Sukumar Hirani

****S Mariposa Ln, Dublin CA, ****8

acwp31@r.postjobfree.com I +1-408-***-****

SUMMARY

Masters of Science from WSU in May/2016 with a 3.3 GPA

1+ year of professional work experience as a CAD Engineer at Tata Motors in designing suspensions and engine mountings.

1+ year of experience as a Research Assistant at Advance Human Modelling Lab in field of Crashworthiness and Occupant Protection and Safety.

1 season of BAJA SAE experience as a Chassis Design Lead.

4+ years of hands on experience with skills of FEA and CAD.

Technical/Computer Skills: Catia V5, Solidworks, ANSYS, TeamCenter, Hypermesh, LsDyna, Nastran, Rapid Prototyping, Microsoft Office, Machine Designing and Drawing, Six Sigma, FMEA, DOE, DFM&A. EXPERIENCE

Advance Human Modelling Lab, Detroit

Research Assistant Feb’ 15 – May’ 16

Finite element analysis of Crash Reconstruction and Occupant Safety.

Skill used: Hypermesh 13.0, LsDyna, Nastran, Ansa, Mimics, Catia V5, DOE.

Analyzed baseline model of a pickup truck for FMVSS 208, FMVSS 214B(Barrier and pole), FMVSS 301, IIHS roof crush, IIHS 40% offset, IIHS 25% offset, NCAP load cases

Studied vehicle crash behavior, occupant injury analysis & application of countermeasures to improve vehicle crashworthiness in small overlap.

Modelled & validated FE model of Upper extremities of elderly female for side & front airbag impact injuries. Tata Motors Pvt. Ltd.-Pune, India

CAD Engineer Mar’ 13 - May’ 14

Validated and designed various vehicle components such as suspensions, engine mounts using Catia.

Skills Used: Catia V5, PTC Creo, CAD, GD&T, DMF&A, FMEA.

Gained knowledge of Vehicle Integration, design for manufacture and assembly & injection molding.

Experienced in designing of vehicle components & BIW, in conducting FMEA and generating DVP&R.

Pioneered in tasks of creating BOM to support planning of production, fabrication and inventory management.

Accomplished tasks of FE structural analysis of chassis for different load cases as road bump load case, power spectrum density analysis.

D & H Secheron Electrode Pvt. Ltd.-Indore, India

Quality Engineer Aug’ 12 - Feb’ 13

Used SPC tools for gauging variation in processes and to control quality.

Skills Used: Auto CAD, Machine Designing, Mechanical Testing.

Implemented maintenance strategies and optimized results.

Associated with quality department to perform mechanical & environmental testing.

Successfully redesigned a plant layout to increase the efficiency of work and to decrease the cost incurred. PROJECTS

FE analysis during Frontal Crashes: Oct’ 15

Simulated the crashworthiness characteristics of vehicle for FMVSS 208 using Nastran.

Skills Used: CAE, Hypermesh, Nastran.

Analyzed effect for full frontal barrier, 25%, 40% offset and central pole impact.

Measured effectiveness of restraint systems using HIII 50 % at driver’s side and passenger’s side. Wayne State University Head Impact Model_Version2 (WSUHIM_v2) Validation: Jun’ 15

Modelled crash testing Head Model for GHBMC dummy.

Skills Used: Math Modelling, Impact Biomechanics, Hypermesh, Lsdyna.

Completed testing of Head model to different experimental Cadaver testing data.

Validation of different test as Hardy, Nahum was performed on the model. Calculation of fatigue life of Flip Chip Package under Thermal Loading: Mar’15

Modelled Fe models for understanding behavior of Flip chip under fatigue loading.

Skills Used: Abaqus, FEA, Fatigue Loading.

Compared results of Completely Filled and Incompletely filled (Defected) model.

Applied thermal Loading on the package and results were validated theoretically. Calculation of crack tip plastic zone in a specimen with center through crack: Dec’ 14

Designed a modelled to learn crack initiation and crack propagation.

Skills Used: Abaqus, Solidworks, Fracture Mechanics.

Calculated stress intensity factor from the magnitude of plastic zone.

Compared & validated results obtained from FEA with Irwin and Dugdale models. Development of Motor Cycle Helmet using FEA: Apr’ 12

Successfully modeled & meshed FE helmet model.

Skills Used: Hypermesh, Blast Wave Simulation, Impact Biomechanics.

Simulated effect of Blast wave impact over human head to measure brain injuries.

Used iterative tools to measure the effectiveness of materials & design to reduce injuries. Modeling of car using blueprints: Dec’ 11

Successfully created model of a car with accurate dimensions using blue prints.

Skills Used: Catia V5, Surface Modeling.

Used surface modelling tools to model dynamics of car and all parts from roof to rims.

Workbenches as Sketch tracer and Freestyle were used for modeling in CatiaV5R20. EDUCATION

Wayne State University, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May’ 16

GPA: 3.20

Received Graduate Professional Scholarship.

Voluntarily associated with Additive Manufacturing lab in doing research based work on Rapid Prototyping. Malwa Insitiute of Technology, Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Jun’ 12

GPA: 3.70

Topped the class in first year.

Led SAE-INDIA virtual BAJA team, which successfully designed ATV and received recognition for best design. VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES

Worked Voluntarily at Additive Manufacturing Lab for setting up the Metal Direct Deposition lab and creating algorithm for tool path generation to 3D print components.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Additive Remanufacturing of Tools & Dies & algorithm for tool path using Matlab. Feb’ 16 Additive Manufacturing Lab, WSU

ADDENDUM

Mechanical Engineer, with Master's in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University. I am having 4+ years of hands on experience with CAD & FEA tools. I am looking for opportunity in the field of "Mechanical Engineering", to learn and apply my CAD & FEA skills. I have good command over Modelling, Simulation and Analysis.

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