STRUCTURAL ANALYST
Technically proficient engineer with track record of success leading qualified teams to
innovative product development and manufacturing solutions
Qualified performer with solid background on structural and stress analyses, practical experience in structural engineering, plasticity, fracture mechanics, and teaching / research credentials adaptable to the product development in aerospace, automobile and mechanical design fields. Proficient in design, analysis, and integration of diverse mechanical systems meeting specifications, structural integrity and endurance criteria set by the industry and regulatory agencies. Effective communicator, skilled trainer and project leader able to direct multiple tasks simultaneously to on-time completion, ensuring accuracy and completeness of all details.
Highlights of expertise:
• Structural Engineering
• Weld analysis
• Fatigue analysis
• Material & Cost Controls • Fracture Mechanics
• Structural & Stress Analyses
• Nonlinear Contact Analyses
• Vibrations & Dynamic Analyses • Plasticity(including rate effect)
• Time & Resource Management
• Impact analyses
• Mentoring & Training
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Ph.D., Structural Engineering – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Master of Science, Engineering Mechanics – Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering – University of Mysore, Mysore, India
Proficiency in CAE tools:
ABAQUS standard / explicit - expert user (16 years), Ideas (6 years), Hypermesh (8 years)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CNH AMERICA, LLC, Burr Ridge, Illinois, 9/2004 – Present
Project Engineer / Design Analyst
Leads product development by Performing static, impact, fracture and dynamic stress analyses on tractor components for structural integrity and endurance and provide assessment of design margins for its integration in the system design. Conduct nonlinear analyses on bolted chassis assemblies to evaluate adequacy of the components and recommend design changes. Prepare technical reports documenting analysis result. Interact with team of engineers and analysts, as well as managers and vendors, to carry out analyses and implement recommendations. Interact with testing group and develop testing plan, provide load data, identify strain gage location, correlate analysis result and test results to validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications. Execute rollover(non-linear, large deformation) and falling object (high impact) protective structural analysis on the tractor cab to evaluate its structural integrity and the safety of the operator in the tractor cab as per regulatory specification (OECD) and substantiate the result to customer and regulatory inspector. Monitor the in-service product lifecycle to record the structural environment, characteristics and performance, investigate the field failure data and develop improvements for future designs.
Calculate the stress intensity factor of solid components and recommend design changes for damage tolerant design. Conduct vibration analysis to calculate natural frequencies structural components and recommend design changes to prevent resonance. Conduct transient dynamic analysis and evaluate fatigue life. Employ classical mechanics approach to execute force/load transfer and stress calculations on components. Estimate fatigue life of welded structural components based on structural stress method using Batelle software. Train and mentor new and junior staff.
Key Achievements and Projects:
• Identified ways of reducing manufacturing costs through analysis, resulting in cash savings.
• Developed methodologies for nonlinear contact analysis of bolted gray iron castings assemblies.
• Adeptly optimized material / geometry of components for weight and cost reductions.
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tallahassee, Florida, 11/1999 – 09/2004
Postdoctoral Research Associate/ Visiting Faculty Member
Performed atomistic simulations to evaluate the mechanical properties carbon nanotubes with defects. Performed Interface modeling and interface separation using cohesive zone model in composites. Teaching the courses like FEM, fracture mechanics, Strength of materials.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, 05/1998 – 10/1999
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Performed finite element simulation of metal cutting process using ABAQ...
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