Engineering Engineer

Rojan Mathew George

Ontario, Canada

• Ph# • 519-***-**** • ************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a career that utilizes my technical skills as well as leadership qualities all while expanding the knowledge in the fields of mechanical engineering, manufacturing process, quality control and IC engines VISA STATUS: Open work permit – Canada valid until 2020 EDUCATION

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering September 2011 – August 2013 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA GPA: 3.87 Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Automobile Engineering May 2007 – June 2011 Kerala University, Kerala, India CGPA: 7.3/10

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Steady state engine mapping and calibration

Manufacturing process, tooling and equipment recommendations and engineering changes

Process development – Quality control, FEMAs, root cause analysis, streamlining process & driving efficiencies

Gasoline Engine Mapping on the latest technologies such Direct Injection, Muti- fuel systems, Turbocharger, CMCV (Charge motion control valve), EGR

Cam optimization, Air charge analysis, MBT – Torque calibration, Borderline analysis

CFD and CAE tools for design and analysis

Dynamometer- based gasoline engine calibration for improved performance, fuel economy and engine out emissions

Design and implementation of test matrices to investigate the ionization phenomenon in multi- cylinder diesel engine for advanced control and diagnosis

Multi fuel engine testing – Jet and Diesel fuels

Engine emission analyzers - Horiba Exhaust gas analyzer, Cambustion NDIR CO/CO2, Cambustion CLD Fast NOx, Celesco Smoke meter

Data processing using Matlab/Simulink, Labview, Flexpro and Microsoft Excel. TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

“Experimental Study for the Effect of Fuel Properties on the Ion Current, Combustion, and Emission in a High Speed Diesel Engine”; SAE Technical Paper 2014; 201*-**-**** POSTER PRESENTATION

“Volatility Contribution in the Development of CI Engine Surrogates” - Wayne State University; R. George N. A. Henein, D. Taraza, W. Bryzik, M. Jansons Z. Zheng, A. Shrestha

– Presented at the Automotive Research Center (ARC) Conference 2013 led by the University of Michigan. Product Engineer - Engine Mapping

Ford North America, Dearborn, MI September 2013 – Present

Feature powertrain calibration - Calibrate vehicle functional objectives

Steady state dynamometer testing for creating engine maps.

Quality and process optimization – use of DFEMAs, root cause analysis, streamlining mapping process, PFEMAS

Overseeing Manufacturing process, tooling and equipment - engineering recommendations

Create DOEs, conduct tests to optimize as well as to validate fuel economy, performance, emissions, and diagnostics

Evaluate and assess vehicle attributes (performance, fuel economy, emission) on vehicles and in engine dynamometer cells

Light duty commercial engine with Turbocharger, Direct injection and multi fuel systems – gasoline maps

Extensive use of Matlab based model / Visual basic macros for creating calibration models.

Mapped Engine programs: 6.8L, 6.2L, 3.5L, 4.8/5.0L. Graduate Research Assistant at Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Wayne State University, Detroit, MI September 2011 – August 2013 Research Projects:

1. Investigation of Combustion and Emissions Characteristics in modern Diesel engine equipped with piezo common rail injection system (PCRS), using Ion Current Signal

Instrumentation of 4 cylinders, 2 L, 2011 Volkswagen industrial diesel engine with PCRS and diesel particulate filter (DPF).

Development and execution of various test matrixes using Design of Experiments framework to study the engine strategy at various operating conditions

Design and fabrication of ion current sensor (prototype), and its implementation for advanced diesel engine control and diagnosis

Performed combustion analysis to develop various relationships between ion current signal and combustion, performance & emission characteristics.

Development of correlations which are used as a feedback to the engine ECU thereby using ion current sensor as an efficient and cost effective engine control. 2. Multi fuel testing on modern automotive diesel engine equipped with production ECU 3. Study of the effect of variable start of injection (SOI) using multiple fuels 4. Chemkin PRO – Investigation of the contribution made by various NO formation mechanism 5. GT Power Modeling to examine effect of spark timing and a variable valve timing system SPECIALIZED COURSES AND FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE

Gasoline engine mapping, Air Charge induction, Cam optimization, Regression Analysis, Advanced combustion and emission, Heat and mass transfer in IC engines, Combustion engines, Ionization phenomenon in diesel engines, Cause and effect of engine control parameters on combustion, Emissions and performance, Closed loop engine control development, After-treatment devices, Auto ignition, Alternative fuels, Chemical mechanisms of diesel combustion, Surrogate fuel. SOFTWARE SKILLS

ATI Vision

ETAS INCA

Chemkin-Pro

FlexPro

GT Power

MS-OFFICE

Matlab/Simul ink

Labview

AutoCad

Autodesk Inventor

Ansys

C++ & Java Programming

AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS

Graduate Research Assistantship

Member of Formula SAE India

Member in SAE

Member in ASME

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