Education
- PhD (Mechanical), Magna Cum Laude, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Mar. 2006
- MSc (Mechatronics), Cum Laude, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, Oct. 2001
- BE (Mechanical), Distinction, Karnatak University, India, Oct. 1996
Experience
- Member, Editorial Board, Micromachines, Feb 2009 - till date
- Consultant - Mathematical Modeling, Novelis Technology, India, Nov. 2008 - till date
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Division of Engineering, Brown University, USA, Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2008
- Associate Scientist, Institute for Reliability of Components and Devices, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct. 2003 - Sep. 2007
- Young Scientist, Institute for Materials Research II, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany, Feb. 2002 - Sep. 2003
- Research Assistant, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany, Oct. 2000 - Mar. 2001
- Research Assistant, Institute for Microsystems Technology, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, May. 2001- Oct. 2001; Nov. 1999 - Sep. 2000
- Marine Engineer, Mitsui OSK Lines, Japan, 1997 - 1998
- Purchase Engineer, Kinetic Honda, India, 1996 - 1997
Short Bio
I am currently holding the position of Consultant - Mathematical Modeling with Novelis Inc., a world leader in aluminum rolled products and beverage can recycling. In this capacity, I am the main contact person for Novelis Inc. in Asia for computer based mathematical modeling of deformation of rolled aluminum sheet products.
Prior to joining Novelis I was employed as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Engineering at Brown University. My research at Brown involved modeling equilibrium composition profiles / morphology evolution of strained alloy coherent and dislocated quantum dots. Before coming to the USA, I worked as an Associate Scientist at the Institute for Reliability of Components and Devices, University of Karlsruhe, Germany and I collaborated with GKSS Forschungszentrum GmbH, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH. Here my research involved modeling and simulation of wear in ceramic micro-machines using finite elements. This work was funded by the German Research Foundation within the framework of a collaborative research center named “ SFB 499 – Design, production and quality assurance of molded micro parts constructed from metals and ceramics”. The code that I developed for this purpose was named the "Wear-Processor" which is now used by Robert Bosch GmbH for developing advanced wear resistant coatings for engine applications. I received my doctorate in engineering sciences in mechanical engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (an elite university in Germany) in March 2006 for the above work. Before coming to Karlsruhe, I studied at the Hamburg University of Technology for my master of science in mechatronics. While studying for my masters I worked on fluid-thermal coupled field finite element analysis of a micro machined thermal conductivity sensor used in a micro gas chromatograph for my thesis and also worked on thermo-mechanical finite element analysis of thin metal films used in automotive sensors at Robert Bosch GmbH.
- I arrived in Germany from Dharwad, India where I studied for my bachelor's in mechanical engineering. Following my undergraduate studies, I worked as a purchase engineer for Kinetic Honda and later as a marine engineer for Mitsui OSK Lines.
Selected Publications
- V. Hegadekatte,
S. Kurzenhäuser, N. Huber, O. Kraft, A predictive modeling scheme for
wear in tribometers, Tribology International, 2008, 41. p. 1020 - 1031.
- N. V. Medhekar, V. Hegadekatte, V. B. Shenoy, Composition maps in self-assembled alloy quantum dots, Physical Review Letters, 2008, 100, p. 106104. (Selected for the March 24, 2008 issue (Volume 17, Issue 12) of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology)
- V. Hegadekatte, N. Huber, O. Kraft, Finite
element based simulation of dry sliding wear, Modelling and Simulation
in Materials Science and Engineering, 2005, 13, p. 57 – 75. (Featured
on the cover)
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