Engineer Mechanical

NITHIN PRAKASH

**** ***** **** **, *** # ****, Houston, TX 77054

281-***-****

**************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Graduate with M.S in Industrial Engineering and B.E in Mechanical Engineering, proficient in the

concepts of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and Lean, adept in statistical & simulation tools,

ability to analyze from engineering and business perspectives, seeking a challenging full time

position to implement the same

EDUCATION

• M.S, Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX GPA -

3.7/4.0

(Graduation date: Dec 2010)

• B.E, Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological Institute, India GPA –

3.75/4.0 (Sep 2004 – June 2008)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Title: Manufacturing Engineer Intern, Turbine Air Systems, Houston, TX (Oct 2010 –

Present)

• Created a costing tool to generate the material cost, labor cost and process time involved in all

operations of pipe spool fabrication

• Managed the implementation of a pallet racking system for a 40,000 sq. ft facility warehouse

• Developing a process flow for inventory control, Improvement of pipe fabrication and assembly

operations, and Project labor hour estimation with the Manufacturing Engineering Team

• Established a spatial capacity tool with the Operations Team to plan facility capacity for backlog

and forecast projects

Title: Mechanical Engineer Intern, GE Health Care, Bangalore, India (Jan 2008 – Apr

2008)

Project: Study and Process Improvement of Leak Detection in High Voltage Tanks, CT scanners

• Application of design of experiments for critical parameter design and robustness study

• Analyzed design and assembly, performed stress tests, and fatigue evaluation using Ansys

• Executed 32 controlled experiments, developed interaction and main effects plots

• Improved leak detection process, reduced rejection rate, lowered testing time and inspection

cost

Title: Academic Support Assistant, University of Houston Libraries (Oct 2008 – Oct

2010)

• Implemented 5S and Visual Management, management of physical inventory

• Developed a quick reference guide and operation manual for AutoCAD

COURSE PROJECTS

• Simulation of airplane deicing process at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, using Arena

• Improvement of Course Evaluation process, Measurement & Evaluation Center, University

of Houston by value stream mapping, 5S, Kanban, Takt time and standard work flow

techniques

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Tools: Minitab, Arena, MS Excel (Macros, Pivot tables & VB scripting), Visio, Access, Project, C,

C++

• CAD/CAM Software: AutoCAD, Inventor, Predator, Esprit, Nastran, Patran

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Winner of the Trailblazer Award for Leading Organizational Change at University of

Houston Libraries for the year 2009

• Received Dr. Agarwal scholarship for the academic year 2008 – 2009

CERTIFICATIONS & OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Certification in Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Manufacturing and Value Stream Mapping

• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers and Alpha Pi Mu

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