RUPESH BHATIA

**** ****** ***** *** **, Mishawaka, IN 46545 Phone # 513-***-**** acug69@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Senior Applications/Thermal Engineer with over 5 years of experience in thermal design for HVAC Systems, Industrial Refrigeration and Process Equipment. Extensive Project Management experience related to Process Equipment, Air and Gas Compression systems for Oil & Gas Industry. Refined New Product Development expertise providing custom solutions for specialised refrigeration and compression applications. Highly qualified individual with proven analytical skills and acumen to apply empirical methods.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Applications Engineer, OEM Solutions Air/Gas Compressors, Sullair LLC. Aug’15-Present

Project Manager – Leading and managing various multi-million dollar projects comprising of cross-functional teams to define, coordinate and execute custom OEM requirements.

Provide selections, designs and technical quotations for oil-flooded screw compressors to Air Handling/Drill Rigging Industries, Oil & Gas OEMs using in-house design software.

Collaborate with Process Gas OEMs to identify the compressed air/gas requirements and act as a sales and technical liaison between engineering support teams and customers.

Coordinating with the Field Service Team, Aftermarket & traffic to identify and resolve potential field issues.

Implement technical review of API 619 Spec to develop a compliant compressor line for O&G Industry.

Managing projects to facilitate quotations and support production, installation and service of oil-free compressors and modules.

Applications Engineer-II, Heat Exchanger Eng, GEA Refrigeration North America Inc. Feb’12-Aug’15

Provided thermal design and costing of industrial refrigeration and process equipment through application of empirical calculation methods and use of design software programs.

Oversaw the mechanical design and production of industrial refrigeration and process equipment per ASME Code Section VIII Div.1.

Researched advancements in heat transfer surfaces & products and provided a cost analysis for the application of such products.

Requisition of quotes for heat exchanger fabrication components and outsourced heat exchangers, establishing effective communication with vendors & supporting sales with technical support to the customers.

Lead a multi-disciplinary team and provided technical guidance on design, application and fabrication of heat exchanger equipment on multi-million dollar projects for leading chemical, oil & gas companies.

Research Assistant, Thermal Fluids and Thermal Processing Laboratory

University of Cincinnati September ‘11 – February ‘12

Study of thermal behaviour and viscoelastic properties of polymeric solutions using rheological principles.

Designed the experimental set up to simulate the working of centrifugal and reciprocating compressors.

Mentored new students in the laboratory to help understand the operations and analytical capabilities of rheological equipment.

Assistant Manufacturing Engineer, Sea Bird Refrigeration Pvt. Ltd. Delhi, India June ‘07 - July ‘08

Manufacturing and Assembly line operations for industrial compressors and condensers.

Performed CNC machining and Rapid Prototyping on HVAC components.

Designing of compressors ranging from reciprocating, rotary, screw, semi-hermetic and hermetic compressors. Installation, maintenance and troubleshooting field issues.

Engineering Intern, Mother Diary Foods Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India June ‘06 - July ‘06

Performed and oversaw operations of machinery used in food processing & ice-cream production.

Design process for various milk processing equipment.

Implemented Six-Sigma and Kaizen techniques for optimization of processes.

Engineering Intern, Hewlett Packard Ltd., Delhi, India June ‘05 – July ‘05

Designing and modelling of engine components using PRO-E 2000i and Wildfire.

PROJECTS

Characterization of rheological properties of non-newtonian polymeric solutions of HEC, Xanthan, CMC, Polyox and Carbopol, University of Cincinnati September ‘08 – August ‘11

Experimental study of viscosity and flow curves of polymers and effect of temperature, concentration, molecular mass.

Determination of model to fit the rheological behavior and resulting heat transfer enhancement.

Quantified the presence of yield stress and pointed out the insufficiency of various equations in defining viscous behaviour. Developed new equations to explain the rheological behaviour.

HVAC Building Design Project, University of Cincinnati January ‘09 – May ‘09

Designed a 3-storey building for ASHRAE Green building design competition.

Guided the group in suitable selection of material properties for optimum mechanical & thermal design.

Maximized utilization of wind & solar power to generate a cost-effective alternative to save allotted budget.

Development of a Basic Utility Vehicle, G.G.S. I.P. University, Delhi, India August ‘06 – May ‘07

Designed a BUV replacing 800 cc engine by a 150 cc engine & developed the self-start mechanism.

Drafted 2-D and 3-D drawings of the vehicle using AutoCAD.

Academic Projects, University of Cincinnati, Ohio

Thermal and hydraulic design of a working shell and tube heat exchanger.

Grid generation in the flow domain over a NACA airfoil using interpolation techniques.

Computationally modelled flow behavior and heat transfer inside a dielectric droplet under the effect of uniform and oscillatory electric field using finite volume discretization techniques.

Solved Heat transfer problems for steel making processes using mathematical functions.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical and Automation

(August 2011) Engineering (May 2007) University of Cincinnati, OH, USA G.G.S. Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India. GPA: 3.94/4 GPA: 8.0/10

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Software: FLUENT, Pro-E 2000i, Pro-E Wildfire, AutoCAD, NX, Solid Works, MATLAB, Tecplot, ASPEN Shell & Tube, HTRI, PWT Plate & Frame, SulPerCal, Team Centre, J.D. Edwards Financial Suite, MS Office.

Operating Systems: Windows, LINUX, UNIX, Mac OS.

Languages: C/C++, SQL.

HONORS and ACHIEVEMENTS

Graduate Research Assistant, Thermal Fluids and Thermal Processing Laboratory at University of Cincinnati.

Recipient of University Graduate Scholarship at the University of Cincinnati.

Won Regional and State Levels for ASHRAE Green Building Design Competition.

Noted as the most innovative Undergraduate project at GGSIP University Annual Technical Festival.

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