HRISHIKESH KULKARNI

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Houston, TX, 77082 Email: abibn9@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Seeking a full-time position in the field of Mechanical Engineering where

my skills and knowledge in design, FEA analysis, and CAD can help in the

progress of the organization

Summary

A performance driven and result oriented Mechanical Engineer with industry

and research experience as Design Engineer, Mechanical Engineer and

Graduate Research Assistant, Experience in design, manufacturing,

automotive systems, reliability engineering, Proficient in Finite Element

Analysis (FEA), AutoCAD, Pro/E, GD&T, Recognized for keen ability to

improve component designs, increase efficiency and decrease the need for

re-engineering, good communication and management skills, self-starter,

effective management of work priorities, meeting critical program

schedules and technical objectives and experience of writing reports, good

team player

Education

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering GPA 3.89

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Graduation Date: December 2009

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering GPA 3.5

Government College of Engineering, (COEP) Pune, India Graduation Date:

August 2006

Work Experience

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University Lubbock,

Texas

Graduate Research Assistant January 2008 - December 2009

. Researched and validated methodology of Weibull failure theory for

fatigue limits of steels

. Executed ANSYS FEA analysis and wrote MATLAB programs for equivalent

stress calculations

. Developed algorithm to predict probability of failure of component loaded

in static and fatigue

Infosys Technologies Limited Mysore, India

Mechanical Engineer July 2006 - December 2006

. Performed project work in product design and development

. Performed project work in C, C++ programming and Mainframe Systems

TATA Motors Limited Pune, India

Mechanical Design Engineer July 2005 - May 2006

G 600 Gear Box Power Take Off Drilling, Milling, and Reaming on Special

Purpose Machine

. Designed and fabricated a special purpose machine (SPM) to perform

operations of drilling, face milling, reaming, and counter sinking on

power take off unit of G600 gearbox casing

. Designed drilling and reaming spindles, gearboxes, hydraulic circuit,

selected pulleys, belts, motors

. Modelled the designed parts in AutoCAD, Pro-E and CATIA and adapted GD&T

and ASME code

. Advanced design of SPM increased production capacity from 90 to 120 units

per day

. Achieved saving in cost, energy, and cycle time by using Lean

Manufacturing

. Documented bill of materials (BOM) and material requisitions

. Project was appreciated by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in

national project competition

Hematic Motors Limited Karad, India

Intern Summer 2004

. Acquired training in design of hermetic motors and compressors

. Accomplished project work in rotor die casting, tensile testing of

winding, stamping of winding sheets, heat treatment of lamination, and

assembly

Research Publication

. Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Hrishikesh Kulkarni, R. John, J. M. Larsen, "A

Weakest-Link Approach for Fatigue Limit of Steels", 2009 ASME

International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition

. Research paper in preparation to be published in Journal of Engineering

Materials and Technology

Computer Skills

CAD & FEA: AutoCAD, Pro/E, CATIA, GD&T, ANSYS

Other: C, C++, MATLAB, NESSUS, Java, Microsoft Office

Honors and Activities

. National Talent Search Scholarship, India, 2000

. Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

. Graduate School and Mechanical Engineering Department Scholarship, Texas

Tech University

. Led a team of 20 students in organizing Robotics competition in

undergraduate technical festival

LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hrishikeshvishwanathkulkarni

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