SUDHIR PANDKAR

Email: sudhir_ abm5n4@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 219-***-****

SUMMARY

Experience in designing electrical, automation, instrumentation

and control systems, HMI, SCADA and PLC software development,

system start-up and commissioning, industrial networking and on

field troubleshooting.

. SCADA, HMI Programming:, Proficy iFIX, Panel-View, Panel-View plus,

INViews, EZ-Touch

. PLC Programming: ABs PLC5, Control Logix, SLC5, Micrologix,

Directlogic, Omron, and Mitsubishi

. PLC network communication: DH+, Ethernet, ControlNet, Device Net,

DH-485, RS-232

. Software: Intellution iFIX, RS-Linx, RS-Logix platform software,

Panelbuilder 32, RSView

. Data collection Software's: FIN (Factory Intelligence Network) and

IBA software

. Drives: AC/DC drives, servo programming (from Manufacturers like

AB, Control Technique (Emerson), Yaskawa, Reliance etc.)

. Engineering Project Management

. Supervised production line, project contractors, junior engineers,

and maintenance employees

. Working knowledge of NEC, OSHA, NFPA-70E, standards

. Team player and leader (CIT, 5S, Kaizen)

EDUCATION

MSEE, University of Alabama in Huntsville (Aug 00 - Aug 03)

. Master's Thesis: Designing PID controls, and controls laws for

linear and non-linear sensor systems and accommodate external,

unexpected disturbances by modeling them mathematically using

Disturbance Accommodation Control Theory proved by Dr. C.D.

Johnson.

. Design tools: Full/reduced order observer designs, ITAE

criteria, Root Locus, Nichols charts etc

. MATLAB - Simulink software implementations of control algorithms

for dynamic sensor models

. Served as co-author for white paper submitted to AFSOR towards

inclined PhD studies

. White paper: "Unmanned Arial Vehicle Control though State

Dependent Riccati Equation using Sliding Mode Control Technique"

BE (BS), Instrumentation Engineering, Pune University, India (Jun 1993

- July 1997)

. Micro controller 8051 and Microprocessor 8085 assembly language

programming

. Courses in thermodynamic, modern control theory, Disturbance

accommodation control, unit operations, process controls,

mechanical ISO drawings etc

. Seminar: Optical pyrometer and its advanced techniques

. Courses: PLC programming, PLC architecture, SCADA, DCS, Embedded

Control, Unit Operations etc.

EXPERIENCE

ARCELORMITTAL, IN (July 08-Present) Automation Engineer

. Indiana based producer of flat carbon steel, long carbon steel and

stainless steel; steel producing, processing and finishing industry

. Training Reliability Centered Maintenance and its application in

daily operations

. Troubleshooting and Maintenance Galvanized line for flat roll

finished products

. Added HMI (iFIX Client) screens for blower and combustion fan

controls and upgraded PLC2 system to ControlLogix platform

. Programmed HMI screens for troubleshooting purpose to ease line

maintenance on welder control.

. Upgraded Zinc pot temperature controls and upgraded Opto22 PLC

controls to ControlLogix

. Developed PID flow diagrams for alkali cleaning section and upgrade

of controls from PLC2 to control logix PLC is in process

. Implemented IBA data acquisition system to collect data for process

(furnace control) evaluation and modification

TARKETT, AL (June 05-July 08) Manufacturing Engineer

Alabama based manufacturer of Luxury Vinyl Tile, planks and

quick stick flooring products

. Selected for Managerial Training program by the Tarkett Corporate

held in London, UK in year 2006 resulting in successfully

performing a supervisory role for quick stick production line

. Active involvement in T+, 5S improvement teams, Kaizen Teams (team

lead), daily production, CIT steering committees, and capital

project planning meetings

. Electrical Troubleshooting of heavy unit operational units like

extruder, mill, & mixer, heat exchangers, chip loader, embosser

control, and granulator control

. Worked with automation system vendors for plant automation needs

and submitted the financial budgets as primary stage of EAP

approvals for capital projects

. Project Management:

. Demonstrated skills in electro-mechanically designing automated

equipments like plank handling ($80K labor cost reduction) on

press and laminate manufacturing lines, plank transfer machinery

($40 K labor cost reduction), tile loader.

. Handled electrical troubleshooting of automated boxing,

palletizing, and beveling machinery

. Established of FIN (Factory Intelligence Network) data

collection using Control-Logix platform (Ethernet)

. Updated controls for a Preheat section of 120 x 6 x 8 feet using

radiant burners

. Modernized anneal heat control for a section of 40 x 6 x 4 feet

using IR electrical heaters for better temperature control over

the traditional on-off timer control functional units

. Instated hot house temperature control for storing material

before being processed by finishing line that resulted in better

quality control

. Instituted several modern technologies such as laser

distance/gauge measuring systems, speed control/regulation

techniques at various locations in the manufacturing lines for

speedy change over such as of embossing rolls, and of web

material gauge control

. Successfully analyzed natural gas utilization throughout the

plant and implemented restrictions resulting in reduced utility

bills by $30-35 K/yr.

JSA MACHINARY, AL (Jan'04 to Dec'04) Field Service Technical Engineer

. Successfully extended customer service in various states in USA by

commissioning and installing refurbished post-press automated

machineries at customers' sites

. Organized and conducted onsite training for customers' employees

and augmented strong customer-company relations

. Project Management:

. Fore fronted the modification of old PLC programs for

refurbished stacker, trimmer, and binding machineries to

accommodate customer's demands

. Established relay logic controls, prepared AutoCAD drawings as

well as performed modifications in power distribution.

. Efficiently handled and supervised the electrical installations

and troubleshooting for refurbished complete binding machinery

inclusive of Trimmers, Stitchers, Stackers, and Inserter lines

at customers' sites

. Introduced electronic diagnosis and repair capability for

various instruments like variable frequency drives, AC/DC/servo

drives, timers, counters, and thereby achieving cost reduction

in outside repairs (savings $700/ timer-counter control unit)

University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL (Aug'00 to Aug'03) Graduate

Research Assistant

. Actively participated in NASA sponsored project on Plasma Trapping

and Transport conducted at National Space Science and Technology

Center in Huntsville AL

. Functioned as a co-author of "The Spinning Terrella Plasma

Experiment: Plasma Trapping and Transport," a research paper,

submitted to Physics of Plasmas journal

. Adeptly performed GUI interface using National Instruments LAB

VIEW, C programming software for experimental data acquisition

. Served as co-author for white paper submitted to AFSOR towards

inclined PhD studies

. White paper: "Unmanned Arial Vehicle Control though State Dependent

Riccati Equation using Sliding Mode Control Technique"

. Entrusted with responsibility of guiding junior engineers in

research conduct

Vikram sTOVE Manufacturers, India (Jun'97 to Jun'00) Electrical

Controls Engineer

. PID control using optimal performance, maintaining after burn

ratios in boilers controls involving dynamic considerations of mass

flow equations

. Electro-mechanical and electronic troubleshooting of control

components

. Successfully handled startup, installations and commissioning of

engineering projects involving operational units like evaporators,

heat exchangers etc

. Worked on engineering projects leading junior engineers,

technicians and operating personals

. Participated Six sigma project as a team member involved with

boiler control process

. Received a financial aid for education (Master degree) in United

States of America

CERTIFICATIONS: ControlLogix and SCADA iFIX; GE Intellution [pic]

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