David Neihguk

About David Neihguk

Competencies: • Work with cross cultural team on-site and off-site to deliver complex vehicle products for customers. • Analyze customer/stakeholder needs and expectations to establish, interpret and manage the requirements of a system to set NVH performance targets to meet customer expectations. • Utilize/Develop new technologies to solve NVH issues in vehicles and products. • Generate multiple concepts and demonstrate multiple options that meets a set of needs. • Interface management across system and component boundaries, eg: NVH, thermal, electrical, ergonomics, etc. • Test-based and simulation-based modeling of a system, phenomenon or process. • Plan system integration and validation of systems/products in a logical manner and qualification against the requirements. Technical Expertise: • Vehicle NVH performance target setting and cascading to systems and components. • Vehicle Interior noise and exterior noise testing and simulation. • NVH of Electric Powertrain systems. • Acoustic materials testing. • Duct acoustics, Room acoustics, Structural vibration and acoustics. • Component-based Transfer Path Analysis (TPA), Blocked forces, Free velocities, Virtual Point Transformation, Substructuring. • Broadband characterization using hybrid FE/SEA/Ray-tracing methods. Projects: • Vehicle types- Railways - Metros, Regional train, High speed train, Trams- Automotive - Load carrier, passenger cars, compact SUV, SUVs- Machinery - Tractors • Powertrain- 750 V DC third rail, 15/25kV 50 Hz AC with overhead catenary - Gasoline and Diesel engines - single/three/four cylinder engines, front mounted/rear mounted. • Domestic appliances- 4 pole/8 pole HVAC compressor fan - 3250 kW generator set Rolling stock: Singapore R151, Brisbane\'s QNGR, Sweden\'s TFA Västtrafik (VT), Delhi Metro, Agra-Kanpur Metro, FLEXITY Brussels, Duisburg Automotive: Mahindra XUV 5OO, Jeeto, XUV 3OO Domestic appliance: Carrier home HVAC unit, Kohler Generator set. Software and tools: • Preprocessing: Hypermesh • Simulation: ACTRAN, VAOne, COMSOL Multiphysics, SIDLAB, Matlab • CAD modeling: CATIA, Creo-Parametric • Testing: B&K Connect, LMS Testlab, DIRAC, SOURCE • Requirements management: IBM Rational DOORS • PLM: Teamcenter

Experience

1. Acoustics Engineer

   Blachford Acoustics Group

   Jan 2024 — Present · West Chicago, IL, US

   Sound package development for Heavy duty, Agricultural, Forestry, Construction and Mining vehicles- Analyze/Gather voice of customer(VOC)/customer requirements, define engineering specs, set up DVP based on ISO/ASTM or custom test- Design and conduct engineering experiment including acoustic / thermal / durability- Perform accredited testing for acoustics and thermal performance.• Noise and Vibration Testing of Device, Equipment and Vehicles- Prepare project proposal, define objectives and scope of work, timeline and deliverables- Define test method, equipment selection, performance metrics- Prepare test setup, operational conditions, equipment calibration, signal processing- Post processing, data interpretation and test report.

Education

• Vellore Institute of Technology

  Master’s Degree

  2013 — 2015

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  Bachelor's degree

  2006 — 2010

• University of Kentucky

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Vibroacoustics)

  2021 — 2026

Skills

• Design
• Acoustics
• Powertrain
• Automotive
• Dfmea
• Vibration Control
• Microsoft Excel
• Railway Systems
• Nvh
• Vibration Isolation
• Rail Transport
• Team Center Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Simulations
• Noise Reduction
• Matlab
• Comsol
• Catia
• Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (Dfmea)
• Automotive Engineering