Mechanical engineer

GIRISH KALYAN MUDIGONDA KURAVI

*** ******** ****** 716-***-****

Buffalo, NY 14215 ********@*******.***

OBJECTIVE: Product Development- R&D- CAE Analyst- Design Engineer- Thermal and Fluids Engineer- CFX Analyst

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

• Proficient in interpreting FEA results and recommending design changes based on optimization techniques

• Demonstrated experience in applying CAE and CFX methods to complex engineering problems

• Strong CAD skills including detailed component design, assembly, and modeling

• Able to document detailed technical processes and procedures along with excellent interpersonal skills

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering June 2011

¬University at Buffalo, the State University of New York ¬ GPA 3.5/4.0

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¬Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Engineering April 2009

¬Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India ¬Equivalent GPA 3.8/4.0

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo September 2010- December 2010

Student Assistant

• ¬Graded graduate course composite materials; Worked with professor in getting solutions for assignments, exams and projects

• Worked on concepts such as bauschinger effect, flaw detection in materials, damage tolerance, characterization and production of composites; Conducted in class exams and quizzes

National Aviation Company of India Limited [Indian Airlines Limited] Engineering Unit, India May 2008-June 2008

Intern

• ¬Designing and working of hydraulics, landing gear, flight controls; Maintenance of airbus A320 aircraft and its numerous systems

• Studied working principle of air conditioning system, turbofan engine, ram air turbine, avionics and fly by wire technology of A320

• Worked in detail on wing structure starting from airfoil, fuel tanks and control surfaces that optimized the function of wing

COMPUTER SKILLS AND COURSES

• CAD: Solidworks, Auto Cad, Iron Cad, Gambit

• CAE: Ansys-structural, Comsol, Abaqus

• CFX/CFD: Ansys- CFX, Fluent

• Additional skills: Matlab, Maple, 'C' language, Microsoft Office

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PROJECTS

Ankle Foot Orthosis November 2010-December 2010

• Designed two market available products namely carbon fiber AFO and single strut AFO which involved advanced surface modeling techniques in Solidworks

• Performed Optimization analysis and designed a new product to improve the features of the product

• Performed CAE analysis by applying gradual load on the products to study the stresses developed, then performed impact testing to see if the product can sustain impact loads which is highly necessary

• Compared optimized product to market available products to see which has the best performance

FEA analysis of Chassis October 2010

• Designed and performed finite element analysis of chassis of a truck with different combinations of shock absorbers such as leaf spring, helix spring and a combination of both springs

• Looked at the stresses and deformation in the frame and compared all three types of shock absorbers

Multiphysics Simulation of Bush bar using Comsol September 2010

• A bush bar with titanium bolt was conducted with electric current to see the stresses, strain and temperature variation in the body

• Noticed effect of cooling by passing an air stream to see the change in temperature

• Performed convergence analysis by changing the mesh size

Solidworks Assembly and FEA September 2010

• Created all the parts, assembly and 2D drawing of a Pulley using Solidworks

• Estimated its cost, minimum and maximum tolerance of the alignment of L-Bracket

• Performed finite element analysis with load applied on pulley to see the stresses, deformation

Glider and Hovercraft December 2007-March 2008

• Designed an airfoil to build a wing that has huge wetted area with maximum wing loading that could be used to stabilize the glider

• Designed a glider and hovercraft and performed CAE analysis to check the structural and aerodynamic performance of the models

• Fabricated radio controlled glider and hovercraft made of balsa wood

• Used servomotors to control the model

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Finite Element Analysis, CAD Applications, Fluid Structure Interaction, Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Computational Modeling of Thermal Fluid Systems

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Won second place for flying RC glider for maximum time in a techfest at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Mumbai)

• Won first place for developing the fastest hovercraft in a techfest at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT-Hyderabad)

• Presented with a gold medal for standing first in an International mathematics Olympiad conducted by New South Wales, Australia

• Stood All India sixth in National level Science Olympiad

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