Self- motivated efficient team player with a detail-oriented and results-

driven approach at work.

|Profile |Technical Skills |

| | |

|Creative, highly motivated professional equipped |Design calculations |

|with 3+ of experience in the areas of thermal |Codes and Standards |

|science, 3-D modeling, process industry and |3D modeling |

|engineering design. Offers proven abilities in |P&ID Diagrams |

|managing mechanical projects, including: |Current engineering |

| |practices |

|Assisting project head with developing proposals, |Stress analysis & Flow |

|plans, and budgets |analysis |

|Conceptualizing system design drawings |Operating industrial |

|Establishing standard operating procedures (SOPs).|equipment |

| |Safety & Quality control|

|Spares and resource planning | |

|Coordinating with individuals from different |Established budgets |

|disciplines on related work tasks |Technical documentation |

|Preparing technical manuscripts for publication. |Manufacturing processes |

| |Maintenance procedures |

Highlights

. Research assistant at engineering research and development, Louisiana

state university coordinated research projects funded by the Department

of Energy (DoE) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

. Operations Intern at GMR Vemagiri power generations ltd., coordinated

with maintenance manager, GTG and STG maintenance personnel, performed

detailed turbine measurements, engine health management and monitoring

mechanical systems.

. Engineering Intern at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., performed

design calculation to enhance discrete functions of various heat

exchangers in the plant and developed detailed reports of energy

consumption and unit performance data of heat exchangers and distillation

units in the plant.

Career Track

Southern University, Research Associate 2012-present

. Developing thermal insulating materials by critical analysis of physical,

mechanical and thermal properties.

. Recording of analyzed data obtained from various experimental studies and

preparing technical manuscripts.

. Instructor for undergraduate level courses MEEN 301(thermodynamics II)

and MEEN 444 (Auto CAD 2D& 3D) using lecture and discussion.

. Supervising a team of one graduate and two undergraduate students with

ongoing research activities.

Louisiana State University, Research Assistant 2010-2012

. Design, fabrication, testing, safety and quality control of test rig

considering various constraints, functional requirements, cost analysis

and feasibility of components according to engineering specifications and

codes & standards.

. Design and fabrication of an apparatus which facilitate features like

high temperature (1600oC), temperature gradient (300oC), mass flow

system, high pressure (150 psi), mechanical and thermal loading, online

monitoring system.

. 3d modeling and visualization was carried out in Solidworks 2010.

. Fabricated according to ASTM standards involving manufacturing processes

like Turning (centre lathe), Welding (Miller MIG welding machine), water

jet cutting, air grinding, radial drilling and CNC machining.

. Safety and quality of the apparatus is assured by performing analysis

under steady state condition using ANSYS 12.0 with a program lifetime set

to one million operating cycles.

GMR Power Generation ltd, Operations Intern ...2008-2009

. Coordinated with maintenance manager in detailed planning and execution,

management of preventive inspection team, recording preventive inspection

data and managing history of inspection data.

. Familiarized with various power plant P&ID items including mechanical

equipment with names and numbers, process piping sizes and

identification, flow directions, interconnections references,

identification of components and subsystems.

. Responsibilities also include verifying and drafting changes in P&ID's,

process flow diagrams (PFD's), maintaining company's quality manual and

ISO procedures.

Hindustan Petroliam Corporation Ltd, Engineering

Intern April2007-August 2007

. Performed design calculations to collect the energy consumption and

unit performance data of heat exchangers and distillation units in the

plant.

. Thermal design of these heat exchangers involving related auxiliary

equipment, equipment performance, noise level, thermal rating, tube

and air side pressure drops was evaluated.

. Monitored the maintenance of discrete functions that contribute to

enhancing the reliability of heat exchangers by cost effective

methods.

Education

Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Southern University and A&M College,

Baton Rouge 2012

Thesis entitled "Investigation of the Role of Gd2Zr2O7 (GZ) Powders in

Thermal Cycling Behavior of Thermal Barrier Coatings."

B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University, India 2008

Project entitled "CFD Analysis over the windshield of a two-wheeler to

enhance the rider's comfort."

Design, Drafting and Modeling Packages

Hands-on experience on the following Mech. Design, Stress & Flow

analysis and Advanced Computing softwares:

1) Auto CAD 2011 6) ANSYS 12.0

2) Autodesk Inventor 2012 7) MATLAB 2010

3) CATIA V5R18 8) MAPLE 2010

4) Solidworks 2010 9) Microsoft Office Suite 2010

5) Pro-E Wildfire 2.0

Addendum

Awards:

- Recipient of the 2010,2011,2012 NASA EPSCoR Graduate Scholarship for

Excellence in Research, Louisiana state university.

Selected Publications:

- L. Wang, S. Nandikolla, M. H. Habibi, P. F. Mensah, R. Diwan, and S. M.

Guo, Thermal Cycling Behavior of Gd2Zr2O7 Based Thermal Barrier Coatings,

Materials Science & Technology Conference and Exhibition, 2011, p-1046-

1053.

- Patrick F. Mensah, Ravinder Diwan, Swamy Nandikolla and Omotola Coker,

Thermo-mechanical study of the role of Gd2Zr2O7 (GZ) in improving life of

YSZ and GZ double layered thermal barrier coatings, International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, 2012.

- Patrick F. Mensah, Ravinder Diwan, Swamy Nandikolla, Characterization

of Mechanical Properties of functionally graded Thermal Barrier

Coatings, 2012, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Turbo Expo,

2012.

- Swamy Nandikolla, Patrick F. Mensah, Ravinder Diwan, A Novel Testing

Method for Testing Thermal Barrier Coatings, NextGenC3 Science and

Engineering conference, 2012

Affiliations:

- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)- Member

- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) - Membe

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