Amey Sawant

About Amey Sawant

6+ years of experience working with two-phase heat exchangers and thermal refrigerant systems with vapor injection compressors. Supported PD engineers to design CDM and refrigerant lines for thermal systems using 1D and CFD simulations. Co-inventor on a pending patent for a novel heat exchanger (US20•••••••62) contributing with optimizing the heat exchanger circuitry and maximizing performance.

Experience

1. Cae Engineer - 3

   Hanon Systems

   Apr 2024 — Present · Novi, MI, US

   Support PD Engineers to meet customer air-side pressure drop requirements by performing CFD simulations on different fin designs to predict the pressure drop- Develop 1D models of automotive HVAC cases, in GT-SUITE, to test and validate the thermal control system strategy- Develop 1D single-phase and two-phase automotive heat exchanger models to support PD engineers- Develop a complete 1D thermal system model for electric vehicles (EV) to support systems engineers with heat exchanger sizing and system architecture development- Develop automation scripts for GT-SUITE post-processing to fill customer data sheets- Integrate thermal system models with cabin models to run complete a drive-cycle. Study passenger comfort and HVAC air-flow distribution- Implement ML algorithms for better CAE predictions using 1D tools- Improve 1D model accuracy for two phase heat exchangers by developing custom correlations using test data and CFD models- Investigate multiphase boiling models in Fluent to predict heat transfer and pressure drop performance in offset strip fin plate heat exchangers.

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

  2012 — 2016

• Michigan Technological University

  Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering

  2017 — 2019

• Lok Kalyan Public School

  Secondary Education

  1998 — 2010

• Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce

  Higher Secondary, Electronics

  2010 — 2012