516 5th St. SE #10
Minneapolis
MN 55414, USA
OBJECTIVE
Kaustubh S. Kulkarni
Email: kaustubh@me.umn.edu
Phone: (612) 625-0762 (O)
(612) 306-3082 (m)
Seeking a summer internship in the field of computational, experimental fluid dynamics and heat
transfer.
EDUCATION
Sept’2000-present
July 1996-April 2000
Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 2003
Thesis:- “Energy Separation in the wake of cylinder for high speed flow”
GPA:- 3.75/4.0
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (IIT Bombay), India
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, May 2000
Bachelor’s Project:- “Optimization of power plant utility systems”
GPA:- 8.18/10.0
COURSE WORK
Graduate
Turbomachinery
Turbulent Shear flow
CFD I & II, LES, finite volume methods in CFD
Numerical methods and scientific computing I
COMPUTER
SKILLS
Languages:- C, OOP using C++, FORTRAN (experience in parallel programming)
Platforms:- UNIX (Solaris, Irix, Linux), WIN 95/98/2000/NT, DOS, Macintosh
Applications:- MatLab, Mathematica, Pro/Engineer, ANSYS
PROJECT WORK
1. Natural convection in differentially heated enclosed porous media. – Critical literature
review paper submitted to Mechanical Engineering department, University of Minnesota, in
requirement of the Ph.D. written preliminary examination, Dec’2002. Focussed on review of
analytical and mathematical modeling done for heat transfer in vertically heated porous media
by natural convection.
2. Thermodynamic analysis of radial compressor and turbine of SR-30 turbojet engine. –
Successfully completed thermodynamic modeling and analysis of the single stage turbo jet
engine with emphasis on stagnation pressure and temperature losses in stator and rotor of both
the compressor and turbine. Compared the results with experimental data.
3. Thermodynamic analysis of axial compressor of Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbojet engine. –
Complete thermodynamic analysis of first stage of high-pressure axial compressor done with
emphasis on stagnation temperature and pressure losses in stator and rotor to evaluate the stage
efficiency.
4. Numerical simulation of submerged jet impingement heat transfer. – Developed a 2D
unsteady flow solver for heat transfer and flow characteristics of the submerged jet impinging
on the heated surface using time marching Crank Nicholson method and pressure correction
algorithm.
5. Numerical simulation of Driven Cavity problem. – Developed a numerical simulation of
flow driven by steady and oscillatory boundary in a 2D rectangular cavity using vorticity stream
function method.
6. Total Temperature Measurement. – Delivered a seminar on comprehensive error analysis in
the intrusive technique of total temperature measurement in a generic fluid flow.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Summer Intern
Geometric Software Solutions, Ltd. Pune, India
Worked as a team member involved in the development of complete software module for automatic
midplane abstraction of thin shell 3D solid models using Parasolid kernel on MS VC++ platform.
Learned various graphic kernels like Parasolid, ACIS and used solid modelers like SolidWorks,
FEMAP. Delivered presentations regarding algorithms for midplane generation techniques and
developed on-line documentation for the software.
May 1999- July 1999
Undergraduate
Gas Turbine Design
Cryogenic engineering
Energy Systems modeling and analysis
Optimization methods in engineering
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Sept’2000 – present
July 1999- April 2000
Energy Separation in the wake of cylinder for high speed flow
Master’s Thesis, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Conducted extensive experimentation to evaluate total temperature separation due to vortex type
fluid motion in the cylinder wake for very high-speed flows. Investigated assisting effect of acoustic
excitation on energy separation. Research funded by Department of Energy, US Government.
Optimization of power plant utility systems
Bachelor’s project, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Developed mathematical model of combined heat and power (CHP) utility systems, posing it as a
mixed integer linear programming problem. Simulated practical multiperiod operational scenario for
optimizing the net cost for steam and power requirements.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Sept’2002– Dec’2002
Jan’2003 – present
Jan’2002- May 2002
Sept’2001- Dec’2001
Laboratory Teaching Assistant - Thermal Engineering Laboratory
Senior Undergraduate Lab – Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Responsibilities included delivering laboratory lectures, running the experiment and teaching the
electronic data acquisition system as well as grading of laboratory notebooks and reports.
Teaching Assistant and Course Advisor – Convective Heat Transfer
Advanced Graduate Course – Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Responsibilities included developing course material, grading homework and exams and
maintaining a resourceful course web page. Took special interest in setup and monitoring of the
CFD software TEXSTAN, for effective use in course assignments.
Teaching Assistant – Thermodynamics
Basic Undergraduate Course – Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Responsibilities included delivering recitation lectures on basic thermodynamics concepts to junior
year students, maintaining a resourceful course web page as well as developing, grading homework
and exams and conducting office hours.
HONORS AND
AWARDS
- Recipient of University of Minnesota Fellowship Sept’2000 – Sept’2001.
- Selected amongst the top 2% of students at Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), entrance
examination to Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs), 1996.
- Ranked 16th out of 200,000 students in the State of Maharashtra for XII Std. Examination, 1995
- Recipient of National Talent Search Scholarship awarded by National Council of Educational
Research and Training (NCERT), India, 1993.
AVAILABILITY
June 2003
STATUS
F-1 Student Visa
REFERENCES
Available upon request