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Summary:
* Over five years of Mechanical Engineering experience in various organizations in US.
* Highly proficient in development, design and analysis of Energy systems like Industrial Gas Turbine, Aero derivative Gas turbines, Fuel Cell Systems.
* Strengths are in Thermal & Fluid Sciences, Design Engineering, HVAC, Production and Quality Control tools.
* Versatile team player & fast learner with excellent inter-personal communication skills and presentation abilities.
Education:
* Master of Science Mechanical Engineering,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, GPA: 3.9/4.0
* Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) Mechanical Engineering,
Regional Engineering College, Jaipur, India, GPA: 3.8/4.0
Technical Skills:
* CFD packages: Flowtherm, Gambit, Flow3D, Fluent
* CAD/FEA packages: Unigraphics, AutoCAD, ANSYS, STAAD Pro
* Measurement techniques:: LDV, PIV, Lab VIEW, Spectrophotometer
* Quality Control tools: Six Sigma, Red X
* Languages: C, C++, MATLAB
Experience:
Mechanical Engineer 2008 to Present
General Electric Energy Division, Greenville, SC
Aero derivative Gas Turbines (GE: LMS100, LM6000, LM2500)
* Lead the 360 degree Gas Turbine Exhaust Diffuser design, project saved ~$300k
* Completed Direct Material productivity project on LM2500 Gas turbine Portable trailer design.
* Product Design lead for Power Turbine Rotor shaft, Turbine Main base, Enclosures, Heating & Ventilation system
Industrial Gas Turbines (GE: 7EA, 7FA, 9FA, 9E, 9FA Frames)
* Design lead for Gas Turbine Thermal Mechanical System including Heat Exchangers, Turbine base, Accessory (Fuel & Gas Module) base, Turbine Enclosure etc.
* Completed Design for Turbine Enclosure using STAAD pro Structural per Building Code UBC97 & IBC 2003
* Lead Direct Material Productivity projects to enhance the productivity and reduction in quality defects in Gas Turbine Accessory Components
Mechanical Engineer 2005 to 2008
General Motors Fuel Cell Activities, Honeoye Falls, NY
* Product Design leads for Fuel Cell Stack Components like MEA, gaskets, bipolar plate.
* Performed DFMEA & Validation testing for various fuel cell components
* Worked with Suppliers for fuel cell components using several Automotive Quality standard APQP,
QS 9000, GP11, and PPAP.
Mechanical Engineer 2004 to 2005
Motorola ESPS labs, Tempe, Arizona
* Lead Engineer on Micro Fuel Cell stack for 25 W Reformed Hydrogen Fuel Cell systems.
* Completed the Six Sigma Green Belt project to improve the performance of Fuel Cell System
* Design and implemented the fuel cell stack components flow field, MEA, gasket.
Research Engineer Mar 2004 to Dec 2004
U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH
* Developed of a Surface Washing Agent Effectiveness Protocol and Investigation of Surface Chemistry Interactions in an Oil/Surfactant/Brine System UV-visible Spectrophotometer.
* Oil Spill Bioremediation Projects: Product Testing and Biodegradation Studies Gas chromatography ("GC") and mass spectrometry ("MS").
* Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) / Leachate Interaction using Permeameter.
* Developed an empirical mathematical correlation between SWA performance and experimental parameters using various Data Analysis Techniques.
Graduate Research Assistant Sept 2002 to Jan 2004
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
MS Thesis:
* Thermal Hydraulic performance of wavy channel for Micro fuel cells by flow visualization and velocity measurement using Laser Doppler Anemometry Instrument.
* Flow & Thermal simulation of Offset-strip plate heat Exchanger using FLUENT(r). Honeywell supported this project.
Other Projects:
* Experimental setup for Visualization of micro-scale bubble dynamics in pure liquids and aqueous surfactant solution. This project is supported by NSF
* Designed the experiment setup for the simulation of blood flow in blocked coronary artery. This project was supported by American Heart Association.
* Characterization of Surfactants using Rheometer and Surface Tensiometer.
Publications:
* S.Vyas, J.Zhang and R.M. Manglik, "Steady Recirculation and Laminar Forced Convection in a Sinusoidal Wavy Channel", Journal of Heat Transfer August 2004.
* S.Vyas, Karen Koran, "Development of Surface Washing Agent Effectiveness Testing Protocol", International oil Conference 2005, Miami, Florida.
* S. Vyas and M.P Poonia, "Energy from Hospital waste", International conference on Techno-Commercial Aspects of Decentralized Approach in "WASTE TO ENERGY", Jaipur, India, 2002.
Patents:
* S.Vyas, James Ron, "Thrifted membrane Unitized Electrode Assembly Design", General Motors Dec 2005.
* S.Vyas, Dammar Chad, "Sub gasket Bevel Edge Design", General Motors May 2008.
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