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Prashanth Ramesh
Mechanical Engineering Department
650 Ackerman Road
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43202
ramesh.7@osu.edu

Education:

Ph.D Mechanical Engineering,
Fall 2004–Present
Ohio State University
Columbus OH,USA
(cleared Ph.D qualifying exam in Spring 2005)

B. Engg. Mechanical Engineering,
1998–2002
National Institute of Technology, Karnataka,
Surathkal, Karnataka,India

Work Experience:

Ohio State University
Mechanical Engineering Department
Columbus,OH,USA

Graduate Research Assistant
Jul’07–Present
Intelligent Structures and Systems Lab.
Ohio State University
Mechanical Engineering Department
Columbus,OH,USA

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Jan’06–Mar’06, Jan’07–Jun’07
Conducting recitations for the Statics, Numerical Methods courses.
Ohio State University
Mechanical Engineering Department
Columbus,OH,USA

Graduate Research Assistant
Jan’05–Sep’06
Analytical/Numerical modeling of nanofluidic systems with Prof. Terry Conlisk.
Gas Turbine Research Establishment
Bangalore,India

Scientist B
Jan’03–Aug’04
Manufacturing of high quality gas turbine engine components.
Institute of Armament Technology
Pune,India

Trainee Scientist
Jul’02–Dec’02
Familiarization with various Aeronautical engineering related technologies.
Cochin Shipyard Limited
Cochin,India

Summer Intern
Summer 2000
Familiarization with the various design and manufacturing methods employed in the ship-building industry.

Research Interests
Dynamic systems, fluid dynamics.

Research Projects

Graduate Research:

Gallium nitride MOEM switch design, fabrication and charecterization (Prof. Gregory Washington.

Modeling of nanofluidic systems, transport of macromolecules in nano channels (Prof. Terry Conlisk).

Undergraduate Project: Design, fabrication and testing of miniature powered low speed aircraft model.

Coursework at OSU:

Linear algebra, numerical methods, advanced vibrations, smart materials and intelligent

systems, control systems design, lumped parameter system analysis, micro/nanofludics,

fluid mechanics, gas dynamics, heat transfer.

Skills:

Programming Languages:
FORTRAN, C

Software Packages:
MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, AutoCAD, LATE X, MS Office

Computing Platforms:
Windows, Linux, UNIX