PORTFOLIOVIGNESH MANOHARAN, MASTER OF SCIENCE

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached –SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Graduate Teaching Assistant (16 months)

Aerospace structures and materials testing laboratory

Embry-Riddle University, Daytona Beach, FLhttps://daytonabeach.erau.edu/about/labs/lightweight-materials-structures/index.html

https://daytonabeach.erau.edu/about/labs/structures/index.html

Served as a person in charge for the aerospace structures lab Documentation:

Laboratory experiment manuals Safety manuals for equipment Update and maintain equipment maintenance manual

Worked on Universal Testing Machine maintenance and trouble shooting Tutored smart materials and sensors for aerospace application course to a group of 50

students Inventory or stock maintenance and purchase materials in need for experiments Machine operations:

Sanding and polishing machine (1) Compression/ tension testing machine (2) Torsion testing machine (3) Vibration testing machine (4) Landing gear load testing machine (MTS Machine)

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Reference: Dr. Daewon Kim (Assistant professor and lab supervisor) kimd3c@erau.edu3862267262

Experiments performed: Honey comb compression tests for structural compatibility testing (1) Strain gauge installation on composite and aluminum material and stress

monitoring using LabVIEW (2) Torsion testing on Aluminum and CFRP beam to check failure mode (3) Non-Destructive Evaluation of an aircraft part- X ray, ultra sound, liquid

penetration test and by using borescope (4) Rocket motor thrust measurements using LabVIEW and data acquisition (5)

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(2) Prototype design (CATIA) (3) ANSYS Magneto-Static analysis

(4) Fabrication(5) Testing(6) LabVIEW Simulation

(7) System development and integration

(8) System testing and trouble shooting

Reference: Dr. Daewon Kim (Assistant professor and lab supervisor) kimd3c@erau.edu 3862267262

Magneto-Rheological Fluid device as artificial feel system on aircraft control stick (24 months)

(1) Mathematical modeling

Selection of material for aircraft aft bulk head using stress analysis: (3 months)

Figure: Aircraft aft bulkhead model and stress analysis using ANSYS

Bharani Hydraulics pvt ltd, Tamil Nadu, India: (1 month)

Worked as a programming apprentice for engineering projects with a team of 4 people Automated vertical storage carousal for storing parts in the inventory

Design (Auto CAD) and fabricated 16 racks of storage bins with vertical reach of 9 feet and width of 4 feet

Have hands on experience working with stepper motor interfaced with rotary encoders

Researched relevant sensors and motors based on requirements for the project and prepared purchase order quotations

Programmed a hydraulic press with electrically actuated solenoid valves (Directional control valves) for hydraulic circuit

Worked on interfacing mechanical limit switches on the hydraulic press and programmed the Siemens PLC using CX-one ladder logic program

Limit switches are hardwired with PLC for program inputs and monitored the hydraulic circuit design and layout for the hydraulic press

Figure: Fabricated hydraulic press with limit switches

TATA motors pvt ltd, Pune, India: (3 months)

Worked independently as graduate internship trainee in the weld shop floor of vehicle under body chassis

Observed daily equipment breakdowns and maintenance operation in weld shop Documented weld shop equipment breakdown for line 1 out of 4 production lines Studied equipment maintenance and repair manual for KUKA welding robot on

production line Worked on developing Andon online monitoring system for equipment breakdown

identification Utilized MS excel to create several equipment identification number and interfaced

online with industrial controllers to monitor equipment breakdown

Figure: Andon online monitoring- Excel sheet (Yellow box- equipment stand by, green box- equipment running)