Amal Shaji Karapuzha

Projects: 1. Design and Development of Next Generation Composite Fuselage Structures 2. Development of Process Chain for the Manufacture of GLARE FMLs for A380s Responsibilities: - State of the Art research - Design of Isogrid Composite Fuselage Structure - Development and Assessment of Concepts and Industrialization Scenarios - Prepreg Lamination and Infusion Processes - Manufacturing Concept Development and -Process Chain Definition - Identification of Potential and Risk Assessment

Responsibilities: - Design and Development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) - Manufacture of composite components by vacuum infusion and preparation of technical reports

Responsibilities: - Maintenance of the aircraft structure and systems - Fabrication, Heat Treatment, and Surface Treatment of Sheet Metals for aero-structure applications - Manufacture of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Structures for the tail cone and nose cone of PTA aircraft

Material Selection in Mechanical Design, Fatigue of Structures, Sensors and Smart Materials, Polymer Science, Designing Materials with Aerospace Specific Properties, Composites: Materials, Structures and Production Processes, Structure and Properties of Materials and Research Methodologies

Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Aerospace Structures, Mechanics of Solids, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Material Technology, Rockets and Missiles, Creativity, Innovation and New Product Development, Rocket Propulsion, Space Technology, Aerodynamics, Manufacturing Technology and Numerical Methods

Design and Metallurgy of Aerospace Alloys, Composite Materials for Durable Structures, Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids and Altair HyperWorks Tutorials