Engineer I

PRASANNAAH HADAGALI

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Milwaukee, WI 53233 215-***-****

OBJECTIVE: Utilize my experience and skill-set in CAE Crashworthiness and Occupant Safety in automotive industry.

SKILL-SET: LS DYNA, LS Prepost, LS OPT, Hypermesh, Ansys-ICEM CFD, IA-FEMesh, DEP-Meshworks (basic), I DEAS, MIMICS, 3MATICS, PTC Creo, CORA (PDB), MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and FMVSS Regulations. EDUCATION: M.S (Thesis) in Biomechanics

DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA

(September, 2014)

B.E in Biomedical Engineering

ANNA UNIVERSITY, Chennai, India

(May, 2010)

PUBLICATIONS: Hadagali, P. (2014) “Subject-specific Finite Element Modeling of the Adolescent Thoracic Spine for Scoliosis Research”. Master’s Thesis, Drexel University. Hadagali, P; Belwadi, A; Peters, J; Balasubramanian, S. (2015). “Bio-fidelic Subject-Specific Finite Element Models of the Adolescent Thoracic Spine to enhance Scoliosis Investigations”. (Submitted) Arun, M; Driesslein K, Hadagali, P; Yoganandan, N; Pintar, F; Humm, J; Rudd, R. (2015).

“Biofidelity Evaluation of Restrained Whole Body Responses of a Finite Element Full Human Body Model under Frontal Impact”. IRCOBI 2015. (Submitted) PROJECTS: Comparison study between Spot welded and Laser welded models using FEM FE-Static and Dynamic stiffness comparison study between spot welded and laser welded models to understand the mass saving effects on stiffness. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Analyze injury response on GHBMC model in frontal and far-side automotive impacts. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-Ongoing

Reconstruction of lumbar spine injury on GHBMC model during frontal crash-landing. EXPERIENCE: MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, Milwaukee, WI Engineer I, Department of Neurosurgery, 11/14-Present

Compare the effect of rigid seat and OEM seat on lumbar spine using GHBMC human model.

Validate the GHBMC human model against far-side impact experimental data.

Positioned the GHBMC, Hybrid III and EuroSID dummies in Ford-Taurus FE model.

Routed seatbelt on the human and dummy models after position in the car model.

Conduct side-impact (FMVSS 214) on Ford-Taurus 2001 FE Model with seated Hybrid III dummy, EuroSID and GHBMC Human model.

Perform statistical analysis of the experimental and simulation data using CORA-PDB.

Optimize material parameters of OEM seat to reduce axial load on lumbar spine using LS OPT. PRASANNAAH HADAGALI

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DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA

Research Assistant, Orthopedic Biomechanics Lab, 09/12-10/14

Developed protocols to aid the development of Finite Element (FE) models of spine.

Developed FE models of thoracic spine and ribcage for normal subjects using ANSYS ICEM CFD v.14.5 and Hypermesh v.11.

Derived moment-angle response of pediatric thoracic spine based on FMVSS 572.

Using scaling methods according to FMVSS 572 to validate the pediatric spine FE models.

Managed installation and maintenance of FE tools in the laboratory. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, MI

Volunteer Student Assistant, AHML. 09/11-04/12

Analyzed impact of a rigidly modeled plate on simplified Finite Element model of human brain using LS-DYNA-Explicit.

Performed FE Morphing operations using Meshworks.

Meshed and analyzed the processed geometry of a stack of vertebral bodies and ribcage for flexion and extension moments using LS-DYNA-Explicit.

Validate the adult cervical spine FE model against rear-end impact experimental data. CERTIFICATIONS: MADYMO Introductory Training, TASS Americas, MI.

(May, 2012)

PRESENTATIONS: Hadagali, P; Balasubramanian, S. (2013). “Development of a Finite Element Model Template of the Pediatric Thoracic Spine and Ribcage”. 2nd International Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium, Nov 6-8, 2013, Philadelphia, PA.

Hadagali, P; Peters, J; Balasubramanian, S. (2014). “Subject-Specific Finite Element Modeling of Thoracic Spine Deformity using Multi-block Morphing”. 60th Annual meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society, Mar 15-18, New Orleans, LA.

Hadagali, P; Balasubramanian, S. (2014). “Development and Validation of Finite Element Model of 10 Year-old Thoracic Spine with and without Rib-cage”. 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Jul 6-11, Boston, MA.

Hadagali, P; Balasubramanian, S. (2014). “Development and Validation of Finite Element Model of a 16-Year Old Osteo-Ligamentous Thoracic Spine”. Biomedical Engineering Society 2014 Annual Meeting, Oct 22-25, San Antonio, TX.

Hadagali, P; Belwadi, A; Dougherty, J; Balasubramanian, S. (2014). “Investigating the Kinematics of the Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliotic Thoracic Spine using a Finite Element Model”. Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium, Oct 28, 2014, Philadelphia, PA. Hadagali, P; Belwadi, A; Dougherty, J; Balasubramanian, S. (2015). “Kinematic Comparison of the Osteo-ligamentous Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Spine with the Normative: A Finite Element Modeling Study”. 61st Annual Meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society, Mar 28-31, Las Vegas, NV.

INVITED SPEECH: Hadagali, P; “Patient Specific Finite Element Models for the Spine and Ribcage to Investigate Scoliosis Correction Devices” Biomedical Engineering 2015, Philadelphia, PA

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