Project manager/Technical Lead
Resume:
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Highly qualified project leader with extensive experience in developing novel technical solutions, which improves design processes and advances existing levels of technology.
o Resourceful, analytical and detail driven with capabilities in handling multiple projects with competing deadlines.
o Extensive business development expertise, executing multiple projects from project conception to completion.
o Successful at overcoming contemporary technical challenges and determining solutions that address clients’ needs.
o Exceptional project management, organizational and supervisory skills to ascertain success in project completion, and program development.
o Highly proficient in conducting technology transfer sessions with clients, allowing a seamless transition of products and technical packages to industrial counterparts.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
APPLICATION DOMAIN
o Acoustics (BEM/FEM)
o Aero-Acoustics
o Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH)
o Multi-Body Dynamics
o Dynamic/Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis
o 1-D System Simulation
o Digital Signal Processing
o Durability/Fatigue Life Prediction
o Computational Fluid Dynamics
APPLICATION PACKAGES
o LMS VIRTUAL.LAB/TEST.LAB/TECWARE
o ANSYS (APDL SCRIPTING)
o AMESIM/IMAGINE.LAB
o MATLAB
o FORTRAN/MPI (Parallel Processing)
o NASTRAN/PATRAN
o VISUAL BASIC
o UNIX SCRIPTING
o ANSA/HYPERMESH
o Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, Access)
CAREER PATH
PROJECT LEAD ENGINEER LMS North America Troy MI March 2008 - Present
EXHAUST SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (ACOUSTICS / NVH) – PROJECT MANAGER/TECHNICAL LEAD
o Developed proposals focusing on improving existing exhaust system designs for automotive and recreational vehicles.
o Governed and engaged in successful project execution within budget constraints and client roll-out deadlines.
o Dynamically functioned as a subject matter expert in exhaust acoustical performance, incorporating cutting edge academic work and research into industrial practice.
MULTI BODY DYNAMICS/ACOUSTICS: HEAVY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES- PROJECT MANAGER/TECHNICAL LEAD
o Strategized technical solutions for existing design problems, and developed project plans for large scale system simulation.
o Established MBD/Acoustical simulation interface specific to application, with appropriate time-frequency domain methodologies.
o Established standardized practice leading to client in-house ‘mechanical’ simulations for design optimization, facilitated through detailed technology transfer meetings.
DYNAMIC MODELING AND MULTI-BODY SIMULATION: MECHANICAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY- PROJECT MANAGER/TECHNICAL LEAD
o Directed and supervised execution of finite element model building and analysis by task engineers.
o Developed customized technical solutions with a strong focus on increasing machinery life, productivity speeds, and improving product quality.
COOLING FAN AERO-ACOUSTIC SIMULATION- PROJECT MANAGER/TECHNICAL LEAD
o Perform simulations involving fan noise predictions for complex vehicle systems.
o Manage technical scope and client side simulations (CFD), focusing on model compatibility with overall technical package.
DURABILITY TESTING/SIMULATION: AUTOMOTIVE SUB-SYSTEMS/ INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS- PROJECT MANAGER/TECHNICAL LEAD
o Developed Accelerated testing techniques for life cycle/fatigue tests utilizing multi-axis test rigs.
o Process integration using FEA/Durability packages for predictive failure analysis
o Virtual Recreation of observed product failures and developed solution strategies.
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT INTERIOR ACOUSTIC PREDICTIVE MODELING- PROJECT MANAGER/TECHNICAL LEAD
o Benchmark project performing Engine Vibration Radiated Noise (EVRN) Simulations within large scale passenger aircraft cabins.
o Developed novel techniques coupling reduced structural modeling techniques with full scale acoustical models.
RADIATED ACOUSTIC MODELING/SIMULATION : ELECTRIC MOTORS- PROJECT MANAGER/TECHNICAL LEAD
o Developed Acoustic predictive methodologies based on structural excitation through electromagnetic sources.
o Process integration of electromagnetic modeling software with FEA/Acoustics.
LARGE SCALE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS ACOUSTIC PREDICTION : AGRICULTURAL MACHINES- PROJECT MANAGER/TECHNICAL LEAD
o Develop and integrate acoustic predictive technology directly into transmission system design cycles.
o Perform detailed technology transfer sessions with client engineers, conducted through on-site meetings.
PROJECT ENGINEER – MULTIPLE PROJECTS
o Simulation of automotive sub-systems from a thermal management perspective – Developing 1-D exhaust and electrical modules with capability of interfacing with complete vehicle system models.
o NVH Testing, characterization of Large Scale Asphalt Compactors : Experimental Modal Analysis, Operational Deflection Shapes (ODS), Airborne Source Quantification (ASQ).
o Component and system level finite element modeling experience including defining detailed contact/connection models for complex interfaces such as valve cover assemblies.
o Develop base analysis model for acoustic prediction in automotive transmission systems with process setup for capacity of very quick comparison through model swap for multiple case studies.
LIST OF CLIENT COMPANIES
o General Electric
o Proctor & Gamble
o Delphi
o Bombardier Recreational Products
o Ford Motor Company
o Chrysler Group LLC
o Manitowoc Crane Group
o Deere & Company
o Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA)
o Polaris Industries
o Volvo Construction Equipment
o Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems
o Trane Residential Systems
o Moog Inc.
o Allison Transmission
o AGCO
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLEMSON, SC 2007
R. Vasudevan, J. Foster, and R.S. Miller, ``Thermal Diffusion Coefficient Modeling for Combustion Simulations at Elevated Pressure,'' Combustion and Flame, Submitted, 2011.
EDUCATION
MASTERS’ DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Clemson University Clemson, SC 2007
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Anna University Chennai, India 2005
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