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A Materials Specialist with an expertise in Composite materials

Profile Summary

As a Materials engineer from Cranfield University, UK with an expertise in composite materials my vision is to work in the field of innovative materials to come up with solutions that can help with current issues like rising environmental pollution due to use of plastics. I am currently working on developing biodegradable materials for sustainable applications. My interest lies in developing a material that is sustainable and the application can be scaled up to be used on a large scale. I have worked on a broad range of materials which includes different polymers, carbon fiber composites, bioplastics and biodegradable materials. As a masters student at Cranfield University , I worked extensively on composite materials. For my Masters thesis I designed and developed a Lightweight piezoelectric actuator for Micro air vehicle project . This project involved designing, manufacturing and characterization of piezoelectric composite actuators for flapping wing micro air vehicles. Finite element analysis was used to design the piezoelectric composite actuators. Multiple models assuming different configurations were designed. The designed actuators were then manufactured using vacuum bagging process and tested in the lab. These actuators comprised of unidirectional carbon fibre/epoxy, woven glass fibre/epoxy and piezoelectric materials in sandwiched condition. Another project was to develop a composite camera housing for military grade camera enclosures . The project objective was to investigate lightweight composite materials to replace aluminium . My contributions were: • Tool design and Trial moulding development using Sheet moulding compound(SMC) • Comparison of the compression moulding process using SMC, UD and woven carbon fiber prepregs. • Material characterization using British Standards. Performed Tensile test, 3-point bending test, Drop weight impact test, water absorption test and determination of CTE using the Thermomechanical analyser (TMA).

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Materials Science & Engineering
• ★ Bioplastics
• ★ Composite Materials

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Product Validation, Manufacturing, Concept Development, Packaging Design, Prototyping

Work Experience

Co-Founder and Materials Specialist

KI Labs LLP

January 2020 - Present

Research Associate

Indian Institute of Science

January 2013 - August 2015

Design Engineer

Lear Automotive Pvt. Ltd

January 2008 - September 2009

Project Engineer

Bectochem Consultants and Engineers Pvt Ltd

December 2006 - December 2007

Education

Masters in Advanced Materials

Cranfield University, UK

September 2011 - September 2012

BEng in Mechanical Engineering

Veermata Jiabai Technological Institute,Mumbai

June 2002 - June 2006

Certifications

• Theory, Analysis and Design of Composite Materials and Structures

  Indian Institute of Science

  August 2010 - December 2010

• Finite Element Methods,Proficiency program

  Indian Institute of Science

  August 2010 - December 2010

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

T. Arabatti and N. K. Parambil and S. Gururaja(2016). Micromechanical Modeling of Damage Development in Polymer Composites . Advanced Composites Letters. 25. (3). p. 096369351602500. {SAGE} Publications

Trupti Arabatti and Aswathi Sudhir and Suhasini Gururaja(2014). Micromechanics of Damage Development in Polymer Composites . Volume 9: Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids. American Society of Mechanical Engineers