Mechanical Engineering Engineer

VIKRAM SREEDHARAN – C.V.

*** ***** ***** ******,

Rolla, MO 65401, U.S.A.

Phone (Mobile): (001)573-***-****

e-mail: ***********@*****.***

Career Objectives:

To build on domain and functional expertise in modeling fluid flows involving multiphase physics, turbulence, chemical reactions

and combustion for industrial applications. A career path that leverages technical expertise built on a combination of theore tical

proficiency and practical know-how and experience is well-suited to my needs.

Position and Projects:

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Missouri University of Science &

Technology, Rolla, U.S.A. (October 2012 – present).

Combustion study of a multi-point ground flare system using CFD, Using the Sandia Labs developed CFD code C3d

(maintenance and updation by Dr. Suo-Anttila), a large multi-point flare field system was analyzed, and the effects of

radiation from this field on nearby structures was determined. This study was completed at MS&T, Rolla.

Development of a CFD Model for Gasification of Biomass with Arbitrary Shape Deformation using Sculptor™,

Building on prior CFD work with ANSYS FLUENT, a para metric study with variation of secondary air inlet sizes,

locations and combustor shape were tried out using Sculptor™ .

CFD Model Development for an Entrained-Flow Type Woody Biomass Gasifier, Using ANSYS Fluent 14.5 an

Euler-Lagrange CFD model was developed for an air-blown, downdraft entrained-flow woody biomass gasifier and the

model was validated with experimental results.

CFD Analysis of Novel Oil, Vapor and Steam Separator – Multiphase Eulerian models with population balance

equations were developed to represent droplet size (with breakup and agglomeration). FLUENT 13/14 was used for

modeling purposes. This study was completed in Rolla (post-doctoral study) and as an intern in Tulsa (for SAS).

Intern (concurrent with Post-Doctoral Research), Systems Analytics and Solutions Incorporated (SAS), Tulsa, U.S.A.

(October 2013 – April 2014).

CFD Validation and Parametric Study of Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants for Nox and CO Mitigation – Based

on CFD analysis and modification with low-NOx/ultra low-Nox SAS burners, design changes were suggested for existing

plants (West Burton and Cottam in the UK) to meet future emission requirements (targeted low Nox and carbon in ash).

An Euler-Lagrange (discrete phase method) model utilizing a competing eddy-breakup and finite rate chemistry model

was refined for this purpose. The parametric study for the plant upgrades is ongoing using FLUENT.

Ph.D. Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University Esbjerg,

Denmark (February 2009 – March 2012).

Ph.D. Thesis on Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Gasification Processes – Develop computational fluid

dynamics (CFD) models for gasification of coal and heavy oil incorporating multiphase turbulent flow, combustion and

chemical kinetics using an Euler-Lagrange description of the flow.

Intern (during Ph.D. study), Statoil Research Center, Trondheim, Norway (February 2011 – April 2011).

Senior Engineer, Vestas Technology R&D Chennai for the Verification group (April 2008 – October 2008).

Test Specifications of Wind Turbine Systems – Starting with the generator, defining the test specifications, test

flow/design and trying to correlate a good test design with failures observed in the field.

Reliability Engineer, GE Energy for the Safety and Reliability Engineering team (February 200 7 – April 2008).

Reliability Analysis of IGCC Process Island Systems - Reliability Analysis of IGCC systems such as the Air Separation

Unit, Grey Water Blowdown Pretreatment System, etc. using BlockSim (Reliability Block Diagram software) as well as

analysis of Lessons Learned and FMEA for GE Energy.

Research Analyst, at Frost & Sullivan Pvt. Ltd. Chennai, global growth consulting company for the Aerospace &

Defense (A&D) vertical (September 2005 – January 2007).

World Air Freight Market - A market engineering report on the global air freight market published on the Frost &

Sullivan website.

Research, Bone Mechanics Lab. (Mech. and Aero. Eng’g Dept.), for Dr. Dajun Zhang, Rutgers University, helped in

lab. setup, experiments and research (Spring 2001 - Spring 2005). Aerodynamics and Turbulence Lab., for Prof. Fazle

Hussain, University of Houston, Fall 1999 & Spring 2000.

Master of Science Thesis - Titled “Bioelectromagnetic Effects Induced in Bone Cells by an Extremely Low Frequency

Electromagnetic Field in Conjunction with Shear Stress”. Involved mathematical modeling, finite element analysis and

experimental study.

Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Spring 2000.

Grader, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng’g., Rutgers University, Fall 2002 & Fall 2000.

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng’g., Rutgers University, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, and

Spring 2002.

Engineer Trainee, Stumpp, Schuele, and Somappa Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, INDIA, Feb.1999 -June 1999. Worked in the

machine-tool shop floor of the spring manufacturing facility.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University, P.E.S.I.T. Bangalore, INDIA,

July 1994 – Aug. 1998.

Project in Fulfillment of Bachelor of Engineering Requirements - Titled “Design, Analysis and Fabrication of a

Pressure Relief Valve” External Supervisor K.G. Vivek (General Systems, ADA) and Internal Superv isor K.S. Sridhar

(Prof., PESIT) as part of a group of four.

Conference Proceedings, Papers/Posters:

“CFD study of an entrained-flow biomass gasifier” and “CFD analysis of a novel oil, vapor and steam separator” -

1.

papers under preparation to be submitted by September 2014 to peer -reviewed journals Fuel and Energy & Fuel.

Paper titled “CFD study of heavy oil gasification in an entrained-flow gasifier” for the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting

2.

(Minneapolis, MN, USA, October 16-21, 2011), and extended abstract for conference proceedings.

Paper titled “A CFD study of entrained-flow gasifiers using two feed types“ 8th International Conference on

3.

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS in the Oil & Gas, Metallurgical and Process Industries (Trondheim,

Norway, 21-23 June 2011), and conference journal proceedings.

Paper titled “CFD simulation of coal gasification in an entrained-flow gasifier” for the 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting

4.

(Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, November 7-12, 2010), and extended abstract for conference proceedings.

Paper titled “CFD analysis of dilute sprays using Euler-Lagrange modeling” presented with Allan Holm Nielsen at

5.

the 5th OpenFOAM Workshop (Gothenburg, Sweden, June 21 -24, 2010).

Proceedings of 2003 IEEE 29th Annual Bioengineering Conference “Finite Element Modeling of Cellular Responses

6.

of Gap Junction Connected Osteocytes Under Extremely Low- Frequency Electromagnetic Fields”, Vikram

Sreedharan and Dr. Dajun Zhang (Pg. 160-161) and podium presentation (NJIT, NJ, USA).

Proceedings of 2002 IEEE 28th Annual Bioengineering Conference “Expression for the Intracellular Potential in a

7.

Cell Monolayer Due to Exposure to an Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Field”, Vikram Sreedharan and

Dr. Dajun Zhang (Pg. 201-202) and podium presentation (Drexel University, PA, USA).

BMES 2004 Annual Fall Meeting (Pennsylvania, PA, USA), Poster - “Electrical Response of a Circular Cell

8.

Monolayer to an Axisymmetric, Low-Frequency EMF” by V. Sreedharan and D. Zhang, and “Finite Element

Modeling of Osteocytic Network Under Oscillatory EMF” by V. Sreedharan and D. Zhang.

Education:

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Feb. 2012 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, May 2005 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, August 1998

Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Bangalore University, Bangalore, INDIA

CGPA: 3.7/4.0 Grade: 72.1% (First Class with Distinction)

References:

Dr. Tron Solberg (Former Docent in Chemical Engineering, Dept. of Bio., Chem. and Environ. Eng'g ., Aalborg University

Esbjerg, Denmark, currently Fluid Flow Specialist at Acona AS).

Email address: ****.*******@*****.***, Phone: +47 48 32 80 50.

Prof. Bjørn Hjertager (Head of the Institute, Dept. of Math. and Nat. Sci., University of Stavanger).

Email address: *****.*********@***.**, Phone: +47 51 83 18 07.

Dr. Carl-Birger Jenssen (Specialist-Transport and Flow Technology, Statoil Research Center Trondheim).

Email address: ****@*******.***, Phone: +47 90 97 04 68.

Computer Skills:

Operating Systems: Windows - 95/98/NT/XP, MS-DOS, UNIX, LINUX.

Languages: Fortran, C.

Tools: ANSYS FLUENT, OpenFOAM, C3D, Star CD/CCM+, FEMLAB, ABAQUS, AutoCAD, Pro-E, IDL, LABVIEW,

MATLAB, BlockSim.

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