Ajay Kumar Balaji

• Work in collaboration with principal investigators, staff and students
• Responsibilities of conducting experiments and presenting theresults
• Oversee students, assist with lab or research centre maintenance, order supplies and ensure safety standards are met
• Set up and conduct tests according to procedures, maintain records, and analyse, summarize and compile data and results for dissemination

• Instruction, lecturing or supervision in classes, tutorials or laboratories
• Preparation of materials or set-up of required displays or apparatus for classes, tutorials or laboratories
• Presence at designated lectures and/or reviewing course materials/content
• Holding office hours and meeting with students
• Grading of essays, assignments, laboratory reports, tutorials, quizzes, tests and exams,
• Proctoring of exams, per the policy of Administration of Examinations in the Academic Handbook
• Conducting/supervising of field trips
• Employer-required training (e.g. WHMIS and other necessary health and safety training; Safe Campus Community training; AODA training; TA training)
• Employer-required meetings (e.g. meetings with the course supervisor and department-wide GTA meetings)
• Reading and corresponding electronically with students relevant to the assigned course (e.g. email and e-learning)
• Other teaching-related duties

• Helped with the design and fabrication in various projects of PhD students
• Worked on various projects in IIT involving welding, CNC, laser scanning and reverse engineering
• Taught lab sessions for Bachelor students

Project Title - Feature on Wing Flap to Enhance Aerodynamic Efficiency.

• Performed simulations in ANSYS Fluent to calculate lift and drag forces, their coefficients, and efficiency to find optimum design.
• Consolidated results and reported observations for all iterations.

Design and Fabrication of Special Purpose Machines.

• Trained in processes involved in manufacture of Side Frame Milling SPM.
• Involved in CAD Drafting of above mentioned machine which is used in Manufacturing Industry with aim to resolve shop floor problems and to draw for shop floor automation needs.

• Created content for social issues & write proposals.
• Participated in NGO events.