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Resume of VTN, Ph.D.
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EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Program Manager, Research Manager, Engineering Failure Analysis, Accident Reconstruction Consultant, Specialist, Forensic Analysis, Investigation, Product Liability, Expert Witness Testimony, Engineering Consulting ServicesExpertise in metal forming operations, drawing, extrusion, rolling, sheet forming, tool and die manufacturing, casting , welding , machining , plastics processing, and manufacturing engineering.
Additional areas of specialty include cost effective production processes, process design, product development, materials planning, new technologies, automation, manufacturing systems, quality management, powder metals processing, ceramics processing, EDM, ECM, CNC, high energy beam machining, and machine design. Highly experienced in areas including Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing, mechanical metallurgy, polymeric and composite materials processing, probability, statistics, heat transfer, metal forming plasticity, and manufacturing mechanics.
Additionally, this associate offers expertise related to engineering materials for manufacturing, rheology and fracture, transfer press deflection, parallelism, alignment during metal stampings production, stamping split problems, cold-rolled sheet metals, thin walled tubes for nuclear reprocessing industry, discrete manufacturing, and repetitive manufacturing.
Has conducted numerous studies in areas including frictional behavior in metal forming, multi pass rolling, contoured composite drawing dies design, stress distribution in sapphire dies during strip drawing, manufacturing design, thin walled tube cropping, strip drawing analysis using new sapphire dies, and stress analysis of stamping dies.
Other areas of interest include strip rolling using measured boundary conditions, tilt and alignment characteristics of stamping dies, photoelastic investigation of metal forming processes using new sapphire dies, steckel rolling using measured velocity boundary conditions, and strip rolling finite element solutions.
Knowledgeable in areas including metal forming studies by moire interferometry, tube cropping process, equipment, and tooling, measuring boundary conditions in forming processes, friction contact in sheet stretching, product quality in stamping operations, deflections and tilt in stamping operations. Other areas of emphasis include tube cropping applications for irradiated fuel extraction in nuclear reprocessing, tube cropping solutions, friction reduction in machining and forming processes, fracture mechanisms in thin walled tube cropping, and die work interfaces through transparent sapphire dies
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Automobile, Aviation, Machining, Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, Metallurgical, Nuclear Power, Steel Processing
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science & Technology, University of London, UK
M.S., Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science & Technology, University of London, UK
M. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Andhra University, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Part-time Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, major university
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Engineering Technology, major university
Independent Consultant
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Research Assistant, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, UK
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Administrative Positions
Director, Manufacturing Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM
Director, Manufacturing Sciences Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan
Industrial Experience (Industry – University Collaborative Programs)
KFUPM Collaborative Program, Industrial Visits, Training & Short Courses
University of Michigan Consortium, Industrial Consortium on Diagnostic Sensing and Control for Metal Cutting
Stamping Plant, Chrysler Corporation, Twinsburgh, OH
University of Michigan Collaborative Program, Inland Steel Corporation, East Chicago, IN
Carnegie-Mellon University Collaborative Program, US Steel Research Center, Monroeville, PA
ITI Collaborative Program, Dunlop India Ltd., Madras, India
Major Research Accomplishments
Research emphasizes on the development and evaluation of predictive models for forming operations such as drawing, extrusion, rolling, and sheet forming. Operations are directly applicable to automobile, aircraft, and consumer industries. In this research various experimental techniques have been developed for quantifying boundary conditions along the die-work interfaces in forming operations. These techniques have not only improved the predictive capabilities of finite element methods but also provided better physical understanding of the interfacial conditions. Such predictive models form the essential part of an applied Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system concerned with accurately manufacturing dies and tools for the production of consistently good quality parts. A list of publications is given below.
Manufacturing Sciences Laboratory
At the University of Michigan, developed and directed Manufacturing Sciences Laboratory by acquiring various testing equipment and computational facilities in order to carry out the above mentioned research. The research sponsors were National Science Foundation, General Motors Corporation, Chrysler Corporation, Inland Steel Corporation and several other organizations. Also directed Manufacturing Laboratory at KFUPM involving casting, welding, machining, plastics processing facilities designed for teaching and research.
Industrial Experience
Investigated transfer press deflection, parallelism, and alignment characteristics during the production of metal stampings at General Motors Corporation. Studied split problems in stamping of vehicle’ door panels at Chrysler Corp. Carried out experiments at Inland Steel Corporation to verify the numerical analysis of strip rolling process. Improved the quality of cold-rolled sheet metals. Conducted numerical-experimental analysis on strip drawing for making cans at US Steel Corporation. Resulted in better understanding of the frictional behavior along die-strip interface. Developed analytical model and conducted experiments on cropping thin-walled tubes for nuclear reprocessing industry UK. Analyzed and modified the structural frame used for testing large tires as a part of quality control and curing process at Dunlop Corp.
Project Management
Managed sponsored research from research organizations and industries in the area of manufacturing. Established manufacturing sciences laboratory and directed research activities at The University of Michigan. Supervised 4 doctoral theses and several undergraduate student projects. These theses involved experimental and computational procedures for evaluating product quality in industrial operations such as sheet forming, rolling, and drawing applicable to automobile, aircraft, and consumer industries. Directed manufacturing laboratory comprising of conventional and CNC machining, welding, forming, and casting facilities at KFUPM. Supervised 2 MS theses and several undergraduate student projects. Responsible for supervising 12 technicians and their annual evaluations.
Consulting Experience
Developed template for automotive industry that involved business scenarios on discrete manufacturing and repetitive manufacturing using business software based on production planning. Conducted feasibility studies in terms of setting up steel mills for small-scale production.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Chaired session, 26th Annual technical Meeting, Society of Engineering Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Chaired Symposium on “Sensing Methodologies”, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago
Chaired session on “Materials Processing”, 3rd International Conference on Computer-Aided Production Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Chaired session on “Process Design”, ASME, Atlanta, GA
Chaired two sessions at Conference on Production Research and Technology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Chaired a Symposium on “Sensors and Controls for Manufacturing”, Organized by ASME, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
PUBLICATIONS
Numerous publications on topics related to frictional behavior in metal forming, multi pass rolling, contoured composite drawing dies design, stress distribution in sapphire dies during strip drawing, manufacturing design, thin walled tube cropping, strip drawing analysis using new sapphire dies, stress analysis of stamping dies, strip rolling using measured boundary conditions, tilt and alignment characteristics of stamping dies, photoelastic investigation of metal forming processes using new sapphire dies, steckel rolling using measured velocity boundary conditions, strip rolling finite element solutions, metal forming studies by moire interferometry, tube cropping process, equipment, and tooling, measuring boundary conditions in forming processes, friction contact in sheet stretching, product quality in stamping operations, deflections and tilt in stamping operations, tube cropping applications for irradiated fuel extraction in nuclear reprocessing, tube cropping solutions, friction reduction in machining and forming processes, fracture mechanisms in thin-walled tube cropping, die-work interfaces through transparent sapphire dies, and more.
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