Associate Professor Gr 1

• Jun 2020 - Present

Visiting Assistant Professor

• Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - often referred to as BITS Pilani, is one of the primier institutes for engineering and science education in India. It is recognized as Institute of Emminence, that shall aim to be in top 100 education institutes in the world within next decade. I have taught the following subject here in undergraduate class. - Numerical Methods in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, - Applied Thermodynamics, - Thermodynamics - Kinematics and… Show more Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - often referred to as BITS Pilani, is one of the primier institutes for engineering and science education in India. It is recognized as Institute of Emminence, that shall aim to be in top 100 education institutes in the world within next decade. I have taught the following subject here in undergraduate class. - Numerical Methods in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, - Applied Thermodynamics, - Thermodynamics - Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines - Mechanical Vibrations - Mechanics of Solids In Graduate class, I have tuaght. - Finite Element Methods Besides this, I guided several undergraduate projects as well as a couple of master projects. Show less Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - often referred to as BITS Pilani, is one of the primier institutes for engineering and science education in India. It is recognized as Institute of Emminence, that shall aim to be in top 100 education institutes in the world within next decade. I have taught the following subject here in undergraduate class. - Numerical Methods in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, - Applied Thermodynamics, - Thermodynamics - Kinematics and… Show more Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - often referred to as BITS Pilani, is one of the primier institutes for engineering and science education in India. It is recognized as Institute of Emminence, that shall aim to be in top 100 education institutes in the world within next decade. I have taught the following subject here in undergraduate class. - Numerical Methods in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, - Applied Thermodynamics, - Thermodynamics - Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines - Mechanical Vibrations - Mechanics of Solids In Graduate class, I have tuaght. - Finite Element Methods Besides this, I guided several undergraduate projects as well as a couple of master projects. Show less

Post-Doctoral Associate

• Jul 2013 - Jul 2016

- Developed large scale structural finite element code capable of including geometric nonlinearity such as large rotations, large deformation and large strain, optimized for parallel processing using OpenMP. - Written and optimized PCGSolver for OpenMP as well as OpenACC (GPU computing) - Redesigned the code to be object oriented making it capable to simulate multiple structural objects in parallel - Demonstrated a strongly coupled 2 way fluid-structure interaction (FSI) using the… Show more - Developed large scale structural finite element code capable of including geometric nonlinearity such as large rotations, large deformation and large strain, optimized for parallel processing using OpenMP. - Written and optimized PCGSolver for OpenMP as well as OpenACC (GPU computing) - Redesigned the code to be object oriented making it capable to simulate multiple structural objects in parallel - Demonstrated a strongly coupled 2 way fluid-structure interaction (FSI) using the structural code with previously existing immersed boundary method (IBM) code and validated with famous Turek-Hron benchmarks. - Developed various (Quad,Tri,Brick,Tet and Shell(MITC3)) elements to cater to a wide range of problems and aspect ratios. - Studying effect of flexibility in Flapping flight and marine propulsions. - Developing full arbitrary geometry Contact mechanics capability into the structural code.

Research Assistant

• Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

- Designed a novel artificial hydrogel to possess buoyancy, strength and elasticity comparable to jellyfish mesoglea for performance improvement of jellyfish inspired underwater vehicle. - Devised a novel bio-inspired buoyancy engine for underwater vehicles to maintain a vertical position and to travel vertically in water column in very energy efficient way.

Analysis Engineer, Large Commercial Aircraft Structure

• Apr 2007 - Dec 2008

I worked here as Structural Analysis Engineer, with main responsibilities like Stress Analysis, Life Analysis ( low cycle fatigue and high cycle fatigue), Fracture mechanics, Manufacturing support and Design improvements I worked here as Structural Analysis Engineer, with main responsibilities like Stress Analysis, Life Analysis ( low cycle fatigue and high cycle fatigue), Fracture mechanics, Manufacturing support and Design improvements

