Praneeth Shivashankar

- Lead engineer in a design optimization project - Optimize design prototypes for mass, strength, stiffness, and geometry - Static and vibration analyses of opto-mechanical sub-systems - Evaluate, summarize, and interpret analysis results - Prepare technical reports according to company and ECSS standards - Negotiate with customers and other stakeholders - Coordinate with the production team and the design team

Note 1,0 Thesis title: Multifunctional Satellite Structures - Measurement and Visualization Concepts for Shape Sensing CFRP Laminates Using Embedded Fiber Bragg Gratings - Collaborated with external suppliers and in-house teams to fulfill custom manufacturing and equipment requirements - Negotiated and coordinated with multinational project groups to encourage cross-division collaboration; assisted cost-benefit analysis to attract investments

- Design solutions for opto-mechanical sub-systems, scan and compensation drivers, and mechanical ground support equipment (MGSE) - Solar-shield designs for Very Large Space Telescope - Feasibility study of drive mechanisms, position sensors, bearings, and flywheels - Phase A/B1 study of subsystems and assembly operations - High-fidelity renderings of optical products

- Investigated interaction between tool and workpiece during hard-fine machining - Developed VBA macros to automate simulation of material removal processes - Assisted in organizing conferences and workshops

- Designed experiments and planned processes to change thermo-mechanical properties of aluminium-copper-lithium (Al-Cu-Li) alloys - Designed moulds and fixutres for better manufacturability using CATIA v5 - Performed extrusion, hot and cold rolling, and die casting

Note 1,0 Thesis titel: Study of Effect of Load on Coefficient of Friction in EN31 and SAE5120 Steels used in Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) Systems - Surface characterization with 3D optical profilometer and calculation of the wear volume in MATLAB - Studied fretting wear on a high-frequency test rig

Note 1,9 | Finite Element Methods, Machine Design Process, Multibody Dynamics, Modelling, Model Reduction and Simulation in Laser Processing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Nonlinear Structural Mechanics

Note 1,7 | Finite Element Methods, Thermodynamics, Kinematics, Mechanics, Dynamics.