Mechanical Engineer

Dhananjay Lokapur

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Mechanical engineer with strong academic background. Interested in gaining industrial experience and pursuing a

career in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Thermal Energy and Mechanical Design. Proficient in Finite Element Analysis

and building numerical models. Familiar with CFD and design software such as Star-CCM, Ansys Fluent, Matlab,

Pro/E, AutoCAD and LabView. Enjoy working as a team member as well as independently.

EDUCATION

Santa Clara University, CA Mar 2015

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Distinction GPA: 3.9/4.0

Thesis Title: Investigation of Nanofluid Thermal Properties for Thermal Energy Storage

College of Engineering, Pune (India) May 2012

B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.8/4.0

Thesis Title: Prediction of Transmission Loss and Back Pressure using CFD Analysis

WORK EXPERIENCE

Santa Clara University, CA Mar 2013 – Mar 2015

Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Developed and published a technique to optimize thermal energy storage capacity of a nanofluid system, with

respect to system geometry, nanoparticle size and concentration.

Teaching assistant in Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, and Thermodynamics for undergraduate students.

Automotive Research Association of India, India Jan 2012 – May 2012

Engineering Trainee

Executed a computational technique to analyze a vehicle muffler for transmission loss and back pressure, and

compared it with experimentally obtained results on our own test set-up.

Forbes Marshall, India Jun 2011 – Jul 2011

HVAC Engineer – Intern

Acquired experience in manufacturing and testing of accessories such as pressure reducing valves, steam traps,

and components for condensate recovery of boilers.

Finolex Cables, India May 2009 – Jun 2009

Reliability Engineer – Intern

Planned and demonstrated a total maintenance system over two months to protect machines from failure, and to

predict and diagnose common modes of failure.

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

Zabalegui, A., Lokapur, D., Lee, H., 2014, “Nanofluid PCMs for Thermal Energy Storage: Latent heat reduction

mechanisms and a numerical study of effective thermal storage performance,” International Journal of Heat and

Mass Transfer, 78, pp. 1145-1154.

First prize at Mind-Spark 2011 for designing a hydraulic locking mechanism for a vertical turning center. Mind-

Spark is the annual national technical event hosted by College of Engineering, Pune.

Third prize at Mind-Spark 2011 for developing a time-based GPS concept business model.

Third prize at Mind-Spark 2011 for Metallurgy Papers for a review of medical applications of nanoparticles.

Second prize at Mind-Spark 2010 in Computer-IT Papers for designing a shortest-time algorithm for GPS.

GRADUATE ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Implemented the Radix-2 Fast Fourier Transform algorithm in Matlab.

Simulated Prandtl-Meyer Expansion Flow using Star-CCM.

Presented a Numerical Model to Predict Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient of an Ice-berg.

Presented Energy Policy Report on “American Shale Plays: Opportunities, Policy and Environment”.

Presented Technical Report on “Impact of Coal to Liquid Fuel”.

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