Graduate Research Assistant
West Virginia University · Part-time
Jan 2018 –
May 2020
2 yrs 4 mos Morgantown, WV, United States
• Conducted FEA(/FVM) for studying the effect of inlet velocity on flame dynamics & combustion properties of micro-scale combustion system using premixed syngas/air & methane/air mixture using ANSYS Fluent. ‘The research paper for the abovementioned work was accepted to the peer-reviewed ASME, Power 2020 proceedings.’
• Postprocessing data in MATLAB plotting, documenting and recording datasets.
• Worked on the High-Performance Computing system of WVU for computation and developed the automation code to run the simulation and extract data using Python for DAMASK, thereby significantly reducing run time.
• Used Pandas framework in Python to input, read and postprocess generated data in Linux/Windows environment
Mechanical Design Engineer
Maa- Shakti Engineering and Hydropower company · Contact
Nov 2016 –
Dec 2017
1 yrs 1 mos Bhaktapur, Central Development Region, Nepal
• Generated computer-aided designs and bill of materials using SolidWorks for turbines and machinery such as penstock pipes, expansion joints, bend pipes and trash rack using IS and ISO GD&T.
• Negotiated with third party product manufacturing and supply chain teams for sourcing and to meet the specification
Mechanical Engineering Intern
AEPC · Internship
Apr 2017 –
Jul 2017
3 mos Lalitpur, Central Development Region, Nepal
• Surveyed, investigated technical problems and performed a feasibility study for installation and inspection of wind turbine
power plants at different locations while documented technical reports for the feasibility analysis.
• Conceptualized and designed components of wind turbines using SolidWorks.
Education
West Virginia University
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (Thermal Science and System), Thermal Science and Systems, 4.0/4.0
2018 – 2020