• **Thesis:** Understanding and Improving the Inherent Strain Method for Mechanical Analysis of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing.
• <b><i>Supervisors:</i></b> Dr Yongle Sun & Dr Pradeeptta Taraphdar
• <b><i>Thesis funded by:</i></b> NEWAM

• <b><i>Grade:</i></b> 7.71 out of 10
• <b><i>Class:</i></b> Class-I, equivalent to UK 2:1

Supporting process modelling activities at the Welding and Additive Manufacturing Centre. The centre consists of the foremost experts on Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing(WAAM) and supports the aerospace, energy and mining industries.

• Liased with industry partners to optimise WAAM processes parameters for microstructure, strength and defect mitigation using FE models
• Developed new surface heat source model which considers the curvature of weld bead.
• Implemented thermo-metallurgical predictions using Solid State Phase Transformation (SSPT).
• Designed and performed validation experiments using WAAM processes such as CW-MIG & PTA.

Part of the bevel gear design team. Sona Comstar is one of the world's largest manufacturers of bevel gears and differential assemblies with close to 10% share in the global passenger vehicle market.

• Developed in-house software for macro and micro design of bevel gear geometry with integrations to share design data to Siemens NX and Team Centre.
• Created mathematical models to generate Bezier surfaces for optimised bevel gear contact patterns.
• Liased with international customers to design bevel gears with complete involvement from Request for Quote to production handover.

FE modelling of car crashes as part of the Crash Structures team.

• Developed non-linear FE models of fibre reinforced composites in rubber tires for low speed car crash simulations.
• Studied the impace of various air pressure models of tyres on the lagrangian contact at tyre-road interface.
• Develivered the test plan for verification of the model for low speed car crashes.

In-Plant trainee at the End of Line department for rework processes of Mitsubishi FUSO trucks

• Conducted lean manufacturing study for various rework processes and reduced non-value added activities, increasing overall efficiency by 0.5%.
• Conducted root cause analysis for rework processes and developed plan to mitigate defects.

University chapter of the National Service Scheme

• Tutored teenagers from impoverished backgrounds who were enrolled as part of India's Right to Education Program
• Volunteered in donation drives to collect money to fund student scholarships

Financial award for high achieving undergraduates to travel and present at the 33rd SmallSat conference. Funded by industry partners such as Blue Origin, OneWeb etc.