Quality Control Project

HEMANT BORKAR

**** ********* ******, ********, **, H2X 2G7, Canada

• ********@*****.*** • 514-***-****

Professional Profile

Highly self-motivated, analytical and skilled professional with demonstrated project

management experience in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

Experienced in industry-oriented academic research on magnesium wrought alloys focused

on magnesium extrusion, hot deformation, texture evolution and electron microscopy.

One year of industrial experience in heat treatment and metallurgical quality control in forging

company.

Proven oral and written communication skills with published research in 5 peer reviewed

journals and presentation in 2 international conferences.

Technical Skills

Characterization Techniques: Optical microscopy, XRD, SEM, EBSD, TEM.

Softwares: SPSS, Origin-Lab, TSL OIM Texture Analysis.

Education

PhD in Materials Engineering 2012 (expected)

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

M.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science 2006-2008

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India

BE in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science 2001-2005

National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India

Industrial Experience

Assistant Manager, Heat Treatment and MQC 2005-2006

Bharat Forge, Pune, India

Introduced new system of cooling curve analysis for the polymer in heat treatment tank.

Reduced quench cracking from 1.15% to 0.50% within 4 months using new quenchant.

Selected among the best development projects by managing director of the company.

W orked in induction hardening quality control unit giving directions to production shop to

maintain induction hardening depth and hardness.

Prepared quality control certificates for induction hardened forgings.

Research Experience

Doctorate Research 2008-2012

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Thesis: Texture and Microstructure Studies on Mg-Mn-Sr Extrusion Alloys

Developed novel Mg-Mn-Sr compositions for extrusion with improved mechanical properties

and formability for potential automotive front-end applications.

Collaborated with industry for research project and conducted industrial trials.

Identified the objectives, prioritized the tasks and maintained flexibility.

Synthesized and analyzed large quantities of data and evaluated the findings scientifically.

W orked effectively with researchers in other laboratories to produce a published manuscript.

W orked within deadlines for seminars, annual reports and thesis submission.

Course Project Fall 2008

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Topic: Microstructure and Texture Evolution in Cold Rollling of Aluminium Alloy 2024

Undergraduate Project 2004-2005

NIT Nagpur, India

Thesis: Retrogressing and Reaging Treatment of Al-Mg Alloys to improve Stress Corrosion

Cracking (SCC) Resistance

Other Experience

Teaching Assistant, Process and Materials Design Jan 11- Apr 11

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

• Graded student course project reports and organized final term presentations.

Teaching Assistant 2007-2008

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

Welding Technology Jan 08-May 08

• Helped in organizing midterm exams and grading the tests.

Mechanical behavior of materials Jul 07-Nov 07

• Assisted course instructor in preparing presentations, sourcing scientific literature, grading

assignments and tests.

Summer Intern May 2004

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, Mumbai, India

• Studied various types of heat treatment furnaces and their productivity and power consumption

issues in tractor automotive plant.

Volunteer Work

W orked as student monitor in TMS international conference, Orlando, FL (March 2012).

Participated as judge for annual Science Fair at Villa-Maria high school, Montreal (April 2009).

Awards and Distinctions

Departmental GREAT Conference Travel Award, 2010 & 2011.

McGill International Student Doctoral Fellowship, 2008-2011.

MHRD (Government of India) Graduate Scholarship, 2006-2008.

All India Rank 111 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Metallurgical Engineering, 2005.

9th merit position among 30000 students in Nagpur Division in HSSC (12th Std), 2001.

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