Electric Vehicle Advanced Manufacturing

Amarnathvarma Angani

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Explore dynamic roles in Electric Vehicle (EV) advancement, Robotics, and advanced manufacturing, emphasizing creativity and eco-friendly solutions within the automotive and manufacturing sectors ******@******.**.** +821*********

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-amarnathvarma-angani-58876435?originalSubdomain=kr CORE COMPETENCIES

EDUCATION

• 2021: Ph.D. in Mechanical

Engineering from Busan University of

Foreign Studies

• 2018: MS in Science from Busan

University of Foreign Studies

• 2014: B. Tech. in Mechanical

Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University

• 2002: Diploma in Automobile

Engineering from State Board of

Technical Education

CERTIFICATIONS

FARO TrackArm with CAM

MATLAB Onramp

Autodesk Fusion360

PGP-EVD.O.AUG'23 Battery

Technology and Control Systems

PGP-EVD: Module 2 (Electric Motors

and Power Converters) Project 1

PGP-EVD: Module 1 (Electric Vehicle

Fundamentals) Project 1

SOFT SKILLS

PROFILE SUMMARY

• Possesses a decade of expertise in EV battery pack design, Battery Management System (BMS) optimization, and 3D printing technology, leveraging AI tools for predictive maintenance and performance enhancement.

• Currently spearheading Electric Vehicle (EV) projects, specializing in cooling technology and battery aging prediction with Machine Learning.

• Proficient in utilizing design tools such as Solidworks, AutoCAD, and Fusion 360 to translate concepts into detailed designs.

• Recognized for 3 patents in EV, smart fish farming, and energy management, showcasing a strong research background.

• Engineered and brought to life a sophisticated fish robot, demonstrating advanced technical prowess and creative problem-solving skills.

• Specialized in advanced manufacturing technologies such as KUKA ROBOT machining, 3D scanning, and 3D printing, optimizing production processes and enhancing product quality.

• Demonstrated expertise in developing wired-four-wheel steering systems for electric vehicles, utilizing advanced control algorithms and precision engineering to improve vehicle maneuverability and efficiency.

• Skilled in automobile automation & instrumentation with instrument installation, pre-commissioning & commissioning of various equipment.

• Skilled in vehicle dynamics using MATLAB/Simulink, MBD Toolbox, MPC5744P, and SK32144.

• Proficient in leadership & delegation, team building and interpersonal skills.

• Recent achievement includes collaborating with industry leaders like Sungwoo- Hitech, KITECH, WIMA, Cyient, and Avineon India Limited.

• Successfully increased energy efficiency by 22% through the development of a 5KW lithium-ion battery pack, showcasing a track record of delivering tangible results in EV battery design projects.

IT SKILLS

• EV Battery Pack

Design &

Development

• Battery

Management

System (BMS)

• Vehicle

dynamics:

MATLAB &

SIMULINK

• SIMULINK MBD

Toolbox

• 3D Scanning

Technology

• 3D Printing

Technology

• 3D Design Tools:

- SolidWorks and

Simulation

- Fusion 360,

- AUTOCAD

Design Engineer,

- CATIA

- DesignX

• Reverse Engineering

• Arduino & Python

• Image processing -

OpenCV

• ANSYS Workbench

• KUKA Robot (KR

QUANTEC)

• Robot Master

• MasterCam

• Polyworks

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Developed a robotic fish and a smart fish farm with minimal human interaction

• Received the Best Employee Award and University Topper recognition during both Masters and Doctoral studies.

• Awarded the Best Paper Award at international conferences held in the USA, Japan, and Taiwan.

Collaborator

Communicator

Planner

Change Agent

Automation & Instrumentation

Operations & Maintenance

Systems Integration

Project Management & Execution

Industrial & Process Automation

Continuous Process Improvement

Research & Development

Advanced Manufacturing

Equipment & Spare Part Maintenance

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sep’21 - Present: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, South Korea Key Result Areas:

Leading the innovation of cutting-edge lithium-ion battery packs for Electric Vehicles, driving efficiency and cost- effectiveness.

