Prahallad Iyengar

About Prahallad Iyengar

Thorough, Intuitive & Sharp Mechanical Engineer with specialization in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Heat transfer and Thermal management. Strong Fundamentals and Thoughtful Design EngineerPASSION- Clean energy production and storage- Clean water harvesting & conservation - Disruptive technologies to fight Climate Change- Disrupting Health Care technologies to improve quality of lifeTECHNICAL- Broad analytical & hands-on skills in product research and development in semiconductor clean room equipment, consumer electronics, medical fields- Strong in fluid flow, thermal, structural and heat transfer analysis using FEA/ CAE tools- Designed critical hardware from concept, drafting/ GD & T/ CTE analysis with design for manufacturability, prototyping, testing to Beta release with attention to detail & quality- Demonstrated successful scaling and implementation of prototype solutions for volume production- Vast theoretical & experimental experience with physical chemistry, fluid transport mechanisms & delivery of liquid/ gas precursors- Experienced in designing with Aluminum, Stainless Steel alloys, bulk Ceramics and coatings (Al2O3, AlN) and metal fabrication.CORE STRENGTHS:Vast theoretical and experimental experience in- Fluid mechanics, Stress Analysis, Thermodynamics, Heat transport, GD & T tolerance analysis- Effective application of design of experiments & statistical analysis- Finite Element Analysis and CFD Computational modeling experience. CFD-Cadalyzer, CFDesign, CFD-Ace, Ansys, Fluent- CAD experience with UG NX, AutoCAD, SolidWorksDRIVE-\"Go-getter\" attitude paying attention to detail with excellent communication and cross-functional team leadership skills- Successfully demonstrated responsible product ownership by taking new concepts through feasibility design, iterative prototype testing and launch- Delivered on customer commitments and overseen successful adoption of several products at multiple customer sites.

Experience

1. Senior Mts Mechanical Engineer

   Applied Materials

   Dec 2025 — Present

Education

• Stanford University School of Engineering

  Engineer's degree, Mechanical Engineering

• Stanford University

  Degree of Engineer, Mechanical Engineering

• University of California, Berkeley

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  2000 — 2004

• Stanford University School of Engineering

  Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering

• UC Berkeley College of Engineering

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• 8d Problem Solving
• Communication Skills
• Mechanical Product Design
• Design for Manufacturing
• Microsoft Office
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (Cfd)
• Cfd
• Teamcenter
• Testing
• Semiconductors
• Product Design
• Materials Science
• Structural Analysis
• Failure Analysis
• Finite Element Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Gd&T
• Heat Transfer
• Fluid Mechanics
• Simulations
• Fluid Dynamics
• Thermal
• Fem Analysis
• Engineering
• Fmea
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Engineering Management
• Ansys
• Cvd
• Thermodynamics
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Process Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Unigraphics
• R&D
• Design of Experiments
• Autocad
• Cad
• 3d Modeling
• Thermal Analysis