Dr. Vinit Prabhu

• Led multiple projects in an industrial environment to improve the design of thermal management solutions for process heating. • Successfully led a project to incorporate thermal CFD simulation software, Ansys Discovery, in the product design phase. • Validated thermal CFD simulation with lab tests within 10% variation. • Led a cross-functional team to implement a continuous improvement process (CIP). • Planned and conducted lab tests using Design of Experiments (DOE).

Fast Response thermal energy storage system using phase change material (PCM). • Developed fast response thermal energy storage system using phase change material. Solidification/Melting Modeling for Phase Change Materials. • Developed a new numerical method for accurate prediction of solidification/melting phase change process. Heat Transfer Enhancement in Transformers Using Nano-particles in Base-fluid. • Study the effect of using diamond nano-particles in transformer oil on heat transfer enhancement.

• Designed and developed a model of flexible emergency tent to improve energy-efficiency of HVAC by 33% from concept phase. • Optimized the design by performing transient CFD simulations for natural convection. • Built and tested the prototype of the tent in real world conditions.

• Developed standard process parameters for injection molding machines (IMM) using Statistical Process Control methods.

• Performed troubleshooting and maintenance of the internal blasting machine by using the Root Cause Analysis technique.