Mrudula Marripelli

Experience

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  Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM

  May 2021 - Oct 2021

  Workstudent

  Experimental investigations of thin film coatings using PECVD on metal alloys and ceramics.

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  Schaeffler

  Nov 2021 - May 2022

  Intern

  Development of a coating system for bearing applications using laser powder bed fusion process.Experimental investigations of mechanical properties using DLP 3d printing with high temperature resistant resins for bearing applications.

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  Fraunhofer IPA

  Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

  Research Assistant

  Design and Simulations (FEA) to repair the damaged injection molding tools using ANSYS WORKBENCH and SolidWorks.

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  Bosch

  Apr 2023 - Oct 2023

  Master Thesis Student

  Experimental investigations of Liquid Pressure-Sensitive adhesive materials with regard to processing and bonding properties in comparison to conventional PSA systems for sealing applications.Characterization of interface between the adhesive and substrate. Leakage tests, aging tests and mechanical tests were conducted to ensure the effectiveness and robustness of sealing applications.

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  Aero Pump GmbH

  Apr 2024 - Jun 2024

  Development Engineer

  Development of new pump systems to expand the product portfolio and optimization of existing system. Documentation of test reports and failure analysis.

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  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Jul 2024 - now

  Scientific Researcher (Engineer)

  Multi-scale strain energy based fatigue damage modelling of fibre reinforced polymers.Experimental characterization of pure resin and developing fatigue damage models for pure resin based on energy as fatigue metric.Modularization of existing visco-elastic/plastic model at DLR and re-implementation in MCODAC.Micro-mechanical fatigue simulations of UD layers using RVEs (Abaqus) and validation by comparison against UD composite tests.