PRATIK DESHPANDE

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Masters in Mechanical Engineering with 5 years of experience in Automotive domain

Excellent communications skills and analytical skills.

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SUMMARY :

Has overall 5 years of industrial and CAE experience in automotive domain.

Worked for OEMs’ like: GM, FORD, Chrysler, Honda, and Magna through DEP.

Involved in CAE morphing for SMDI (Steel Market Development Institute) projects.

Performed morphing & multi-disciplinary optimization of topology, weld & gage for automotive components to reduce the weight and meet NVH, structural, crash constraints.

Expertise in FE modelling & CAE (CRASH/NVH) analysis of full vehicle.

Extensive experience of Full Vehicle and it’s sub-assembly Optimization, Parameterization and Morphing.

Extensive knowledge about design enables such as bulk-heads, beads, weld parameters,

Reverse engineering, scanning and conversion of scanned data to CAD data

Develops customer's staff by providing technical information and training.

Supporting sales team proactively the possible new opportunities.

Conduct product presentations, trainings and performing benchmark studies to engineers in various disciplines.

Work on identifying potential opportunities of extracting new projects and work closely with the technical execution team to create more business options.

Establish a good relation with customer and consistently supporting keep the customer updated with the latest advancements in the software, upcoming releases.

Work closely with customer involving complex engineering problems and try to propose solutions through the software.

EDUCATION :

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Aug 2010-Aug 2012

New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Aug 2006-May 2010

Gogte Institute of Technology, India

SOFTWARE SKILLS :

Mechanical: Mesh works, Altair Hyper works (Hyper mesh, HyperView), LS-Dyna, Abaqus, Polyworks Solid Edge, AUTOCAD, Windows, MS-Office.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Motors R&D through The Bartech Group Sept 2017 – Nov 2018

Lead CAE Engineer, Composites and Light weight systems manufacturing

Responsible for the creation and documentation of modeling plans to engineering team and initiation of new processes and tools.

Present developed math plan and give input related to math plan to performance integration teams, vehicle and program reviews

Coordinate cross-functionally for input related to plan development

Develop filtered parts list for global customers

Work to develop details of plan with customer depending on their discipline

Assess and document modeling processes

Develop standard modeling procedures to enhance model build quality and timing

Assist others with the development of modeling strategies and any additional enhancements to the software

Coordinate and initiate enhancements to the modeling process and development of Tools

Create new material cards and validate experimental data.

Developed brazing modeling procedure and assisted manufacturing team in a key assist project to solve manufacturing distortion problems.

Distortion prediction due to residual stresses from the forming process and thermal expansion.

Coupon brazing simulations to validate laser brazing distortion on experimental coupons.

Detroit Engineered Products (DEP): Application Engineer Dec 2013 – Aug 2017

Process development for analyzing the design space (air-space) available.

Performing analysis using LS-DYNA software to assess vehicle crashworthiness based on regulatory and third party assessment criteria.

Mock-up/Morph front load paths and access the performance to meet 3 crash load cases

-Narrow offset

-FODB

-Front NCAP

Optimize the load paths using 3Gs-Gage, Material Grade and Geometry

Processes for mock-up development to be used on both E-W and N-S vehicle platforms

Detailed study of each enabler on frontal crash performance.

Full vehicle Safety optimization meeting

-Frontal load cases

-Side impact

-Rear impact

-Roof crush

Morphing activities

Wheel parameterization for optimization.

Create Design of Experiments for full vehicle model using DEP Meshwork

Setup and solve for vehicle model optimization using DEP Meshwork and I-Sight.

Multi-disciplinary optimization of body in white to achieve significant mass-savings and hence reducing costs

Meshing and crash model building for front and rear cradle using Meshwork’s and Hyper mesh.

Perform meshing and stiffness analysis for front cradle using Meshwork’s, Hyper mesh and Nastran solver.

Involved in the early stage of methods development to improve the tool.

Manage project timelines and software enhancement deliverables.

Structural optimization of vehicles by morphing techniques using Meshwork’s.

Used specialized morphing techniques such as fillet radius change, section change and pattern morphing

Used control block to carry out each vehicle structure morphing like B-pillar, C-Pillar, roof fore-aft members, floor.

Parameterized the models with design enablers such as doublers, bulk heads, beads and set-up for shape and size optimization studies.

Inserted complex geometries like tet-rib into FE meshes.

Used freeform morphing techniques to optimize engine blocks there-by reducing the overall weight.

Optimized intake manifold by increasing the separation, septum length and bore width and height using control block morphing.

Involved in creation of spot welds, weld lines, seam welds and adhesives on the models.

Developed a method to model sub-surface for oil and gas industry.

Bridge between the customer’s request and the software team to develop the upcoming market requirements

Travel frequently to various customer locations to meet the dynamic business nature.

Plan and modify products to meet customer requirements.

Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements and provide sales support.

Guiding fresh engineers to develop analysis skill sets.

PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED

B-pillar morphing for OEM while maintain the draft angle

CAD morphing of floor to match new design specs

Parameterization and shape morphing of torque converter blades from ruled blades to spatial blades

Developed a method to model sub surface for major oil and gas company

Airbag shape parameterization

Full vehicle parameterization and weight optimization

Structural changes using parameters for a major construction company

Engine head optimization

Weld optimization

Trans case weight optimization

Vehicle styling and early concept design

Hex meshing using MeshWorks for brake components.

Air induction system optimization

Yoke optimization

Heavy engineering weight optimization and shape parameterization

Dummy morphing from lean dummy to obese dummy

Knee bolster parameterization

Process automation for contact creation

Got requirements from customer and mediated to the software team for tool implementation.

T-Cube Design solutions, India December 2006 – May 2010

Design Engineer

Provided design solutions for small scale industries

Modeling parts in Pro/E such as connecting rods, piston rods and pistons

Assisted Chief Engineer in analyzing the models using ANSYS for optimization for weight and cost reduction

Design analysis and optimization of a piston’s strength and weight with minimum cost and time without negatively influencing engine performance

Analyzed the stress distribution in various parts of piston to know the stresses due to gas pressure and thermal variation using ANSYS

Served as department liaison coordinating projects and communicating design changes with product engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and program management

Created 2D and 3D mechanical drawings of projects. Incorporated and applied the latest technologies and materials to improve product. Liaised with vendors to resolve production problems

Formula-S.A.E. January 2007 – March 2010

Captain

Responsible for all team coordination and management

Designed models such as struts, chassis, and bulk head in Pro/E and analyzed models in ANSYS for the optimization with the assistance of senior Professor

Provided assistance in programming, configuration, and operation of PC based PLC systems

Provided assistance in fund raising

Designed and built AGV for Geared Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Built a 5ton capacity AGV

Project on oil pump, tractor suspension, pump housing, impeller in Pro/E

Modeling and analysis of various hydraulic/pneumatic machine components using software such as AutoCAD, Catia, Unigraphics and Pro/Engineer.

PUBLICATIONS :

CAD Driven morphing of vehicle structure and sub-systems at SAE world congress 2017

Use of composite brackets and reinforcements in a vehicle structure model for lightweight design at NAFEMS conference, 2017.

Vehicle Mass reduction with the help of 3G+ optimization technique- A finite element study at NAFEMS conference,2017

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