Mechanical Engineer

KUNAL MISHRA

**** *. ****** **., #**, Tulsa, OK, 74135 Phone: 405-***-**** ******@*******.***

Leadership, team management, and problem solving experience through academic project and summer internship

Strong organizational, project management, time management, and quick learning abilities from industrial experience

High analytical experience in both experimental and theoretical study including modeling, analysis, design and trouble

shooting

Industrial experience in knowledge based engineering design, machine design and product development

Strong nine-year experience in modeling and FEA software like Solid Works, CATIAV5, Ansys, ABAQUS, and MATLAB

Six-year research experience in polymer, ceramics, nanocomposites, chemical analysis and mechanical testing

Excellent communication skills in both written and verbal through research paper, business proposal and poster

presentation

Proficient In various operating system like Linux, Windows, Mac and languages like C++, Python

Education

Ph. D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (GPA 3.7/4.0) Dec.

2014

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater/Tulsa, OK

Master of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (GPA 3.5/4.0) Dec. 2010

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater/Tulsa, OK

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (GPA 3.8/4.0) May

2008

Uttar Pradesh Technical University, U.P, India

Professional Experience

Senior Research Engineer June 2012 –

Aug. 2014

ShinyaTech inc., Tulsa, OK

Area of work: Ceramic coating for wind turbine blade

Successfully designed and built state of art ceramic coating facility with the help of team

Developed novel technology for turbine blade coating using ceramic as a base material.

Achieved better protection on turbine blades against erosion compared to conventional polymer coating

Wrote proposal to funding agency such as OCAST as PI also filed provisional patent for this technology

Wrote a well accepted business plan with the assist of i2e (innovation to entrepreneurship), Oklahoma

System Analysis Engineer Intern May 2007-Aug 2007

Diesel locomotive works, Varanasi, India

• Designing and simulation of various assembly joints of the wheels in locomotive engines, in CATIA V5 R16.

• Inspected and reported defects generated on joints and achieved optimum stress level on joints

Research and Academic Experience

Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D. Dissertation Project) Jan. 2011 – Sept 2014

Mechanics of Advanced Materials Lab, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK

Areas of research: Time dependent recovery of nanoscale reinforced polymer

Successfully developed a POSS reinforced nanocomposite and achieved increase in 100% enhancement in tensile

strength of POSS reinforced nanocomposite

Performed dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) to study time dependent response of nanocomposite and to obtain

Prony series parameter to develop efficient FEA viscoelastic model for nanocomposite

Achieved true master curve and free volume from Time temperature superposition (TTS) phenomena

Successfully demonstrated strain recovery of nanocomposite using XRD and DIC

Extensively published research articles, yearly report, and technical publications; gained strong experience in research

and development.

Graduate Research Assistant Aug. 2008 – Present

Helmerich Advanced Technology Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK

Areas of research: Nanocomposite fabrication, characterization and application

Successfully developed a POSS and Carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced nanocomposite using different process

Performed and achieved 100% enhancement in fracture toughness at cryogenic experiment

Performed high strain rate compression testing and achieved better stress flow for nanocomposite using Split

Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) also Efficiently performed 2D -digital image correlation (2D-DIC)

Performed nanoindentation experiment of degraded and non-degraded CNT-POSS reinforced nanocomposite using

MTS indenter and achieved 65% enhancement in elastic modulus using hybrid CNT-POSS nanofiller

Designed and implemented efficient FEA simulation of CAI followed by stress-strain analysis

Efficiently performed acoustic absorption experiment on CR-MDF and achieved 20% increase in sound absorption

Graduate Research Assistant (M.S. Thesis) Jan. 2008 –

July 2010

Mechanics of Advanced Materials Lab. Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK

Area of research: Mechanical characterization of POSS reinforced epoxy polymer

Successfully fabricated unique hybrid organic-inorganic POSS reinforced nanocomposite and performed mechanical

characterization such as fracture toughness, flexural properties and shear properties

Achieved 200% enhancement in fracture toughness of POSS incorporated polymer at room temperature condition

Designed experimental techniques for permeability test while achieved reduction in permeability up to 200% obtains

from physical test and demonstrated in-depth understanding of thermal behavior of nanocomposite

Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug. 2008-

Dec 2010

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Area of teaching: Advanced composite, Fracture mechanics, Wave motion, Experimental mechanics

