Mechanical Engineering
Resume:
Nikhil Sukumar Shah
Farmington Hills MI
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Job Related Summary:
1+ years of academic experience in Powertrain
1+ years of experience in Engines Simulation (AMESim, GT Power)
1+ years of experience in Dyno Testing and Instrumentation.
3+ years of experience in Matlab/Simulink.
DFMEA and Continuous improvement experience.
Hands on NVH Data Acquisition and Analysis Experience
Participation in BAJA, Formula SAE and ROBOCON (Robotics) Enterprises
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Technical Skills:
Design and CAE: CAD, PTC Creo (PRO-E), ANSYS Workbench, UG NX
Simulation: MATLAB/Simulink, LMS AMESim, CHEMKIN, GT Power
LabVIEW, EES, Oracle SQL Developer, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), C, C++
Education:
Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering Cumulative GPA-3.95/4.00
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI December 2015.
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering Absolute Grading - 70%
University of Pune, Pune, India May 2012.
Professional Experience:
Michigan Tech University, Houghton,MI Mar 2016
Project Volunteer: Jeremy Worm
Performing Engine Benchmarking to study types of engine available in market and producing scatter plot for power and torque.
Study the level of technology implementation in IC Engines
KS Kolbenschmidt US, Inc., Marinette, WI May 2015 - August 2015
Engineer Intern
Working as Engineer Intern at Continuous Improvement Department, part of a team, directly responsible to reduce scrap and increase productivity for All Steel Piston Line of plant.
Key projects performed are Root Cause Analysis for Pinhole scratches in Piston, Production Changeover time reduction, Implementation of 5S, TPM.
Performed DFMEA to select the tasks from work list.
Zycus Inc., Mumbai, India July 2012 - April 2014
Spend Analyst
Worked as Spend Analyst classifying and analyzing spend of Multinational Companies.
Received Best Team 2013 award for dedicated work, good client handling skills and collaboration shown by our team.
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd., Pune, India August 2011 - July 2012
R&D Intern
Simulated Lubrication System of Diesel Engine using LMS AMESim
Tested Engine on Dyno Test Cell
Engineering Project/Competition Experience:
Effect of Variable Cam Timing on the performance of a SI engine: GT-Power Software
December 2015
This project focuses on modeling a SI engine in GT-Power and observing the effect of changing intake and exhaust cam events on the performance of a 2.0L turbocharged Direct Injected (DI) SI engine (LNF).
Spark Calorimeter: Experimental Setup and CFD Analysis: Dr. Jeffrey D. Naber
September 2015 - December 2015
The project, sponsored by Ford Motor Co., involves the development of a basic prototype apparatus for studying the amount of energy transferred from the spark plug to the medium.
Worked on experimental setup of Spark Calorimeter.
Performed CFD analysis to predict flow through spark gap.
Digital Signal Processing: Dr. Jason Blough September 2015 - December 2015
Hand on experience on data acquisition using Microphones and accelerometer (NVH)
Set up and calibration of instruments and transducers.
Studied Signal Processing using Matlab (e.g. FFT Transform, Signal Averaging, Digital Filtering, Order Tracking)
Complex Chemistry, NO Formation, CHEMKIN Software and the Perfectly Stirred Reactor
March 2015
This project deals with the concepts of NO - NO2 Formation, CHEMKIN model for Perfectly stirred reactor and Mathematical modeling of PSR using Zeldovich (Thermal) mechanism of NO production.
Lubrication Oil Circuit Analysis of Diesel Turbocharged Engines August 2011 - July 2012
Optimized the pressure drop in the lubrication oil circuit by replacing three- plate Oil cooler with eight-plate cooler.
Analysis was performed using a 1D simulation code (Amesim) and perform dynamometer testing on engine with constant speed varying load cycle. The simulation predicted results and the experimental results showed a good fit. The deviations found were analyzed and reasons for deviation were apportioned.
ABU-Robocon 2011 June 2011 - August 2011
The ABU Robocon is an Asian Oceanian College robot competition.
Designed and built the mechanisms manually operated robots and 2 autonomous robots.
Formula SAE and BAJA enterprise- Design and Procurement team June 2010 - May 2012
Worked with a design team of 8 for Formula SAE-2011 and lead the design team for BAJA 2012
Designed and modeled the vehicle chassis in CATIA conforming to SAE rules.
Performed a linear FEA analysis on the chassis in ANSYS.
Involved in material procurement and financial management.
Developed and presented design report and Marketing presentation.
Relevant Courses:
Advanced Powertrain Exp. and Instr.
Advanced Thermodynamics.
Internal Combustion Engines II.
Digital Signal Processing. (DSP)
Advanced Combustion.
Design of Experiments. (DOE)
Dynamic Systems and Control. (DSC)
Vehicle Dynamics.
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