MUKUND CURAM SUNDARAM

**** ******* **** **, *** No 215, Bryan, Texas. 77801 Email: acems7@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 618-***-****

LinkedIn: (www.linkedin.com/pub/mukund-curam-sundaram/45/113/625/)

Objective

Seeking Fall 2014 Co-op that will lead opportunities in Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and Quality Control

Education

Master of Science, Industrial Engineering May '15

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Cumulative GPA: 3.83/4.0

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering May '13

Osmania University, Hyderabad, India Cumulative GPA: 3.7/4.0

Relevant Courses

Design and Analysis of Industrial Experiments, Advanced Quality Control, Location Logistics of Industrial Facilities, Production and

Operations Management, Manufacturing Processes, Lean Manufacturing and Probability for Engineering Decisions

Work Experience

Jun’14 – Aug’14

Process Excellence Project Lead Intern, Covance Laboratories, Madison, Wisconsin

Coordinate with three core operational departments to create Value Stream Map

Identify areas that are ripe for cost reduction, cycle time reduction, quality improvement and gaps in process handoffs

Provide corrective actions through lean implementation and Six Sigma principles to enhance operational efficiency

Assist with data generation and analysis and act as project and team lead for entire intern project

Quality Intern, Hinduja Foundries, India Jun '12 - Jul '12

Collected and analyzed defects data in casting

Identified the control and noise factors by implementing Fish Bone diagram, Pareto Chart and conducting data mining

Designed and analyzed experiments using Taguchi Method i.e. L18 Orthogonal Array

Implemented ANOVA and S/N Analysis to establish optimum levels of control factors

Reduced surface defects by 21% and improved casting yield by 17% using Quality Control tools

Engineering Intern, Manufacturing Engineering, TATA Motors, India Dec '11 - Jan '12

Conducted line balancing and cycle time study for axle assembly line

Implemented Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Five Whys and 5S to reduce cycle time and throughput time

Redesigned the line side storage layout to improve operator's motions

Achieved Just-In-Time by implementing Kan-Ban system in order to eliminate waste (Muda) in the inventory

Reduced the cost by $3000 by redesigning the process layout of the assembly line

Increased the productivity of the line by 11% by eliminating bottle neck and improving material flow

Curriculum Projects

2014 European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics Challenge, Texas A&M University Feb '14 - Apr '14

Studied and analyzed the UK Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index, Spending Index, Present Situation Index and Expected Index

to establish a link between customer confidence and time period

Implemented Control Charts and concepts of Advanced Quality Control in order to detect the presence of anomaly and predicted the

indicators of anomaly and their performance into the future

Feb’14 – Apr’14

Optimum Location of Power Generators for Counties of West Texas, Texas A&M University

Analyzed various elements of an electricity transmission system and modeled a Supply chain network

Solved the p-median and p-center problems for the network in CPLEX to obtain the optimum location of power generators

Investigated the behavior of the objective function, number of iterations and compile time in p-median and p-center problems

Compared the results obtained from the practical data to the results obtained from randomly generated data

Design of Paper Helicopter, Texas A&M University Sep '13 - Dec '13

Designed and optimized flight time of paper helicopter using principles of Design of Experiments

Implemented Regression Analysis, Response Surface Methodology and Robust Design to improve flight time by 91% as compared

to Marine Zero (1.78 Seconds)

SAE BAJA Aug '12 - Feb '13

Designed and fabricated an All-Terrain 4 wheel vehicle according to the stipulations laid down by Society of Automotive Engineers

(SAE)

Technical Skills

AUTOCAD, SolidWorks, ANSYS, ProEngineers, Microsoft Office, Matlab, Minitab, Visio, CPLEX, C and C++

Optimization, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Kaizen, Five why, Design of Experiments and Quality Control tools

Leadership & Activities

Lead a team of 25 students in planning and organizing Robotics Events in Mechanica and SAE Convention.

Worked as the Head of Publicity department and Informal events for cultural events such as Shruthi and Carpediem

Worked as Executive Board Member and Coordinator for community service organizations such as Street cause and HSCO

Eligible to intern in the US with CPT for any employer

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