RAVI KIRAN DUKKIPATI

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Wichita, KS 67220

E-mail: abnbtl@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 316-***-****

Profile

. Self motivated Mechanical Engineer with good experience in Mechanical

Systems, Design and Analysis using analytical, Computer Aided Design and

Finite Element tools

. Experience working in mechanical systems group at Hawker Beechcraft

Corporation (HBC) on Product Design and Development

. Worked as Design Engineer at Caterpillar facility and got proficient with

EDS, HVC, Team Center Database and CAT Standards

. Experience with CAD packages Pro/E Wildfire, CATIA V5 & V4, Solidworks

and AutoCAD

. Published a Research Paper at Journal of Composite Materials

. Familiar with Finite Element Analysis tools such as ANSYS, ProMechanica

and Abaqus

. A multi-skilled generalist, energetic, capable of working hard and

delivering results within the timeframe

Computer Skills

Mechanical Software: Pro/Engineer, CATIA V5/V4, AutoCAD, SolidWorks,

Master-Cam, HyperMesh, ANSYS, Statgraphics, CORE

Programming : C, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Part Programming

Other Software: Microsoft Office 2003/07 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word,

Outlook), Lotus Notes, MATLAB, MathCAD, Lab View, CorelDraw,

Adobe Photoshop & Streamline

Professional Experience

Research Assistant

National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita, KS

August 2009-Present

. Conducting experiments with carbon and glass fibers using Resin Transfer

Molding process

. Study and documentation of saturated and unsaturated permeability of

various fiber volumes

Mechanical Engineer II (Mechanical Systems)

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, Wichita, KS

February 2008 - July 2009

. Worked on Modification (MOD) Drawings for Premier II platform to provide

instrumentation provision for pre-licensed production and

experimental/development aircraft

. Coordinate with Experimental flight testing and Stress groups to resolve

issues related to New Product Development

. Investigate engineering issues affecting the production line and aircraft

in the field and determine the best course of action

. Incorporate Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Change Orders (COs) and

release the mechanical system drawings and Bill of Materials (BOMs)

. Design modifications for Landing gear systems/subsystems, Hydraulic

systems, power circuits, Air brake systems using CATIA V4 & V5 and Helix

. Create and revise Experimental Work Authorizations, Test Requests, and

specifications for existing and new designs

. Trained on HBC standards and working with Document Distribution System

(DDS) and Enterprise Configuration System (ECS)

. Design, assembly and installation drawings of aircraft interior (Cockpit

Pedestal Inst)

Design Engineer (Contract Position)

Axis Inc., Peoria, IL (Caterpillar Facility)

June 2007- January 2008

. Worked at Caterpillar facility on design modification and detailing of

Cat engine oil pans, brackets, hoses and other mounting groups

. Trained on CAT standards and worked with the Cat Engineering Data System

(EDS)

. Experience with Pro/Engineer detailing, geometric dimensioning and

tolerance (GD&T), checked completed layouts and drawings for clarity,

completeness, conformity to standards and specifications

. Experience working with (Pro-Iman) Teamcenter Database

Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University

May 2005-May 2007

. Design and Analysis of closed injection mold using Pro-Engineer and ANSYS

. Conducted laboratory experiments using Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) and

Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) process to calculate the

permeability of composite fibers

. Documented the permeability variations observed using test fluids over

various composites fibers in Liquid Composites Molding (LCM) process

. Data reduction, documentation of results with graphs and write reviews

for all the experiments

. Assisting graduate and undergraduate students in design, assembly and

geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) projects using Pro/Engineer

and CATIA

. Prepared course and laboratory materials for the course "Computer Aided

Engineering"

Graduate Assistant

Wichita State University

August 2005-May2007

. Assisted the System Administrator with working and monitoring the systems

. Assisted students in working with Windows 2000/XP, Microsoft Office

2003 & related software's

. Document and maintained course materials for students use and

conducted academic tests

Academic Projects/Trainings

. Trained on composite's lay-up at National Institute for Aviation Research

(NIAR), Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

. Design and GD&T of various parts using Pro/Engineer at Concurrent

Analysis Corporation, Hyderabad, India

. Trained on Pro/E and Auto CAD at Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD),

Govt of India

. CNC Programming of Extrusion Die at NFC, Hyderabad, India

. Transient and Structural Analysis of Carriage Wheel using Finite Element

Methods (ANSYS) South Central Railways, Hyderabad, India

. Worked as Intern at NFC, Hyderabad, India

. Trained on CATIA V5 Surfacing and Wireframe from National Institute for

Aviation Research (NIAR), Wichita, KS

Education

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

December 2007

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

May 2004

Master's Thesis

Experimental Investigation of Fiber Sizing-Test Fluid Interaction for In-

Plane Permeability Measurements of Continuous Fibers

Journal Publications

Sanjay Sharma., Dennis A. Siginer., Ravi K. Dukkipati., Kurt A.

Soschinske., Effect of Fiber Sizing -Test Fluid Interaction on the

Unsaturated and Saturated Flow in the VARTM Process, Journal of Composite

Materials, Volume 43, No. 15, pp1589-1601, 2009

Relevant Course Work

Computer-Aided Engineering, Total Quality Management, Tolerance in Design

and Manufacturing, Computer-Aided Analysis, Systems Engineering &

Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Heat Transfer, Machine Drawing,

Marketing & Management, Statistics, Lean Manufacturing, Fracture

Mechanics, Impact Dynamics, Six Sigma, DOE, Operations Research

Holding H1B Visa and Curricular Practical Training (CPT)

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