INTERESTS:

·         Propulsion Systems Design

·         Structural / Thermal Analysis and Design of Spacecraft

·         Space Systems Engineering.

EDUCATION:

·         Sep 2013 –Present                 Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
                                               Space Flight Track (Expected graduation- Nov 2015)
                                               Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

·         Aug 2009 - May 2013                      Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering

SRM University, India.
 

EXPERIENCE:      

·         April 2015 – Present                         Student Research Assistant at DLR (German 

Aerospace Center), Braunschweig

                                                Responsibilities : Master’s Thesis on Trade off Studies     on Structure Integrated Thermal Subsystems based on the MASCOT Lander Module.

·         Aug 2014 – Oct 2014           Intern at DLR, Goettingen

Responsibilities: Electric Propulsion Test Facility  vacuum diagnostics using Quadrupole Mass Spectroscopy. Setting up the test bench for the facility.

·         May 2012 – July 2012           Intern at National Aerospace Laboratories, India.                                              Responsibilities: Wing structural analysis of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using FEM.         

Determination of stresses encountered by the wing during various flight regimes.

·         Sep 2010 - Nov 2011                       Structural design engineer at SRM Nano Satellite.

(SRMSAT- NASA NSSDC ID : 2011-058D)
India’s first nano-satellite. Developed by undergraduate students of SRM University it was launched on-board   ISRO’s PSLV C-18 on Oct 12, 2011. Status: Active.

Responsibilities:

Finite Element Analysis of the nanosat structure. Drafting and Manufacturing.

Spacecraft Assembly, Integration and Testing.

PROJECTS:

·         Nov 2013 – July 2014          Launcher Design Optimization

Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering,
Delft University  of Technology.   
Responsibilities: CAD Modelling and evaluation of integration concepts of a rocket launcher for Deimos-F, the first Dutch liquid rocket engine. Under design by an amateur rocketry group.

           ·          Dec 2012 - May 2013                        Design and Analysis of Race Car Wings.
                                                Bachelor Thesis, SRM University. (Grade: 9.5/10)
                                                Studied aerodynamic setups for choosing the most efficient package for a racing car using CFD analysis in ANSYS.

           ·          Jan 2012 - Oct 2012              Aircraft Design Project.
                                                Curriculum Project, SRM University.

Performed the preliminary estimation of Aerodynamic , Structural and Flight performance parameters of a 50-seater regional jet.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

·         Systems Engineering : J-CDS Concurrent Design Platform.

·         CAD: CATIA V5, SolidWorks.

·         Analysis:  ANSYS Workbench,  PATRAN/NASTRAN, ESATAN ThermXL.

·         Programming: MATLAB, C++, LabView

·         Documentation: MS Office.

PUBLICATIONS:

‘Novel Low Cost Standardized Nano-Satellite Structure Bus for LEO Missions’-

2013 IEEE Aerospace Conference-  Anubhav.T, Narayan.V, Aditya.PV, Ajay Prasad R Sarwesh. NP, Soorya.S, Venkatesh.M, Loganathan M, Narayana Rao.D.

‘Analysis of Integrated Thermal Subsystems for Composite Primary Spacecraft Structures’-
2015 International Astronautical Congress- Ajay Prasad R

‘Thermal Characterization of a Multifunctional Composite Structure in Early Design Phase Based on the Mascot Lander’-2015 International Astronautical Congress- Ajay Prasad R, Michael Lange, Barry Zandbergen.

‘Design, Development and In-Orbit Performance and Validation of the Thermal Subsystem of SRMSAT Nanosatellite’- 2015 International Astronautical Congress- Vishal LB, Ajay Prasad R, Sarwesh NP , Raghuram S, Sashwat M, Loganathan M
 

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Fluent in English (Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) Score – 111/120)
Basic knowledge : German and Japanese.