Sandeep Bhattacharya

Results-driven and detail-oriented engineer with expertise in process optimization, accelerated stress testing, failure analyses, material design for reliability using numerical modeling, statistical analysis and data visualization. Passionate about leveraging technology to enhance material performance. Experienced in working on technical challenges in various engineering projects and addressing them by developing innovative solutions.

• Expertise in materials testing methods: wear, indentation, compression, tensile, fatigue and creep testing.
• Investigated damage mechanisms in materials subjected to mechanical and electrochemical tests.
• Corrosion testing (cathodic protection, sacrificial anode) and surface treatment/coating (PVD, CVD).
• Design of customized test setup involving mass flow controllers, flow meters, heaters, humidifiers, load bank, pumps and piping. 
• Expertise in plumbing using steel/Viton/PTFE gas and liquid flow lines, valves, regulators, and leak testing.
• Drafting PHAs for safety and risk assessment before equipment usage and lab HVAC verification.
• Understanding process flow diagrams (PFD) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
• Technical documentation: Report and proposal writing, creating presentation slides, capturing meeting minutes.
• FEA-based mechanical design software: Stress analysis in 2D & 3D with CATIA, LS-Dyna. 
• Data analysis and visualization: OriginPro, MS Excel. 
• Industry/client interactions, vendor/supplier interactions for material procurement.
• Budget and cost estimation, processing invoices, purchase requisition, change orders.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication, organizational skills.

• University of Windsor, ON, Canada: MASc (Materials Engineering) 
• Jadavpur University, India: BE - Honors (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)