Looking for independent/team-member positions in the Fatigue/Fracture/Vibrations/FEA area:

Dear Members

I worked at Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita as a DADT engineer from Oct'08 through Mar'09. I worked on 1) damage tolerance analysis of stiffened aluminum panels with debond effects using FEMAP w/ Nastran solver, sized specimens for residual strength tests with instrumentation specifications, 2) completed and released Cessna's report (S-162-920 Vol. 1 and 2) on Instrumentation Documentation for Cessna's LSA "SkyCatcher", and 3) completed a preliminary damage tolerance study on a non-round pressure bulkhead (to be attached to non-round pressurized cabin for further analysis) and also participated in the experimental testing of the pressurized cabin.



I am skilled in Ansys Classic and Workbench, Catia v5, FEMAP w/ Nastran (also worked on Patran for one of my coursework assignments), Mathematica (advanced foundations student level user certified by Wolfram Inc.), Pro/E, and Fortran and others.

I hold a MSME from the University of Oklahoma, Norman campus with thesis studies on fracture strength of aluminum panels with corrosion damage. I also plan to defend my PhD thesis in the Summer 2009 (thesis focused on the dynamic behavior of bridge structures under moving loads and masses using differential quadrature method). I worked on several experimental studies on aluminum panels and conducted static coupon and fatigue crack growth rate tests, high cycle fatigue life estimation tests, and low cycle fatigue tests (crack nucleation studies).



I am looking for independent researcher/team member in engineering firms/post-doctoral positions that could offer me a continuity in my career with a focus on fatigue and fracture mechanics applications, finite element/other numerical methods and their applications in computational mechanics, structural dynamics and health monitoring studies, and other interesting projects.

My contact number is +1-(405) 410 2296. References will be provided through personal communications.

Thank you.



Regards,



Vgn



Gopinath Venkatesan (Ph# 405-410-2296)

Graduate Student

University of Oklahoma