Engineer Quality

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CHINMAY VINAYAK SAPRE

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly motivated experienced Mechanical Engineer with expert level analytical, interpersonal and communications skills with 2 years of professional experience and 2 plus years of hands on Vehicle Engine testing and SAE certification in Engine controls. EDUCATION:

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan August 2016

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering GPA:3.30 University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India May 2010

Bachelor in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering GPA:3.25 TECHNICAL SKILLS:

GT POWER

CHEMKIN

ANSYS(FLUENT)

CATIA V5

SolidWorks

PRO-E

NX

LABVIEW

MATLAB

Simulink

C Programing

Microsoft Office

CAN

ERP Bann

ECU’s

Minitab

OBD

Visual Basic

Moto Hawk

Moto Tune

NI MYDAQ

VeriStand

CANKing

GD&T

HIL

ETAS/INCA

PLC

OTHER SKILLS

Attention to details, Strong communication skills, self-motivated, Handled multiple projects at a time

LHP Engineering Solutions

Embedded Software Experience November 2016 – December 2016 Controls Engineer Trainee

Performed projects on design, development and testing a control system for gasoline engine from scratch.

Key Achievements:

Engineering Process Training

Developed embedded control system for engine and ECU using PID logic

CAN Communications (J1939), Code Generation Training, Wire Harnessing

Controls Theory and Application on Engine systems

Model based design, development and implementation

Calibration and HIL Testing, Business Etiquette, Agile SCRUM, Stress, Conflict Management, and Cross Functional Work.

Data acquisition and FMEA documentation,

Development of Minimum and Maximum Governor Control Models

Modeled minimum and maximum governor models to control engine speed in Simulink

Calibrated and tuned the engine using MotoTune calibration tool.

Tested control strategies on GM Ecotec 2.4L gasoline engine at different load conditions with minimum and maximum governor models prepared in Simulink.

Gained basic entry level knowledge of OBD diagnostic algorithm development. Email:******@*****.*** Mobile Number: 313-***-****

Electronic Throttle Position Controller using Linear Potentiometer

Built control model for electronic throttle controller using Simulink

Created and modified the algorithm for Throttle position sensor and implemented with help of ECU

Calibrated electronic throttle position and pedal position using MotoTune

Piloted and validated controller while varying the pedal position using MotoHawk Development of Gasoline Engine Speed Control System

Built engine PID controller and Engine Position Tracking (EPT) system for a gasoline engine using MotoHawk, MotoTune, and Simulink.

Designed a state machine for stall, crank, run, and overload states and calibrated engine for different states.

Developed Motohawk plant model for HIL model based sensors and actuators to test the build.

Signed off calibration validation results from HIL testing

Executed gain scheduling and feed forward loop up table for lower response time and stabilized engine speed.

Created model with certain specifications to validate and calibrate control strategies. Distributed Control System for Electronic Throttle and CAN Communication

Designed a feedback PI electronic throttle controller using Simulink and MotoHawk

Calibrated the control system using MotoTune calibration tool

Tested and validated the controller using throttle valve

Studied and resolved instabilities encountered in feedback PI control system

Implemented remote control of ETC using CAN Communication PROFESSIONAL LAB & PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Center for Automotive Research, Wayne State University May 2015 – July 2016 CO-OP Graduate Research Assistant

Diesel Engine test cell set up and instrumentation for experiments.

Investigated change in emission and combustion characteristics during cold start.

Calibrated emission measurement instrument and performed Purging operation of same when it was necessary.

Worked on Vehicle Engine instrumentation for data acquisition.

Analyzed engine performance data.

Diesel Engine troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

Conducted FMEA for control strategies.

Studied Ion current characteristics of engine with changes in load.

Gained knowledge of OBD II tools and CAN tools.

Acquired post combustion data with LabVIEW and conducted analysis of results. WSU - Research Assistant - Fuel Cell Systems April 2016

To reduce the methanol crossover in direct methanol fuel cell

Comprehensive study of the mechanism of methanol crossover through proton electrolyte membrane in direct methanol fuel cell and how it affects operation of direct methanol fuel cell and efficiency.

Proposition and use of three methods to lessen methanol crossover including changing the chemical composition of electrodes; chancing the chemical composition of membrane; and using flowing electrolyte membrane.

WSU- Research Assistant - Directed Study Research – Effect of Electric field on combustion

Analyzed how the electric field affect combustion in diffusion flame.

Gathered result of different research work on how electric field affects the flame characteristics and soot formation.

Studied effect of electric field on combustion chemistry in diffusion combustion of hydrocarbon flame to help create a mathematical model considering ionic wind, Email:******@*****.*** Mobile Number: 313-***-****

electrostatic effect and electrochemical effect, and change in flow field in three dimensions. Successful result by identifying phase of soot nucleation wherein electric field affects the PAH.

WSU - Diesel Engine Combustion Experience:

FLUENT

Simulated Combustion in Diesel Engines using eddy dissipation model.

Plotted mass fraction contour plots of c7h16, co2, h2o, o2 along with plots of scaled residual.

Altered injection event and plotted these plots again to know difference between contour plots for different cases. Changed compression ratio and plotted these plots again. Compared plots in two cases mentioned above with default case. GT POWER

Conducted simulations using GT power to optimize cycle work output and volumetric efficiency. Analyzed test results regarding spark timing and valve timing. CHEMKIN

Conducted simulations to re produce Kamimoto and Bae's(Equivalence ratio vs Temperature) plot.

Identified the region of low engine emissions on Kamimoto and Bae's plot.

Reduced N Heptane mechanism along with Zeldovich's mechanism for NO formation used to get Kamimoto and Bae's plots.

LABVIEW

Acquired maximum frequency of fire alarm sound signal

Tested whether it is more than 3000Hz for three iterations of while loop with wait time of 500 microseconds

Displayed danger message on LabVIEW front panel if above condition is true, which is also broadcasted with radio in real world to user sitting at remote location.

Used ‘text to sound’ virtual instrument to play danger message in this case.

Selected NI My DAQ data acquisition system.

used efficiently LabVIEW to determine the exact start and end of combustion and peak of combustion

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE:

Thermax Limited December 2011 - December 2012

Project Engineer (fulltime)

Oversaw inspection of structural columns of the boiler onsite at supplier for its paint along with quality Engineer. Facilitated the welding of joints on piping on site along with site quality Engineer.

Selected supplier quotes for boiler auxiliary parts from quotes received from vendors. Supervised the transport of pressure parts of boiler as well as control valves on piping.

Directed the process of submission of general arrangement drawing and piping and instrumentation diagrams to customer. As these drawings were submitted by process engineering department.

Coordinated with several engineering departments to finalize the vendor for procurement of valves. Conducted project planning activities for pressure parts of boiler.

Performed budget analysis of all pressure parts and valves for boiler using ERP Bann.

Supported cross functional teams in company

Sandvik Tools Asia Limited August 2009 – August 2010 Project Intern

Designed Hydraulic circuit to facilitate clamping and de clamping operation of milling fixture of vertical milling machine and conducted literature review of components of hydraulic circuit

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