SUMMARY
Metallurgical Research Engineer with experience in heat treatment, fatigue behaviour – testing and analysis, hydrogen embrittlement analysis, stress corrosion behaviour of high strength structural steels, materials testing and failure characterization. Core competencies include fatigue analysis, environmental effects on corrosion fatigue behaviour, fracture mechanics testing and characterization and microstructural analyses.
EDUCATION
•Doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering Aug 2009 - Present
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Expected Completion Date - Sep 2013
•Masters in Materials Science and Engineering Aug 2008
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
•Bachelors in Chemical Engineering Sep 2005 Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum, India
SKILLS
•MATERIALS TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION
Heat Treatment of Ferrous Alloy (4140) via Quench and Tempering and Normalizing Methods, Metallographic sample preparation and microstructural analyses, Phase Identification via X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Composition studies via Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDAX), Fatigue, Fracture Toughness and Tensile testing as per ASTM standards, Fractographic investigations via Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Hardness Testing – Macro and Micro Hardness, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), Basic operational knowledge of Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM).
•SOFTWARE
Statistical Software: Minitab
Other Applications: Microsoft Office, Origin for graphical applications, Matlab (operational knowledge)
Reference'Managers: Scifinder Scholar, Endnote
CERTIFICATION
Six Sigma Green Belt.
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
•Heat Treatment of Metals
•Mechanical Behavior of Materials
•Corrosion
•Design of Experiments
•Non-Destructive Methods and Applications
•Six Sigma
EXPERIENCE
Research and Teaching Assistant (01/2009 - Present)
Fatigue and Fracture Research Lab, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
•Currently involved in development of mechanism for Hydrogen assisted fatigue crack growth propagation, hydrogen concentration prediction correlations in a high strength (4140) structural steel.
•Worked on analysis of fatigue crack growth behaviour of 4140 steel in hydrogen environment.
•Investigated the influence of austempering heat treatment on the fatigue behaviour of a low alloy steel.
•Characterized the fatigue fracture behaviour in various heat treatment conditions via SEM and EDAX.
•Worked with researchers at the Ford Research and Innovation Center (Dearborn, MI) to conduct metallographic sample preparation and analysis.
•Assisted principal investigator in composing research proposals to Federal funding agencies.
•Involved in stress corrosion cracking studies of a structural steel.
•Planned, organized the allocation of undergraduate recitation and laboratory sessions.
•Revised instructional materials for Materials Science coursework for undergraduate students.
•Taught recitation and laboratory sessions for undergraduate Materials Science course.
Research Assistant (09/2006 – 12/2008)
Material Properties and Synthesis Lab, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
•Synthesized and characterized thin films of superconducting Magnesium Diboride and Lead by a novel electroless plating technique.
•Worked with cross-functional team to characterize superconducting properties of synthesized thin films.
•Assisted principal investigator in composing research proposals to Federal funding agencies.
•Data acquisition and managing of experimental work in the laboratory for publication in various technical journals.
PUBLICATIONS
•Ramasagara Nagarajan, V., Putatunda, S.K., “Influence of dissolved Hydrogen on the Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of a Low Alloy (AISI 4140) Steel”, International Journal of Fatigue – Special Issue - Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials IX, Article In Press - May 2013.
•Ramasagara Nagarajan, V., Kharel, P.R., Putatunda, S.K., Lawes, G., "Synthesis of Superconducting Thin Films of Magnesium Diboride by Electroless Plating." Materials and Manufacturing Processes - 2009, 24(6): p. 633 -636.
•Ramasagara Nagarajan, V., Kharel, P.R., Putatunda, S.K., Lawes, G., "Synthesis and Characterization of Superconducting Lead Films b...
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