Shridhar Palekar

> Co-inventor for patent ‘Self Cleaning Air Filter’- contributed in concept design and feasibility analysis. > Design Optimization: Designed parametric 3D models of air inlet devices to reduce development and testing time > Multi-phase flow simulation (CFD) for fluid filtration applications > Analytics: Delivered Technology Landscaping analytics project which facilitated strategic design decision making.

> Product Validation: Executed FMEA for product and test setup fixtures designs and customized test procedures. > Root Cause Analysis: Performed RCA and suggested corrective measures for customer quality complaints. > ‘Kaizen’ design and implementation: > Supplier Quality Assessment: Managed vendor rating and helped establish standard work to reduce parts rejection.

> Fixture Design: For crankshaft testing subjected to fatigue load & developed MATLAB code for design calculations > 3D model: Designed parametric model in ProE-Creo to reduce fixture design & development time from 5 to 1.5 days. > ‘Universal fixture’: Proposed concept design which estimated to reduce the material cost by 40% for testing fixtures.

Engineering of Systems, Design of Experiments, Systems Modelling and Optimization, Forecasting Methods, Lean Manufacturing

Machine Design, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Theory of Machines, IC Engines, Heat Transfer, Mechatronics, Mechanical System Design, Strength of Materials, Computational Fluid Dynamics