Kavin Arumugam Sivanesan

Masterand @Daimler Truck | Master’s Student | COMMAS | University of Stuttgart, Germany

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

I am a simulation engineer with an academic background in computational science and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) through the COMMAS master's programme. I also have hands-on industrial and academic experience in battery simulation, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), heat transfer and backend software development coming from internships and working student and master thesis roles. I am also interested in numerical implementation of algorithms, programming and automation of workflows. With my prior experience as a research intern, I have explored different CFD models and methods specific to turbulent flow and heat transfer analysis.

Experience

  • Daimler Truck AG (Stuttgart · Hybrid)
    • Thesis Student
      Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      Working on development of electrochemical-thermal-mechanical coupled simulation model for improved LFP battery cell simulation.

    • Working Student
      Nov 2025 - Feb 2026 · 4 mos

      Working on the development of a battery simulation toolchain for parameter calibration in MATLAB. Developed a tool for automating test bench data export from CONCERTO.

  • Student Research Assistant at Institut für Statik und Dynamik der Luft- und Raumfahrtkonstruktionen
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Working under the Digitalization for Sustainability (DigiTain) Project. Developed Physics-Informed Machine Learning (PINN) models for predicting coupled thermomechanical static and transient systems and implemented model-order reduction methods. Conducting structural simulations of hydrogen tank under refilling, emptying and crash scenarios using LS-DYNA. Performed Symbolic Regression studies with stress data from simulations to discover mathematical relationships between input and output data.

  • Simulation Intern at Daimler Truck AG
    Apr 2025 - Sep 2025 · 6 mos

    Working on 3D CFD simulations for powertrain components with StarCCM+. Investigation and modelling of battery ageing processes with COMSOL. 1D simulations for H2-ICE combustion model calibration with GT-Power.

  • Senior Analyst at Capgemini
    Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Worked as a Java Backend developer and gained valuable software development experience by translating client requirements into web application features. Also worked on frontend and web/microservices along with database operations.

  • Research Intern at Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram
    May 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo