Sudheesh Sureshkumar
MSc. Structural Mechanics engineer with 5.5 years’ experience on modelling and calculation of complex multibody systems, aero elasticity, finite element and composite light weight structures.
Sudheesh Sureshkumar
19.08.1988 in Kerala, India
Citizenship: Indian.
Visa: German Permanent Residence.
Work Experience
May 2017 until now Director of Technology,
Elpro/ enbreeze GmbH, Berlin
Responsible for research, development and technical decisions making at enbreeze GmbH.
Project and Resource Management, Type 2 Certification of enbreeze 15 kW. Test and Validation of enbreeze passive pitch on 15 kW prototype. Measurements and Aeroelastic load comparison in the 15 kW prototype. Benchmarking, loads and planning the series production of the turbine in international markets. Responsible for technical enquiries from customers. Work Patent (Pending): (Patent number DE10 2017 004 909.2)
Nov 2013 — May 2017 Research and Development Team lead: Aeroelastic Simulation and Finite Element method Elpro/ enbreeze GmbH, Berlin
Aeroelastic design and testing of 3 small wind turbines according to IEC 61400-2 small wind turbine standards.
Finite element simulation of Complex rotor blade root connections, calculation and modelling of complex light weight composite structure. Design, Calculation and Testing of enbreeze passive pitch system. . Aeroelastic modelling and loads simulation of 15 kW, 10 kW and 1.6 kW HAWT with HAWC2. Multibody simulations of complex systems. Structural modelling of composite modelling of rotor blades using BECAS. FEM using ANSYS Workbench and CFD using CFX.
Feb 2013 — Sept 2013 Master Thesis: Aeroelastic Simulation of small wind turbine using HAWC2 (German grade equivalent1.0) enbreeze GmbH, Cologne
Structural Model: Multibody Dynamics (HAWC2), Aerodynamics: ANSYS CFX, BEM (HAWC2), Wind Turbulence: Windap. DELPHI based external DLLs, BECAS for Blade Composite Modelling.
July 2012 — Jan 2013 Structural Engineer Intern enbreeze GmbH, Cologne
Design and calculation of Nacelle and Structural Frame for 1.6 kW small wind turbine.
Aug 2010 – Feb 2011 Guest Lecturer: Computational Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod, India
Dec 2009 — Feb 2010 Internship: Calibration of Industrial Gas Flowmeters Fluid Control Research Institute, India
EDUCATION
2011 — 2013 Master of Science Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Structural Mechanics (German grade equivalent 1.7) Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden.
2006 — 2010 Bachelor of Technology: Mechanical Engineering (Top 0.1 % of the university graduates, Distinction with Honors) Kannur University, India
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
March 2010 Runners up, Best Paper presenter Asia Pacific Region American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Goa, India
June 2011 International Organizer Team World Student Environmental Summit 2011
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Software:
HAWC2, BLADED, FAST, SIMPACK, ANSYS, ABAQUS, MATLAB, SIM-SCALE, DELPHI, PYTHON, QBLADE, AUTODESK INVENTOR, MATHCAD, MICROSOFT OFFICE TOOLS, CFX, BECAS, NUMAD, BeamDyn.
Languages:
German (B2), English (Native), Malayalam (Mother Tongue), Hindi (Fluent), Tamil (Fluent), Swedish (Basic).