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Nihal Joshua

Email: acten5@r.postjobfree.com

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Intuitive, analytical, results-driven and dedicated Engineer with a Masters degree in Mechanical. It is my goal to utilize my skill sets in a challenging and fast paced work environment. I would like to work on the strategic as well as operational level of the organization, employing best practices to best meet organizational goals and ensure utmost customer satisfaction. TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Experience in 2D and 3D CAD

Modeling (Solidworks, Creo

2.0, AutoCAD)

• Fabrication

• Familiar with GD & T

• Negotiations

• Presentations

• Product design and development

• MS Office Package: Word, Excel &

PowerPoint.

• LabVIEW • Strong communication

• Machining

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

(Thermal

Management)

June 2013 to January

2015

Teaching Assistant

(Engineering

Technology)

Sept 2012 to May 2013

University of North Texas, Denton Texas

• Designed and constructed a pressure controlled system using PTC Creo 2.0 along with its individual LabVIEW program with the use of data acquisition system in order to run an immersion cooling test setup which was a university project.

• Tested and analyzed the results along with the heat load calculations of immersion cooling with enhanced surfaces for thermal management applications. These results are published in academic journals and presented at American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) conference.

• Successfully designed and built a Heat Shrinking Tube prototype Phase I as part of a University - Industry collaborative project. Brought about design changes to the prototype as required by the industry executives.

• Assisted a team of engineering graduates in setting up and running other individual thermal management research projects.

• Mentored an international intern in machining and running lab experiments which subsequently resulted in successful completion of his training with a poster presentation to the college of engineering.

• Single handedly set up the entire thermal management lab which included planning equipment set up, considering health and safety & ensuring inventory was in place. University of North Texas, Denton Texas

• Mentored and trained undergraduate students on their term project using machining skills.

• Advisor and Overseer of 30 students in the planning, structuring and successful execution of individual and group term project.

• Maintained lab equipment including quality control checks & calibration records. Procurement

Engineer (Materials

Division)

July 2009 to October

2011

KEC International Ltd., Mumbai

Purchase:

• Executive Assistant to the Head of Procurement which included managing day to day operations of the office, managing projects, researching and preparing reports etc.

• Successfully carried out risk management along with procurement team for pricing of volatile priced materials.

• Carried out the Life Cycle of Purchase which includes: i. Request for Quotation (RFQ) and compiling of Bid Packages 2

EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

Professional in Product Design and Analysis, (CADD Center) 2015 Masters in Mechanical Systems - Department of Engineering Technology, (University of North Texas) 2014 Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, (University of Mumbai) 2008 PUBLICATIONS

• Huseyin Bostanci, Nihal E Joshua, " Nucleate Boiling of Dielectric liquids on Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic surfaces," International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2015-53604

• Nihal E Joshua, Denesh Ajakumar, and Huseyin Bostanci, "Nucleate Boiling of Dielectric liquids on Hydrophobic patterned surfaces," International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2014-37513

• Shahrokh Yousefi-Darani, Nihal E Joshua, Huseyin Bostanci, Enrique Barbieri, "Automating a Heat Shrink Tubing Process." The 2014 IAJC/ISAM Joint International Conference ISBN 978-1-60643-379-9 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Awarded the Deans Engineering Scholarship by the University of North Texas (2013-14) ii. Raising purchase orders for materials as per requirement iii. Interacting with suppliers and negotiating pricing of raw materials iv. Coordinating documentation with plants, suppliers and finance v. Negotiating LC terms, payment terms and delivery terms vi. Coordinating raw material supply to the plants vii. Tracking and maintaining plant inventories by coordinating with plant officers viii. Drafting monthly reports of Grade A, B and C raw materials purchased ix. Identifying new suppliers and coordinating with existing suppliers

• Quarterly analysis and overview of the raw material control sheet with deviations in the purchasing were presented to the head of procurement.

• Implemented cost effective purchase strategy, based on the analysis of trends in raw material purchase through reverse auction and alternate sourcing.

• Vendor Management including building vendor relationships & maintaining vendor portfolio

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