Implementing innovative cooling systems that resulted in a 28% enhancement in cooling efficiency through the integration of hybrid Zig-Zag cooling plates. This achievement demonstrates a strong ability to drive advancements in energy efficiency and reliability within EV battery pack development.

Steering planning for shutdown maintenance and defining maintenance tasks, schedule time table & manpower and supervising & controlling cost & spare parts requirements.

Front-leading activities involving working out various requirements & monitoring overall project operations for ensuring timely completion.

Designing and integrating advanced Battery Management Systems for improved performance.

Utilizing AI tools for battery aging prediction and lifespan enhancement.

Executing cost saving techniques/ measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures

& work within the budget.

Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team members.

Anchoring commissioning of machines & equipment and ensuring completion of project in minimum turnaround time effective resource utilization to maximize the output.

Collaborating with Sungwoo Hitech on a groundbreaking 64KW lithium-ion battery design.

Developed a new 64KW lithium-ion battery design, increasing energy density by 20%, showcasing a commitment to pushing the boundaries of battery technology and achieving significant improvements in performance metrics. Achievements:

Increased energy efficiency by 22% through the development of a 5KW lithium-ion battery pack.

Improved overall system reliability by 25% through the implementation of a novel battery management system.

Developed a new 64KW lithium-ion battery design, increasing energy density by 26%.

Enhanced cooling efficiency by 21% through the integration of Phase Change material.

Deployed various methodologies to analyze processes; recommended modifications to minimize escalations, decrease rejection, realize operational efficiencies, control variability, costs & reduce cycle-time by 15%.

Published three high-quality Q1 papers in Elsevier journals with impact factors of 9.4 and 6.3, contributing significantly to the academic field.

Aug’20 – Aug’21: Project Manager in Korea Electric Motor Company(KELMOC] Key Result Areas:

Spearheaded the creation of an innovative 2.5KW lithium-ion battery model for the Indonesia GESITS motorcycle, enhancing energy density and thermal efficiency significantly.

Facilitated the Memorandum of Understanding between companies in South Korea and Indonesia

Designed and developed a Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) system for two-wheelers, enhancing their performance and efficiency.

Jun’17 – Nov’18: 3D printing and AutoCAD Trainer in Busan University of Foreign Studies, South Korea Key Result Areas:

Created CAD drawings to visualize product designs and ensure accuracy.

Utilized CAD software to generate 3D models of mechanical components for prototyping and 3D printing.

Conducted technical workshops on 3D printing and AutoCAD at University of Indonesia and Posts & Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam. PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Sep’15 – Mar’16: Teaching Assistance and Mentor in Busan University of Foreign Studies, SouthKorea

Oct’09 – Dec’11: GIS Engineer in Avineon India

Oct’07 – Oct’09: GIS Engineer in Infotech

PATENTS OWNED

Three patents that I owned during research are:

Patent Filed: Zig-Zag plate integrated Battery Thermal Management System

Patent Title1: Auto reversing device for buoy type laver farming net Registration Year & country: 2021.06.21 & South Korea, Registration No:102**********

Patent Title2: Integrated control and monitoring system for fish farms building using thermal effluent from power plant Registration Year & Country: 2017.08.23 & South Korea, Registration No:101**********

Patent Title3: Equipment for seaweed farming

Registration Year & Country: 2020.08.28 & South Korea, Registration No:102********** PROJECTS HANDLED

Title: Fully Automation Fish Farm (Smart Fish Farm) This project is funded by the KOREA Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning and the cost is $ 1.5 million.

Title: Heat Storage System Using PCM Material

This project is funded by the KOREA Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the cost is $ 0.5 million.

Title: Fish Robot with 3D Hologram and Hand Gesture. This project is funded by the KOREA Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning and the cost is $ 1 million.

