Project Mechanical Engineering
Resume:
Srinivasan
Laxman's Resume
SRINIVASAN
LAXMAN
: ******@***.***
812
West Main Street #114
Phone
: 817-***-****(H)
Arlington
TX 76013
(817)
*** ****(W)
OBJECTIVE
Challenging
position in the areas of Product Design, Analysis and Manufacturing.
EDUCATION
Aug
'98 - May 00
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
Thesis: Aerospace Manufacturing in Confined Spaces: Manual/Automation issues.
Aug
'93 - Jul '97
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
The Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Oct
98 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant, MARS Lab, University of Texas at Arlington
Projects
1.
Automated Drilling Systems, Technical Study - Project involved extensive
literature search and evaluation of automated drilling systems and initial
robot concept development for drilling in confined regions in aerospace
industries.
2.
Robotic Concepts and Design for Automated Processes inside the Torque Box:
A technical Study - Project involved developing conceptual designs of robots
and virtual simulation of robotized drilling operations for aerospace applications
using Pro/E and ANSYS.
3.
Sensor Technologies for Robotic Applications inside the Torque Box: A Technical
Study - Project involved literature search and evaluation of sensor technologies
to be interfaced with robots for drilling operations in confined spaces.
4.
Evaluation of Transom Jack Simulation Software for Manual/ Automated Assembly
Processes - Project involved evaluation of human simulation software to
study manual processes in aerospace industries.
Other
Responsibilities
1.
Assistant system administrator -maintained software and user accounts for
Windows NT network.
2.
Instructed classes on robot and human simulation software tools usage.
3.
Robot programming and maintenance in the MARS Lab.
4.
Web page design of the
Oct
97 - July '98
Project Assistant, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
Projects
1.
Involved in Design and Development of a Helicopter Rotor Test Rig.
2.
Involved in Design of a Model Helicopter.
3.
Designed a web page for the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc.
4.
Completed a certified course on CNC Machine programming.
ACADEMIC
PROJECTS
1.
Programming the IBM and GMF robots to perform pick and place and gear meshing
operations.
2.
Developed virtual robot workcells for manufacturing applications using
robot simulation software and Pro/E.
3.
Finite element analysis of static structures using ANSYS.
PROPOSED
JOURNAL PAPER
Human
Task Evaluation in Aerospace Applications using Human Simulation Software.
COMPUTER
SKILLS
Software
Simulation
Packages : Cim Station, Transom Jack, IGRIP
CAD
Packages : Pro/E,
Solid Works, Solid Edge, AutoCad 14
Analysis
Software : ANSYS, NISA, Matlab
Languages
: C, HTML, Tcl/Tk, Visual Basic
Operating
Systems : UNIX, Dos, Windows 95/98/NT
Robot
Programming : Karel, AML
Applications
: MS Office
Hardware
Computer
Installations, Computer Upgrades, Robot Maintenance.
INDUSTRIAL
REPORTS
1.
P. S. Shiakolas, M. J. Johnson, S. Laxman and D. Wilhite, Robotic Concepts
and Design for Automated Processes Inside the Torque Box: A Technical Study,
Report to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, January 2000
2.
P. S. Shiakolas, M. J. Johnson, D. Wilhite, and S. Laxman, Sensor Technologies
for Robotic Applications Inside the Torque Box: A Technical Study Report
to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, January 2000
3.
P. S. Shiakolas, M. J. Johnson, S. Laxman and D. Wilhite, Evaluation of
Transom Jack for Manual Automated Processes in Confined Spaces, Report
to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, November 1999
4.
P. S. Shiakolas, M. J. Johnson, D. Wilhite and S. Laxman, Drilling Process
Automation for M609 Torque Box- Technical Study, Report to Bell Helicopter
Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, January 1999
COURSE
WORK
Introduction
to Robotics, Computer Aided Robotics, Finite Element Analysis, Structural
Aspects of Design, