Vipin Agrawal http://compmech.lab.asu.edu/vipin/ PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering OBJECTIVE I am seeking a research-oriented position where I can develop scientific applications utilizing my knowledge of physics, chemistry, biophysics, statistical mechanics and mechanics of materials. EDUCATION Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. GPA 4.0/4.0, anticipated Aug. 2015. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering. CGPA 7.7/10 08/2011 - Current 09/2004 - 05/2008 TECHNICAL SKILLS Skills: Molecular dynamics, Multiscale and coarse-grained modeling, Finite element method, Crystal plasticity, scientific computing, data-analysis, statistics Technical software: LAMMPS, VMD, Abaqus, Solid Works, Autodesk Inventor Programming languages: C/C++, Python, R, MATLAB, OpenMP/MPI, FORTRAN, Git Other: Linux, Latex, MS Office PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Assistant at Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ, USA) 08/2011 - present Developed a coarse-grained models for polymers using a structure matching method to predict viscoelastic properties. Developed a new many-body CG potential to accurately model polymers under shock and impact loads. Implemented a C++ material subroutine for rate independent crystal plasticity. Developed a set of python scripts to obtain the compass force field parameters automatically. Investigated methane absorption and desorption in carbon nanotubes with molecular dynamics. Raychem RPG India Pvt Ltd (Pune, India) 02/2011 - 07/2011 Assistant Manager: Developed an automation tool to generate mechanical designs for dry type transformers using the Autodesk inventors API. Virginia Transformer Corporation (Pocatello, Idaho, USA) 07/2008 - 08/2010 Mechanical Engineer: Preparation of detailed mechanical designs including bill of quantities for power transformers up to 230 KV class according to ANSI standards. AWARDS / PUBLICATIONS Publications: Prediction of viscoelastic properties with coarse-grained molecular dynamics and experimental validation for a benchmark polyurea system, submitted to Polymer Pressure transferable coarse-grained potentials for polyethylene, submitted to Journal of Chemical Physics. Agrawal, V., Arya, G., & Oswald, J. (2014). Simultaneous Iterative Boltzmann Inversion for Coarse-Graining of Polyurea. Macromolecules, 47(10), 3378-3389. Conference Presentations: A coarse-grained representation of polyurea for modelling wave dissipation due to blast loading, USNCCM12. Prediction of viscoelastic properties of polyurea using coarse-grained MD, LAMMPS workshop, 2013 Awards: Secured all India rank of 1437 among the 0.4 million participants in IIT-JEE-04. Held a position of Joint Secretary of Human welfare cell of NSS IITR. *Recommendations available upon request Vipin Agrawal Page 1 of 1 480-634-3994 [email protected]
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