Harikirupakar Kishore Kumar

+1-480-***-**** ***5 S Lovington dr., Troy, Michigan-48084 adci5o@r.postjobfree.com

Mechanical Engineering professional with 6+ years experience in CFD simulations for product development of Automotive, Medical and Industrial products.

SOFTWARE AND OTHER SKILLS

●Solvers: Ansys Fluent, STAR-CCM+, GT-Suite, Matlab-Simulink, AutoCAD, Python.

●Meshing and Modeling Software’s: Hypermesh, ANSA, ICEM CFD and SolidWorks.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Fluid dynamics Analytical Engineer @ American Axle & Manufacturing, Detroit, Michigan. 12/2017 – Present

●Part of Drivetrain Thermal and CFD simulation team for development of Electric drivetrain fluid cooling system.

●Lead multiple Design verification programs of Electric drive and rear axles.

●Validated Thermal/CFD simulations with experimental data and co-related to benchmark simulations.

●Performed DFSS CFD analysis for robust thermal performance of EDU.

CFD/Thermal simulation Electric drivetrain system

oPerformed 1D and 3D CFD simulation of electric and hybrid drivetrain systems to optimize performance and to meet system requirements.

oPerformed multiple design Iterations on the cold plate and coolant loop dimensions by working with Design and Electrical Engineers for best thermal performance.

oPerformed system level cooling analysis of EDU for multiple duty cycles for pump, cooler and filter selection.

oInteracted with suppliers (Motor, filter, pump, cooler etc.) throughout the program.

Product Engineer @ Detroit Engineered Products, Troy, Michigan. 09/2016 – 12/2017

●Part of Product development of IC sensor assembly and control unit enclosure.

●Experienced in GD&T and performed Tolerance stack up analysis for IC Sensor assembly.

●2D Drafting experience in AutoCAD and reading GD&T using ASME 14.5-1994 standards.

FEA and Durability analysis of IC sensor

oDesigned and developed of Engine Mounted Ion-sensors subjects to Engine harsh conditions with packaging and manufacturing and cost constraints.

CFD Engineer @ Analyzer-CAE solutions Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India. 05/2012 – 07/2014

●Played Integral role in the CFD simulation team performing CFD/Thermal analysis of Medical, Automotive products.

Oxygen delivery face mask CFD analysis and bench tests

oPerformed CFD simulation for venturi oxygen delivery face mask.

oDetermined optimal filter for moisture capture by using CFD and bench tests.

oDeveloped correlation for experimental data with simulation results.

oCalculated the optimal filter volume based on customer system requirements.

Dental drill system and subsystem level CFD analysis

oCreated rotating region model of turbine to determine flow rates at multiple loading conditions.

oDetermined the turbine curve using CFD and incorporated into system level model.

oOptimized the system level flow rate peak torque conditions.

CFD Analysis of Electronic Control Cubicle in outdoor Power-Gen unit (Atlas Copco ZH series enclosures)

oOptimized Thermal performance using thermal/CFD analysis for diesel generator cooling modules.

oPerformance evaluation of liquid cooling system for high voltage IGBT system and Inverters.

oPerformed cooler core sizing, pump selection using 3D CFD analysis of cooling-circuit.

oVerified the results by appropriate analytical thermodynamics and heat transfer calculations.

Engineering Intern @ CS Technologies., Coimbatore, India. 05/2011 – 04/2012

● Trained in concepts and theory of CFD simulation.

CFD Simulation & optimization of HRSG unit Ducts

oReduced pressure drop up to 20% by optimizing flow restrictions like bends in duct etc.

oImproved heat transfer rate from different stages super-heater, Economizer, Evaporator.

oImproved flow uniformity at inlet of different components by suggesting modifications like baffles, restrictor etc.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND PROJECTS

●Active member of Formula SAE team, designed and developed Air induction and cooling system.

●Determined system resistance curve of throttle body and air filter using flowbench to incorporate into CFD analysis.

●Laboratory assistant at Thermal-Fluids Lab supervising students, maintaining thermal and flow measurement devices, data acquisition devices and work stations.

●Coursework on design of experiments and statistical analysis.

Experimental study (DoE) of factors affecting “Junction to Ambient” temperature

oDesigned and analyzed experiments to study the influence of various factors affecting the component temperature in active cooling system.

oDetermined main effects and interaction effects of TIM used, fan speed and number of fins in heat sink.

Thermodynamic analysis of vapor-compression refrigeration system (Master’s Thesis)

oDeveloped thermodynamic models for components in AHU (Reheater, Dehumidifier etc.) using Thermodynamic laws.

oDetermined exergy destruction rate and determined key components contributing to exergy destruction.

oPerformed parametric analysis and optimization of key factors contributing to exergy destruction

Multiphase flow and spray CFD simulation and validation (Research-work)

oNumerical (VOF) & Mathematical modelling of film boiling and multiphase flow phenomena

oDetermined the impact of various input parameters on boiling flows and compared with experimental results.

Multi-objective optimization of Shell & Tube Heat exchanger CHT Analysis)

oOptimized Heat exchanger base parameters using swarm particle optimization in Matlab.

oOptimized Baffle parameters passes using MOGA (Multiobjective Genetic algorithm) in Ansys Fluent.

oDetermined appropriate tradeoffs by determining the Pareto front.

EDUCATION

Master of Science-Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.63/4.0 08/2014 - 05/2016 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, GPA 7.8/10 08/2008 - 04/2012

Anna University, India.

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