Vineet Rakesh

About Vineet Rakesh

Accomplished engineer and scientist with 20+ years of experience in the materials…

Experience

1. Lead Scientist Computational Fluid Dynamics Scientific Program Director Venting Modeling

   W. L. Gore & Associates

   Dec 2014 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   Lead the CFD modeling efforts in the Performance Solutions Division providing expertise to various Gore businesses, including batteries, automotive, electronics, clean energy, filtration, and biopharmaceuticals, on new product and process development (3 patents) and material characterization; offer tailored consulting to external customers promoting Gore products; introduce advanced modeling tools such as AI; utilize modeling to generate intellectual property; sponsor simulation engineers as technical lead.• Developed an extensive modeling portfolio of venting solutions to optimize pressure and moisture management in battery packs, inverters and RESS, and drive business growth: presented technology to potential customers and at conferences/tradeshows. • Advanced customer engagement and business growth by developing learning modules and providing modeling consulting to customers for automotive venting products.• Design optimization and test method development for critical material testing in venting applications.• Performance assessment of cables for aerospace applications.• Accelerated product development of thermal management solutions using virtual design of experiments and design optimization.• Pilot process scale-up, improvement and root cause analysis of silicone-free syringe plungers.• Virtual design and optimization of direct air capture (DAC) systems.• Scale-up, form-factor optimization and membrane characterization/optimization of protein capture devices, one patent pending.• Virtual membrane characterization of acoustic vents.• Technical evaluation of new business opportunity, and process and performance improvement of the mercury control system; presented technology at external conferences.• New processing technology evaluation for bulk drug storage containers • Invention of new technology to improve performance of turbine filters; external presentation, one patent.

Education

• Cornell University

  Ph.D., Biological and Environmental Engineering

  2003 — 2009

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  B.Tech.

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Mathematical Modeling
• Algorithms
• Fsi
• Life Sciences
• Fluid Mechanics
• Microwave
• Comsol
• Finite Element Analysis
• Simulation
• Solid Mechanics
• Systems Biology
• Biotechnology
• Modeling
• Research
• Simulations
• Cfd
• Fluent
• Ansys
• Fortran