Kirti Vishwakarma

Experience

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  Team Garud (Experimental Sounding Rocket Association-2017)

  Oct 2016 - Sept 2017

  Team Associate

  As the Structural Engineer of Team Garud, I was responsible for designing and fabrication of Rocket body emphasizing on all the subassembly along with the aerodynamic aesthetics.• Our sounding rocket, named 'Kalam', dedicated to the missile man of India, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, stands 3.5 meters tall, with the parabolic nose-cone, body tube, couplers and bulkheads fabricated of Carbon Fibre with an altitude range of 10,000 feet AGL and top speed up to 1 Mach. The sounding rocket carries an 8.8-pound scientific payload integrated with a sensor subsystem demonstrating ways of extraterrestrial rover landings. • About Team Garud: Garud is the Rocketry Division of UPES, Dehradun and India's first team to successfully launch a sounding rocket (in 2013) at the World's Largest Rocket Engineering Competition - Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC). Team Garud is financially and technically sponsored by Larsen and Toubro EWAC, Endeavor Engineering (Ahmedabad) and University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Dehradun). • About IREC: IREC sees participation from universities all across the globe such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), École de Technologie Supérieure, Concordia University etc. in building and launching sounding rockets from scratch. Held at Spaceport America (SA), New Mexico, USA, IREC is conducted by Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA), SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Northrop Grumman, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Spaceport America Cup etc. Show less

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  Team Agastya | UPES DBF Team

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  Aerostructure and Payload Engineer

  • AIAA Design. Build. Fly. aimed at designing and building an RC aircraft capable of both long-haul and short-haul flights. • As a Structure and Payload engineer, I worked along with 25 members from various disciplines such as aerodynamics, propulsion, and avionics.• Our team pioneered the AIAA DBF student design challenge held in Wichita, Kansas from UPES. The team achieved an overall rank of 77 in the Preliminary Design Phase and 75 in the Critical Design Phase.

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  The Dehradun Street

  Jan 2018 - Sept 2018

  Content Writer

  Content writing for Dehradun's leading daily newspaper.

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  CONNOISSEUR-The Literary Society of UPES

  Jan 2018 - Sept 2018

  Chief Editorial Head

  • Creating, publishing, and editing articles for National Newspapers, City Magazines, and Social Sites• Assessed the student articles and posters for the magazine Responsibilities include guiding, directing, and evaluating the work of other Editors along with mentoring them with workshops to improve their aesthetics and drafting skills.• Social Media management To be aware of any opportunities that the organization can leverage and pursue for its advantage.

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  Maruti Suzuki India Limited

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Technical Intern

  • Performed technical "Study and analysis of Internal Combustion Engine manufacturing process". The training focused primarily on the design, manufacturing, and propulsion system of Diesel engine and Gasoline engines. • Additionally, the training aimed at improving the efficiency of an existing thermodynamic industrial project which was later implemented based on my research conclusion. • The project culminated with my suggestions for the improvisation in the engine manufacturing process to decrease the takt time and cycle time. Show less

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  Infinity Space Club

  Feb 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Organized National Space Convention, Renaissance 2020 where curious minds participate in various space application competitions and get hands-on training on multiple astronomical software.• As a Student Advisor, my role is to infuse the learnings I have gained from my experience in documentation, planning, and collaborations with the flourishing members of the team. • Organized astronomical nights to train students on observing celestial objects using our 12” Dobsonian Telescope.• Creator of top-notch content for the ameliorated articles and posters to be published on the social networking platforms which include Infinity Space Club's Blog, Pandora Magazine, and the website. • The event was aimed at intriguing a knack of research into students by solving a mission case study of sending 10 people on Saturn's moon, Titan for a tenure of 1 year by the assessment of their spacecraft, food, LSS, and other imperative factors to survive.• As an Event Head, I was responsible for defining the Problem Statement, and drafting the Event Rules and Judging rubric along with the associated management.

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  Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Research And Development Intern

  As a research intern at Combustion Research and Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory (CRADL), my research experimental projects were on 1) Investigation of a High-Pressure Trapped Vortex Combustor, Funding Agency: Siemens India2) Temperature and Species Concentration measurement of a flat flame using Raman Spectroscopic laser-based Diagnostic Technique3) Single Element Rocket Combustor Design

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  Bartleby Technologies Pvt Ltd

  Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

  Advanced Physics SME
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  Carrus Mobility Solutions

  May 2021 - now
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  KassTech Aerospace

  Apr 2024 - now

  Senior Aerospace Design Engineer

  • Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (thermodynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion and the structure of aircraft)• Advanced Research on the flight regime applying system engineering methodologies.• Aircraft Performance Evaluation