Structural Engineer

Shyamsunder Loukham Tempe, Arizona

E-Mail: adhylm@r.postjobfree.com Ph no. – 480-***-**** USA

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering-specialization in Structural Engineering), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

• PhD Dissertation: “Failure Modeling in an Orthotropic Plastic Material Model under Static and Impact Loading” (Degree requirement complete) Advisor: Dr. Subramaniam Rajan (adhylm@r.postjobfree.com)

December 2020

GPA of 4/4

Master of Technology (Civil Engineering-specialization in Structural Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India June 2016

GPA of 9.25/10

Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering),

National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India May 2014

GPA of 8.79/10

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Associate

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

• Development and Implementation of an Orthotropic Progressive Damage Model for Transient Dynamic/Impact Finite Element Analysis of Composite Structures

o General three-dimensional orthotropic plasticity-based material model implemented into LS-DYNA as MAT213

o Implementation done using FORTRAN77

• Composite Material Model for Impact Analysis

o Experimental characterization of a unidirectional composite

• Enhancing the Capabilities of MAT213 for Impact Analysis o Implementation of visco-elastic and visco-plastic features o Implementation of failure sub-models into MAT213

• Non-linear analysis - validation of high velocity ballistic impact test on composite panels

August 2016 -

present

PROJECTS

Course-work project, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

• Finite Element Projects using Abaqus/CAE 6.11

o Linear analysis of steel plate with a hole using plane stress condition

o Linear analysis of a steel torque arm using plane stress condition January 2017 –

April 2017

Course-work project, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

• Developing Software for Engineering Applications Projects using C++ o Space truss analysis program

Planar frame analysis program

August 2016 –

December 2016

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Response Behavior and Optimization of a Torsionally Coupled Building Isolated through Shape Memory Alloy Super-elastic Bearing (Master’s Thesis)

o Nickel-Titanium shape-memory-alloy coupled with rubber bearing used as base isolator

June 2015 – June

2016

Shyamsunder Loukham Tempe, Arizona

E-Mail: adhylm@r.postjobfree.com Ph no. – 480-***-**** USA o Optimization of system parameters using MatLAB

o Structural analysis of a base isolated building using ANSYS Workbench

• Vibration mitigation of using Tuned-Mass damper (experimental) o Steel frame three-storeyed building analysed and excited using a shake table

JOURNAL ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS

1 C. Hoffarth, B. Khaled, L. Shyamsunder et al., "Verification and Validation of a Three-Dimensional Orthotropic Plasticity Constitutive Model Using a Unidirectional Composite," Fibers, 2017. 2 B. Khaled, L. Shyamsunder, C. Hoffarth et al., "Experimental Characterization of Composites to Support an Orthotropic Plasticity Material Model," Journal of Composite Materials, 2017. 4 B. Khaled, L. Shyamsunder, C. Hoffarth, et al., "Damage Characterization of Composites to Support an Orthotropic Plasticity Model," Journal of Composite Materials, 2019. 5 B. Khaled, L. Shyamsunder, N. Holt et al, "Enhancing the Predictive Capabilities of a Composite Plasticity Model Using Cohesive Zone Modeling," Composites A, 2019. 6 L. Shyamsunder, B. Khaled, C. Hoffarth, et al., "Implementing Deformation, Damage and Failure in an Orthotropic Plastic Material Model," Journal of Composite Materials, 2020. 7 L. Shyamsunder, B. Khaled, S. Rajan et al., "Improving Failure Sub-models in an Orthotropic Plasticity-based Material Model," Accepted for publication by Journal of Composite Materials, 2020.

8 L. Shyamsunder, B. Khaled, S. Rajan et al., "Numerical Validation of Impact Tests on Composite Panels," Submitted to Journal of Impact Engineering, 2020. TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Programming skills - C++, FORTRAN77, MatLAB, Python

• Simulation tools - LS-DYNA, Abaqus, Ansys

• Experimental skills – Material characterization, Digital Image Correlation AWARDS

• NASA Group Achievement Award, 2020

• Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, 2020

• Dr. Friedrich Straub Memorial Scholarship, Vertical Flight Society, AZ Chapter, 2019

• University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, 2016, 2019, 2020

• Travel Scholarship, American Society of Composites, 2017

• Scholarship Award by Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, 2014

• Scholarship Award through Central Sector Scholarship Scheme, India, 2010

• National Talent Search Examination Award, India (State level), 2007

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