Manmeet Narula, Ph.D.

Highly ambitious and results driven research and development engineer with two y ears comprehensive experience in advanced solar energy technologies and four yea rs research experience in nuclear fusion science. Designed, developed and tested prototypes for high efficiency solar thermal receivers as well as novel heat ma nagement solutions for magnetic fusion reactors. Highly proficient in: High performance computing Finite element analysis Computational fluid dynamics Energy systems analysis High temperature experiments Advanced diagnostics Engineering economics Project management Technical writing PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Scientist (Dec. 2010- Present) Nuclear Fusion Science and Technology, UCLA A premier R&D group under the center for energy science and technology advanced research at UCLA, with strong national and international contributions in key ar eas of nuclear fusion technology. The group has ten full time researchers with a n annual budget of two million US dollars. Roles and responsibilities: Key member of the senior staff, responsible for strategic planning of the R&D ac tivities of the group and conducting fundamental research in fusion engineering: - Developing software for power extraction system design in fusion power plants - Designing and developing high temperature experiments for fusion materials the rmo-mechanics research - Part of the US design team for the multi-billion dollar international fusion d emonstration experiment, ITER - Advising graduate students research work on fusion technology Senior Thermal Engineer (R&D) (Jan. 2009-Nov. 2010) eSolar Inc. A solar thermal energy pioneer, currently operating the first solar power tower system in the US. eSolar has raised over one hundred and seventy million US doll ars in venture capital funding since its inception in 2007. Roles and accomplishments: Functioned as core member of the companys research and development team. Helped to increase the technology readiness level of next generation solar thermal ener gy solutions, namely solar gas turbine systems, solar thermal energy storage, so lar fuels etc.: - Designed and developed a novel solar air receiver prototype with the highest r eported efficiency (>90%) - Established high performance computing capability for advanced engineering ana lysis - Conducted economic feasibility studies for power tower based solar thermal pla nt architectures - Developed computer models for high temperature thermal energy storage systems - Collaborated with scientists from Caltech, Pasadena on a research project on s olar hydrogen production

Graduate Student Researcher (Sep. 2002- Dec. 2008) Mechanical and Aerospace Department, UCLA Roles and accomplishments - Worked with a small business venture (HyPerComp Inc.) in developing a high per formance fluid dynamics and electromagnetics software for use in fusion technolo gy applications - Developed experiments and diagnostic tools to study liquid metal heat removal systems - Made over ten presentations at prominent national and international conference s on fusion technology - Authored over ten technical papers in critical areas of nuclear fusion technol ogy EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering (2004-2008) University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Major in Fluid Dynamics and Computational Physics Minor in Applied Mathematics and Applied Plasma Physics GPA: 4.0/4.0 Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering (2002-2004) University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) GPA: 4.0/4.0 Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) in Mechanical Engineering (1998-2002) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, India ENGINEERING SOFTWARE EXPERTISE ANSYS (Structural, Thermal, Electromagnetics) ANSYS-CFX SC/Tetra, CFDesign (CFD) Flowmaster (fluid systems) MATLAB, SIMULINK SolidWorks, AutoCAD C, C++ FORTRAN AWARDS Awarded UCLA-MAE research fellowship for the academic year 2002-2003 Awarded merit certificates at IIT Delhi for outstanding academic performance for six consecutive semesters Won a gold medallion at the Indian National Physics Olympiad (1998) REFERENCES Dr. Philip Gleckman (AREVA Solar) Dr. Craig Tyner (Current fellow and former SVP Engineering at eSolar Inc.)

Dr. Ramakanth Munipalli (HyPerComp Inc.) Dr. Neil Morley (UCLA) Further details and references available on request Publications list available on request