Avinash R Rao

Experience

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  Team Aveon Racing

  Apr 2017 - Jun 2020

  Engineering Technical Lead

  Technical Lead at Team Aveon Racing (a collegiate club) which designs and fabricates electrically powered ATVs to take part in National level competition Mahindra SAE eBAJA India. My Responsibilities : 1. Design and fabrication of suspension and steering systems for the buggy, optimized for the best ride, handling and performance.2. Smooth overall integration of various components (OEMs or in-house manufactured) into the buggy,

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  Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  May 2019 - Jul 2019

  Research Intern

  Interned at the Nonlinear Multi-functional Composites Analysis and Design (NMCAD) lab, situated in the Aerospace Department of IISc Bangalore under Dr. Dineshkumar Harursampath. 1. Explored the potential of Incorporating Manifold Tensor analysis in the modelling of geometrically exact shell elements using Variational Asymptotic Method (or VAM ) towards a Finite Element implementation2. Developed a user-defined, geometrically exact shell element by incorporating the corresponding VAM model in FORTRAN to accurately capture the material and geometric nonlinearity Show less

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  Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business]

  Mar 2021 - now

  Currently working as a System Engineer at Mahindra Research Valley, Chennai.My core responsibilities include :1. Brake system sizing and simulation for various ICE and EV platforms2. Component & System level verification and validation3. Project delivery - Supplier management, Part readiness, & Engineering cost reduction

  • Senior Engineer

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Design Engineer - Brakes

    Mar 2021 - Sept 2023