Venkat S Portfolio

About

I'm an aerospace engineer with an intense passion for aircraft product development, business strategy, and manufacturing. I'm looking to leverage my experience as an engineer to engage in the commercial aircraft design space and learn the full life cycle of an aircraft, from conceptualization to market. From this knowledge, I hope to learn the ways we can optimize aircraft design, manufacturing, and operations to create an environmentally and economically sustainable aircraft industry. My interests are in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO), aircraft design and performance simulation, product strategy, and sustainable engineering practices.

Aerodynamics Engineer.

Current Organization: Boeing Research and Technology

Phone: +1 248 429 9838
Current Region: Puget Sound, WA

Age: 24
Degree: MSE Aerospace Engineering
Email vrsub@umich.edu

I'm currently based in the Puget Sound working in aircraft performance analysis to support Boeing's sustainability portfolio. I work in functions that support all future Boeing commercial aviation products, specifically focusing on total aircraft modelling, sizing, and the analysis of non-traditional aircraft. Some of my near term career goals are to explore the sustainable aviation sector, namely in indentifying and studying the feasibility of novel aircraft configurations. Within the next few years, I hope to return to academia and pursue a PhD focusing on novel aircraft design and optimization around sustainability. Outside of work, I am a student pilot working on earning my private pilot's license and also volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America as a youth leadership trainer and content adviser.

Education and Professional Experience

Summary

Venkat Subramaniam

Puget Sound, WA

Education

Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering

2021 - 2022

University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI

Tauber Institute of Global Operations Year 2, Engineering Global Leadership Honors Program, Sigma Gamma Tau (SGT) National Honors Society, MDOLab, A2Sys

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

2017 - 2021

University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI

Tauber Institute of Global Operations, Engineering Global Leadership Honors Society, Michigan Electric Racing, M-Fly Student Aero Design, SGT, CoE Peer Mentor Program

GPA: 3.86, Summa Cum Laude

Professional Experience

Sustainable Vehicle Performance Engineer

April 2024 - Present

Boeing Research and Technology; Puget Sound, WA

Leading airplane performance studies on novel configuration in pursuit of sustainability goals; studied and sized 3 cryogenic advanced propulsion concepts considering mission performance, systems/safety implications, operations economics
Developing frameworks to characterize operational performance envelop for advanced ConOps for cryogenic fuel concepts; coupling vehicle performance, flight physics, and operations knowledge to simulate lifecycle performance
Metoring 2 engineers in advanced vehicle sizing and performance predictions by workshopping vehicle buildup, performance analysis and component scaling techniques within aircraft sizing tools
Leveraging system-or-systems problem solving to analyze operational network projections, vehicle performance/size predicitions, and vehcile economics simulations to distill optimal performance criteria and technology impact

Aerodynamics/Configuration/MDAO Rotation Engineer

May 2023 - April 2024

Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Puget Sound, WA

Researched feasibility of current geometry and analysis packages for airplane level MDAO technology implementation; leveraging open source and Boeing Proprietary software for demonstration
Demonstrated novel gradient calculation on airfoil geometry generation/analysis to Applied Math groups and flight physics leaders utilizing OpenMDAO, automatic differentiation, and adjoint-based CFD sensitivities
Authored 6 airplane functional hazard assesments for airplane-level functions; collaborated with SMEs to review and approave assessments for publication and downstream safety analysis
Collaborated with functional discipline and study team in truss-braced wind exploration, consulting on performance assessment and sizing methodology and utilized MDAO tools to trace concept history

Aerodynamics Engineer

July 2022 - March 2024

Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Puget Sound, WA

Executing airplane-level performance assessments using first principles and computational methods supporting analysis across high/low speed regimes; supports mission performance and aircraft for all BCA products
Exploring novel modelling methods for analyzing performance of non-traditional aircraft configurations and systems to support future product studies; successfully modelled multi-fuel propulsion system for mission analysis and dynamic landing gear failures for hazard analyses and classification
Leading team effort to develop Python toolsets to modernize performance tool interface as a key enabler to support enterprise-wide modern model-based engineering and MDAO efforts; serving as performance stakeholder in Product Development MBE and digital transformation team
Ensuring first-pass quality of analysis by exposing results to critical feedback from stakeholder and team leadership

Warehouse Business Transformation Intern

May 2021 - August 2021

Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Puget Sound, WA

Conceptualized composite KPI metrics and analysis techniques to accurately measure performance of BCA fulfillment process to evaluate cost, quality, safety risks associated with the design/validation of new supply chain value stream
Operationalized KPI metrics into spreadsheet tools to enable design sensitivity trades during fulfillment value stream design and validation; resulting tools halved design analysis times, allowing for rapid analysis across design space
Provided recommendations on future warehousing process design elements to proactively mitigate root causes of safety incidences and ergonomic injuries; utilized root cause and pareto techniques to mitigate 3 high priority issues
Advocated for lean principle integration into future-state warehousing and fulfillment organization and processes

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Summer 2020

General Atomics ASI Inc.; Virtual

Pioneered Power BI dashboard for monitoring planned work and work completed by analyzing multiple databases in SQL and developing performance indicators, automating performance progress reports for over department
Complied end-user guide of dashboard tool to decrease complexity in accessing business intelligence report
Appended manufacturing quality data to existing data model to enable presentation on progress of quality incidents

Undergraduate Aerodynamics Instructional Aide

September 2020 - December 2020

University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI

Created detailed solution manuals for assigned work to enable students to understand concepts and methods used to solve complex aerodynamics problems
Facilitated two hour-long XFOIL software tutorial sessions to teach students about low-fidelity panel solvers for aerodynamic analysis
Mentored students one-on-one on basic aerodynamic concepts, efficient code implementation, and homework challenges

Project Portfolio

These are a snapshot of some of the projects I've worked on and goals I've worked towards over the last few years. Click on the images to enlarge, and select the link to view a summary of the project and access relevant files!