Pavan Kaulgud

682-***-**** acz46z@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavan-kaulgud SUMMARY

Dedicated and Motivated Mechanical Engineer with 3 years of (industry plus research) experience and hand on skills in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis.

Interested in full time opportunity as Thermal/Mechanical Engineer from June 2017 EDUCATION

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering [CAE, CFD] University of Texas at Arlington Expected Graduation: Spring 2017 GPA: 3.4/4.0

Courses: Thermal Conduction, Finite Element Method, Fluid Dynamics, Fundamentals of Electronic Packaging, Computational Techniques to Electronic Packaging, Solar and Thermal Power.

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering 2012 Shivaji University, India

SKILLS

Tools: FloTHERM, ANSYS Icepak, FloEFD, 6-Sigma Room& ET, Fluent, ANSYS Workbench, Hypermesh, SolidWorks Characterization: Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer(DMA), Thermo Mechanical Analyzer (TMA), Instron Micro Tester, Digital Image Correlation Technique

Programming: MATLAB

WORK EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, EMNSPC, University of Texas at Arlington January 2016- present

Defended Thesis entitled Thermal Mixing of Air Streams and Mixing Chamber Design for Data Center Cooling.

Use of CFD tools like FloTHERM, 6 sigma room etc. for analysis of the mixing chamber design Lab Assistant, Office of information Technology, University of Texas at Arlington May 2016- Present

Provide courteous customer service to lab customers.

Handle almost 50 students every shift and assist them with Plotters and printer for Architectural Drawings Finite-4 Technologies Pune, India

FEA Analyst March 2013-May 2014

Carried out various thermal & structural analysis of Automobile Parts like floor console, lever anchoring bracket etc.

Meshing for Instrument panel, door panels, floor consoles etc. THESIS

Thermal Mixing of Air Streams and Mixing Chamber design for data center cooling.

An optimized design of mixing chamber for DATA CENTER COOLING.

Study of mixing of three air streams at different conditions for a mixing chamber.

Narrowing down the ideal angle of dampers (Parallel and Opposed) for better mixing effectiveness. PROJECTS

Environmental Acclimation Testing of Servers and Components December 2016 Skills: Thermotron, 6 sigma room

Studying acclimation process which is required to prevent an unnecessary condensation from forming and causing premature failure in the equipment.

To understand the factors that influence the acclimation time and develop a method to predict how long one needs to wait before a component can be installed into the server or the server can be turned on. A CFD simulation by developing a transient model to simulate the shipping and destination condition.

To study the effect of Conformal and Non-Conformal Mesh on a Pin Fin heat sink April 2016 Skills: ANSYS Icepak

Developing pin fin heatsink model and comparing the results like temperature profile and velocity profile.

Comparison of Inline and Staggered Heatsinks March 2016 Skills: ANSYS Icepak

Performed simulations for Inline and staggered heat sinks to check efficiency of what performs better in model by comparing the resulting maximum temperature on the package

Cooling chamber design to rapidly cool body of a sportsman during rest period. October 2015 Designed a cooling chamber for improved performance considering important aspects like low cost and easy usability.

Determined dynamic characteristic of floor console model by modal analysis. May 2014 Skills: Hypermesh, Ansys

Analysis to check the connections and verify the results when subjected to static loading.

To determine combined effect of structural and thermal loading in C-hook using ANSYS mechanical. February 2014 Skills: Hypermesh, Ansys

Study the behavior of C hook under varying temperature and load during the lift mechanism.

Static structural analysis and modal analysis of cable anchoring bracket February 2014 Skills: Hypermesh, Ansys

Performed structural analysis to check the strength of bracket during shift of gear.

Automotive Interiors: Carried out the meshing for Instrument panel, door panels, pillars, floor consoles and different plastic assemblies, assigning Geometrical thickness to the parts through average and varying thickness methods. Interpersonal Skills

Winner of Soccer tournament held during under graduation.

Member of UTA Volunteers, ASME, Fine arts Society of INDIA.