Structural Analysis Engineer · Northrop Grumman
Harish
Jai Ganesh.
Building structures that don't fail.
B.S.E. Aerospace engineering, University of Michigan.
Long-term interest in revolutionizing high performance flight.
Engineering
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multiphysics · CFD · HPC
Automotive hood FSI simulation pipeline
- Built coupled OpenFOAM FSI pipeline across 16,000+ hood geometry variants for Ford
- Automated STL-to-displacement-field workflow on HPC via SLURM
- Co-authored paper accepted to NeurIPS 2025
MASA thrust transfer structure
- Redesigned TTS for 15% higher thrust with 3% weight reduction
- Verified hand calculations with ANSYS FEA, including buckling failure modes
- Machined parts to GD&T spec on mill and lathe
Adaptive camber wing
- Led CFD and wind tunnel testing across 9 configurations
- Achieved 4-8% L/D improvement over conventional flaps
- Presented findings to faculty and industry reviewers
Carbon fiber surface treatment study
- Investigated chemical surface treatments to improve CFRP bonding with aramid additives
- Performed composite layups and industry-standard structural tests
- Used SEM imaging to characterize bonding at the micro scale