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Muhammad Sameel Kalathil Thody

System Engineering Intern at CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)

Jalandhar

< 1 year of work experience

CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)
Jul 20264 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Mar 20265 mosJul 2026

Remote

1)Conducted numerical validation of a petrol surrogate using the reduced KAUST TPRF-E chemical mechanism to emulate real-world gasoline and oxygenated ethanol blends within OpenFOAM. 2)Executed zero-dimensional (0D) homogeneous b simulations using the chemFoam solver to calculate ignition delay times at high-pressure conditions (10, 30, and 50 atm). 3)Configured one-dimensional (1D) transient, compressible reactive flow simulations using the reactingFoam solver to evaluate unstretched laminar flame speeds for 50:50 iso-octane/ethanol and n-heptane/ethanol blends across varying equivalence ratios. Generated high-resolution hexahedral computational grids utilizing the blockMesh utility, along the longitudinal axis to accurately capture steep thermal and species gradients across the flame front. 4)Benchmarked numerical results against established experimental data like shock tube data to validate physical accuracy of the simulation. 5)Post-processed simulation data and visualized the temporal and spatial evolution of transient flame propagation using ParaView, while leveraging Python's Matplotlib to plot quantitative laminar flame speed and ignition delay time results against experimental benchmarks.
CSIR-NIIST
Jun 20252 mosJul 2025

Thiruvananthapuram

Engineered and characterized ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) composites utilizing lanthanum phosphate (LaPO4) and lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7) to pioneer alternatives to conventional TPS (Thermal Protection Systems)materials for use in Re-entry Vehicles.Conducted foundational research on LaPO4 and La2Zr2O7 composites to determine the optimum sintering temperatures required to enhance material densification and stability.

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Education

Lovely Professional University

Bachelor of Technology, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

Lovely Professional University

20232023

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Headline

System Engineering Intern at CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)

Location

Jalandhar

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

geminicli

github copilot

Work experience

System Engineering Intern at CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Jul 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru

CFD Intern (FOSSEE, IIT BOMBAY) at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mar 2026 - Jul 2026 · 5 mos, Remote, 1)Conducted numerical validation of a petrol surrogate using the reduced KAUST TPRF-E chemical mechanism to emulate real-world gasoline and oxygenated ethanol blends within OpenFOAM. 2)Executed zero-dimensional (0D) homogeneous b simulations using the chemFoam solver to calculate ignition delay times at high-pressure conditions (10, 30, and 50 atm). 3)Configured one-dimensional (1D) transient, compressible reactive flow simulations using the reactingFoam solver to evaluate unstretched laminar flame speeds for 50:50 iso-octane/ethanol and n-heptane/ethanol blends across varying equivalence ratios. Generated high-resolution hexahedral computational grids utilizing the blockMesh utility, along the longitudinal axis to accurately capture steep thermal and species gradients across the flame front. 4)Benchmarked numerical results against established experimental data like shock tube data to validate physical accuracy of the simulation. 5)Post-processed simulation data and visualized the temporal and spatial evolution of transient flame propagation using ParaView, while leveraging Python's Matplotlib to plot quantitative laminar flame speed and ignition delay time results against experimental benchmarks.

Research Intern(Materials) at CSIR-NIIST, Jun 2025 - Jul 2025 · 2 mos, Thiruvananthapuram, Engineered and characterized ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) composites utilizing lanthanum phosphate (LaPO4) and lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7) to pioneer alternatives to conventional TPS (Thermal Protection Systems)materials for use in Re-entry Vehicles.Conducted foundational research on LaPO4 and La2Zr2O7 composites to determine the optimum sintering temperatures required to enhance material densification and stability.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Lovely Professional University

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