KUNAL KUMAR Email: kunal.kumar896@gmail.

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ACADEMIC PROFILE
Year Degree/Exam Institute Grades
2015-Present Dual Degree in Mechanical Engineering (M.Tech in Thermal Sciences) Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur 8.19 / 10
2017-Present Micro Spl.- Reliability Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Innovation
2015 All India Senior Secondary School Examination Army Public School, New Delhi (CBSE) 93.8%
2013 All India Secondary School Examination Army Public School, New Delhi (CBSE) 10 / 10
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
 Achieved 99.6 Percentile out of 1.3 million candidates in one of the toughest entrance exam in the world- JEE Advanced (2015)
 Nominated for Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna (KVPY) fellowship after achieving an All India Rank of 632 out of 300,000 students (2014)
 Received Academic Excellence award for 5 consecutive years by the Army Welfare and Education Society (2010-2015)
INTERNSHIPS & PROJECTS
Research Internship at Defence Research and Development Organization, India (May'17-Jul'17)
 Worked on thermal efficiency optimization of a Stirling Cryocooler, used for cooling electronic sensors of Night Vision Goggles to 70K
 Performed an energy efficiency analysis of different cryocooler components to estimate the net heat loss and pressure drop.
 Modified the regenerator (cyclic HX) design and analyzed its effectiveness by simulating its 2D-axisymmetric CFD model in FLUENT (ANSYS)
 Applied appropriate thermal boundary conditions and wrote UDF (User defined function) for the moving expander wall of the cryocooler
 Increased the cooling capacity by 5% and reduced the cooling time by 8% for the same operating conditions as compared to old design
 Developed an analytical model for pressure drop of the working fluid (Helium) in the porous media of regenerator during each cycle
Summer Internship at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, Coimbatore (May'18-Jul'18)
 Designed a SBW-Steer by Wire System (patent filed) for autonomous cars, eliminating mechanical linkage b/w steering wheel and rack
 Engineered mechanical designs for driver feedback torque, tilting, telescopic and stowing operations by using only a single motor
 Formulated analytical relations b/w the steering wheel feed and tire rotation based on tire slip, camber, castor and ground torque
 Performed bending, stress, deformation, factor of safety and fatigue calculations for the steering column for normal and impact loads
TeamKART- Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), Prof. Dhananjay Srivastava (Oct'15-Mar'18)
 Manually tuned KTM Duke 390's engine on Powertronic Piggyback ECU by modifying ignition timing and fuel trim for different RPMs
 Designed Differential carriers, rear sprocket, drive shafts for an FSAE car and optimized their 3D Models using Finite Element Analysis
 Optimized final drive ratio (rear sprocket) by using engine torque, tire, aero and, transmission parameters to attain faster lap times
 Implemented a pneumatic paddle gear-shifter to obtain quicker gearshifts (<200 ms), improving vehicle handling and acceleration
Step Counting Robot- Technology Robotix Society, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Dec'15-Jan'16)
 Built a Step Counting Robot that followed human motion by processing the analog signals received from the sensors attached on limbs
 Used 3-axis Gyro sensor and accelerometer to measure the angular velocity and acceleration of the human respectively
 Designed an embedded logic board using AVR based microcontrollers, power and motor driver IC's programmed in Atmel Studio
BACHELOR’S THESIS
Design and fabrication of a small scaled Hyperloop Pod – Professor Mihir Sarangi (Jul’18-Present)
 Developing levitation & propulsion mechanism (in vacuum) using a rotary halbach array arrangement of permanent magnets
 Designing an experimental test setup using aluminium plates and motor fixtures for testing levitation for a model.
 Working on active thermal management of lithium ion battery packs to keep them under the working temperature range in vacuum
COMPETITION/CONFERENCE
Techspark 2017- Inter IIT event by Hindustan Unilever Limited, Campus round finalists (Oct'17-Nov'17)
 Proposal on automating an HUL factory by using autonomous logistics, real-time asset monitoring and digitizing the supply chain
 Proposed the use of active RFID’s for tracking workers and pallets, AI for quality control and predictive maintenance of machineries
 Modified the design of existing pallet for the forklift which reduced manpower cost by 12L p.a needed for loading the boxes in trucks
IT Olympiad (Integrated Technology) - COEP, Pune, a National level Engineering Challenge (Oct'16-Jan'17)
 National Finalist for proposing the design, development and business plan of a Smart Water Grid for efficient distribution in a colony
 Designed a system for real time monitoring of water quality (chlorine, harmful salts and bacteria) and water leakage in the supply line
 Devised an online decision support system based on data obtained from the innetwork monitoring of quality and hydraulic parameters
Formula Bharat 2017 (Annual Indian Motorsports and Engineering event for FSAE students) (January 2017)
 National Runners up in Real Case Scenario event for creating a business model of a large scale manufacturing unit of Racing wheels
 Consolidated and presented the Engineering Design and Cost Report for Powertrain subsystem to the renowned judge, Pat Clarke
SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
Technical 3D CAD design in Solidworks| Finite Element Modelling on ANSYS, COMSOL| LabView| MATLAB| C Programming| Engineering
Equations Solver| Word| Excel| Powerpoint| Design thinking
Coursework Fluid Mechanics| Thermodynamics| Heat transfer| Applied Thermo-fluids| Materials| Kinematics & Dynamics of Machine|
Solid Mechanics| Manufacturing processes| Partial Differential Equations| Transform Calculus| Reliability Engineering
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Co-Founder and Public Relations Head- External Relations Cell, IIT Kharagpur (Oct'17-Present)
 Ideated strategies to educate and inspire the students of IIT KGP about different career prospects and the pathways to pursue them
 Organized CV building workshops, career talks, and webinars attended by 500+ students, lectured by notable Academicians and Alumni
Member Representative and Powertrain Head- TeamKART- Formula SAE, IIT Kharagpur (Jul'16-Apr'18)
 Orchestrated the design, validation and, fabrication of Powertrain components for the new car K4 within the stipulated time &budget
 Administered the working of all the subsystems in the team and ensured meetings and brainstorming sessions on a regular basis
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
 Received 2 years of NCC training (Army division) on drill parade, personality development, leadership skills, disaster management and weapon
 Actively participated in Quizzing, B-Plan and Case Study events conducted by VGSOM, SRCC, Unilever, Shell, Hero and, KPIT-Sparkle
 Active Cricket Player and bagged Silver medal for RP Hall of residence in the Inter-Hall General Championship 2016-17
 Avid Quizzer and achieved Runners-up positions in National level AWES (Army Welfare Education Society) Quiz and Bal Bharti Quiz