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AVANI BHATT

OBJECTIVE

Actively and effectively associate myself to an organization that requires exceptional technical and communication skills while offering adequate career growth.

CAREER STRENGTH

• 5+ Years of experience in core mechanical engineering field of design and analysis.

• Worked on automotive, heavy engineering, manufacturing domains

• GD&T applications and principles

• Proficient in designing large scale HVAC systems for non-residential Establishments like schools, colleges, restaurants, offices, commercial

buildings, Airports etc. Experience in creating construction documents.

• Exposure to new product development and retrofit design

• Finite element theory and application

• Computational modeling and design calculations using MATLAB

• Design, Estimation, quoting of Mechanical projects

• Exposure to manufacturing environment and the assembly process.

• Exposure to Sig sigma and failure mode analysis.

• Work complies with ASME, IS standards

• Vendor selection , cost estimation, quoting of Mechanical projects

• A self-motivated and committed team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

SKILLS

CAD Tools : Pro-E Wildfire 2, Auto CAD 2006, Solid Works 2006, Canvas9i (3D graphics tool), ANSYS 12

Load Calculations Software : Trace 700 and EnergyPro2005

Office Management Software : Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point

Computer Languages : MATLAB

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND TRAININGS

• Associate Member of ASHRAE

• Underwent training on Chilled Water system organized by Edison, CA

• Underwent training on Six Sigma Methodologies.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• MS in Mechanical Engineering at University of Pittsburgh with 3.85 GPA – Dec 2011.

WORK EXPERIENCE

GE TRANSPORTATION,ERIE, PA MAR 2012 TO TILL DATE

Position: Mechanical engineer

As part of Mechanical Design Group, I am responsible for

• The design and development of the weight and clearance consideration of the Locomotives.

• For the standard as well as NPI locomotives look for the weight of the truck and the platform assemblies.

• Coordinating with other disciplines and group for clarification of the requirements and impact of the design.

• Creation and approval of Change order and Change notice according to the customer changes.

• Provide factory support when there is need for the changes and the updates in the manufacturing of the locomotives.

SMC AMERICA INC, TUSTIN, CA DEC 2007 TO MAY 2008

Position: Design engineer (contract)

As part of the LA technical design center, I was responsible for

• The design and development of the custom manifold and the pneumatic vales.

• Conducted structural analysis of the custom manifold and valves using 2D/ 3D mesh generation using Finite Element method

• Developed a numerical code in MATLAB to evaluate the buckling failure of the manifold

• Data analysis of numerical results to suggest necessary design changes using SolidWorks to reduce flow induced vibration amplitudes

• Timely report generation with suggestive design changes using various software tools such as SolidWorks, MS Word, MS Powerpoint

• Selection of pneumatic valves based on the customer requirements provided in Request for special

• Coordinating with Sales team to clarify the requirements and additional inputs on given RFS.

• Coordinating with Vendors for getting quotes for manifolds.

• Testing and failure mode analysis of the manifolds for the quality check using cause and effect matrix generation , check lists and FMEA methods.

P2S ENGINEERING INC, LONG BEACH, CA NOV 2006 TO JUL 2007

Position: HVAC Design Engineer

As part of the Mechanical Design group, I am responsible for,

• Designing HVAC system for non-residential establishments such as schools, restaurants and colleges that are approved by DSA and City Plan Check and designed in compliance with Title 24.

• Carrying out HVAC design from Schematic Phase to provide support for Construction phase, which includes Load calculations, VAV box selection, pressure drop calculations, duct sizing and routing, pipe sizing, Refrigerant leak calculations, selection of AHU, evaporative coolers, ductless splits and the Chillers, valve selections etc

• Carrying out the cost estimation of various subsystems of HVAC system per Mechanical Means book.

• Selection of fuel cell for Cal State University, Long Beach.

• Extensive fieldwork for schools and colleges from 1200 sqft to 100,000 sqft.

• Proficient in CAD drafting software AutoCAD 2006 and load calculations software Trace 700 and EnergyPro 2005.

