Chellappa Habeeb
About Chellappa Habeeb
Chellappa Habeeb is the Marine Lead at ExxonMobil Upstream Operations in Houston, Texas, with over 14 years of experience in Finite Element Analysis, machine design, and development.
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Chellappa Habeeb currently holds the position of Marine Lead at ExxonMobil Upstream Operations in Houston, Texas, working through QuEST Global. In this role, he leads a team of five individuals.
Professional Experience at QuEST Global
Chellappa Habeeb has had a long tenure with QuEST Global, spanning multiple roles and locations. From 2015 to 2016, he worked as IPTL at SIEMENS energy gas turbine, dividing his time between Bangalore, India, and Montreal, Canada. Before that, he spent two years (2013-2015) as an FEA Engineer and Contract Engineer at Baker Hughes in Houston, Texas. He also served as Project Leader in Derby, United Kingdom, for four months in 2011. Earlier in his career, he was a Lead Engineer in Syracuse, New York, for two short stints in 2007 and 2008.
Experience with Barry-Wehmiller International
Chellappa Habeeb worked at Barry-Wehmiller International (BWI) as a Design Engineer from 2000 to 2005. During these five years, he operated in both Chennai, India, and Greenbay, USA. His responsibilities included designing and developing paper machines and their components. He utilized tools like Inventor, AutoCAD, and Solidworks for his design tasks and prepared and released Bill of Materials to the manufacturing department.
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Expertise
With over 14 years of experience, Chellappa Habeeb is proficient in Finite Element Analysis (FEA), machine design, and development. His expertise covers various types of FEA, such as Linear Static Analysis, Advanced Transient Non-linear Analysis, AutoFrettage Simulation, and Shot Peening Simulation. He frequently uses tools like ANSYS Workbench 15 and NX Nastran 8.5 for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Fatigue Analysis.
Technical Proficiency and Industry Standards
Chellappa Habeeb is well-versed in using multiple design and analysis tools, including NX Nastran 8.5, Inventor, AutoCAD, AutoCAD API, Solidworks, and Teamcenter. He holds extensive knowledge of industry standards like ASTM, ASME (American Standard), IS (Indian Standard), and GB (Chinese Standard). Through his career, he has amassed over six years of onsite experience working with notable companies such as SIEMENS, Rolls-Royce, MEGTEC Systems, Barry-Wehmiller, Davis-Standard, and Baker Hughes Inc.