Design Engineer

• 2006 - 2007

- Hands on experience with developing one of the perioperative care software in large team of software professionals in platforms namely VC++, C#, Delphi, Java-J2EE and relational databases Oracle and mySQL. - Served in customer support role and got experienced in bug fixing, and software documentation. - Developed a couple of small software modules in VC++, designed verification and validation test cases, performed these tests and created required software documentation. - Experienced… Show more - Hands on experience with developing one of the perioperative care software in large team of software professionals in platforms namely VC++, C#, Delphi, Java-J2EE and relational databases Oracle and mySQL. - Served in customer support role and got experienced in bug fixing, and software documentation. - Developed a couple of small software modules in VC++, designed verification and validation test cases, performed these tests and created required software documentation. - Experienced complete software development cycle for one of the Perioperative products. Show less - Hands on experience with developing one of the perioperative care software in large team of software professionals in platforms namely VC++, C#, Delphi, Java-J2EE and relational databases Oracle and mySQL. - Served in customer support role and got experienced in bug fixing, and software documentation. - Developed a couple of small software modules in VC++, designed verification and validation test cases, performed these tests and created required software documentation. - Experienced… Show more - Hands on experience with developing one of the perioperative care software in large team of software professionals in platforms namely VC++, C#, Delphi, Java-J2EE and relational databases Oracle and mySQL. - Served in customer support role and got experienced in bug fixing, and software documentation. - Developed a couple of small software modules in VC++, designed verification and validation test cases, performed these tests and created required software documentation. - Experienced complete software development cycle for one of the Perioperative products. Show less

RA, Robotics Lab

• 2003 - 2006

- Successfully completed a project on the study of "Slosh Dynamics" on-time and as-budgeted. Slosh dynamics has significant impact on the flight simulation and control of space vehicles and satellites. - Designed and fabricated the experimental setup to model slosh dynamics phenomenon. Successfully conducted many experiments and generated improved mechanical models to represent the experimentally observed slosh phenomena. - Identified model parameters using system identification and… Show more - Successfully completed a project on the study of "Slosh Dynamics" on-time and as-budgeted. Slosh dynamics has significant impact on the flight simulation and control of space vehicles and satellites. - Designed and fabricated the experimental setup to model slosh dynamics phenomenon. Successfully conducted many experiments and generated improved mechanical models to represent the experimentally observed slosh phenomena. - Identified model parameters using system identification and nonlinear optimization. Recommended strategies for effective real-time slosh control. Show less - Successfully completed a project on the study of "Slosh Dynamics" on-time and as-budgeted. Slosh dynamics has significant impact on the flight simulation and control of space vehicles and satellites. - Designed and fabricated the experimental setup to model slosh dynamics phenomenon. Successfully conducted many experiments and generated improved mechanical models to represent the experimentally observed slosh phenomena. - Identified model parameters using system identification and… Show more - Successfully completed a project on the study of "Slosh Dynamics" on-time and as-budgeted. Slosh dynamics has significant impact on the flight simulation and control of space vehicles and satellites. - Designed and fabricated the experimental setup to model slosh dynamics phenomenon. Successfully conducted many experiments and generated improved mechanical models to represent the experimentally observed slosh phenomena. - Identified model parameters using system identification and nonlinear optimization. Recommended strategies for effective real-time slosh control. Show less

Graduate Enginner Trainee

• 2001 - 2002

- Carried out preliminary energy audit for the steam system of the edible oil refinery and suggested ways to save enormous amount of energy and money (~$58,000/year). - Planned layouts of production line, process piping, installation & commissioning of various machines, erection of oil filling plant and storage tanks for edible oil to complete erection to commissioning of 12 km long cross-country pipeline. - Successfully lead shutdown maintenance of 16 ton boiler, PHE, Dynamic mixer… Show more - Carried out preliminary energy audit for the steam system of the edible oil refinery and suggested ways to save enormous amount of energy and money (~$58,000/year). - Planned layouts of production line, process piping, installation & commissioning of various machines, erection of oil filling plant and storage tanks for edible oil to complete erection to commissioning of 12 km long cross-country pipeline. - Successfully lead shutdown maintenance of 16 ton boiler, PHE, Dynamic mixer, centrifugal pumps etc. Show less - Carried out preliminary energy audit for the steam system of the edible oil refinery and suggested ways to save enormous amount of energy and money (~$58,000/year). - Planned layouts of production line, process piping, installation & commissioning of various machines, erection of oil filling plant and storage tanks for edible oil to complete erection to commissioning of 12 km long cross-country pipeline. - Successfully lead shutdown maintenance of 16 ton boiler, PHE, Dynamic mixer… Show more - Carried out preliminary energy audit for the steam system of the edible oil refinery and suggested ways to save enormous amount of energy and money (~$58,000/year). - Planned layouts of production line, process piping, installation & commissioning of various machines, erection of oil filling plant and storage tanks for edible oil to complete erection to commissioning of 12 km long cross-country pipeline. - Successfully lead shutdown maintenance of 16 ton boiler, PHE, Dynamic mixer, centrifugal pumps etc. Show less