• Writing sequence of operation and the DDC points list for HVAC equipment: cooling tower, Chillers, boilers, pumps.

• Preparing the specification at stages of 90%-100% Submittal.

• Coordination with other disciplines like electrical, architecture, plumbing and fire protection.

• Interaction with customers, understanding the requirements and translating to appropriate results.

• Interacting with third party vendors and sales representative like Carrier, Trane, Energy Labs, Titus etc. for selection of equipments.

CATERPILLAR( CAT ), INDIA NOV 2005 TO OCT 2006

Position: Design Engineer

As part of the Parts Illustration and Authoring team I was responsible for,

• Detailing of various solid models of the excavator using Pro/E Wildfire

• Used top down assembly technique for modeling of Front Axle of Tractor in Pro/E wildfire.

• Modeling of Front and Rear Frame of Tractor.

• Developing of new variant of tractor from the existing product to specify the design changes. For enhancing analysis in ANSYS, FEA model (Single Solid Model of the assembly without Geometric checks) is developed.

• Creating illustrations of the parts manuals for the product groups like Motor Graders, Excavators, Engines, Track Type tractors etc. using company’s proprietary graphics tool Canvas 9i. The Pro/E Wildfire tool was used to create the 3D models of the serviceable parts

• Experience in developing illustrations for the Wiring and Harness Assemblies, Hose Assemblies, tool kits etc.

• Editing (Reviews) the illustrations according to the quality standards.

• Identifying the Serviceable parts for the products like Engines, Motor Graders.

• Creating Bill of Material ( BoM ) for the identified serviceable parts.

• Recording and minimizing the error in the drawings as a part of continuous improvement process.

• Exposure to green belt six sigma methodologies and root cause analysis.

LARSON & TOUBRO LTD, INDIA MAY 2005 TO OCT 2005

Position: Mechanical Design Engineer (contract through ARP Technologies)

• Responsible for designing of large scale HVAC system for the multi storey office space and public space projects for the clients like Motorola (India) Hyderabad, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Bangalore International Airport Ltd etc.

• Detail design of HVAC system which includes the duct routing, water piping, shaft sizing, carrying out piping and ducting layout, calculation of heat loads and pressure drops, and deciding the capacity of the AHU, Chiller and Pumps.

• Preparation of Design Basic Report, Bill of Quantities, Process and Instrumentation Diagrams

• Carrying out Psychrometric Analysis to validate the capacity of the HVAC plant.

ARP TECHNOLOGIES LTD, INDIA JULY 2003 TO MAY 2005

Position: Product Development Engineer

• Responsible for the designing and modeling of material Handling equipments like conveyor belts, gearboxes and machine shaft assemblies, extensively using Pro-E Wild Fire.

• Modeling, assembling and detailing of the Valve Assemblies for piping system.

• Created an assembly of a slider crank.

• Modeling, assembling and detailing of Break Adjusters used in conveyor design.

• Modeling of Pulley Idlers used in the conveyor design.

VIDEOCON NARMADA GLASS, INDIA JULY 2002 TO JULY 2003

Position: Mechanical Design Engineer (contract)

• Developing equipment layouts for the furnaces, grinding, polishing and lapping machines.

• Preparation of Bill of Quantities ( BOQ ) and specifications for the conveyors and the gear boxes.

• Designing of mechanical elements using Pro E Wildfire and AutoCAD 2000.

ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENT

Fabrication of the Gantry Type Robot

• It is three-dimensional Cartesian Coordinate System Robot, having 3 Degrees Of Freedom. The robot was designed to handle the payload of 5 kg. The movements of lead screw and gripper were designed using the stepper motors of the various torques. The coordination and control of the stepper motors was done using the micro controller based circuitry. The design of the robot was done using AutoCAD 2000 and ProE 2001.

• Responsibilities: I was responsible for the design and manufacturing of the lead screws, frame, nuts and acrylic body parts of the robots using AutoCAD 2000 and ProE Wildfire. This includes detailed drawing of the Cartesian Coordinate Robot in ProE 2001.

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