Engineering Design

Sainath Sripathi

Dearborn, MI

Phone: 313-***-**** E-Mail: ********@*****.***

EDUCATION

University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI

M.S.E in Automotive Systems Engineering

(GPA: 3.4 / 4)

Jan 2014 –Dec 2015

Relevant Courses: Vehicle Packaging Engineering, Vehicle Ergonomics, Automotive Manufacturing Processes, Finite Element Analysis in Auto Structure Design, User Interface Design & Analysis, Auto Assembly systems, Total Quality Management & six sigma, Automobile and integrated systems

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

B.E in Mechanical Engineering

(GPA: 3.6 / 4)

Sep 2009 - May 2013

Relevant Courses: Automobile Engineering, Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines, Finite Element Method, Strength of Materials, Thermodynamics, Assembly Drawing, Production Planning & Control, Production Technology

WORK EXPERIENCE

Vice-Captain of Team Vulcans at BAJA SAE INDIA April 2011 – Mar 2013

Conducted an Automotive Technology Workshop in J.B. Institute of Engineering & Technology

osponsored by SAE INDIA, Mahaveer Group(Mercedes Benz & Skoda)

Participated as Design Team Lead in BAJA SAE held at NATRAX facility of NATRIP, Indore, India

oErgonomic Cockpit and roll cage Design Packaging

oMIG welding of Roll cage

oFabrication of composite Body panels

oVehicle Track Testing & Validation

Engineering Intern, Nuclear Fuel Complex, Department of Atomic Energy, India May 2013 – Dec 2013

Designed multiple models of extrusion dies and performed Finite element analysis on each of them using ANSYS software (Models were created in Pro-E).

manufacturing of the extrusion dies, Performing Failure modes & effects analysis

Optimized the Design parameters by making necessary Modification using Pro/E.

SKILLS

Over 3 years hands on Automotive experience

Experienced in Designing and implementing body and interior sub systems

Ability to apply anthropometric data for designing ergonomic cockpit design for standard U.S population

Pro-E, ANSYS (Mechanical APDL, Workbench),CATIA (V5), HYPERMESH,NX,AUTOCAD

DFMEA,PFMEA, DVP&R, QFD,APQP(Advanced product Quality planning), GD&T

Six Sigma(DMAIC/DFSS)

MS Office-Word, Excel, Powerpoint

GRADUATE PROJECTS

Exterior & Mechanical Package Analysis: exterior/mechanical package considerations for seating system. Mechanical packaging issues and trade-offs. Development of Interface diagram and Interface Matrix for selected system by cascading from systems to component level.

Occupant Package Design: measurements of SAE exterior and interior dimensions by benchmarking and creating exterior and interior layouts of a new vehicle, applying SAE practices to determine interior package dimensions, applying static anthropometric data to design a few interior dimensions

Benchmarking, QFD and Design Specifications of Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 along with competitors for in detail benchmarking of Instrument panel for QFD (Quality Function Deployment) in order to understand customer preferences.

Driver Package Evaluation-evaluating the Ergonomic attributes of Mazda 3 by conducting extensive task analysis and developing New Ergonomic design using Driver Anthropometric Data from the SAE Design guidelines.

Controls & Display Evaluation-human factors evaluation of controls and display on steering, driver door and instrument panel was conducted and suitable ergonomic improvements were made by designing, development and validation of vehicle-level requirements for controls and displays, from a user-centric perspective

User Interface Design & Analysis: 0f canon rebel t5i DSLR Camera, evaluation of customer usability issues with the product.

Conceptual Redesign of UI: Innovative Redesign of UI of Canon rebel t5i DSLR camera with a virtual prototype and Benchmarking with the previous original User interface for the verification of improved user experience meeting all ergonomic standards

Vehicle System Analyses: Requirements, Interfaces and Tradeoffs-Research on Exterior Lighting System to identify the Requirements, Interfaces and tradeoffs of lighting system with other systems considering attributes and sub-attributes of the vehicle.

Business Plan and Systems Engineering Management Plan-Developing a Business plan for 2019 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 identifying key customer needs and attributes, developing Systems Engineering Management Plan of timing and gateways for the product development process.

Conceptual Design of target Vehicle Designing a completely New 2019 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 considering engine room, trunk space, ground clearance, vehicle overall dimensions including cowl & Deck point, Head clearance contour,3600 visibility and all other Design aspects into consideration

Structural Static Analysis on various structures using Beam, Shell, Rod, Spring and Solid Element Type in 1D, 2D and 3D Modeling using HYPERMESH 11.0

Body and Frame Stiffness Analysis of BIW Structure-studying the effects of change in bending and torsional stiffness with respect to each other on improving any of the stiffness value and to approach with a new design without altering the thickness of the components and also taking mass changes into consideration

Automotive Manufacturing Process: Improved Performance and Weight Reduction of MacPherson Strut Suspension System

ACHIEVEMENTS

Received 1st PRIZE in VIRTUAL BAJA’12 in Bangalore, India Representing J.B. Institute of Engineering & Technology by presenting the preliminary design specifications and the production plan of all-terrain vehicle in detail including every aspect of production from design phase to the preset final targets.

Achieved 2nd place in Technical paper presentation on Green Engine at 8th National Level Techno-cultural consortium for INFOQUEST’10

Represented J.B. Institute of Engineering & Technology in virtual BAJA and got selected for the final event, organized by SAE BAJA in Bangalore, India

Achieved 1st place for Aesthetics & Ergonomic Design of All Terrain Vehicle in BAJA SAEINDIA ’12 held at NATRAX facility of NATRIP, Indore, India from 16th-19th FEB’12

Organized Robotryst’12,a national level robotics championship held from 11/3 to 11/4 at J.B. Institute of Engineering & Technology in association with Robosapiens Technologies Pvt. Ltd, E-cell IIT-Kharagpur

General Secretary of Indian Graduate Student Association(IGSA) at University of Michigan

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