Anirudh R
Anirudh R,
Mechanical department, Indian institute of science,
Bangalore,Karnataka, India
aniisback@gmail.com; anirudhrmech@gmail.com
Career Objective
To pursue a research oriented career either in research based industry or in an academic environment.
Education
M.E. in Mechanical Engineering
Indian institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc)
August 2012-2014
CGPA-7.1 (on absolute scale of 8) (second ranked in university)
B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering.
National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC).
July 2008- May 2012.
CGPA-8.60 (on absolute scale of 10)
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Class 12 (All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE)-12 Grade)
Chinmaya Vidyalaya,kolazhy, May 2008
90.4% (3rd rank in School)
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Class 10 (All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE)-10 Grade)
Spring Valley School, Kozhikode, May 2006
92.6% (2nd rank in School)
GRE score : 328/340.
Toefl score : 115/120
Academic Areas of Interest
Robotics, Controls, Optimization, Dynamics and kinematics.
Work Experience
Adhoc Faculty in Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Calicut.
Work duration: August 2014- May 2015
Subjects taught-Mechatronics, Machine Drawing, CAD CAM lab, Computational Lab
Research Associate in Systems Design Lab
Aerospace Department, Indian Institute of Science
Work duration: August 2015 (ongoing)
Project guide : Dr Ashwini Ratnoo
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Academic Projects
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‘Kinematics and control of Miniature Pneumatic air muscle developed for minimally invasive
surgery’-Master thesis 
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Developing a miniature sized pneumatic air muscle which can actuate a surgical tool.
Inverse Kinematics and control implemented on the system.
Hyper elastic model proposed for the Mckibben actuator and validated experimentally.
Shape optimization is done on the system to understand how the tool behaves on loading.
Control equations developed by combining the results. Validated the results experimentally.
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‘Experimental investigation of wire -bonded micro heat pipe’- Undergraduate thesis, May 2012 
o In house designed (patented) micro heat pipe is fabricated and charged with water.
o Design of experiments was done so as to study and understand which parameters to vary.
Different micro heat pipe were fabricated using these varied parameters and compared on basis of
effective thermal conductivity.
o Nano fluids were charged into micro heat pipe to study increase in effective thermal conductivity.
o Tried to increase Zeta potential of Nano fluids by varying nano particle used and its concentration
so as to minimize the stability issues.
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‘Mobile robot guidance using proportional navigation’
o Pathgeneration algorithm for known obstacle configuration is two dimensional space.
o Path generation algorithm for moving obstacle with known acceleration and velocity.
o Algorithm optimized for shortest time.
o To be extended to three dimensional scenario
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‘Optimum Part deposition orientation in Rapid Prototyping’ Academic project, April 2013 
o A code was written to convert CAD data into STL format.
o Average surface roughness was calculated form a surface roughness model and other factors such
as build time and facet error were appended to the model.
o An optimization code was written to minimize the errors and to understand the optimum
orientation for part deposition.
o Various models were tested to validate the project.
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‘Modeling and simulation of snake motion using rigid links’ Course project, April 2013 
o Snake motion was modeled using number of rigid links and simulated using tractrix algorithm,
o Dynamics of the motion were studied.
o A comparative study was done between two different snake motion algorithms.
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‘Design and Analysis of Mini Helicon Plasma Thruster(MHPT)’–Academic Project Dec 2011 
o Designed a simple mini helicon plasma thruster with a thrust capacity of one milli Newton.
o Gas supply system, RF system and matching network were designed and structural analysis was
done.
o Viscous flow analysis, molecular flow analysis and parametric analysis was done using
MATLAB.
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‘Design and fabrication of single axis sun tracker’ – Academic project, October 2008 
o The sun tracker was designed and structural analysis was done.
o Microprocessor Atmega 8 was used to control the system.
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‘Development of Stress Concentration in Breathing Cracks’-Academic Seminar, Dec 2012 
o Conducted a detailed literature survey of shaft failures.
o Mathematically studied the stresses and strains that develop during breathing crack propagation.
o Results of the study helped in interpreting the endurance life cycle of shafts with breathing crack.
Skills
Software: Catia, Pro-e, Inventor, Ansys, Adams,Comsol.
Programming Languages: C++, Matlab, Maple.
Industrial Training and internships
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Underwent industrial training on different manufacturing processes in Hindusthan Machine Tools
Limited, May 2010. 
Recruited for an internship programme in Toyota Kirloskar Motors for two months, July 2010. 
o Designed and implemented an actuator for automatic sheet piling.
o Designed automatic bolt tightening wrench,.
Recruited by Mahindra & Mahindra limited for an internship of 3 month duration, July 2011.
o Designed cooling system and air intake system for 16T RE bus. 
o This included calculating cooling loads, computing heat rejection tables, fan power calculations,
estimation of energy consumption by viscous clutch and design of air compressor. 
o Studied on corrosion in aluminum radiators and submitted a report.
Academic Achievements
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Secured 7 rank in University exams, 2008-2012 batch. 
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Secured 15 rank in GATE 2012, a national level examination written by more than hundred
thousand graduates. 
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Ranked 7 in Kerala Engineering Entrance Exam, 2008, among two hundred thousand students. 
Among top 0.5% in the AIEEE and IIT-JEE entrance examinations, 2008. 
Participated in Blueprint 2011, a national level student technical symposium for the paper titled
‘Design and control of simplified stewart platform’. 
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Positions of Responsibility
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Placement representative of undergraduate students, NITC 11-12. 
Placement coordinator for mechanical engineering, Master students, IISc. 
Event coordinator for Tathva 10, technical fest of university. 
Organized voluntary works under National Service Society & Red cross society, India.
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