Mechanical Engineer

ADITYA SRINIVAS BALU

**** ***** ***** ****, *** *06, Raleigh, NC 27606, Ph: 919-***-****/ ******.*.****@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking full time opportunities in a challenging, dynamic environment in mechanical design field, with an opportunity to contribute

positively and to grow mutually with the organization.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Aerodynamic and Aero-elasticity Engineer, Ming Yang Wind Power USA Inc. January 2012 to Present

Designing wind turbine rotor blades for Megawatt class wind turbines, projects completed:

• Use of power and thrust curves in defining wind turbine blade aero-profiles, resulting in a streamlined blueprint

• Assessed blade properties using superposition principle in MATLAB culminating in design of a fast prototyping blade script

• Lead the project to analyze blade manufacturing and transportation costs resulting in implementation of cost effective

production

• Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to test and certify the safety of turbines by carrying out design load

cases

• Modeled a new blade from a pre-existing blade in Solidworks by defining and adding composite layups (NuMAD)

• Built a 110m blade by geometric paneling, also adding multiple composite plies along the length of the blade and conducted

FEA analysis in SAMCEF field

EDUCATION

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina August 2011

Masters of Science, Mechanical Engineering (Structural and Aerodynamics) GPA: 4.0/4.0

• Graduate Research Assistant (Applied Aerodynamics group) May 2010 to August 2011

Thesis Publication : ‘A Superposition Theory for Efficient Computation of Approximate Lift Distributions on Wind

Turbine Rotor Blades’

• Teaching Assistant August 2010 to May 2011

Graded Engineering Thermodynamics I (MAE 301) course and held TA hours, helping students understand the basic concepts

of thermodynamics.

• Course Projects :

• Design of an airplane wing using Weissinger method.

• Design of symmetric, cambered airfoils using XFOIL and MFOIL.

• Reproduced and presented results of the paper-‘Modeling the dynamic behavior of shape memory alloys’ published in

the International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

• Designed and built a glider and an RC asymmetric airplane as part of a DBF (design, build, fly) course project.

Manipal Institute of Technology, India May 2009

Bachelor of Technology– Mechanical Engineering GPA: 8.13/10

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Packages: CATIA, ProE, ANSYS, GH-BLADED, PROPID, NuMAD, WT_Perf, Solidworks, SAMCEF field, SAMCEF for

Wind Turbines (S4WT), LMS virtual Lab.

Programming Skills: C++, Matlab, XFOIL, MFOIL

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Structural Mechanics - Finite Element Analysis, Principles of Structural Vibrations, Advanced Solid Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics,

Composite Materials, Smart structures and materials

Aerodynamics – Airfoil Theory, Wing Theory, Configurations Aerodynamics.

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• Awarded merit-based scholarship covering 100% Masters tuition fee at North Carolina State University.

• Won student scholarship at the Mechanical engineering department poster competition at North Carolina State University.

• Presented Masters thesis in the 49th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) conference held at Orlando,

Florida in 2011.

• High school sports captain, Undergraduate college soccer team captain.

• Recipient of the personality trait award for 'Team Spirit'. Aspiring percussionist – released an album in May 2013. Also

performed a show for the town of Cary with a renowned Indian playback singer.

REFERENCES

• Dr. Chandra Yerramalli

Technology Director – Ming Yang Wind Power USA Inc.

Phone : 919-***-**** Email: *******.**********@******-**.***

• Dr. Ashok Gopalarathnam

Associate Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NCSU

Phone : 919-***-**** Email: *******@****.***

• Dr. Shu Ching Quek

VP for Engineering and Development at Ming Yang Wind Power.

Phone : 518-***-**** Email: ************@*****.***

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