KSHITIJA KULKARNI

480-***-**** https://goo.gl/rQvPLa acxqtb@r.postjobfree.com

Highly motivated M.S.M.E. graduate with a multi-disciplinary experience in mechanical product design and development. Proven ability to lead and solve problems through vision and out of the box thinking. A quick learner and a team player pushed by the aim to get things worked. Areas of expertise include, but not limited to:

• 3D CAD modeling • Solidworks • Pro-E Creo • CATIA V5 • Simulations • ANSYS • COMSOL • FloTherm • AutoCAD • Programming • C • C++ • MATLAB • FORTRAN • Thermal Testing and Analysis • Stress Analysis • FEA • CFD • Experimental analysis • Thermocouples • Power supplies • Multi-meters • Data Acquisition DAQ • Manufacturing • Semiconductors • Electronics cooling • Technical writing

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Student Researcher, Arizona State University 05/16 – Present

• The goal is to develop a thermal model of GaN HEMTs in Fortran using Ensemble Monte Carlo method including temperature profile and hot spot locations.

• Currently working on adding the piezoelectric and dislocation scattering mechanism model to the present particle based device simulator.

Summer Internship at Ceres Greenhouse Solutions, Boulder, CO 06/15 – 08/15

• Surveyed the literature and developed an analytical approach to predict the thermal performance of GAHT system to resolve the persistent problem of higher output temperatures in summer.

• Developed a program code for parametric modeling of governing parameters in EES using correlations for effectiveness - NTU method for heat exchangers with constant wall temperature.

• Initiated and performed successful experimental testing on the existing projects to test the analytical prediction.

• Theoretically predicted the temperature outcome values that confirmed with experimental data with 3% error.

Winter Internship at Tranter India PVT LTD, Pune 12/12

• Studied thermal design of plate heat exchangers offered by Tranter India PVT LTD.

• Gained hands-on experience in working with the Lean Manufacturing Kanban System on the shop-floor.

• Gained knowledge in GD&T through interpretation of the engineering drawings.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Flow Visualization of a Dye Introduced into a System 04/16 – 05/16

• Solved the complete incompressible 2D Navier-Stokes equation using Adam-Bashforth numerical scheme for N-S term, Crank-Nicolson with ADI for non-linear velocity terms and V-cycle Multigrid for the linear pressure term.

• Modeled the dye mixing process using the initial dye distribution and following the given constraints of zero-gradient Neumann conditions for all the walls of the chamber.

• Executed the computational analysis in FORTRAN and Matlab.

3D Simulation of Aerodynamic Effects on an Object in a Virtual Wind Tunnel 11/15 – 12/15

• Used ANSYS Fluent to perform a transient simulation on the 3D object suspended in a fluid in the tunnel.

• Wrote a UDF (User Defined Function) in C++ to enable the non-uniform fluid inlet velocity.

• Adapted mesh to get precise quantities of lift forces, drag forces and velocities.

Simulation of 2D Multiphase Models 11/15 – 12/15

• Used the VOF (Volume of Fraction) model in ANSYS Fluent to perform a transient simulation.

• Analyzed scenarios like mixing of water and engine oil in a chamber, release of underground natural gas into open air and water injection in an empty tank.

• Checked the numerical stability of the solution using Courant number analysis.

Thermal Characterization of a QFN Package 09/16

• Used Ansys Thermal to simulate the thermal performance of the electronic package in natural convection.

• Referred to JEDEC standards for the test PCB board design and to employ suitable boundary conditions.

• Analyzed and recommended thermal interface materials (TIM) to be used as die attach.

Optimization of a Plate Fin Array Heat Sink in Natural Convection 07/13 – 04/14

• The aim was to optimize the geometry of a single plate fin with the base heat flux and fixed volume as the input.

• Used ANSYS ICEPAK to optimize the inter-fin spacing for a plate fin array.

• Brainstormed to get ideas to build a complete experimental assembly to test the results.

Analysis of a Rotating Heat Sink 03/15 – 05/15

• The project aimed at understanding the working of a rotating heat sink and its thermal analysis.

• Studied the change of parameters like fin geometry, rpm, fin numbers and fin spacing on the thermal performance using ANSYS CFX and EES.

KSHITIJA KULKARNI

480-***-**** https://goo.gl/rQvPLa acxqtb@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Arizona State University 05/16

Masters in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.77/4

University of Pune, India 06/14

Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.65/4

Relevant Coursework: Heat Transfer, Radiation Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Advanced Thermodynamics, Environmental Control Systems, Building Energy Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics, Strength of Materials

CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

•Active student member of ASU’s student astronomy organization, Astrodevils.

•ASHRAE student member.

•Completed The RIO+20 India Certification Program (2013) with achieving an A grade.

•Attended the first national conference on energy and environment (NC2E-2014), ”Energy and Environmental Security Through Cutting Edge Technology” at University of Pune, India.

•Participated in two day national conference,” Frontiers of Physics” (2013 and 2014) in Pune, India.

•Published an essay article, “Meditation: A Perspective of a Thoughtful Beginner” in Journal for Spirituality and Transcendental Psychology. (http://zeitschrift-fuer-spiritualitaet.de/2013-2-10.html)

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