KRISHNA KETANBHAI DESAI, EIT

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishna-desai Summary

Mechanical designer with 2 years of experience in designing Mechanical and Plumbing systems.

Strong knowledge of MEP design, Engineering Calculations including heat loads, fixture unit calculations, ventilation calculation, and energy calculations, duct sizing, sewer and water pipe sizing.

Detailed understanding of the project development process including construction, retail design, site planning, site engineering, structural and MEP criteria as applicable. experience in conducting site visits for surveys for existing conditions of building as well as for new constructions.

Expert knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, Load Analysis Software like HAP, Trane.

Good working knowledge of building codes, zoning regulations & the approval process, building systems and site requirements (MEP, Civil and Geo-Tech).

EIT certified.

LEED Green Associate.

Skills

Design Software: Auto CAD, Revit, Navisworks, Pro-Engineer, Solid Works, PTC Creo 2.0

Building Codes (ICC, UBC, NFPA, ASHRAE)

Packages: MS Office

Lean Manufacturing, Agile Project Management, "5 Why" Problem Solving, Kaizen Methodology, Root Cause Analysis, 8-D, CAPA

Education

MS in Mechanical Engineering August, 2013 – May, 2015 University of Texas at Arlington

BS in Mechanical Engineering July, 2009 – May, 2013 Gujarat Technological University

Work Experience

Greenberg Farrow Architecture April 2016 Present Mechanical Design Engineer

Designing HVAC, Plumbing and fire protection system, fuel stations, and UV-systems for different clients.

Calculation of preliminary Hot-Cold water, Sanitary/Sewer and Storm loads for utility coordination, and heat loads, ventilation calculations, duct sizing, roof drain designing.

Generating Energy Model Simulation Using eQuest, Green Building Studio, and Revit.

Various site visits for inspecting new design and installation of system as well as remodeling assignments to determine existing building components.

Preparing documents such as response letter for city comments and LEED comments, necessary forms for the permit process.

Types of projects: commercial buildings, Assistance Living, Memory Care and Independent Living communities, conversion of Non-CNG garages to CNG garages, Gas stations convenient stores. NSF I/UCRC DATACENTER May 2015 April 2016

Lab Assistant

Performed lab tests to produce reliable and precise data to support other lab fellows.

Carrying out routine tasks accurately and following different methods to carry out best analyses.

Prepared samples and specimens.

Created graphs and charts by performing various mathematical calculations using various analysis software such as ANSYS flowtherm.

NSF I/UCRC DATACENTER Jan 2014 May 2015

Graduate Research Student

Successfully designed an efficient refrigeration system to cool the Data Center using Solar Energy.

Design calculations and fluid-flow analysis was performed using Pro-E and ANSYS.

Designed on the actual environmental conditions with the facility of storage and reuse of source.

Developed methods to estimate the efficiency of solar energy depending on their availability.

Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10106/25312

Achievements

Published paper on Design of Refrigeration System to Cool Datacenter using Solar Energy. http://hdl.handle.net/10106/25312

Lean Six-Sigma White belt certified

Auto CAD 2011 and Creo-Prometric Certified Associate EMNSPC.

Endowed Scholarship at UT Arlington for 2014-2015. References

1. Dr. Dereje Agonafer 2. Dr. Ratan Kumar

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