EDUCATION

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY East Lansing, MI U.S.A

Candidate for Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, 2004 – Present

Optimization of flow through porous media using Topology Optimization GPA: 3.5/4.0

Courses: Conductive Heat Transfer, Engineering Analysis, Advanced Thermodynamics, Finite Element Method, Optimization Method, Continuum Mechanics, Advanced Multiphase Transport Phenomenon, Linear Elasticity

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Kansas city, MO U.S.A

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 2002 - 2004.

Determination of heat transfer coefficients for freezing of food items. GPA: 4.0/4.0

Courses: Applied Finite Element Analysis, Applied Material Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics, H.V.A.C, Heat Transfer Convection, Power Plant Design, Advanced Heat Transfer Convection.

BANGALORE UNIVERSITY Bangalore, KA India

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, 1997 – 2001

Average Percentage of 70.5% University Rank Holder

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RELATED SOFTWARE SKILL

Matlab 7.0, AutoCAD 2002, IDEAS 9, FEMLAB3.2, FLUENT 6.2 and Gambit

INDUSTRY INTERNSHIPS

FOURESS ENGINEERING INDIA LIMITED, 2000-2001 Bangalore, KA India

Design and Development of Gearbox to operate Butterfly valves

RESEARCH ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE

May 2003 – Aug 2004 University of Missouri Kansas City

Graduate Research Assistant working for Dr Bryan Becker

May 2005 – Present Michigan State University

Graduate Research Assistant working for Dr. Andre Benard

TEACHING ASSISTANT

Aug 2002 – May 2003 University of Missouri Kansas City

Course: Engineering Graphics Instructor: Dr. Forest Lowe

Aug 2004 – May 2005 Michigan State University

Course: Fluid Mechanics Lab Instructor: Dr. Manoochehr Koochesfahani

AWARDS

Outstanding Student award from School of Computing and Engineering University of Missouri - Kansas city

Best Poster - ISPE Midwest Poster Competition

Chancellors Non Resident Award from University of Missouri – Kansas City

LEADERSHIP

Michigan State University

President of Indian student Association (July 2005 – Present)

Treasurer of International Student Association (July 2005 – Present)

Advisor for Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students (Aug 2005 – Present)

University of Missouri – Kansas City

Secretary of Association for India’s Development (Jan 2003 – Aug 2004)

REFFERENCE

Will be provided on request