Title: Study on Battery Pack Thermal Management System of Electric Vehicle with PCMs. This work was supported by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the cost is $ 1.8 million. PUBLICATIONS

SCI Papers: 10(Q1:4, Q2 : 4)

1. "Thermal management of lithium-ion batteries by novel designs of wavy cold plates: Performance comparison",Journal of Energy Storage,Volume 73, Part D,2023,109303.

2. "A comparison between Zig-Zag plated hybrid parallel pipe and liquid cooling battery thermal management systems for Lithium-ion battery module." Applied Thermal Engineering 219 (2023): 119599. 2. "Improvement of Thermal Performance of Electric Vehicle Battery Pack with Phase-change Material."Angani Amarnathvarma, Euisong Kim, and Kyoojae Shin. Sensors and Materials 32.5 (2020): 1609-1622. 3. "A Novel Torque Matching Strategy for Dual Motor-Based All-Wheel-Driving Electric Vehicles" Hyeon-Woo Kim, Angani Amarnathvarma, Eugene Kim, Myeong-Hwan Hwang, Kyoungmin Kim, Hyunwoo Kim, Iksu Choi, Hyun-Rok Cha 4. "Vertical recycling aquatic system for internetof-things-based smart fish farm." Angani Amaranthvarma, Jun Charn Lee, and Kyoo Jae Shin. Sensors and Materials 31.12 (2019): 3987-3998. 5. Angani Amarnathvarma, et al. "Human and Robotic Fish Interaction Controlled Using Hand Gesture ImageProcessing." Sensors and Materials 32.10 (2020): 3479-3490.

6. Angani, Amarnathvarma, et al. "Realization of 3D Aqua Hologram Augmented Reality of Robot Fish."Sensors and Materials 32.10 (2020): 3507-3516.

7. Angani, Amarnathvarma, et al. "Lead-lag Swimming Control of Robot Fish Using Color DetectionAlgorithm." Sensors and Materials 32.10 (2020): 3491-3506.

Conferences:

1. Angani Amarnathvarma et.al, “Study of Battery State-of-charge Estimation with kNN Machine Learning Method”, KCI, IEIE SPC,2021, vol.10, no.6, pp. 496-504.

2. Angani, Amaranth Varma, Ju Hyun Lee, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "A study of Detecting Fish Robot Position Using The Define Average Color Weight Algorithm." Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference. Korea Information Processing Society, 2015.

3. Amarnathvarma Angani, et al. "Color Detection Algorithm for Fish Robot Position and Swimming Control." 2019 IEEE International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH). IEEE, 2019. 4. Amarnathvarma Angani, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "Realization of fish robot position recognition object using the color segment." Proceedings of KIIT Conference. 2016.

5. Varma Angani, Amarnath, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "2 Axes Solar Tracking System for Vertical Aquarium." Proceedings of KIIT Conference. 2016.

6. Angani, Amarnath Varma, Kyoo Jae Shin, and Hee Tae Chung. "Development of Hot Water Storage System Using Wasted Hot Water." Proceedings of KIIT Conference. 2017.

7. Amarnath varma Angani, Woo, HyeokJae, and KyooJae Shin. "Realization of Solar Pyranometer Measurement Device for Solar Generation System to the Building Aquarium." (2015). 8. Shin, Kyoo Jae, and Amarnath Varma Angani. "Design of 40URT heat pump for vertical aquarium using processed waste hot water from power plants." 2016 Future Technologies Conference (FTC). IEEE, 2016. 9. Amarnath Varma Angani, Woo, Hyeok Jae, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "Realization of 2 Axes Solar Tracking System." International Journal of Control and Automation 9.9 (2016): 319-330. 10. Amarnath Varma Angani, Shin, Kyoo Jae, and Muhammad Akbar. "Fully automatic fluid flow control system for smart vertical aquarium." 2017 International Conference on Applied System Innovation (ICASI). IEEE, 2017. 11. Amarnath Varma Angani and Shin, Kyoo Jae. "Development of water control system with electrical valve for smart aquarium." 2017 International Conference on Applied System Innovation (ICASI). IEEE, 2017. 12. Varma Angani, A., Musunuri, Y. R., Moon, C., & Lee, J. B. (2015). Design of Energy Management System for ICT VAEMS Using 40URT Heat Pump.

