Suhas Sathyanarayan
Cell: 682-***-**** • ******************@*****.*** • https://www.linkedin.com/in/suhassathyanarayan
Mechanical Engineer with industrial experience for over two years, seeking a great opportunity to set foot
professionally and be a valuable member of the firm's engineering team
Education
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, TX (Dec 2014)
Coursework: Advanced Finite Element Methods, Electronics Packaging and Computational Techniques, Computational Aerodynamics,
Convection Heat Transfer, Advanced Mechanics, Control System Components
Academic Projects:
- Convective Heat transfer analysis over a flat and inclined wedge using MATLAB
- CFD analysis of a HP blade server c7000 using ANSYS Icepak
- Finite element analysis (FEA) of a hand held cart using Creo and ANSYS Workbench
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India (June 2012)
Coursework: Advanced Thermodynamics, Material Science & Metrology, Strength of Materials, Energy Systems, Heat Transfer, Advanced
Mechanics, Operations Research, Total Quality Management, Engineering Economics, Machine Design, Fluid Dynamics, Hydraulics &
Pneumatics, CIM & Automation, Basic Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Senior Project: Design and experimental analysis of Fluidized-Bed Gasification of a mixture of poultry litter and rice husk
Skills
CAD Modeling tools : Pro/E Wildfire, Creo, AutoCAD, CATIA, SolidWorks, Solid Edge
FEA Analysis tools: ANSYS: APDL, Mechanical, Thermal, Structural, Workbench
Programming tools: MATLAB, MATHEMATICA
CFD Tools: FloTHERM, FloVENT; ANSYS Fluent, Icepak
Basic Laboratory skills: Air Flow bench, Server and Room level thermal, airflow and power measurements, Data acquisition systems
Other skills: Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, ASME Y 14.5
Research Experience
Research Volunteer (Dec 2014 - Present)
Electronics MEMS & Nano-electronics Systems Packaging Center - University of Texas at Arlington
Experimental and transient CFD analysis of the IT pod and its cooling system
Guide multiple cross-functional teams in providing design and thermal solutions for various University-Industry research projects
Graduate Research Assistant (Jan 2013 - Dec 2014)
Electronics MEMS & Nano-electronics Systems Packaging Center - University of Texas at Arlington
Experimental and computational work experience in projects, guided and funded by NSF
Actively participated in Industry and University Co-operative Research activities by providing technical support using CAE tools
Planned and scheduled regular meetings with industry mentors to discuss the progress of the projects
Modeled and analyzed the thermal behavior of various evaporative cooling units and a modular data center using Creo and FloTHERM
Experimental analysis of various cooling pads on an airflow bench to obtain the performance characteristics of the pads and the factors
affecting them
Tested HP SE 1102 servers on an airflow bench to determine the total power consumption of the servers
Identified critical re-circulation regions and hotspots in the modular data center
Investigated the air flow pattern by changing the arrangement of the cabinets and the servers in an IT pod
Initiated transient analysis on the modular data center to study the impact of solar radiation
Thesis: " Experimental and Computational analysis of an IT pod and its cooling system"
Other Experience
Building Supervisor, E H Hereford University Center - University of Texas at Arlington (Sep 2013-Dec 2014)
Supervised all event setups, planned event set up changes and oversaw security needs
Trained, instructed and evaluated new and returning building crew members and led event setups
Student Intern, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, Bangalore, India - Manufacturing Division (Jul 2011)
Performed Time study analysis on machining processes like turning, grinding, hardening and welding
Minimized the machine cycle time by identifying the areas of lag and reporting them
Obtained exposure to PERT, CAM technique and Geometric Dimensions & Tolerances
Honors & Publications
"Steady State CFD modeling of an Information Technology pod and its cooling system"-First Author and "Factors that affect the Performance
Characteristics of Wet Cooling pads"- Second Author, 31st Annual IEEE SEMI-THERM 2015, San Jose, CA
Recipient of the Electronics, MEMS & Nano-electronics Systems Packaging Center Scholarship (2013-2014)
"Employee of the month"-October 2014 at E H Hereford University Center