OBJECTIVE

To obtain a full time position as a Research & Development Engineer in Mechanical Engineering utilizing my skills in finite element modeling and analysis, product design and development.

WORK EXPERIENCE

R & D Engineer September 2008 –Current

Hawthorne & York International, Ltd., Phoenix, Arizona

• Finite Element Analysis of various consulting projects like biomechanics, automotive crash simulation, energy absorbing systems

• Simulated the impact of a Ford 250 pick up truck on a freeway signpost

• Finite Element Modeling and Simulation of various NIJ level body armor plates – modeled projectiles, composite and ceramic materials

• Developed a user defined material model for high performance polyethylene material in LS-DYNA

• Modeled the delamination of high performance polyethylene material using cohesive zone elements

• Modeled and simulated static stress and buckling analysis of cement silo

Master’s Thesis, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio September 2007-August 2008

Fluid/Thermal Coupling for the Simulation of Hypersonic Vehicles using Commercial Codes FLUENT and LS-DYNA

• Developed a framework for the heat flux prediction and evaluation of material thermal response during the reentry flight of the hypersonic vehicle using commercial codes FLUENT and LS-DYNA

• Modeled the axisymmetric hypersonic vehicle using HYPERMESH and LS-PREPOST

• Incorporated User Defined Scalar equation in FLUENT to solve the vibrational energy equation

• Implemented the different diffusion models in FLUENT using User Defined Functions

• Simulated the material thermal response using LS-DYNA

• Developed a simple fluid/thermal interaction between FLUENT and LS-DYNA using PERL

Crash Simulation of the End Terminal Guard Rail System January 2008-August 2008

• Modeled the End terminal highway product using HYPERMESH

• Simulated the Crashworthiness of the End terminal using LS-DYNA

Publications

• Tabiei, A., Sockalingam, S., “Coupled fluid/thermal/structural simulation for hypersonic reentry vehicles”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Submitted, 2010

• Krishnan, K., Sockalingam, S., Bansal, S., Rajan, S.D., “Numerical Simulation of Ceramic Composite Armor”, Composites: Part B engineering, Submitted, 2010

• Sockalingam, S., Krishnan, K., Bansal, S., Dhandapani, K., Rajan, S.D., “Development of a constitutive model for ultra high molecular weight polyethylene materials”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Submitted, 2009

• Sockalingam, S., Tabiei, A., “Fluid/thermal/chemical non-equilibrium simulation of hypersonic reentry vehicles”, International Journal of Multiphysics, 3, 293-306, 2009

Executive-R & D, Hydraulic Tyre Curing Press Group April 2005 –July 2006

Larsen & Toubro Limited, Chennai, India

• Customized 45” Post Curing Inflator using Mechanical Desktop and AutoCAD for Continental Tyres, USA. Coordinated with the manufacturing, assembly and testing team

• Customized 47” Hydraulic Tyre Curing Press for Aartawheel, Iran

• Coordinated Lean Manufacturing activities in the shop floor

• Exposure to the various control systems used like Limit Switches, Proximity Switches, Linear Sensors, Pressure Transmitters and Solenoid Valves

Executive- Development June 2004-April2005

Graduate Engineer Trainee June 2003-May 2004

Murugappa Morgan Thermal Ceramics Limited, Ranipet, India

• Designed and Developed a Ceramic Fiber Ladle for Secondary Aluminum Industries. It involved activities like gathering customer’s requirement, feasibility analysis, design of mould, development of a laboratory level product, field trial at customer’s site and transition to mass production. Accomplished a business of Rs.500, 000 per annum from the customer Sundaram Clayton Ltd, Chennai

• Surveyed and evaluated the demand for Refractory Ceramic Fibre in the Passive Fire Protection application in Bombay, India. Explored new customers, understood their requirements and assessed the business potential in the process

• Identified and eliminated assignable causes in the ceramic fibre manufacturing spun line and improved the Process Capability Index using quality control tools

• As a Total Quality Management (TQM) coordinator, facilitated a number of small projects being handled by the workmen

ACADEMIC PROJECTS IN FINITE ELEMENT CODING

• Developed a Finite Element code in MATLAB to solve a 2D plane strain problem using constant strain triangular elements and obtained the deformed shape of the plate under study

• Developed constitutive solvers for hardening plasticity model using the Newton Raphson and Euler Forward algorithms in MATLAB and implemented it in a 2D plane strain problem with constant strain triangular finite elements

• Developed explicit and implicit finite element codes in MATLAB for analyzing the dynamic stresses due to wave propagation in a cantilever beam, which was modeled with beam elements

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering August 2008

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio GPA 3.85/4.0

Relevant Coursework: Engineering Elasticity, Advanced Strength of materials, Analytical Methods, Finite Element Techniques, Numerical Methods in Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Simulation of Solids, Continuum Mechanics.

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering August 1999-May 2003

Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India Final Percentage: 85 %

Relevant Coursework: Dynamics of Machinery, Machine Design, Strength of Materials and Manufacturing Technology, CAD/CAM, IC Engines combustion and Pollution.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Languages: MATLAB, C, C++, PERL,FORTRAN

• Operating Systems: Windows, LINUX

• Packages: Microsoft applications

• Tools: GAMBIT, Gridgen, FLUENT, AUTOCAD,HYPERMESH, LS-DYNA

ACADEMIC HONORS

• Recipient, University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, Ohio

• Recipient, M.Selvam Endowment prize at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, March 2002

• Recipient, Certificate of Merit for securing third rank in the mechanical engineering dept for all semesters

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