Mechanical Engineering Quality Control

SARADHI RENGARAJAN

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Education

December 2010 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, MI

• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (GPA : 3.6 / 4.0)

• Courses : Internal Combustion Engines, Combustion Processes, CFD, Hybrid Vehicles, Design Optimization, Vehicle Dynamics, Numerical Methods, Statistical Quality Control

• Developed a high fidelity engine model in GT Power and modeled and simulated a series hydraulic hybrid vehicle in Matlab - Simulink for the hybrid vehicles project and achieved a 50% improvement in fuel economy.

• Optimized the battery and motor sizes of a Segway human transporter with the objective of minimizing the weight using Matlab – Simulink

• Assisted Dr.Stani Bohac on a project on emission control techniques in two stroke diesel locomotive engines for Peaker Systems Inc.

May 2009 ANNA UNIVERSITY Chennai, India

• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (Cumulative: 85%)

• Received 50% tuition scholarships for 3 consecutive years for academic excellence

• Adjudged as the best student in sophomore year in Mechanical Engineering

Experience

Summer 2010 Mahindra & Mahindra Mahindra Research Valley, India

Summer Intern – Hybrid Vehicles

• Modeled and Simulated three completely new cooling system architectures for the hybrid variant of the next SUV to be launched.

• Optimized the coolant flow and radiator size for the three layouts with constraints on the control target temperatures of the coolant by using a derivative based optimization algorithm. Identified the cooling system architecture that minimized the parasitic power losses.

2008 - 2009 Ashok Leyland Limited: Project Intern Chennai, India

• Developed a conceptual design of a hydraulic valve actuation mechanism and analytically analyzed the possibility of combining the same with a piezoelectric actuator to result in a camless engine.

Software Applications

Matlab, Simulink, GT Power, Minitab, AutoCAD, C programming, MS Office

Additional

• Adopted two villages near Erode, India and renovated the local primary school in addition to conducting health and alternate job awareness campaigns, blood donation camps as a National Service Scheme Volunteer in 2006 – 2008.

• Trained fellow students and juniors in areas of public speaking, quantitative aptitude and conducted numerous mock interviews as the student coordinator for campus recruitment in 2007 – 2009.

• Captained the college tennis team and participated and emerged runners up in zonal level tennis tournaments for two consecutive years.

• Applied organizational skills and team dynamics to serve more than 1500 people each night as a food service worker at the university dorms.

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