Martin Johnson

MS-Automotive Engg-UK 15+ years experience

Engineering / Architecture

Chennai, Chennai district

About Martin Johnson:

Senior professional with rich experience as Leader of Business Aligned Learning & Development function at Engineering and R&D organizations; Looking for contributing through creative and structured approach to achieve challenging targets in Talent, Learning and Development.

- Improvement on Annual Power Production of Wind Farms using CFD Techniques.
- Engine Testing and Instrumentation of Engine Test Cells.
- Formula SAE Racing Cars Development (IC Engine / Hybrid).
- Competency Management of Employee.
- Value Engineering and Value Analysis on Highway Trucks.
- Road Test Automation of SUVs.
- Automation of Engine Test Facilities.
- Downsizing of Automotive Engines, Generating Engine Maps and Validating Test Results.
- Reverse Engineering and Re-Engineering of Automotive Components to avoid field failures.
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control of vehicle subsystems (Steering, Suspension and Brakes)
- Published a Book on “Improving Fuel Economy of a Hybrid Electric Vehicle by Downsizing”.

Experience

Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all stages of design, development and fabrication of a Formula Hybrid Car.
- Involved in training team members in weight reduction and cost reduction.
- Identifying gaps in team members and providing sufficient training / practice to meet the requirements of race event.
- Syllabus & resource formulation, UG & training course content design, development & delivery.
- Conducting contract and sponsored research, Providing corporate training and technical consultancy.
Highlights – Teaching and Training:
- Trained Racing Team Members to Design, Fabricate, Manufacture and Test a Hybrid Electric Car.
- Designed & developed industry relevant UG courses. (details in Annexure: Academic Credentials)
- Developed detailed training contents for academic UG subjects and corporate training programmes
- Delivered corporate trainings (repetitive) at Ford, Bosch and Mahindra & Mahindra
- Delivered academic sessions (repetitive) for regular & corporate UG courses, and workshops/seminars – Topics: Automotive Aerodynamics, Engine Testing and Instrumentation, Automotive Control Systems, Geometric Modeling, CAD, CAM, CAE, Product Design & Development.
- Guided 20+ B.Tech [Engg] / MTech thesis, Published papers (details in Annexure: Academic Credentials)
Highlights – Research:
- Developed a cell for R&D & consultancy on Engine Testing and Instrumentation
- Prepared research funding database, Submitted proposals to many DRDO’s, Private Companies.
- Developed strategic plan for generating revenue for institute through research funds for Centre for Automotive Excellence.
- Executed & delivered consultancy project for M&M, Ford Visteon and other MSME’s

Past work profile at MSR School of Applied Sciences , Bangalore (Affiliated to Coventry University, UK) – 1.5 Years

Role: Assistant Professor – Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering. Team: 6 Professors + 8 Assistant Professors + 6 Lab Technicians
Responsibilities:
- Research and development in customer project requirements. (CATERPILLAR, TATA and GM R&D Services).
- Training corporate employees in the areas of Automotive Powertrain, Automotive Aerodynamics and Automotive Vehicle Dynamics and Control. (Auto Cluster – Tata Motors, Pune).

Past work profiles at various organizations

Automobile Dept, SRM University

Assistant Professor

Teaching 2 subjects and conducting respective practice labs per semester, coordinating academic activities

2.1 Yrs

Sethu Institute of Technology

Lecturer

(Production Engg)

Teaching 2 subjects and conducting respective practice labs per semester, coordinating academic activities

3.1 Yrs

HCL Infosystems Pvt Ltd.,

Customer Engineer

Installation and commissioning of Network Racks, Data Servers at client sites, coordinating the site operations

1.0 Yrs

Education

Qualification*	Institute	Board / University	Passing Year	Grade
M.Sc (Automotive Engineering)	School of Environment and Technology	University of Brighton, UK	June 2009	180 Credits
B.E (Production Engineering)	Sethu Institute of Technology	Madurai Kamaraj University	April 2003	78.6 %
Diploma in (Mechanical Engineering)	MAVMM Polytechnic	Directorate of Technical Education, Tamilnadu	April 2000	87.8 %
SSLC (Technical)	American College Higher Secondary School	Tamilnadu SSC Board	April 1997	87.2 %