A Mechanical Engineer with * years of experience using CAD softwares and 2 years of research experience with thermal, CFD and FEA analysis passionate to work in the industry looking for fulltime opportunities from summer 2016.
Product Design, Modeling & Analysis: Produced drawings for components for funded research projects using Solid Works, Auto Cad, Autodesk, Catia, ANSI Standards and also used Ansys Fluent to perform CFD analysis on some projects.
Manufacturing Processes: Die Casting, Injection Molding, High Pressure Rolling, Hydraulic Pressing, Sheet Metal
Six Sigma: DMAIC, 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, JIT, Value Stream Mapping, SPC, FMEA, GD&T
Statistical Tools & Analysis: Experience dealing with large data sets and analyze them with statistical tools such as JMP, Excel, Mat lab, Tableau, SQL
WORK EXPERIENCE
PV Reliability Laboratory (PRL), Arizona State University Mesa, AZ Spring’15 - Present
Conducting experiments to calculate resistance between semiconductor and fingers, interconnects, ribbons in a solar cell.
Test the bond strength of solder bonds using peel test and understand the effect of climatic conditions on the modules.
Observe the degraded solder under SEM and calculate the strain rate using a FEM model using ANSYS. Manufacturing Intern, Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant, India Summer 2012
Understood the ISO standards, and applied it in the manufacturing of Thermo-Mechanically Treated steel bars.
Performed quality control procedures such as Statistical Process Control and Failure Mode Effect Analysis.
Learnt about the Time-Temperature and Transformation diagram and its use to achieve tempered martensite composition. Pressure Vessel Design Intern, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, India Summer 2011
Experience on designing Pressure Vessels and manufacturing processes such as rolling, hydraulic pressing, sheet metal.
Drafted 3D models in CAD & conducted hydrostatic pressure and Non Destructive Tests like Infrared and Ultrasonic testing.
Trained on the Welding Procedure Sequence, marking and welding of shells (L-seam and C-seam welding). EDUCATION
Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering June 2016 Arizona State University, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Tempe, AZ GPA: 3.92/4.0 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering May 2014 Amrita University, Coimbatore, TN, India GPA: 9.32/10.0 ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Design of a Soling Station for cleaning Photovoltaic Modules Fall 2015
Designed a model of soiling station to place PV coupons with automated cleaning using SOLIDWORKS.
Manufactured a model similar to the design and tested the authenticity of the model. Finite Element Analysis of a 2D Plate with a Hole Spring 2015
Developed a code using mat lab in order to calculate the stress in a 2-D plate with a hole.
Used ABAQUS software to perform stress analysis and compare the results such as Von Misses stresses with the code. Design and Manufacture of an Unglazed Tilted Flat Plate Solar Water Heater Fall 2014
Led a team of four in designing an unglazed flat plate solar water heater.
Achieved 10% higher efficiency by tilting the wings along the sun’s motion when compared to a collector without tilt. Computational Analysis on the performance of Small Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Fall 2013 – Spring 2014
Modeled airfoils using Solid Works, meshing and CFD analysis were performed using Star CCM and Ansys Fluent, to study the effect of rotor speed, wind speed and blade twist on performance of the turbine.
Obtained 8% increase in performance coefficient of a Small Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines for residential systems. Design of a Three Wheeled Electric Vehicle for Efficycle-SAE Spring 2012
Designed a three wheeled electric trike using Pro-Engineer for national level SAE competition presented at Bengaluru, India. RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Manufacturing Technology I, Manufacturing Technology II, Design of Machine Elements, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer ABHISHIKTHA TUMMALA MECHANICAL ENGINEER
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CAD MODELLING CFD ANALYSIS MANUFACTURING PROCESSES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS