Masters of science in Mechanical Engineering – Research                                                                                                    May 2024

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.    GPA: 3.88/4.0

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering                     May 2020

Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.           GPA: 8.5/10

Software: Converge CFD, Ansys Fluent, Ansys Spaceclaim, Ansys CFX, Python, LAMMPs, AutoCAD, Solidworks.

Libraries: GeoPandas, Shapely, PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib, PySWMM, SWMM_Api.

McGaughey Lab. Graduate Research Assistant   Aug 2022 – Present

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

• Studying Transport properties in BMIM-PF6 Ionic liquid for energy storage devices using Molecular dynamics.

• Using LAMMPs to model the system and calculate Diffusion coefficients, Viscosity, Thermal conductivity, and

Soret Coefficient.

• Studying Thermo-diffusion in binary and ternary liquid mixtures for applications in Phase change memory using

Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics.

• Using LAMMPs to model systems to calculate the thermal conductivity of liquid mixtures.

Singh Lab & Sandia National Laboratory Summer Research Intern             May 2023 – Aug 2023

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

• Created and analyzed open cycle simulation of Pre-chamber spark ignition Natural Gas engine for studying the effect

of exhaust gas recirculation on cycle performance using CONVERGE CFD.

• Established a workflow for predicting residual exhaust gases at the end of combustion stroke from the open cycle

simulation.

Delco Ltd., Ahmednagar.         Junior Engineer       Dec 2020 - July 2022

• Carried out work study for process improvement and managed assembly production line of electric motors.

• Formulated and installed an automatic clamping device to improve production rate.

Larsen & Toubro, Ahmednagar Campus         Summer Intern         Jun 2019 – Jul 2019

• Carried out a quality control audit for the Automatic Test Benches.

• Die designing for High-speed press and slide press

Flood Prediction with SWMM using Google Earth Engine Data.

Indian Urban Data Exchange, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India.         July 2023 – Aug 2023

• Analyzed Earth Engine data using GeoPandas library to find drainage junctions and outflow conduits into lakes

and rivers for Bangalore.

• Created a Python wrapper for EPA's Storm Water Management Model to predict floods in Bangalore.

Optimizing the Racing Line.

Numerical Methods in Engineering, Class Project         Apr 2023 – May 2023

• Spearheaded a project to optimize the racing line for Formula 1 cars.

• Gradient Descent Optimization with Momentum and Adaptive Moment Estimation (ADAM) was employed using

the PyTorch library.

CFD Analysis of Toroidal Propellers.

Computational Analysis of Transport Phenomena, Class Project.       Feb 2023 – May 2023

• Analyzed and compared flow over standard and toroidal propeller geometry using ANSYS Fluent.

• Calculated Efficiency curves for novel toroidal propeller geometries using Multiple Reference Frame Simulations.

Design of Refrigeration Package for Brewery with Waste Heat Recovery.

DCE Refrigeration Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

• Experimental and cost analysis of a chiller system to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency.

• Served as project lead and devised and created Oil separator using AutoCAD.