Design and Simulation Projects

Automotive paint booth   

Figure: Automotive coating process at one of the paint booths                                                 

Title: Paint Exhaust Filtration Device [confidential]

Objective: To investigate the automotive coating process at TMMC's paint booth and conceptualize design refinements to improve the filtration efficiency.

I used SolidWorks and Ansys Fluent, along with post-processing scripts, to estimate the air flow patterns and applied my advanced design methods knowledge to conceptualize and propose an easy-to-implement, cost-effective design solution. The future cost benefit of this design project is estimated to be upwards of $500K per year in the form of Operation and Maintenance cost of the filtration unit. 

Design methodologies used: Process flow diagrams, requirements analysis, functional analysis, Morphological analysis, Pugh's decision matrix, Method 635, DELPHI, TRIZ, Design-for-safety, DFM/A.

 

Fluid solid interaction

GIF source

Co-op at Ansys

                                   Design challenge provided by the client                          CAD Rendering of the design     

                  

Figures: Original design space (left), CAD rendering of the final design (right)

CAD Walkthrough

Title: Glass Carving Assistive Device

Objective: To design a device that would assist in carving operations, while meeting the client requirements.

CAD model of the final design  Component view

Section view

Title: Candy Wrapping Device

Objective: To design an automated candy wrapping machine that would increase the throughput.

The final design solution automated the workflow and increased the throughtput by 300%.

 Robotic arm gripper design

3D CAD exploded view

Title: Robotic Arm Gripper Design
   

Final design: 3D CAD    CAD Drawing 3D printed prototype

   FEA analysis of load bearing elements

   FEA analysis of load bearing elements

Title: Sewer Cleaning Bot

Objective: To design an automatic device that can unclog sewer blockages without direct human contact with sewage wastes.

Lid Driven Cavity Problem Setup

LDC Motion Study

Undergraduate Thesis

Title: Fluid-structure interaction study in an oscillating lid driven cavity