Abhay M. Chauhan

Phone: 657-***-**** Email: acy7pj@r.postjobfree.com

Permanent Address – 701 Legacy Drive, Apt#2022, Plano, Texas 75023

Campus Address - 359 Toftrees Ave, Apt#101, State College, PA 16803

Education:

Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering Aug 2016 – Dec 2017(Expected)

The Pennsylvania State University Cumulative GPA: 3.5/4.0

Bachelor of Engineering in Aeronautical Engineering August 2011 - June 2015

The Gujarat Technological University Cumulative GPA: 8.32/10

Work Experience:

Graduate Research Assistant October 2016 – Present

Penn State – NASA Adverse Environment Rotor Test Stand Lab

Lead Engineer for designing and executing experiments with ice adhesion strength testing, processing particle image velocimetry photos, designing and fabricating a passive balancing devices for rotorcraft

Driving rapid Prototype, machine, and design parts to assist research advancement

Repaired worn rotor blade components, rewired strain gauges & electrothermal heating systems

Eliminated 100% of ice bridging that compromised adhesion strength results by designing and machining icing shield

Research Assistant August 2016– October 2016

Penn State Aerospace Aerothermal Laboratory

Designed and led experiment of aerodynamic and heat transfer investigation of turbine casing

Experiment Involves analysis of turbine blade tip heat transfer, obtaining high resolution convective casing heat transfer coefficient near the turbine blade region.

Mechanical Team Engineer August 2016- Present

Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team

Leading redesign of a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro with team of 25 students to reduce the emissions and energy consumption of the vehicle while maintaining or improving upon the vehicle's dynamic performance.

Professional Training in Mechanical Design and Analysis January 2013 – December 2014

CADD Center Ltd

Certified Training on 3D CAD software - CATIA, CREO (PRO-E) And CAE - ANSYS authorized by Dassault Systems, PTC, ANSYS Inc. Independent Project work performed with expert assistance on all three software.

Flight Design Intern April 2015 – June 2015

Aeolus Aerotech Ltd

Coordinated with team working on Unmanned Air Vehicle project, used MSC Patran for finite element analysis of UAV wing and developed conceptual designs for Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for low cost

Computational Fluid Dynamics Intern June 2014 – July 2014

Altair Engineering Inc.

Gained hands on experience with industry grade software to execute multiple CFD projects and earned exposure to industry practices for the simulation of different flow physics

Skills:

Proficient in MATLAB, CATIA, PRO-E, ANSYS, Solid Works, Fluent, CFX, ICEM CFD, MS Office

Familiar with Labview, NX CAD, MSC Patran, Mathcad, C, C++, STAR CCM+, Hypersolve

Projects Undertaken:

Centrifugal Testing of Ice Adhesion August – December 2016

Experimentally determined cloud liquid water concentration and proprietary blade coating ice adhesion strength

Reconfigured the test stand by designing new blades for rotor stand to eliminate artificial ice pattern

Wind Tunnel Testing of a Cylinder: Shedding Vortex Frequency Quantification August – December 2016

Operated high-speed camera for smoke sheet visualization of Kármán vortex street

Designed and machined new bracket-wire system to provide 300% thicker smoke sheet for improved visualization of shedding vortices

Quantified shedding vortex frequency using particle image velocimetry (PIV)

Compared results with flow simulation model to determine model accuracy and experimental uncertainty

Hover Stand Six-Axis Load Cell Calibration August – December 2016

Planned and performed accurate calibration procedure of a six-axis load cell to improve factory calibration and measure operation loads of RC helicopter in several rotor configurations

Compared experimental results with blade element momentum theory (BEMT)

Physically moved load cell to Icing wind tunnel in Hammond building for studies on pitot probe icing

Senior Year Design Project

Investigation of Co Flow Jet for High Performance Wing Configuration June-Decembe 2014

Investigated mixing and energy transfer between the jet and main flow using CFD simulations, which results in higher circulation, higher lift, higher stall angle of attack, lower drag, and lower energy expenditure.

Design and Analysis of Supersonic Passenger Jet for low using CFD January-June 2015

Created conceptual design for SSJ with 80 passenger, developed computational model of SSJ model in modelling software and then creation and segmentation of finite computational domain into discrete intervals and application of boundary conditions to obtain plots and result of lift, drag, pressure coefficient.

Leadership:

Experimental Project Lead – Centrifugal Testing of Ice Adhesion August 2016

Penn State Department of Aerospace Engineering

Designated critical roles to ensure safe and proper facility operation and data collection

Led report and presentation of experimental findings

Senior Year Design Project - Minor and Major Project Lead August 2014- June 2015

Coordinated the contributions and deliverable schedules of four teammates over the course of two semesters

Led initial, interim, and final presentations of senior design project to large audience (100+)

Head of Operations January 2012 – July 2016

‘Help on the way’ NGO

Led team of 80+ students and prepared plans to expand our mid-day meal program to 7 government schools in attempt to feed daily over 1300 from slum area during school lunch break

Aeronautical Department Student President August 2014- June 2015

SVIT VASAD

Led all the departmental meetings, organized all the student council sponsored activities/events, maintain frequent contact to faculties and administration to serve best for the students’ achievement

Promotional Team Lead August 2013 – June 2014

Prakarsh- National Tech Fest

Directed promotional event for Tech Fest over 65 universities in India and designed plan to expand promotion for 30 more institution for succeeding year’s Tech Fest

Extracurricular involvement:

Avid member of American Helicopter Society (AHS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Center for Acoustics and Vibration (CAV)

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