Ritesh Sharma
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Objective
TO OBTAIN A FULL TIME POSITION IN THE FIELD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING,
UTILIZING MY CURRENT ENGINEERING BACKGROUND AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND.
Education
B.S., MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
. Expected Graduation Date: May 2010
. GPA: 2.7/4.0
Skills
COMPUTER: MICROSOFT OFFICE, IWORK, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, MACROMEDIA FLASH,
MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER, IWEB, ADOBE ACROBAT, WINDOWS, MAC OSX, LINUX.
Technical: Power Steering Systems, Electronic Control Systems, Matlab,
Pro/Engineer Wildfire, Solidworks, LabView, HTML, DHTML, XML, CSS,
Javascript, Java, C++, computer hardware, wired and wireless network
implementation and maintenance.
Professional: Time and project management, client needs assessment, team
management.
Experience
Automotive Engineering Co-op, Honda of America; East Liberty, OH - May 2009
- August 2009
. Worked with suppliers and the design team to modify design to meet
customer expectations and Honda targets
. Evaluated various components on test vehicles against product
specifications, presented findings to others in the department and
possible countermeasures to product designers
. Supported ongoing investigations by recreating noise and vibrations on
test vehicles, and finding solutions to prevent those noises and
vibrations from occurring on customer vehicles
Mechanical Engineering Junior Design Competition, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte -January 2009 - April 2009
. Worked in a team setting to design and build a robot to traverse a course
. Designed and implemented electronic controls that regulated the speed of
the robot along with forward and reverse motion
. Acted as project manager: reviewed all calculations and CAD models during
the design phase, held team members to task deadlines, facilitated
communication and conflict resolution between sub-teams
. Team tied for 1st place during competition: recognized for having the
fastest robot out of 16 teams
Automotive Engineering Co-op, Honda of America; Anna, OH - January 2008 -
August 2008
. Performed warranty parts analysis on parts coming from dealers
nationwide, presented findings to others in the department.
. Supported ongoing investigations by analyzing warranty claims by
utilizing research tools unique to Honda of America.
. Worked with suppliers and design to modify product design to reduce
component failures in market.
. Supported department investigations by running recreation tests on
various Honda and Acura models
. Audited the manufacturing process of various suppliers
. Worked with suppliers to reduce product failure rate by recommending
changes to supplier manufacturing processes.
Activities
. GRADUATE, UNC CHARLOTTE ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
AUGUST 2007 - APRIL 2009