Taught classes and mentored laboratories for Fracture mechanics, Wave motion and Experimental mechanics for

students at graduate level

Actively involved in student development activities through leadership programs for undergraduate level senior design

projects

Key Academic Project

Basic requirement of composite tanks March 2011-

April 2011

• Studied and designed basic design of all composite tanks and successfully fabricated carbon fiber composite tanks

using wet filament winding. Demonstrate FEA analysis to find stress distribution in pressurized tanks using COMSOL

• Performed and quantified impact properties of composite tanks using gas gun also studied different level of failure

criteria in composite tanks

Design of Eco-marathon Vehicle May 2007-

June 2008

• Led team of 8 from Lyce Dedroit, France and JSS, India in designing a fuel efficient, eco-friendly vehicle

• Studied and selected appropriate design for vehicle. Worked on designing body part using CATIA V5 software

• Used Part design, Assembly, Shape and Drafting Workbench of CATIA and Final design was very well received

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Key Skills

Composite Fabrication: VARTM, hand layup, mold preparation, thin film and strain gauge applications.

Machine Experience: Instron universal tester, CNC Machine, Lathe Machine, Milling machine, Drilling Machine

Mechanical Testing: Tensile test, SENB, flexural test, DCB, Compression after impact test (CAI), Nano-indentation,

Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar, Digital Image Correlation (DIC). Familiar with ASTM standards

Material characterization: XRD, SEM, TEM, EDAS, FTIR, TGA, DSC, DMA, TMA, Photoelasticity, Raman

Spectroscopy

Analysis/Design Software: Catia V5, ProE, SolidWorks 3D, AutoCAD, MATLAB, ABAQUS, COMSOL

Awards and Honors

Certification on Advanced CATIA V5 by Dassault system, France and Education ministry, India.

Innovative research award, Society for Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Engineering (SAMPE)-Europe, Paris,

France-2012

First prize, Oral presentation, Research day – OSU Tulsa, Feb. 2013

First Prize, Poster presentation, Research symposium, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, March 2013

Supplemental Doctoral Fellowship – Awarded by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, OSU-

Tulsa, Jan. 2010 – July 2011.

Professional Memberships

Student Member of ASME

Member of the Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM) and Society of Advancement Material and Processing

Engineering (SAMPE)

Volunteer/Extra-curricular Activity

Mentored and encouraged high school and middle school student of Tulsa county to opt engineering in future as a

project of Tulsa engineering alliance and Tulsa summer camp

Volunteered for Tulsa habitat for humanity

Volunteered for Animal rescue team, Tulsa

Student intern, International student organization, OSU-Tulsa

Cultural coordinator, Indian student association (biggest student body in OSU), Oklahoma State University- (2009-

2010)

Publications and presentations

Journal Publications

• Mishra K, Vorrey S. and Singh R.P., “To study effect of different functionalities of POSS with epoxy resin.”in review,

polymer materials

• Mishra K, and Singh R.P., “Time dependent properties of glycidyl POSS-epoxy nanocomposite”, submitted, Material

Science A

Conference Proceedings

• Mishra K., Vorrey S. and Singh R. P.,”Using of POSS to enhance fracture toughness of thermosetting resin”, SAMPE

technical conference, Seattle, Wa,2010

• Mishra K, and Singh R.P., “Mechanical Properties of POSS–Epoxy Nanocomposites Under Cryogenic Conditions”,

Sampe technical conference, Paris, France, 2012

• Mishra K, and Singh R.P., “Reinforcement of epoxy resins with POSS for enhancing fracture toughness at cryogenic

temperature”, SEM technical conference, Costa Mesa, 2012

• Mishra K, and Singh R.P., “ Fracture behavior and time dependent recovery of POSS-epoxy nanocomposite”, American

Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) conference, Canada, 2014

• Hamim A., Mishra K, and Singh R.P., “The characterization of environmentally–degraded POSS–epoxy

nanocomposites”, SEM Technical Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, 2014

Poster Presentations

• Mishra K, and Singh R. P., “ Fracture toughness improvement of POSS-epoxy nanocomposite at cryogenic condition”,

Oklahoma Research Day, Feb 2012

Patents and Proposals

Provisional Patents

• Mishra K, Sanjay O, and Singh R.P., “Fabrication of Synthetic Wood Fiber-Crumb Rubber Panels”, United States

Disclosure No. 2014.16, Submitted –Sep 2013.

Proposal

Kunal Mishra (PI) “Erosion Resistant Coatings for Wind Turbine Blade Protection”, Project no. AR14-059, OCAST,

May 2014

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