13. Angani, A. V., Musunuri, Moon, S., Y. R., Gunnam, L. C., Akbar, M., & jae Shin, K. (2016). Design of 40 URT Heat Pump for ICT VAEMS. 대한전자공학회 학술대회, 1085-1088.

14. varma Angani, Amarnath, et al. "Development of heat storage and delivery system using wasted hot water." 2017 International Conference on Applied System Innovation (ICASI). IEEE, 2017. 15. Amarnath Varma Angani, Shin, Kyoo Jae, and Jeong Bae Lee."Design of 40 URT Heat Pump for the Vertical Aquarium Energy Management System." International Journal of Control and Automation 9.11 (2016): 49-60. 16. varma Angani, A.,Woo, H., Shin, K., & Lee, J. B. (2015). 2 Axes Solar Tracking System for ICT VAEMS. 17. varma Angani, A.,Woo, H., & Shin, K. (2015). Solar Servo Control System for Vertical Aquarium. 18. Amarnath Varma Angani, Shin, Kyoo Jae, and Muhammad Akbar. "Fully automatic fluid flow control system for smart vertical aquarium." 2017 International Conference on Applied System Innovation (ICASI). IEEE, 2017. 19. Amarnath, Varma Angani, Min Jeong Kang, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "A Study of Detecting The Fish Robot Position Using The Object Boundary Algorithm." Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference. Korea Information Processing Society, 2015.

20. Amarnath Varma Angani, and Shin, Kyoo Jae . "Realization of heat pump for recycle energy management system using wasted hot water." International Journal of Current Research 8.11 (2016): 409**-*****. 21. Amarnathvarma Angani, Gong, Seunghun, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "Realization of Fluid Flow Control System for Vertical Recycling Aquatic System (VRAS)." 2018 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control (IS3C). IEEE, 2018. 22. Amarnathvarma Angani, Lee, Jun Chan, and Kyoojae Shin. "Realization of Fluid Flow Control System for Smart Vertical Aquarium." 제어로봇시스템학회 국내학술대회 논문집 (2019): 39-40.

23. Amarnathvarma Angani,Kim, Eui Song, Chan Bok Kim, T. Teressa, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "Realization of Human Interactive Control for Fish Aquarium Robotic." 대한전자공학회 학술대회 (2019): 817-821. 24. Amarnathvarma Angani, Lee, Hyeon Hung, Jong Hwan Seo, Dae Kyoo Shin, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "Realization of IoT Based Smart Fish Farming System." 대한전자공학회 학술대회 (2019): 822-826. 25. Amarnath, Varma Angani, Min Jeong Kang, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "A Study of Detecting The Fish Robot Position Using The Object Boundary Algorithm." Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference. Korea Information Processing Society, 2015.

26. Amarnath Angani, Byeong jun kim and Kyoojae shin Dong Yoon Lee, Design of welded crack detection robot car manufacturing production industry, International Journal of Current Research Vol. 10, Issue, 03, pp.674**-*****, March. 27. Amarnath Varma Angani and Shin, Kyoo Jae . "Realization of heat pump for recycle energy management system using wasted hot water." International Journal of Current Research 8.11 (2016): 409**-*****. 28. Amarnathvarma Angani, Seo, Myeong Jin, Ji Young Kim, Su Min Lee, and Kyoo jea Shin. "Realization of Water Flow Control System with Remoted Electrical Valve for Smart Fish Farm." 대한전자공학회 학술대회 (2019): 812-816. 29. Amarnath, Varma Angani, et al. "Thermal Management System in Electric vehicle Battery Pack Using Phase Change Material." 대한전자공학회 학술대회 (2019): 807-811.

30. Angani, A., & Chung, H. T. (2019, December). Development of Haptic Virtual Welding Torch Control System Using 3D printing. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH) (pp. 29-32). IEEE.

