VARUN KASAL

**** * ******* ***, ******-*****, IL acum1t@r.postjobfree.com 309-***-****

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (GPA - 3.8/4.0) May 2016

Areas of Interest: Quality, Manufacturing, Statistical Analysis

Relevant courses: Logistics and Supply Chain Systems, Operations Research, Engineering Statistical analysis,

Design and Analysis of Experiments, Manufacturing Quality Control, Six Sigma

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, India May 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Assistant, Bradley University, Peoria, IL January 2016- Present

Conducted Manufacturing Process lab for undergraduate students and graded lab assignments.

Assisted Professor in teaching MasterCAM software.

Testing and Validation Engineer, Mann and Hummel Filter Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India October 2012- July 2014

Executed Design Verification Plan (DVP) of testing Air Cleaners (passenger and industrial), Air Intake Manifolds, Cylinder Head Covers and Crank case ventilations of various OEM’s like Ford, Volkswagen, TATA, Volvo, Volvo Eicher, Maruti Suzuki and Piaggio,.

Planned the test sequence, prioritized and assigned tasks to laboratory technicians.

Analyzed the root causes in case of test failures and created test reports.

Prepared presentations to communicate both internally and with the customers regarding test status.

Assisted senior test engineers in implementing 5S and Kaizen in laboratory to improve efficiency of testing.

Worked in tandem with the design team to design fixtures needed to mount the parts for the Vibration test.

Modified/created work instructions and test procedures to facilitate testing.

Implemented a robust internal calibration schedule for measuring instruments in laboratory.

Used SAP (MM) to create purchase requisitions (PR) and purchase orders (PO).

PROJECTS:

Study on McDonalds’ “Drive thru” service times and its quality analysis: FALL 2015

This project was aimed to study and analyze the quality of a nearby McDonald’s ‘drive thru’ system by measuring service times during different time periods.

Analyzed the process control using Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts.

Analyzed the process capability using Capability Indices (Cp and Cpk).

Study of Human Development Index and its factors using design of experiments: SPRING 2015

This project was intended to study the effect of different factors that affect HDI by building a linear regression model and analyzing using F test, T test and ANOVA.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MS Office, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Minitab, Statistical Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, ANOVA, Design of Experiments, R, Python, SAS, Quality Engineering, SPC, Process Capability, FMEA, Lean SixSigma, DMAIC,5S, Kaizen, Root cause analysis, SAP(MM), POM-QM, LINGO, LOGWARE, AutoCAD, Pro-E, MasterCAM

ACTIVITIES AND HONORS:

Participated in 4th Caterpillar YP/Bradley University 6 sigma case competition held in November 2015

Member of APICS, Hindu Youth Society (HYS) and Event coordinator of Indian Student Association (ISA)

Graduate merit scholarship : Bradley University, Peoria, IL

75% funding received from K.S.C.S.T (Technical organization) for my undergraduate senior project

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