Power Plant Engineer

Utham Ganesh

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EDUCATION

Master of Technology, Energy and Environmental Engineering, VIT University, CGPA 9.43(November 2014).

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, AnnaUniversity, CGPA 9.0 (July 2013).

EXPERIENCE

Research Intern at Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI)

(November 2014- May 2015).

Research Intern at Toyota Kirloskar Pvt.Ltd, Bangalore (Dec 2012- March 2013). PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

Design and Simulation of Solar Thermal Air Conditioning System for Office Buildings

(May 2015)

The main focus of this work was modeling and simulating solar air conditioning system for an office building in Gandhinagar using the transient software TRNSYS.Parametric analysis was performed to optimize the key parameters. This analysis was able to predict the long-term performance of a solar cooling system without actually performing expensive prototype or full- scale testing.

Performance Augmentation of Solar Flat Plate Collectors by using Fresnel lens (May 2014) This project involved evaluating the performance of the flat plate collector by integrating it with an array of Fresnel lenses over the glazing of the collector setup. Experiments were performed for different day number of the year and system efficiency was compared with and without Fresnel lens.This paper was presented in World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) held in September 2014.

Characterization of Ground Water and Surface Water Quality of Sitteri Lake and its surroundings at Arakonam-Vellore District Tamil Nadu (November 2013) This project involved the sampling of the Sitteri Lake at different points and the water sample analysis using standard methods; the qualitative analysis was done and suitability of water for drinking were determined and thereby studied the impacts of the lake on the surrounding areas. Defect Analysis and Improvement of Door Dolly Conveyance Leading to Overall Reduction of Innova and Fortuner Door Surface Defects - Toyota Kirloskar Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

(May 2013)

This project involved the redesigning and modifying the existing door dolly bushes that had failed quality inspection to minimize the surface defects on the Toyota car doors. Software such as Auto CAD was used to design the bushes and ANSYSto analyze stresses and deformation. The company had accepted the proposal to implement the suggested solution. Design and Fabrication of Automatic Side Stand Retriever (May 2012) This project involved the design and fabrication of an automatic side stand retriever for geared vehicles using sprocket arrangement, modeling of the system using software such as AutoCAD and Pro-E.

SKILLS

TECHNICAL SKIL LS

MS Office: Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Modeling software: AutoCAD and Pro/Engineer.

Simulation software: Ansys, TRNSYS, and RET Screen.

Energy modeling and simulation: eQUEST, TRACE 700, EngineeringEquation Solver

(EES), and PVsyst.

Languages: C and HTML.

LINGUISTIC SKILLS

English: Fluent (speaking, reading, writing)

Kannada: Native Language

Tamil: Fluent (speaking, reading, writing)

Hindi: Intermediate (writing, speaking, reading)

French and German: Basic (writing, speaking, reading) ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

1. Received University gold medalfor highest academic standing at the Undergraduate level

(2009-2013) in the mechanical engineering department. 2. Secured an overall rank of 12 among 6597 candidates in the Bachelor of Engineering degree in APRIL 2013 on the basis of performance in all examinations held during 2009- 2013.

3. Awarded the best outgoing student of Saveetha Engineering College (2012 -2013). 4. Scholarship for the undergraduate program in Saveetha Engineering College for three consecutive years (2009-2012).

5. Participated in BAJA event conducted by Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in August 2012.

6. School pupil leader during the year 2008-2010.

7. Organized a national level technical symposium “DRESTEIN”. 8. Top 2% in the class of 57 for M.Tech Energy and Environmental Engineering (2013-15), VIT University, Vellore.

9. Second position in the project presentations for two consecutive SET conferences held at VIT University, Vellore (November 2013 & May 2014). AREAS OF INTEREST

Solar PV and Thermal power plant design

Energy efficiency and conservation technology

Building performance analysis and CO2 emission reduction

Waste to energy technologies

HVAC system design

Wind energy systems

REFERENCES

Dr. Sagarkumar M. Agravat,

Scientist In-Charge,

Gujarat Energy Research & Management

Institute (GERMI),

Phone: 91-909**-*****

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Dr. Venkata Ravibabu Mandla

Programme Chair,

Vellore Institute of Technology,

Phone: 91-962*******

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