https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/ Recent content in Home on Vishal Sharma | Simulation Infrastructure Architect | Battery Systems & AI Tooling Hugo -- 0.160.1 en Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/codebase-indexer/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/codebase-indexer/ A structural repository understanding system — dependency graphs, importance scoring, and semantic retrieval designed for local LLM reasoning. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/hybrid-code-analyzer/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/hybrid-code-analyzer/ A combined static + dynamic analysis pipeline that correlates runtime failures with structural code importance — built for AI-assisted debugging workflows. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/ai-systems/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/ai-systems/ A different class of AI system — focused on reasoning about structure and behavior, not producing tokens. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/battery-modeling/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/battery-modeling/ Electrochemical modeling of lithium-ion batteries — the tradeoffs between ECM, DFN, and data-driven approaches, and why the real answer is always a hybrid. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/openfoam-battery/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/openfoam-battery/ Converting a C++ CFD tool into a Python-native simulation ecosystem — and why the interface matters as much as the physics. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/battery-simulation/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/battery-simulation/ A standalone simulation framework for battery and BMS development — and a PINN-based degradation model built to run on a mobile app. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/cfd-fire-optimization/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/cfd-fire-optimization/ Estimating wood material properties for fire simulation by running the physics model backwards — what this teaches you about parameter estimation in general. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/charging-time/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/charging-time/ The CC-CV charging profile and why the last 20% of a charge takes disproportionately long — and why that matters for thermal management. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/dc-box-thermal/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/dc-box-thermal/ Thermal analysis of EV high-voltage junction boxes — why the small components in the HV system accumulate heat in ways that aren&#39;t obvious until you model them. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/engine-mounts/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/engine-mounts/ NVH optimization through mount stiffness design — why vibration isolation is fundamentally a tradeoff problem. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/front-fender-design/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/front-fender-design/ Surrogate-based aerodynamic optimization using ANN and firefly algorithm — decoupling the simulation from the search. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/magnesium-wheel/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/magnesium-wheel/ Topology optimization and material substitution for lightweight two-wheeler wheel design — the real cost of weight savings. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/piston-rings/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/piston-rings/ Mathematical modeling of piston ring dynamics — where gas pressure, elastohydrodynamics, and contact mechanics meet. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/radar-autonomous-driving/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/radar-autonomous-driving/ Building a radar sensor model that&#39;s honest about what radar can and can&#39;t do — and why the interesting problems are in the edge cases. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/tire-modelling/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/tire-modelling/ Contact mechanics, standing waves, and why rotating structures misbehave in ways static analysis completely misses. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/battery-scaling/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/battery-scaling/ Scaling electrochemical models across capacity, form factor, and chemistry — without starting from scratch every time. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/current-limits-generator/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/current-limits-generator/ A self-initiated Python tool at A123 Systems that generates physics-based current limit envelopes — covering lithium plating, side reactions, thermal limits, and thermal runaway onset across the full operating space. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/battery-thermal-configurator/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/battery-thermal-configurator/ A MATLAB/Simulink tool that couples CFD-derived cooling channel results with reduced-order thermal models of HV battery packs — cutting model development time by 60%. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/thermal-management/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/thermal-management/ Developing and integrating a complete EV thermal management system — from individual component models to a coupled full-vehicle simulation framework at Mercedes-Benz R&amp;D. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/ai-simulation-debugger/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/work/projects/ai-simulation-debugger/ <h2 id="showtoc-true">title: &ldquo;AI-Assisted Simulation Debugger&rdquo; date: 2026-05-09 summary: &ldquo;An exploratory concept investigating AI-assisted debugging workflows for scientific and engineering simulations.&rdquo; tags: [AI, Simulation, Scientific Computing, Debugging] showToc: true</h2> <h1 id="ai-assisted-simulation-debugger">AI-Assisted Simulation Debugger</h1> <h2 id="vision">Vision</h2> <p>Engineering simulations often fail silently.</p> <p>Numerical instability, invalid assumptions, parameter inconsistency, and mesh issues can propagate through complex systems in non-obvious ways.</p> <p>This project explores whether AI systems can assist engineers in debugging simulation workflows.</p> <hr> <h2 id="central-idea">Central Idea</h2> <p>Treat simulation failures not as isolated errors, but as:</p> https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/about/background/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/about/background/ Where the thinking came from — IIT Kanpur, early career, and how 15 years of domain work connects. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/research/contact-mechanics/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/research/contact-mechanics/ Contact problems are inherently nonlinear and boundary-driven — and they appear everywhere once you start looking. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/research/dynamics/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/research/dynamics/ System dynamics from rigid body motion to nonlinear behavior — the perspective that keeps transferring across domains. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/research/evolution/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/research/evolution/ Why genetic algorithms and related methods are interesting beyond their practical utility — and where they&#39;ve shown up across different domains. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/research/hamiltonian-dynamics/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/research/hamiltonian-dynamics/ Why the energy-based formulation of mechanics reveals structure that force-based analysis misses — and where this keeps showing up. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/how-i-think/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/thinking/how-i-think/ The operating principles — physics-first, failure-driven, structure before generation. https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/resources/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://vishal-sharma2409.netlify.app/resources/ <p>A collection of resources that have been genuinely useful — not just bookmarked and forgotten.</p> <hr> <h2 id="-deep-learning">🧠 Deep Learning</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://goodfeli.github.io/dlbook/">The Deep Learning Book (Goodfellow et al.)</a> — The canonical reference</li> <li><a href="http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/">Neural Networks and Deep Learning</a> — Michael Nielsen&rsquo;s accessible intro</li> <li><a href="https://aindrasystems.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/deep-learning-online-courses-reading-materials-and-software-packages/">Deep Learning Online Courses &amp; Materials</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.analyticbridge.com/group/books/forum/topics/free-deep-learning-book-mit-press">MIT Press Free Deep Learning Book</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~hungngo/classes/2015/705/">UB CSE 705 — ML course</a></li> <li><a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0445">ArXiv: Deep Learning review (2013)</a></li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="-programming-practice">⚙️ Programming Practice</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.hackerrank.com">HackerRank</a> — Algorithm practice</li> <li><a href="http://codeforces.com/">Codeforces</a> — Competitive programming</li> <li><a href="https://www.kaggle.com/">Kaggle</a> — Data science competitions</li> <li><a href="https://www.codechef.com/">CodeChef</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.topcoder.com/">TopCoder</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm">TutorialsPoint</a> — Language references</li> <li><a href="https://projecteuler.net/">Project Euler</a> — Math + programming problems</li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="-note">📌 Note</h2> <p>These are not exhaustive — just references that were useful at different stages.</p>