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Resume Updated: 28 Sep 2010
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Girish Sharad Gaikwad
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ggaikwad@uncc.edu
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http://
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Tel: 386-212-7338
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9535 University Terrace Dr,
Apt A,
Charlotte, NC -28262
USA
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Objective
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| Looking for entry-level CFD full-time job |
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Salary Requirements
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| 55-60K per year |
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Employment History
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Graduate Research Assistant
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August 2008 - Present
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte
Assisted my Graduate advisor for research and worked on my Graduate Masters’ thesis. Assisted Professors for Under-graduate Mechanical Engineering courses like Thermodynamics, and Introduction to Vehicle Aerodynamics. Graded tests and assignments, supervised students in labs, provided instructions in use of STAR CCM+.
Masters’ Thesis: Study of DES and RANS flow over Simplified Car Body (Ahmed Body) for 35deg and 2deg slant angle.
• Using CATIA v5 r16 for CAD modeling, ANSA for meshing, StarCCM+ for CFD simulations and EnSight for post-processing.
• Compared current obtained computational results with experimental results.
• Writing two publications based on current study.
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Graduate Engineering Trainee (Assistant Line Incharge)
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July 2007 - January 2008
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Bharat Forge Limited, Pune, India
Pune, India
Regular work included planning and scheduling of hammer dies, (i.e. Recut, Repair of existing dies and also manufacturing of new dies). Project on increasing die-life and decreasing cost per piece of axle-beam, and crankshaft dies, which resulted 4.5% reduction in cost and increasing the die-life by 2%.
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Education
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Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Expected December, 2010
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Overall GPA: 3.7/4.0
Masters’ Thesis: Study of DES and RANS flow over Simplified Car Body (Ahmed Body) for 35deg and 25deg slant angle.
• Using CATIA v5 r16 for CAD modeling, ANSA for meshing, StarCCM+ for CFD simulations and EnSight for post-processing.
• Compared current obtained computational results with experimental results.
• Writing two publications based on current study.
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 2007
Padmabhoosan Vasantraodada Patil Institute of Technology, Shivaji University, India
Overall GPA: 3.5/4.0
Seminar: Aerodynamics of Formula –One using Computational Fluid Dynamics.
• Prepared a detailed report on use of CFD in the field of Formula-one racing.
• Also included the case-study which was done on Ferrari Formula-one team.
Project: Designing and Manufacturing Drilling Jig for Steering Arm of TATA Ace.
• We had to design the Jig for drilling hole on steering arm at critical angle of 20, used CAD software to design the jig.
• Resulted decrease in product cycle time.
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Skills
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CAD modeling
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Advanced
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2-3 Years
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CFD analysis
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Intermediate
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2-3 Years
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Post processing
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Beginner
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1-2 Years
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C++ programming
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Beginner
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1-2 Years
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Grid generation
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Intermediate
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2-3 Years
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References
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Dr Mesbah Uddin (UNCC) (muddin@uncc.edu)
Dr Harish Cherukuri (UNCC) (hcheruku@uncc.edu) |
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