Ms. Monika Chauhan
500 W First St. 211 Woolf Hall, UTA, Arlington, Texas- 76019, USA Phone: 443-824-1064 E-mail: monika.chauhan[at]mavs.uta.edu
OBJECTIVE
Looking for job opportunities in a professional and challenging environment that offers opportunities for career growth and broadening of technical skills.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Intern, America Meteodyn inc., Wind Resource Assessment Company, Philadelphia, USA June 2010 Aug 2010
Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Arlington, Aug 2009 May 2010
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Krishna Engineering College, India Jun 2008 - Jul 2009
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.67/4 Aug 2009- May 2011
University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering- First class distinction Aug 2004 - Jul 2008
UPTU, Lucknow, India
HONORS AND AWARDS
Graduate Research Assistantship from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department., University of Texas at Arlington, USA
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) worldwide conference, Dallas, USA, Volunteer selection, 2010
Merit-based Rotary International Society Scholarship for undergraduate studies, 2004-2007
Recipient of Merit certificate in Science Open Merit Test, 2002
Recipient of A Certificate in National Cadet Corps (NCC) by Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India, 2000
Recipient of Merit Certificate (90 percentile) in 42nd Annual All India United Nations Information Test, 1999
Recipient of Merit Certificate (85 percentile) in Junior General Knowledge Test,1997
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
L. Massa, M. Chauhan, F. Lu, Detonation Turbulence Interaction, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (4 - 7 January 2010), Orlando, Florida
L. Massa, M. Chauhan, F. Lu, Numerical study of Detonation-Turbulence Interaction, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, (January 2011), Orlando, Florida
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Techniques: Computational fluid dynamics, Scientific/Numerical programming, Statistical analysis, Scientific Visualization
Programming Languages: MATLAB, FORTRAN 90/95, C (basic), C++;
Applications: MS-Office Suite, HTML
Engineering Design Softwares: AUTOCAD, CATIA V5
Wind resources assessment softwares: OpenWind, Meteodyn WT and Meteodyn UrbaWind, Windographer, Google Mapper, Google Sketcher
Certification: 2 years certified CATIA V5 Engineering Design course from Product Lifecycle Management Competency Centre (PLMCC), India (undertaken by Dassaults Systems - France and French Ministry of Education)
Coursework: Computational Aero-dynamics (CFD), Wind/Wave/Current Energy harvesting systems, Fluid Mechanics, Gas dynamics, Finite Element Methods, Analytical Methods of Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Machine design, Mechanics and Dynamics of machines, Strength of materials and other related courses.
PROJECTS/TRAININGS/INTERNSHIPS
Intern, America Meteodyn Co. at Philadelphia, USA Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
Tests for the development of the products of the company (CFD software Meteodyn WT and UrbaWind),
Propositions for amelioration of Meteodyn WT and UrbaWind software
Scientific research using CFD and other wind energy components
Use of the software for practical cases of Wind resource assessment for clients or study cases using OpenWind, Windographer, Google Mapper, Google Earth, Google Sketch up etc.
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Aug 2009 - till date
Programmed and performed Direct Numerical Simulation (CFD technique) of interaction of Detonation wave with
homogeneous isotropic turbulent field by solving 3-D Navier-Stokes equation and analyzing Pre shock and post shock
turbulence effects; Compiled and executed programs on a high-performance computing platform
Authored programs in MATLAB for data/statistical analysis and scientific visualization utilizing gigabytes of data
Final semester Project - PLMCC, India and Dassaults Systems, France Jan 2008 - Jul 2008
Analyzed and Designed Chassis and Body prototype ANANT for Shell Eco Marathon Car
Designed braking system and wheels for fuel efficient and minimum emissions car using CATIA software under tri-partnership of JSSATE (India), Ministry of Youth Education and Research (France) and Dassaults Systems (France)
Larsen & Toubro- Sargent & Lundy Ltd., Faridabad, India Jul 2007 - Aug 2007
Analyzed thermal power plant setup and mechanical piping system design
Worked on Riyadh Power Plant 8 (RPP8) specifically Piping and Inline Instruments design (P&IIDs) for various sections as follows: Instrument Air, Service Air and Closed cooling Water systems
National Thermal Power Plant (NTPC), Noida, India Jul 2006 - Aug 2006
Analyzed thermal power plant installation requirements which includes conceptual design, various operational load calculations and cost efficiency
Northern Railways, Ghaziabad, India Jun 2006 Jul 2006
Hands-on experience on various mechanical systems of train like braking systems, ignition systems, pantographs
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Active member of Mechanical Engineering organizations such as ASME & AIAA
Active member and participant of the events organized by AWEA (American Wind energy association) and WoWe (Women of wind energy)
Active participant in seminars and events conducted by Rotary Intl. Society Club, FSI & DFWCIS cultural association
Mentoring Undergraduate students for their Mechanical and Mathematics coursework
REFERENCES
1.Mr. Guillaume Dupont
Administrative Manager and Business Development Engineer
Meteodyn America Inc., Philadelphia, USA
Email id : guillaume.dupont[at]meteodyn.com
2.Dr. Luca Massa,
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace department,
University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Email id: massa[at]uta.edu
3.Dr. Frank Lu,
Professor and Director of Aerodynamics Research Lab,
University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Email id: franklu[at]uta.edu
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