Kshitij Gawande
Applied Mechanics Technical Specialist
- Role
- Applied Mechanics Technical Specialist at Cummins Inc.
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kshitij Gawande
Result oriented Mechanical Engineer with excellent analytical & experimental skills…
Experience
Applied Mechanics Technical Specialist
Mar 2022 — Present · Columbus, IN, US
Lead high-impact projects and own complex systems, driving results in ambiguous, high-accountability environments.• Drive coordination cross-functionally with Product, Design, Validation, and Testing teams to deliver validated designs, manage engine test schedules ensuring optimal resource utilization.• Direct root cause analyses of structural failures in diesel engines through simulation, testing, data correlation, while reducing testing cycles and accelerating design improvements.• Evaluate and optimize structural performance of critical engine components (valvetrain, air handling, base engine, fuel lines, gaskets, fasteners) using engine- and rig-level testing, with correlation to fatigue, thermal FEA, and GT models.• Apply and improve modeling tools (ANSYS, FE-Safe, GT-Suite) to predict motion, loads, stresses, fatigue life, natural frequencies, enabling high-quality design decisions.• Guide engineers in problem-solving, analysis, test planning, and reporting to strengthen technical outcomes and customer communication.• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans including high temperature vibration and strain mapping, high-cycle fatigue tests, Fuji film, ultrasonic bolt load measurements.
Education
University of Pune
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
2009 — 2013
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Master's degree
2013 — 2015
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Abaqus
- Thermal Analysis
- Mathcad
- Ansys
- Structural Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis
- Sem
- Latex
- Stress Analysis
- Microsoft Office
- Modeling
- Abaqus
- Ptc Creo
- Microsoft Excel
- Pressure Vessels
- Sph
- Simulations
- Autocad
- Ansys Apdl
- Cae
- Solidworks
- Labview
- C++
- Mechanical Engineering
- Matlab
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Engineering
- Simulink
- Pipe Stress Analysis
- Pro Engineer
- C
- Programming
- Numerical Analysis
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