Zoheb Akhtar

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Email: dii4ln@r.postjobfree.com | Phone: 520-***-****

Professional Synopsis

• Excellent engineering aptitude with good knowledge of Dynamics & Control and Design of Machine Elements

• Proficient in CAD software such as SolidWorks, Solid Edge and COSMOS with over 3 years of academic experience

• Excellent experience of Manufacturing Technology and Statistical Quality Control

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Education

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Major GPA: 3.4 (8/2010-8/2012)

Thesis: Computational Modeling and Optimization of a Proton conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, 2010 (8/2006-5/2010)

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India

Key Courses: Heat and Mass Transfer, Design of Machine Elements, Finite Element Modeling

Work Experience

Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd., India - Internship

• Gained valuable industry experience on Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and other Statistical Quality Control techniques

• Gained valuable experience on various CNC and non CNC machines such as CNC lathe machine, vertical turning boring machines, Maag gear hobbing machines etc.

• Involved in manufacturing 50 t capacity EOT cranes

Micro Air Vehicle lab at The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ (5/2011-8/2011)

• Designed (SolidWorks) and fabricated a vacuum system for testing a flapping micro air vehicle

• Accomplished more than 30 wind tunnel experiments on a flapping wing micro air vehicle

• Developed formulas using Advanced Dynamics concepts to find out velocity and acceleration of the wing

• Developed a MATLAB code and used MS Excel to process and analyze data

The University of Arizona - Teaching Assistant (1/2012-5/2012)

• Employed as a teaching assistant for Control Systems Design in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering department. I had valuable experience using and controlling electro-mechanical devices by real time windows in Simulink

Examily LLC, Seattle, WA - Summer Job (7/2012-8/2012)

• Gained excellent design experience (SolidWorks) creating a number of perspective questions with complex design for Dental Admission Test (DAT)

Research

Computational Modeling and Optimization of a Proton-Conductive SOFC (9/2011-Current)

• Developed a MATLAB code to simulate an H-SOFC for its analysis and optimization

• Successfully validated the model using other experimental results with similar properties

• Successfully optimized the fuel cell for the best combination of parameters obtaining highest results

Stability of a Biped Walking Robot

• Defined various phases of walking in a biped robot

• Derived a mathematical representation of a biped walking robot

• Derived the stability condition in a state space form for the flow state of the robot

Design and Fabrication of an Prosthesis for Disabled (Bachelor’s Project)

• Worked in a team to successfully design (SolidWorks) and fabricate a simple four bar mechanism prosthesis for three basic movements: pinching, pointing and holding

Software Skills

• SolidWorks, Solid Edge, CNC G-Code, COSMOS, ANSYS, MATLAB, Simulink

• SQL, MS EXCEL, MS ACCESS, MS POWERPOINT, C++, C

Awards and Honors

• Winner of the first prize in ’Techno Capire Al Volo, 09’ competition organized by IEEE for ”Design and Fabrication of an Prosthesis for Disabled”

• Awarded the graduate tuition scholarship for the last semester during the MS program

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