Tapas Desai

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Arlington TX 76013, USA abo8y7@r.postjobfree.com

Educational Qualifications

Master of Science, Materials Science Engineering (3.5 GPA, Expected Graduation: June 2013)

University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX USA

Recipient of MSE Department Scholarship 2012

Graduate Research: Hydrogen Embrittlement and Corrosion of Nano-Nickel

Bachelor of Engineering, Metallurgical & Materials Science Engineering (Graduated: June 2011)

Graduated Magna cum laude

Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat India

Experience

Chaparral Technologies / Compass Technical Services (Intern, Summer 2012)

Manufacturing consultant and Supply chain Management

Responsibilities included

- Application Engineering, Client troubleshooting and Material Selection

- Mechanical and dimensional checking

- Drafting revised and new Engineering drawings in AutoCAD

- Worked with vendors including, MetalCam, Quantum Composites and foundries in China

- Worked clients including NOV, Alamo and OilStates

Ghatge Patil Industries (Cameron- FlowControl Division, Longford, Ireland) (Project Intern, Spring

2011)

Project: First Article Qualification of Cast Duplex SS Choke body for Oil and Gas industry

We were working on the body of a 1-ton single-piece Duplex Stainless Steel Choke Valve Casting used in the

upstream side of Oil and Gas industry in Sub Sea applications (expected to withstand sub-zero temperatures,

exposure to seawater and oil at rated pressure of 5,000 psi to 10,000 psi.)

First Article Qualification was required to validate the change in manufacturing process from forging and welding

to casting

My responsibilities included

Observe all and perform parts of the FAQ procedure

Performing Destructive and Non Destructive tests.

Analyze the results of the tests and give input on the result

Motif Engineers (Intern, Fall 2010)

Machine shop

Obtained an exposure to Rough machining, CNC machining and Final inspection

TCR Advanced Engineering (Intern, Spring 2010)

NABL accredited Metallurgical Laboratory

Performed Destructive and Non Destructive testing and gained exposure to Failure Analysis

Prayas Engineering, part of Elecon Engineering (Intern, Fall 2009)

Ferrous and Non-Ferrous foundry

Worked under each Foundry Department (Mould making/Dye/tooling, Melting, Casting, Heat treatment,

Machining, Quality Control) manufacturing Ferrous and Non Ferrous components.

Other Skills

Certified for Liquid Penetrant testing by ASNT, Level II

Fluent in English, Hindi and Gujarati.

People-person, team worker, good in communication and public speaking

Conversant with MS office, AutoCAD, Windows and Mac OS.

Extra-curricular achievements

Member of ASM/TMS (UTA Chapter)

Co-Anchored the Valedictory ceremony of MMSE seniors, 2010 at IITE, Gujarat University, India

Editor of METTLE, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Annual Magazine at IITE, Gujarat

University, India

Travelled extensively in India and abroad

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