VENKAT VIJAY KISHORE TURLAPATI

820 College Avenue, Apt#12, Clemson, SC 29631

Cell Phone: 864-650-7801
Email: vturlap@clemson.edu

EDUCATION
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
August 2010
Clemson University, South Carolina

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

May 2008
J.N.T. University, India

STRENGHTS: Effective Communication skills and good leadership qualities

AREA OF INTEREST: Dynamic systems and Controls
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GRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
January 2010-Present- Mechanical Engineering Department, Clemson
University, S.C.
Research Assistant
* Designed and Simulated a Control strategy for a Forward model of a Power-Split
Hybrid Plug in Vehicle using heuristic control logics.
* Currently working on Equivalent Consumption Minimization strategy for a backwa
rd model of a Power-Split Hybrid Vehicle in order to minimize the fuel consumpti
on.
* With aid of sensors and tools like Global positioning system, it becomes easie
r to predict the future traffic conditions and drive the vehicle accordingly by
minimizing fuel consumption using Equivalent Consumption minimization strategy.
* Minimizing the fuel consumption in a Hybrid Electric Vehicle by optimally spli
tting the power amongst various actuators by using Equivalent Minimization Fuel
Consumption Strategy.
COURSE PROJECTS:
Dynamic Simulation of Van der Pol oscillator and Rayleigh Oscillator as a part o
f my take home project in Nonlinear Dynamics coursework,
* Analysis of Frequency response plots of forced Rayleigh Oscillator for differe
nt forcing functions.
* Analysis of Poincare section of van der Pol oscillator and Rayleigh oscillator
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Design and Analysis of Chaotic Water Wheel as a part of my final project in Non-
linear dynamics course work.
* Simulate a water wheel model using Lorenz equations
* Analyze the motion of the water wheel for various flow rates, and hence find t
he solutions for Chaotic motion.
Vibration analysis of a Piezoelectic beam as a part of my final project in Vibra
tion of Continuous media coursework.
* Simulated the mode shapes of free vibration of Piezoelectric beam.
* Study the mode shapes of the structure by finding its Eigen frequencies.
GRADUATE COURSES
Intermediate Dynamics Non-linear Dynamics Finite Element Methods
Vibration of Continuous Media Modern Control Engineering , Material Selection
for Design, Robot Manipulators, Alternative Energy Sources, Mechatronics

SKILLS:

* Programing Languages: C, BASIC, and Assembly languages

* CAD Packages: SOLIDWORKS ANSYS, PRO-E
* Operating Systems: Windows NT/Vista/XP
* Microsoft Technologies: MS Office, MS Access
* Applications: MATLAB, MATLAB-SIMULINK

PRESENTATIONS
AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS 07-20
-2007
* Presented a paper on Advanced Suspension systems for Automobiles at a National
level Technical Symposium conducted by Society of Automobile Engineers, held at
National Institute of Technology, Suratkhal, India.
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CONDITION MONITORING OF WIND TURBINES 03-01-200
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* Awarded second prize in the paper presented at a National level Technical pape
r presentation held at Bandari Srinivas Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Indi
a.
Worked as an intern at RANE ENGINE VALVES in the final semester of my bachelors.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
* Writing blogs on various topics of interest.
* Enjoy writing poems
* http://vijayturlapati.blogspot.com
* Won several prizes in competitions like elocution, debate, extempore.