and ICEM

CFD code – MFIX

Post-processing software – TECPLOT, VISIT, PARAVIEW

Design software – Solidworks, CATIA, AutoCAD

Programming – MATLAB, C, LINUX

Academic interface – ECAMPUS WVU

Other – MS Office, Video editing software

OTHER SKILLS

Very good experience in interacting and teaching students and learners.

Excellent and effective communication skills.

Excellent at planning and organizing.

Very good at working in a team.

PROJECTS

CFD study of Axial Cyclone Classifiers and Roping Phenomenon - US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC).

Numerical Study on Error Propagation – MFIX.

Large Eddy Simulations of Coal Combustion Reactors.

Experiments with bubbling bed reactors.

CFD Study of Natural Convection from Discrete Isoflux Heat Sources in a Rectangular Enclosure - . Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore.

Mini Project on Heat Exchangers at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited – Hyderabad.

Mini Project on EDAS (Engineering Digital Archive System) at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited – Hyderabad.

Line Tracking Robot at an event organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.

PUBLICATIONS

Guda, S.S., Rowan, S.L. & Celik, I.B., 'Rope formation for gas solid flow in a 90 degree bend with varying particle size distributions', 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Orlando, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.

Guda, S.S, Rowan, S.L, Yang, T., Shaffer, F. & Celik, I.B., ‘Investigation of Rope Formation in Gas-Solid Flows through a 90 Pipe Bend Using High Speed Video and CFD Simulations’, The Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows, pp:1-16, 2017.

Guda, S.S. & Celik, I.B., ‘Particle-Cluster Formation and Vorticity in Gas-Solid Flows’, Proceedings of the ASME 2017 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Waikoloa, Hawaii, July 30th - Aug 3rd, 2017.

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

Celik, I.B., Benyahia,S., Guda, S.S and Syamlal, M., ‘On Issues Related to Estimation of Numerical Uncertainty in Transient Gas-Solid flow Simulations, Proceedings of the 2017 ASME Verification and Validation Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada, 3-5 May, 2017.

Celik, I.B., Ma, Z., Benyahia, S., Guda, S.S. and Syamlal, M., ‘Discretization Error Estimation for Two-Fluid Models of Gas-Solid Flows, Proceedings of the 2016 NETL Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science, Morgantown, West Virginia, Aug 9th 2016.

AWARDS

Best Research Poster – Mechanical Engineering Research Fair (December 2015), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University.

RELATED COURSEWORK

Dynamics of Viscous Fluids, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Calculus, Convection Heat Transfer, Fundamentals of Turbulent Flow, Advanced Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Fundamentals of Combustion, Conduction Heat Transfer, Statistical Methods, Transport Phenomena, Heavy Duty Vehicle Emissions, Advanced Mechanics of Materials

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Captain, President and Team Member of West Virginia University Cricket Club.

Cultural Secretary and Event Coordinator of Indian Students Association at WVU.

Event Coordinator of Association for India’s Development Morgantown Chapter.

Member of Morgantown Music Makers band.

Ex-President of American Society of Mechanical Engineers –GVP Chapter, India.

Ex- Student Placement officer at GVP Engineering College.

Directed several short films and documentaries.

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