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CAREER OBJECTIVE
Looking for a Mechanical Engineering position utilizing my engineering, modeling, analytical skills and experience
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Design Engineer, OFI Testing Equipment, Inc., Houston, TX (Dec 2007-March 2009)
Managing Projects in design and fabrication of mechanical parts and systems for various testing instruments such as Lubricity Tester, Viscometer, Permeameter, etc.
3D modeling and fabricating digital prototype of the entire system and components, checking for functionality and conception of effective advancement for future
Preparing 2D drawing and Bills of Materials
Stress analysis of components using appropriate software and analytical methods
Knowledge and training in instruments used in Oil and Gas Industry
Graduate Research Assistant, Tiger Turbine Heat Transfer Laboratory, Louisiana State University CEBA Annex, LA. (Dec 2005-Aug 2007)
Design and fabrication of flat plate blade and scaled up blade of aircraft engine turbines using 3D printer
Design and fabrication of mesh heater and experimental rig for the research on film cooling of gas turbine blades
Experiments using Thermodynamic Data Acquisition system, Hot Wire Anemometry, Infra Red Thermography technique resulting in a better modeling of aircraft engines for higher efficiency
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, LA. (May 2006 - Dec 2006)
Directed students in planning / organizing experiments and technical documentation for Thermodynamics Lab
Lecturer, Kathmandu Engineering College, Kathmandu, Nepal. (Aug 2002- July 2005)
Responsibilities included tutoring, lesson plan design, coordination between departments and supervision of projects in Machine Shop Floor.
Vocational training, Marshyandi Hydroelectric Project, Nepal. (May2000 -June 2000)
Vocational training on power plant layout, operation and control of Francis Turbine and its auxiliaries, cooling water system of turbine and generator, fire fighting system
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Mech. Engg. Software: Autodesk Inventor, Solid Works, AutoCAD, ANSYS
Application Package: MS Office, MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple
Operating System: Windows 2000/NT/XP/Vista
Certification: Inventor Suite 2008 - Intro to Solid Modeling, Rendering and animation with Inventor, Inventor Professional Routed System, Inventor Professional Simulation
EDUCATION
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, LA.
Aug 2007
GPA 3.845/4.0
Significant Course work: Advance Heat Transfer I & II, Advanced Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Numerical Methods, Advanced Thermodynamics.
BE in Mechanical Engineering, Regional Engineering College Rourkela, India.
May 2002
Percentage 71.1%
Significant Course work: Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulics Machines, Electrical Engineering, Primary Production Process, Mechanics of Materials, Quality Control and Reliability, Internal Combustion Engine and Gas Turbines, Industrial Engineering, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Industrial Management.
HONOR/AWARDS
Scholarship under The Colombo Plan sponsored by the Government of India, Regional Engineering College, Rourkela. (August 1998-May 2002)
Dedicated and Outstanding performance as a lecturer of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Kathmandu Engineering College, Kathmandu, Nepal. (April 2005)
Engineer in Training (E.I.T) ( October 2007)
PUBLICATIONS
"Film Cooling from a row of Holes Supplemented with Anti Vortex Holes," Alok Dhungel, Yiping Lu, Wynn Phillips, Srinath V Ekkad, James Heidmann, Proceeding of GT2007, Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea and Air, May 14-17 Montreal, Canada.
"Effect of Trench width and depth on film cooling from cylindrical holes embedded in trenches," Yiping Lu, Alok Dhungel, Srinath V Ekkad, Ronald S Bunker, Proceeding of GT2007, Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea and Air, May 14-17 Montreal, Canada.
"Film Cooling measurements for cratered cylindrical inclined holes," Yiping Lu, Alok Dhungel, Srinath V Ekkad, Ronald S Bunker, Proceeding of GT2007, Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea and Air, May 14-17 Montreal, Canada.
References available upon request
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