Kamalakannan Thammireddi Vajram

https://in.linkedin.com/in/tvmkamal 302-***-**** adzdek@r.postjobfree.com 2604 W Whittington Way, Dunlap, IL, 61525

SUMMARY

• Senior Controls Engineer with 6 years’ experience in Engine Controls and Mechatronics applied to natural gas, hydrogen, and dual fuel engines.

• Skilled in MIMO Engine Control Systems, Electronics System Integration, and Technical Leadership across cross functional areas with a Masters focused in Control System from Arizona State University. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Engineer – Perf/Sim/App, Caterpillar Inc, Peoria, IL Feb’21- Present

• Lead – Technical team in delivering the technology for all SI engine programs while expanding in Dual Fuel and Diesel space utilizing situational leadership to develop engineers.

• Lead design, development, and validation on control systems for natural gas engines and alternate fuel engines applied to power generation, petroleum, locomotive, and marine applications.

• Account for refining tools and process for maximum efficiency.

• Collaborate with process partners to deliver on commitments for several SI programs in the NPI and NTI phase.

• Guide the controls calibration for gas programs, which include overcoming hard technical challenges while also coaching new engineers to be successful in this space.

• Lead CPI and NPI issues by coming up with a potential idea to overcome critical issues.

• Work with customer support team and stake holders to finalize project requirements. Development Controls Engineer (Caterpillar Inc), Epitec Inc, Peoria, IL May’17- Feb ’21

• Perform systems engineering, requirements development, control algorithm development, engine system physical dynamics modeling, stability analysis, simulation, and performance analysis, all supporting natural gas/dual fuel engine products.

• Conduct calibration, development and validation employing system tests on benches, engines and field sites that result in acceptable engine performance for specific application using industrial tools like Vector CANape and DatK.

• Execute model changes to new generation control structures and validate the strategies by handling first level Unit testing using simulation with the help of MATLAB and Simulink.

• Design and develop model based new generation controllers for Gas Engines using MATLAB and Simulink for various application includes, power generation, gas compression and oil and gas industries.

• Implemented strategy change to fuel controller to regulate Engine startup for gas engines in drill applications.

• Improved system durability and performance of engines in Gas Compression applications, implemented active derate model strategy to improve system life and complying customer requirements.

• Performed controller design and calibration to regulate engine Intake Manifold Temperature to improve system performance by avoiding detonation.

• Collaborate with software and simulation engineers during the software building process to accommodate new model changes into the software architecture and validate the same on the dSpace bench.

• Create Unit test plan and write test instructions for software validation on bench for strategy changes and overall logical operation.

• Perform field follow on calibrated engine and coordinate with performance engineers and operators to deliver a complete product.

• Prepare report/template of the calibration engine data and present it to the teams which will help to maintain data record and calibration history for future use.

• Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals to determine time and cost feasibility to complete projects. PATENTS

• Patent Number: 11434842

o Derate operating strategy and gaseous fuel engine control system

• Patent Number: 11359557

o Method and system for load control in an internal combustion engine EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Controls Engineering) Aug’14-Dec’16 Arizona State University, Tempe, USA. CGPA: 3.72/4.0 TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Programming : C, C++, Python.

• Modelling/Tools : MATLAB, SIMULINK, Co-SIM, Microsoft Office SuitE.

• Process Identification Tools : ITSIE, ITCRI, MATLAB System Identification Toolbox.

• Data Analysis Tools : CANape, DatK, Forcast, CANalyzer, CDMStudio.

• Version Control Tools : ClearCase, Git.

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