1. Praveenraj H.K.
E-Mail: praveenraj.hk@gmail.com; Contact: +9743079960 (M) / +91-08257232637 (R)
Address: #23, 6thcross, shamannagarden, VijayanagarBangalore-560026 Karnataka
Seeking middle level assignments in CAE & CAD with an organisation of high repute.
Preferred Location: Any
Professional Preface
 A dynamic professional with over 3+ years of experience in the field of Design & CAE.
 Deft in multi-disciplinary environment in CAD drawings, developing final product
 Adept at carrying out tests and inspection for various design analysis and checking the results of final developed
parts.
 Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills with proven abilities leading and motivating
teams towards achieving organizational goals.
 Hands on experience in software’s like hyper mesh & Abaqus in solving structural and thermal FEA Linear and Non
Linear Analysis.
Areas of Expertise
CAE
 Preparing geometry for meshing, necessary geometry cleanup, Repairing Surface Topology, Mid surface
extraction, Element clean-up, Quality checking of FE model.
 FE simulation for static, Contact and Non linear Analysis.
CAD
 Handling CAD Drawings & ensuring timely accomplishment of targets within time.
 Looking after overall CAD activities, assisting in implementation of effective techniques to bring efficiency,
improve quality standards & achieving GD&T standards.
Employment Scan
Company Duration Position
1. Bigtec Pvt Ltd May 2014 to till date Member of Technical Staff
2. Force Microscopy Lab -IISc Dec2012-May 2014 Project Assistant
3. M2D2 Lab-IISc May2011-July 2012 Project Assistant
4. Aerodass pvt ltd July 2010-Apr 2011 Design Engineer
Computer Proficiency
HYPERMESH-12
Abaqus-6.11
Ansys
Hyper View
Comsol Multiphysics, Solid works, AutoCAD.
Microsoft tools – Documentation

2. Employment Scan
Currently working Bigtec Pvt Ltd as Member of Technical staff
May2014 to till date
Projects:
True prep-MAG: Battery-operated sample processing device.
Truelab Uno real-time PCR analyzer - a fully automated device that performs real-time PCR using Truenat microchips.
Accountabilities
 Participate in multidisciplinary projects and related projects as a team member, includes communicating with
the other engineers, designers, technicians, program management to optimize utilization of time and
resources.
 Handling structural and thermal FEA Linear and Non Linear Analysis.
 Design of products, and handling engineering drawings.
 Report, document and prepare presentations on simulation projects.
 Testing of fabricated devices & validate design concepts report preparation of the project
 Execution of fabrication on various machines, machine tools like CNC, Rapid proto type, Laser and EdM
machine.
 Prototyping the designs at the macro, meso, and micro sizes, materials used for prototyping include metals,
polymers, ceramics, and semiconductors.
 Design, modeling and engineering drawings of mechanical components and systems. Knowledge on GD&T is
must.
 Interface with customers regarding mechanical requirements, specifications and performance of existing
products
Indian Institute of Science as Project Assistant in approved by Government of India on RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
Aug’12-Till Date with Indian Institute of Science, as Project Assistant, in Force Microscopy Lab
Accountabilities
 Necessary geometry cleanup, Repairing Surface Topology, Mid surface extraction, Element clean-up, Quality
checking of FE model.
 Data base of a sheet metal forming operation for a spring back effect.
 Prepared designs and FE simulation for Punch-load variation during complete deformation cycle.
 Prepared the BOM and Quality parameters maintained according to client requirements.
 Testing of fabricated devices, mechanisms, subroutines in Python script & report preparation.
May11’-July’12 with, Multidisciplinary and Multiscale Device and Design Lab, IISc Bangalore as Project
Assistant (Domain – Research and Development)
Accountabilities
 Catalogue of mechanism, along with graphs & data that aided designing.
 Around 100+ mechanisms have been cataloged with FE analysis.
 Solid Modeling of mechanisms and devices.
 Planning for fabrication including CNC programming.
 Execution of fabrication on various machines, machine tools like CNC milling Machine, Wire EDM and Laser cutting
machine.
July’10-Apr’11 with Aerodass technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Design Engineer
(Domain –Aerospace Design Service)
Accountabilities
 Design conceptualization, 3D modeling, Detailing & preparing manufacturing drawings for key customers.
 Developed accurate 2D & 3D model in software’s applying practical design concept.
 FE Meshing for the Products Finite Element Analysis of the Products.
 Cad training for various mechanical software.
IT Skills: Catia V5, ProE, Master CAM, HyperMesh, Ansys and Abaqus.

3. Other Accolades
 Won 2nd place in Jnana Sangama 2010, technical festival of VTU.
 Attended conference on Machine and Mechanisms IIT, Madras 2010.
 Consolation place in state level paper presentation, Dynamech 2010.
 Poster presentation on open day 2011, 2012 & 2014 IISc.
Scholastics
B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
K.V.G. College of Engineering, Sullia; affiliated to Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum in 2010.
P.U.C.
Nehru Memorial College, Sullia, Karnataka in 2005.
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KVG, Sullia, Karnataka in 2003.
Personal Dossier
Date of Birth: 05th Feb, 1988
Linguistic Abilities: English, Hindi, Kannada and Tulu.
Passport Details: No. – G5162132; Date of Issue - 05/09/2007; Date of Expiry –04/09/2017;
Place of Issue -Bangalore
Hobbies: Reading newspaper, playing cricket, football and swimming.
Nationality: Indian