2. PROFILE
• Design engineer with 3 years of experience in design,
analysis and fabrication of multiple parts/systems
• BS in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal, India. MS in
Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech.
• Been part of the entire lifecycle of ideating, designing,
fabricating and testing of multiple parts and systems.
• Proficient at CAD, FEA, mechanical design, welding,
CNC/ manual machining and project management.
• Passionate about building products and systems which
create great impact on the way we live as a society.
3. DAMPER
• Conceptualized idea which
improved performance of
automotive suspension
compared to commercial
products by over 50%. Solely
responsible for project.
• Developed CAD and
mathematical models for
multiple automotive dampers
for research/thesis at Virginia
Tech.
• Designed and prototyped
patented double damper
system.
• Created mathematical model
and validated results with
testing.
Patented double damper
Design iterations for internal parts of damper
4. Mathematical model of damper
Prototypes built for various dampersDesigned test setup
Results of designed damper compared to commercial products
5. SAE BAJA
• Lead of team consisting of 40 students
from various disciplines. Responsible for
design and managerial activities
• Part of team who designed and built
single speed gearbox, chassis and
suspension.
• Created CAD and FEA models of gearbox,
transmission assembly and frame.
Mechanical design of entire
gearbox
Packaging and system layout of
gearbox
Ergonomics analysis and design of
chassis for 95%-ile male
Responsible for overall system design and
integration,layout of engineering
specifications and tests plans
6. Designed and analyzed front hub, Reduced
weight by over 50%.
Responsible for CAD Integration of entire vehicle using Solidworks.
Created part models of chassis, suspension and transmission.
• Machined various components
using lathe, mill and FDM machine.
• Responsible for welding frame.
• Part of team that brain stormed
major innovations new to event: 1)
Carbon fiber suspension 2)
Wireless GPS Tracking 3) Self-
designed Gearbox and wheel
assembly
• Awarded 2nd safest vehicle. 10th
overall in at BAJA India.
Designed and analyzed frame. Tested frame
for front, side and rear impact.
7. • Conceptualized concept to potentially solve
problem of rural transportation in India. Worked
in inter-disciplinary 4 member team consisting
of students from business and industrial design.
• Vehicle solved five problems which are
essential to people in rural India: 1) Provided
means for transportation for up to 10 people. 2)
Allowed people to carry large amounts of load.
3) Enabled use of vehicle as tractor for farm
operation. 4) Generated electricity which could
power appliances at home. 5) Created filtered
water while in operation.
• Solely responsible for conceptualizing idea,
building CAD and FEA models and fabrication
of multi-functional rural vehicle.
• Surveyed over 100 farmers to understand need
and problems faced in rural areas of India to
create design. Tested vehicle in over 10 villages.
RURAL UTILITY VEHICLE
Final prototype being tested
CAD Model of vehicle
8. ELECTRIC SUPERBIKE
• Head of chassis team of VT’s
electric super bike team
• Built dynamic model of
motorcycle using BikeSim
• Built CAD model of chassis and
performed FEA simulations to
analyze stresses
• Responsible for CAD
integration of entire assembly
9. ELECTRIC WHEELBARROW
• Worked on 2 member team (industrial designer
and me) to create electric wheelbarrow to ease
burden/load for construction workers.
• Responsible for product conceptualization, CAD
model, component selection and fabrication of
assembly.
• Designed and tested product with feedback from
over 50 construction workers and contractors. Proposed design
• Hand built/assembled and
welded entire frame and body
10. URBAN MOBILITY
• Conceptualized multiple
concepts to solve problems of
urban mobility
• Worked with industrial designer.
Responsible for technical
details and feasibility analysis
of product
• AXIS, a portable and comfortable
pedestrian transporter
• CRAWLER, a freight transport
mechanism
11. ARPA-E CHALLENGE
• Community award winner for Local
Motors/ ARPA-e (Military wing for
energy research) design challenge
• Worked with industrial
designer.Responsible for
conceptualizing product, initial
sketches and technical paper
presentation
• Presented futuristic automobile
concept which drastically reduces
weight and maintains strength.
• https://cocreate.localmotors.com/
sheetanshu/apalis/
12. SMART STOVE
• Conceptualized idea to create smart
stove that could cook food with
limited human assistance.
• Used humidity, temperature,
pressure and water level sensors as
input to calculate optimum cooking
temperature, water and time.
• Designed water loading and
inductive heating mechanism.
• Built simple prototype to understand
effect of cooking simple foods such
as Ramen. Capable of cooking more
complicated cuisines.
