Prabu Balu

About Prabu Balu

Doctoral degree in mechanical engineering with 15+years of research experience in the areas associated with manufacturing and materials science. Expertise in advanced manufacturing techniques such as laser cladding, laser welding (micro and macro), friction stir welding, rapid prototyping and manufacturing. Advanced Manufacturing technique and materials development.Specialties: Fundamental understating of laser material interaction, Laser-aided manufacturing, numerical simulations, development of sustainable materials for wear applications (characterization and synthesis), process optimization, robot and CNC programming & process optimization.

Experience

1. Staff Laser Process Development Engineer

   Tesla

   Jan 2024 — Present · Fremont, CA, US

Education

• Southern Methodist University

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Laser-aided Manufacturing

  2009 — 2012

• Annamalai University

  Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Manufacturing Engineering

  2002 — 2005

• Madurai Kamaraj University

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

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Materials
• Characterization
• Laser Welding
• Spectroscopy
• Experimentation
• Manufacturing
•  Monitoring – Real-Time Temperature Sensing and Control
• R&D
• Mechanical Engineering
• Ptc Creo
• Finite Element Analysis
• Simulations
• Ls-Dyna
•  Finite Element Modeling: Expertised in Ansys, Ansys Ls-Dyna, Abaqus
• Laser
•  Optimization – Design of Experiments (Response Surface Methodology,Taguchi), N
• Matlab
• Image Analysis
• Cad
• Ansys
• Numerical Analysis
•  Materials – Synthesis and Characterization, Mechanical Behaviour
• Pro Engineer
• Engineering
• Heat Transfer
• Simulink
• Fluid Mechanics
• Materials Science
• Manufacturing Processes – Laser Cladding, Laser Welding, Friction Stir Welding,
• Kuka Robot Expert Programming
•  Other Packages: Expertised in Fluent, Pro/E, Origin
• Cfd
• Solidworks
•  Numerical Modelling – Heat Transfer, Residual Stress, Fluid Flow, Slurry Erosi