Nikhil Cherian

I am passionate about enhancing the world's quality of life through technology, productivity, and sustainability. A mechanical engineer with passion and drive who is eager to learn, grow, and advance in the energy sector. In addition to a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Sacramento, I also have a Master of Applied Science (MASc) in Energy Systems Engineering, from Memorial University with a focus on technique and device design for energy system applications. Nuclear power, energy storage, steam system design, safety & risk, reliability, and piping engineering are currently among the engineering areas of interest.

MANUFACTURING DESIGN ENGINEERING INTERN - ZOLLNER ELEKTRONIK GmbH, CA

Jan 2021 – July 2021

Instrumental in early launch of a complicated medical instrument in preparation for volume manufacture.

Mechanical design validation of complicated electronics modules and integration into whole rack systems

Gained insight of the actual manufacturing process, methodologies, direct customer design team engagement, SPC, production capacity modelling, inventory management & procurement.

R&D ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN – ZOOX, INC – TRACY, CA

Nov 2020 – Dec 2020

• Intern on the R&D Engineering team, working alongside those that design and develop our state-of-the-art hardware systems required for enabling autonomous mobility.

SOLAR SALES ADVOCATE – SUNRUN, INC – SACRAMENTO, CA

July 2020 – Sep 2020

• Solar Advocate working in the renewables and environment industry. Skilled in Customer Service, Investment Strategies & Advisory, and Financial Analysis.

STUDENT INTERVIEWER / PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEY RESEARCH PROGRAM – CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, CA

May 2018 – July 2019

Conduct interviews on behalf of the California Department of Public Health with the residents of California State.
Maintain data entry & confidentiality.

MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE, ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING / SEPTEMBER 2021 – APRIL 2023 Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada (GPA: 3.63)

PROJECTS:

Design & Simulation of Triboelectric Nanaogenerators

• Research on positive triboelectric material for TENG to power a simple calculator and also design a custom TENG Testbench for the TENG using Solidworks

Development of an Energy System for a remote region in Newfoundland Province

• Assisting with selection of Wind Turbine & Solar cells to meet the power consumption required for the region. Adding an Energy Storage utility to sustain the System.

• Estimation of Solar Radiation and Wind Speed to for the NL Region.
• Design the Energy System layout and conduct performance analysis of the system.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, MECHANICAL ENGINEER / AUGUST 2016 – MAY 2020
California State University, Sacramento CA, United States of America (GPA: 3.27)
Related coursework: Control System Design, Heat Transfer, Thermo Combustion Engines, Thermodynamics, Concurrent Product and Process Design, Project Engineering, Mechanical Properties of Materials, The Manufacturing Process, System Modeling & Simulation Machinery Design, Fluid Mechanics, Composite Materials and Test Automation and Technical Project COVID Testing machine manufacturing.