Balaji Bheeman

• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Additive Manufacturing
  • AI-Driven Quality Control and Defect Detection
     
• Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)
  • Generative Design
  • Topology Optimization
  • Build Preparation and Part Consolidation
  • Support Minimization

Berufliche Erfahrungen

01/2024 – Present   Research and Technology Manager bei Airbus Operations GmbH

Airbus Operations GmbH

• Digital Research and Technology (R&T) focal point for additive manufacturing and blockchain technology bricks.

06/2022 – 12/2024   Digital Innovation Accelerator

Airbus Operations GmbH

• Advanced research on digitization and applications of artificial intelligence for additive manufacturing.
• Prototyped blockchain-based business cases and authored whitepapers.

11/2018 – 05/2022   Product Manager - PLM Research and Innovation (for Additive Manufacturing)

Airbus Operations GmbH

• Collected, compiled, and defined end-to-end digital requirements, and performed research on digital twins for the additive manufacturing technologies in scope.

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04/2018              Master of Science in International Production Management

Technische Universität Hamburg

Core Focus: Integrating Emerging Technologies and Concepts into Production Systems.

Master's Thesis: Towards Generative Design: Algorithm-Aided, Biomimetic Design for Additive Manufacturing of a Model Aircraft Wing Using Laser Beam Melting.

05/2012              Bachelor of Engineering in Production Engineering

PSG College of Technology, Anna University (India)

Core Focus: Manufacturing Process Research

Bachelor's Thesis: Studies on velocities and volume rates of flow through selected gating systems pertaining to Aluminum alloys and their flow visualization using water models (kinematically equivalent).

Bheeman, B. V., Badrinarayanan, N., Mohan, V., Sivaprakasam, S., & Venkataperumal, P. (2012). Leaf spring flats, a frugal alternative for making rotavator tines. In Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 3: Design, Materials and Manufacturing, Parts A, B, and C, pp. 1853–1857). ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2012-86912

Thirunavukkarasu, S., Bheeman, B. V., Ashwin, R., Varadharajan, M., Devadasan, S. R., & Murugesh, R. (2013). Lean implementation through value stream mapping: A case study in an Indian pump manufacturing company. International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 16(4), 506–524. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSOM.2013.057511