31. Amarnath, Varma Angani, et al. "Design of Fully Automatic Hydraulic Control Unit for Water Lever Harvesting System." 대한전자공학회 학술대회 (2019): 835-838.

32. Amarnath, Varma Angani, et al. "Design of Battery Thermal Management Unit with PCM for Electrical Vehicle: Part II: Experimental Investigation on Pouch Type Battery Cell." 2019 IEEE Eurasia Conference on IOT, Communication and Engineering

(ECICE). IEEE, 2019.

33. Amarnath, Varma Angani, et al. "Color Detection Algorithm for Fish Robot Position and Swimming Control." 2019 IEEE International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH). IEEE, 2019. 34. Angani, Amarnathvarma, et al. "Realization of Eel Fish Farm with Artificial Intelligence Part 3: 5G based Mobile Remote Control." 2019 IEEE International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH). IEEE, 2019. 35. Angani, Amarnathvarma, et al. "Realization of Eel Fish Farm with Artificial Intelligence Part 1: Lego Type Structure Aquarium." 2019 IEEE International Conference on Architecture, Constructio n, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH). IEEE, 2019. 36. Angani, Amarnathvarma, et al. "Realization of Fully Automatic Harvest Unit for Water laver in the Korea Sea." 2019 IEEE International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH). IEEE, 2019. 37. Angani, Amarnathvarma, et al. "Development of Haptic Virtual Welding Torch Control System Using 3D printing." 2019 IEEE International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH). IEEE, 2019. 38. Angani, A., Thalluri, T., & jae Shin, K. (2020, January). Realization of Water Process Control for Smart Fish Farm. In 2020 International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication (ICEIC) (pp. 1-5). IEEE. 39. Angani, Amarnathvarma, Euisong Kim, and Kyoojae Shin. "Improvement of Thermal Performance of Electric Vehicle Battery Pack with Phase-change Material." Sensors and Materials 32.5 (2020): 1609-1622. 40. Shin, K. J., A. V. Angani, and M. Akbar. "Fully automatic control system for smart vertical aquarium." IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation. 2017.

41. Angani, Amarnathvarma, et al. "Experiment Investigation and Analysis on Battery with PCM for Electrical Vehicle BTMS." 2020 International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication (ICEIC). IEEE, 2020. 42. Talluri, Teressa, Amarnathvarma Angani, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "Study on Battery State of Charge Estimation Using KNN in Machine Learning." 대한전자공학회 학술대회 (2021): 1227-1229. 43. Talluri, T., Kim, D.J., Angani, A. and Kim, E.S., 2020, December. Realization of Thermal Energy Storage System Using PCM. In 2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH) (pp. 96-98). IEEE. 44. Kim, S.W., Talluri, T., Angani, A. and Shin, K.J., 2020, December. Improve Performance of the Lithium Polymer Battery Module Part 1: Heat Transfer Enhancement on Li-Pouch Battery with PCM in Hot Soaking. In 2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH) (pp. 87-89). IEEE. 45. Lee, Jin-Wook, Seung Hoon Kang, Teressa Talluri, Amarnathvarma Angani, and Kyoo Jae Shin. "Realization of Human and Fish Robot Interaction with Artificial Intelligence Using Hand Gesture." In 2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH), pp. 99-101. IEEE, 2020. 46. Kim, C.B., Song, S.S., Talluri, T., Angani, A. and Shin, K.J., 2020, December. Improvement in Performance of the Lithium Polymer Battery Part3: Experimental Investigation in Enhancing Thermal Performance of Pouch Battery with PCM. 47. Lee, Jae Young, Jong-Wook Lee, Teressa Talluri, Amarnathvarma Angani, and Jeong Bea Lee. "Realization of Robot Fish with 3D Hologram Fish using Augmented Reality." In 2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics (ICACEH), pp. 102-104. IEEE, 2020. PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth:12th June 1985

Languages Known: English, Telugu, Hindi and Korea

Address: 522, Building 101, Cheomdan Mirchae, River Park, 235-8 Wolgye-Ro, Gwangsan-Gu, Gwangju

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