Tanay Shah

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Worcester, MA 01609

646-***-****

kdqdkl@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Full Time in the field of Hardware Development and Research Engineering to help enhance manufacturing efficiency and improve product design.

AREA OF INTEREST

•Industrial Robotics • Embedded Systems • Systems Integration •Systems Engineering

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Robotics Engineering – May 2012

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, Massachusetts GPA 3.44

Bachelor of Technology in Mechatronics Engineering – June 2010

Ganpat University, Gujarat, India GPA 3.76

PROJECTS

• Robotic arm with 4 degrees of freedom (Senior Year Project) 2010

o Using Embedded AVR Programming and SolidWorks CAD tools

• Signboard following Industrial Robot (Class: Introduction to Robotics) 2010

o Using Matlab Based Vision Processing System

• Landfill sorting Robot (Class : Technological Innovation) 2010

o Focusing on Design and Market Feasibility Analysis

• Car employing Active Suspension technology (Class : Sensitive Robotics) 2011

o Designed a car that can take turns at three times the speed of a normal car without slipping or overturning.

• Maple Syrup Bottling Machine (Class : Design of Manufacturing Processes) 2011

o Designed a machine for a real world company and won an invention award for the same.

• Retrofitting PUMA 560c, Industrial Manipulator (Master’s Thesis) 2012

o Using National Instruments and Advanced Motion Controllers with MS Kinect based 3d Vision and Mobile Robotics

• Writing a book “The Theory of Time”

SKILLS

• Languages – C, C++,Visual C++, HTML, Pascal, PHP, Perl, Java

• Tools – Matlab, Labview

• CAD/CAM : AutoCAD, Pro/E, Solid Works

• Embedded Systems using Microcontrollers (MCS-51 family) and Microprocessors (MCS-85 Family and ARM Architecture)

• Microsoft Windows, Linux ( Ubuntu, Fedora), Mac OS

• Microsoft Office ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)

• Media Editing : Adobe Photoshop , Sony Sound Forge

• Fluencies : English, Gujarati, Hindi

WORK EXPERIENCE

Harvard Apparatus, Massachusetts 2011

Mechatronics Design Intern, (Summer 2011)

Development of next generation infusion pumps. Assisted Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics department by employing my knowledge of Mechatronics and Robotics engineering

Perfect Pack, India – Machine Operation Department 2006-2010

Operations Engineer, (2007-2010)

Supervised Machine processes and helped with creating more efficient Manufacturing Design Models

Operations Engineering Intern, (2006-2007)

Learned machine control and design for achieving higher efficiency.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Participated in India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation’s program involving 8 continuous days of fasting and medical research. 2009

AWARDS

• Winner : Invention Challenge, WPI Fall 2011

• Nationally Presented Papers (Conference)

o Second Place: “Accurate Control of Pneumatic Systems” 2009

o Second Place: “DNS spoofing by MITM” 2009

• Three Gold medals in Computer Science (High School) 2002/2003/2004

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Treasurer, AIESEC – Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales 2007-2008

• Treasurer, Indian Student Organisation, WPI 2011

• Indian Society for Technical Education 2006 – Present

• Freelance Website Designer and Book Layout Designer 2007 – Present

• Lecturer, The Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein, College 2009

• Designer, Magical fountain based on a principle of Greek Engineer, Heron of Alexandria, for Community Centre of local housing society 2010

• Designed a unique sundial for the Community Centre of same

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