ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Program Institution %/CGPA Batch
PhD(Machine Design) Indian Institute of Technology Madras 8.25 2020 MTech(Automotive Technology) COEP/ARAI, Pune 7.81 2014 BE(Mechanical Engineering) RSCOE, Pune 61.40 2012
12th (MSBSHSE, Pune) Modern College, Shivajinagar, Pune 71.17 2008 10th (MSBSHSE, Pune) Vidya Niketan, TMEET, Pune 78.13 2006 ACADEMIC RESEARCH & PROJECTS
Research on wheel alignment
parameters for long wheel base
single unit vehicles
(PhD Research)
Sensitivity analysis of wheel alignment parameters in long wheel base vehicles for different driving manoeuvres (using TruckSim and MATLAB tools)
Proposed two new front solid-axle designs for bus and truck which integrates functions of caster shims in the axle resulting in cost effective alternatives
Structural analysis of existing & proposed designs (in ANSYS) to carry out stress analysis and study their influence on life cycle of the component
Optimisation of the design parameters for proposed design (July ‘14-Present) Camber change characteristics &
its significance in non-uniform
tyre wear
(MTech Project) –Tata Motors Ltd
Study of influence of wheel alignment parameters on camber variation during a turn using design of experiments (DOE) technique - Taguchi method
Accelerated tyre wear tests on test & benchmark vehicles to assess the effects of camber & thus caster angle on the non-uniform tyre wear (Oct ‘13-June ‘14) Optimisation of baseframe of
RPH series pumps
(BE Project) – KSB Pumps Ltd.
Identification of redundant structures of Baseframe of RPH series pumps
Optimisation for weight & cost reduction without compromise of the strength
Experimental validation to qualify the certification standards (Aug ’11-Jun‘12) CLASSROOM COURSES
Vehicle System Design Vehicular Vibration Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
Theory of Mechanism Vehicle Dynamics Theory of Vibration CERTIFICATION COURSES
Foundation for Big Data Analysis with SQL by Cloudera (Coursera) (Ongoing)
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Multivariate Calculus by Imperial College London (Coursera) (Oct ‘19)
Fundamentals of Quantitative Modelling by University of Pennsylvania (Coursera) (Oct ‘19)
Machine Learning, Data Science and Deep Learning in Python (Udemy) (Ongoing)
Workshop on Automation if Finite Element Analysis (FEA) by Ajay B. Harish (Germany) (23rd-27th Aug ‘19)
Introduction to Python for Data Science by Microsoft (EdX online certification) (Jan ‘19)
GIAN Course on Vehicle Dynamics & Control by Prof. Rajesh Rajamani (University of Minnesota, USA) (June ‘16)
Practical approach to Investing in Stock Market by Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras (Aug ‘15)
Proficiency Improvement Program (PIP) in Vehicle Body Engineering at ARAI, Pune (July ’12) COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS
MATLAB & SIMULINK PYTHON 3 (Level 1) Share Market and Mutual Funds Trading & Investing
ANSYS APDL & Workbench SQL (Level 1) CarSim TruckSim POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Supervised 3 & 1 under graduate students for summer internship and full year internship respectively (2018-19)
Ph.D. Placement Coordinator at IIT Madras (2015-16)
Project Trainee at Tata Motors: Evaluation of camber change characteristics and its significance in non-uniform tyre wear of automotive vehicles (Oct ’13 – June ’14)
PR No. 99/ME/20/011
ME14D099
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SAGAR S JAMBUKAR
PhD Research Scholar
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Journal Articles &
International Conference
Proceedings
Jambukar, S & Sujatha, C., Alternative designs for caster shims in commercial vehicles. International Journal of Vehicle Design (IJVD) (Under Screening)
Jambukar, S & Sujatha, C., Evaluation of the effects of kingpin inclination angle and caster angle on kinematics and lateral dynamics of long wheelbase school bus, (No. 201*-**-****) SIAT-Pune. (Journal-SAE Technical Papers) (Jan ‘19)
Jambukar, S. & Sujatha, C., 'Effects of kingpin and caster offset on braking stability of long wheelbase bus', (IC-RIDME), NIT Meghalaya Shillong, India. (Nov ‘18)
Jambukar, S. & Sujatha, C., Study of the effects of caster offset and kingpin offset on kinematics & lateral dynamics of long wheelbase solid axle bus. International Society of Terrain Vehicle Systems (ISTVS), Budapest, Hungary (Sept ‘17) Poster Presentation
Effects of wheel geometry parameters on kinematics and dynamics of long wheel base solid axle bus- Research Scholars' Day (RSD), IIT Madras (April ‘17) EXTRACURRICULAR
Institute hostel clean room awards in Krishna hostel for consecutive years (2014-15 & 2015-16)
Appreciation for voluntarily contributing in reconstruction of Krishna hostel library (2014-15)
Volunteering and observership program at Institute of Palliative Medicine (IPM), Kozhikode (Dec’ 14)
ARAI Academy Student Volunteer for Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT) (Jan ’13)
Winner and Runner ups in Radio Controlled (RC) car racing held at Engineering Today-2011, Innovision-2011, Mindspark-2011, Triz-2012, TechFest-2012 (2011-12)
Represented Pune university for Inter-University Cycling competition held in Punjab (Ludhiana) (‘08-‘09)