Sibin Kurunthottikkal Philip

15, South Blair Street, Madison, Wisconsin - 53703 | 608-886-8905 | kurunthottik@wisc.edu

Objective
Full-time Mechanical Engineering opportunities with special interest in Design, Analysis and Product Development

Education
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, GPA- 3.42/4 (expected Summer 2015)
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Anna University, India, GPA- 8/10 (May 2011)

Engineering Experience
Research Assistant, Experimental Mechanics Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Jan 2014 – Present)
 Hybrid Full-Field Stress Analysis to determine mechanical integrity of finite structures containing discontinuity
 Hybridize measured experimental information (TSA, DIC) with analytical (Airy’s coefficient) and numerical tools
(MATLAB) to determine individual components of stress, strain and displacements
 Expertise in Thermal Non-Destructive Testing techniques
 Finite Element Analysis on notches and pinned joints using ANSYS
Engine Research Centre, Student Hourly, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Summer 2014/2015)
 Emissions measurement and Particulate Sampling with emission cart preparation
 Exposure to Dynamometer testing
Project Engineer, Wipro Technologies, India (Jun 2011 - Dec 2013)
 Design & Product development of control valves using SolidWorks and Pro-E
 Print mark-up following GD&T and DVA outputs
 Teardown, Reverse Engineering and DFMEA of high-pressure control valves in design phase
 Testing of high pressure control valves and Statistical analysis of test data using Six-Sigma tool - Minitab
Intern - Engine Research and Development, Ashok Leyland Ltd, India (Jan 2011 – Apr 2011)
 Design and Development of 6-Cylinder Inline Engine Crankshaft using Pro-E
 Crankshaft balancing, DFMEA, Torsional Vibrations Analysis and Hydro-dynamic Bearing Analysis assisted by
Powertrain simulation software AVL-Excite

Internship
Research Assistant, Experimental Mechanics Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Jan 2014 – Present)
 Hybrid Full-Field Stress Analysis to determine mechanical integrity of finite structures containing discontinuity
 Hybridize measured experimental information (TSA, DIC) with analytical (Airy’s coefficient) and numerical tools
(MATLAB) to determine individual components of stress, strain and displacements
 Expertise in Thermal Non-Destructive Testing techniques
 Finite Element Analysis on notches and pinned joints using ANSYS

Other Experience
Teaching Assistant - Course Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Sept 2014 – Present)
 ME307-Mechanics of Materials Lab
Student Office Assistant-Website Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Jul 2014 – Mar 2015)
 Web Content Management System

Publication & Presentation

Hybrid Full-Field Stress Analysis of Loaded Perforated Asymmetrical Plate, S.Kurunthottikkal Philip, R.E. Rowlands, 2015
SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Hybrid Full-Field Stress Analysis of Plate containing Asymmetrical Arbitrary-Shaped Cut (Spring 2015), 2015 Midwest
Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium

Patents
Hybrid Full-Field Stress Analysis of Loaded Perforated Asymmetrical Plate, S.Kurunthottikkal Philip, R.E. Rowlands, 2015
SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Course Projects
Parametric Study of Combustion Control on a HCCI engine, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Spring 2015)
 Performed DOE on Engine Speed, Equivalence ratio, Gasoline/Diesel Fuel-blend and EGR using CHEMKIN to study its
effects on Emissions, Peak Pressure Rise Rate (PRR), Combustion Phasing and GIE
 Determined the optimal operating conditions for high load and idle of a HCCI engine
Process Improvement on CASC, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Fall 2014)
 Used Six-Sigma tools in the DMAIC process to improve referral information and decrease screening process time for the
patients visiting CASC clinic
Finite Elemental Analysis of Reverse Engineered Piston of an IC Engine, India (Summer 2011)
 Studied the effect of surface reconstruction of a piston using ANSYS linear static and thermal-structural analysis

Extra curricular / Leadership Activities

 Modelling: Pro-E/Creo, SolidWorks, CATIA V5
 Computational Analysis: ANSYS, MATLAB, CHEMKIN, AVL-Excite
 Statistical Data Analysis: Minitab, MS-Excel, EES

Software Packages
 Modelling: Pro-E/Creo, SolidWorks, CATIA V5
 Computational Analysis: ANSYS, MATLAB, CHEMKIN, AVL-Excite
 Statistical Data Analysis: Minitab, MS-Excel, EES