VISHAL D. KAMBLE S RESUME FOR METALLURGICAL / MATERIALS ENGINEER

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Tuscaloosa AL 35401

Email: sd9p1x@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 205-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Metallurgist with 2+ years of experience seeking a position in a reputed organization preferably in manufacturing forging ferrous heat treatment or materials testing domain.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Mechanical and Non destructive testing and Inspection

Specimen preparation equipment calibration NDT MPI and UT grain size inclusion rating failure analysis defect analysis tensile and compression testing fatigue testing three point bend testing impact testing micro indentation hardness testing indentation hardness testing step down testing.

Analytical Techniques / Materials Characterization

Sample preparation metallography etching scanning electron microscopy (SEM) X-ray diffraction (XRD) optical microscope transmission electron microscope (TEM) microstructure analysis quantitative microscopy.

Management and Interpersonal skills

Project execution skills supervisory skills complex problem solving/resolving ability teamwork communication skills flexible and open efficient.

Project Development

Heat treat cycle for pit type carburizing furnace Die Design Pultrusion process for composites.

Supervision Training & Presentations

Undergraduates and graduates lab visitors colleagues lab technicians.

Computer Proficiency

Pro-E CAD-CAM Dyna Form ANSYS MS Word Excel PowerPoint Lab View Data Acquisition software. Ability to create and read sketches and engineering drawings.

Standards and Specifications

ASTM Quality Standards: ISO 9001:2000 QS 9000 and TS 16949.

EDUCATION

Master of Science Metallurgical Engineering (August 2009-Present)

University of Alabama Tuscaloosa AL

GPA: 3.68

Master of Science Materials Science and Engineering (August 2006 - December 2008)

University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL

GPA: 3.62

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) Metallurgical Engineering (June 2001 - June 2006)

Government College of Engineering Pune India.

GPA: 3.45

EXPERIENCE

Intern Metallurgist (August 2010 Present)

Applied Ultrasonics Birmingham AL

• Responsible for ultrasonic impact treatment of multiple alloy types such as carbon steels titanium and aluminum and subsequent metallographic evaluation fatigue testing and non destructive testing of the same.

• Passing relevant product specifications and product information to vendors and performing quality check on the incoming material.

• Responsible for procurement of metallographic equipments and fatigue tester for the metallurgical lab.

Graduate Research Assistant (August 2006 August 2008)

University of Alabama at Birmingham AL

• Worked as a graduate research assistant in materials science and engineering department conceiving assisting and supervising design and analysis in research of considerable scope and complexity and supporting the development and fabrication of light weight materials.

• Maintained laboratory operating and test procedures per quality system requirements supervised and trained undergraduates and lab technicians and also maintained safety and good housekeeping standards.

• Conducted heat transfer analysis of die and mold using FEM/FEA for various materials and processes.

• Materials activities Mechanical testing building and designing test fixtures for materials characterization metallography microstructure analysis void content and density measurement result validation.

• Hands on experience on data acquisition system scanning electron microscope (SEM) optical microscope X-ray diffraction (XRD) tensile testing impact testing and 3-point bend testing.

• Familiar with Transmission electron microscope (TEM) DSC and TG-DTA.

CO-OP (June 2004 May 2006)

Bharat Forge Ltd Pune India

• Developed hardening and tempering heat treatment cycles for various engine components such as connecting rods and crankshafts.

• As a team member installed Pit type carburizing furnace established process parameters and successfully implemented for connecting rods.

• Monitored heat treatment process parameters for various furnaces collected data and analyzed for process variation and optimization.

• Provided technical support to various cross functional operations on a day to day basis.

• Participated in a team for defect analysis decision of non conformance and implementation of corrective action plan for a batch of crankshafts.

• Metallurgical activities Chemistry verification microstructure analysis mechanical testing hardenability grain size inclusion rating surface inspection macro etching step-down testing and hardness inspection.

• Hands on experience on Brinell Rockwell and Micro hardness testing tensile testing and impact testing.

• Familiar with non destructive testing Magnetic particle inspection (MPI) and UT.

• Actively involved in performing failure analysis of crankshaft.

HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• Coordinator for American Composites Manufacturing Association conference at UAB (March 2008)

• Recipient of Graduate School Research Assistantship (2006-2008)

• General Secretary of school for sports during undergraduate studies (2004-2005)

• Recipient of State Scholarship Award for 4 consecutive years India (2002 2006)

GRADUATE COURSEWORK

Advanced Physical Metallurgy Nucleation and Growth Metallurgical Thermodynamics Advanced

Mechanical Behavior Micro structural Processes Quantitative Microscopy Characterization Corrosion Science Finite element Methods Process Modeling and Simulation.

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

• American Composites Manufacturing Association (ACMA)

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