Naimish Shah

Experience

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  Kalyani Centre For Technology and Innovation, RnD, Bharat Forge Ltd. Pune

  Dec 2016 - Jan 2017

  Project Trainee

  - Characterized Mo thermal spray coated 16MnCr5 steel synchronous rings used in gears.using optical microscopy and micro-hardness test.

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  Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

  May 2017 - Jul 2017

  Summer Research Intern

  - Performed high temperature compression deformation of INRAFM steel for nuclear reactors.- Analysed data using mathematical model and estimated creep properties within 4% deviation.

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  College of Engineering Pune

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Project Associate

  - Carried out mechanical hardness test, weat test at -196 oC in the liquid nitrogen atmosphere. - Determined the ductile to brittle transition temperature (DBTT) for the newly developed HNMS material processed with optimised cryogenic and heat treatment parameters.

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  NCAIR (National Centre for Aerospace Innovation and Research)

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2019

  Research Assistant

  - Investigated recrystallization-precipitation interaction in hot deformed Ti-6Al-4V alloy.- Executed FEM simulation using DEFORM to model and validate experimental behaviour.- Developed light weight carbon fibre composite avionic components for Helicopters for HAL.- Proposed manufacturing solutions & collaborated for prototype to series production activities.- Succeeded in improving part performance by 20 % and achieved cost reduction by 15 %.

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  Institute for Eisenhüttenkunde (IEHK) - RWTH Aachen

  Apr 2020 - Jul 2020

  Working Student

  - Analyzed the effect of process parameter variation on microstructure and induced defects for additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V part by laser beam - powder bed fusion (LPBF).- Correlated the microstructural features to the observed mechanical properties of the part.- Developed austenite to ferrite thermal transformation diffusion model using Thermo-Calc.

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  Institut für Metallkunde und Materialphysik (IMM) - RWTH Aachen

  Dec 2020 - Jun 2021

  Research Assistant

  - Performed micro-compression testing of Fe-2.4% Si steel used in rotor-stator core of E-motor to study effect of microstructure constituents on mechanical and electromagnetic properties.- Optimized the microstructure in correlation with process parameters to reduce the Iron losses.- Validated resulting deformation slip plane by data analysis using MATLAB with 99 % accuracy

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  Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

  Researcher

  - Investigating influence of grain boundary facets on intergranular corrosion of 316 L stainless steel.- Multi-scale correlative characterization using 3D EBSD, SEM, ECCI and APT tools.- Implementing statistical techniques like confusion matrix, descriptive statistics using 2D bining on characterization dataset to obtain the process-structure-property correlation and predict the general materials behaviour.

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  TRUMPF

  Oct 2022 - Dec 2022

  Trainee: Additive Manufacturing
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  Pratt & Whitney

  Jan 2023 - now

  Lead Engineer- Materials and Manufacturing