SRINIVASAN DHANARAJ
Chennai
Summary
B.E. (Metallurgical Engineering) with M.Tech (Integrated Computational Material Science) professional with approx. 9 years of experience in product development in collaboration with supplier for various Automotive, Defense and Aerospace programs. Developed parts with more than 150 Suppliers across India, South Arica, Thailand, South Korea. Proven Expertise in Special Process such as Steel Making, Ferrous Casting, Aluminum Product Development, Al Recycling, Heat Treatment of Steel and Aluminum, Plating & Coating, Nickel Alloys, Titanium Alloys. Contributed as Material Project Leader at Honda Cars for FY24 Model development. Technical Specialist (R/M, Casting & HT) for International Markets Group at Ford Motor Company, Material Lead for New Technology Introduction at ARAI
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy Manager
Automotive Research Association of India
Pune
12.2023 - Current
- Working in Technology Group of ARAI, research on Integrated Computational Materials Science
- Material Lead for New Material Technology Introduction for Indian OEM's and Suppliers
STA Technical Specialist
Ford Motor Company
Chennai
05.2021 - Current
- Technical Specialist Lead for Casting, Heat Treat and Raw Material for Asia Pacific and South Africa Region
- Lead for conducting feasibility and product development involving special processes along with suppliers
- (FY22-23) Flawless launch of Vehicle at Thailand and South Africa Region, engine at India Region. Derived Blue Print for Quality for critical special process suppliers (79 No’s), carried onsite assessments, technical feasibility and deployed safe launch plan to ensure FIRST TIME RIGHT
- Lead Governing Member for Ford Worldwide Casting Manufacturing System Standard by incorporating latest lessons learnt,robustness improvement, best practices implementation, Mold Flow Simulation requirement and Safe launch guideline
- Introduced GISS Technology for Aluminum HPDC for Ford Motor company at Thailand Region to reduce the shrinkage porosity defects. Rejection improvement from 19% to 5%. This technology is now being horizontally deployed to North American region
- Introduced Nb in Brake Rotors for Ford Motor Company at South Africa Region to improve the thermal fatigue resistance Performance improvement of 16% is realized
- Special Process Supplier PPM reduction initiative. Target to reduce 50% PPM by FY-2023 on critical sites (4 No’s)
- Trained more than 250+ personnel's at Ford IMG region related to Heat Treatment and Castings
Sr. Material Research Executive
Honda Cars R&D Ltd.
Gr. Noida
08.2018 - 02.2021
- Material Project Leader for FY24 Model Car development
- Development of Special Crankshaft R/M, High Performance Gear R/M, Clean Steel development strategy deployment
- Localization of Engine and Chassis Components involving casting, HT, forging
- Aluminum Casting part localization for Engine and Chassis for Asia Region
- Lead for Material Research Lab for periodic maintenance of equipment and upgradation of equipment
Deputy Manager
Bharat Forge Ltd.
Pune
07.2015 - 07.2018
- Railway, Defense Turbocharger & Rotor Assembly Reverse Engineering and development with Indian Suppliers
- Aerospace Material Development
- Inconel, Titanium, Aluminum special process and product development for Aerospace and Defense application
Education
Master of Science - Integrated Computational Material Science
IIT Hyderabad (Work Integrated)
HYDERABAD01.2024
Bachelor of Science - Metallurgy
PSG College of Technology (Anna University), Coimbatore
COIMBATORE05-2015
12th -
SRV Higher Secondary School (TN State Board), Salem
01.2011
10th -
ARLM Matriculation School (Matriculation Board), Cuddalore
01.2010
Skills
- Special Steels
- Titanium Alloys
- Aluminum Alloys
- Plating & Coating
- Heat Treatment
- Ferrous Castings
- Metal Joining
- Steel Making
- Failure Analysis
- Supplier Development
- Supplier Quality Management
- Team Building & Leadership
- Cross-functional Coordination
Special Steels And Super Alloy Developments
- Development of Ti-6Al-4V Titanium grade for Turbine Blade application
- Exposed to testing and characterization of Titanium Alloys
- Development of Special Crankshaft Raw Material in partnership with Daido Japan to improve machinability (by adding Calcium) during FY 2020-21, achieving 20% machinability improvement
- Deployed Clean Steel Development strategy and successfully localized high performance Gear Raw material for Honda Cars during FY 2019-20, achieving profitability of 84 Rs/Car
- Developed various alloy steels and special steels by formulating qualification test matrix, formulating safe launch plan with various steel mill across India, Japan and South Africa
- Established quantitative method to judge MnS number for 1%Mn and 0.08%S steel grade
- Developed Super Alloys and Special Russian Material for Defense application
Aluminium Product Developments
- Developed Special Aluminium Alloys for High Strength Application with Novel Grain Refiners (Nb based) yielding in 20% increased mechanical properties.
- Utilized various Computational tools using Thermodynamics and Kinetics Principles for development of novel Al alloy resulting in better properties and surface finish
- Exposed to Anodizing of Aluminium alloys for improved surface finish and wear resistance
Computer Skills Sets
- MATLAB
- Python Programming
- Thermo-Calc
- MOOSE FEM Framework
- Machine Learning & AI for data analysis. (Material Informatics)
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 05/20/94
Languages
English, Hindi & Tamil
Accomplishments
- Conferred as "Asia West Regional Steel Champion" by World Steel Association for my technical Capabilities in Steels in FY 2023
- World Championship Finalist for SteelChallenge18 competition by World Steel Association
- Created a own Model to predict the Steel & Almunium Hardness prediction based on the Chemistry Inputs
Affiliations
- Playing Badmintion
- Trekking
- Chess
Certification
- Asia Steel Champion by World Steel Association
Languages
English
First Language
Tamil
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Timeline
Deputy Manager
Automotive Research Association of India
12.2023 - Current
STA Technical Specialist
Ford Motor Company
05.2021 - Current
Sr. Material Research Executive
Honda Cars R&D Ltd.
08.2018 - 02.2021
Deputy Manager
Bharat Forge Ltd.
07.2015 - 07.2018
Master of Science - Integrated Computational Material Science
IIT Hyderabad (Work Integrated)
Bachelor of Science - Metallurgy
PSG College of Technology (Anna University), Coimbatore
12th -
SRV Higher Secondary School (TN State Board), Salem
10th -
ARLM Matriculation School (Matriculation Board), Cuddalore
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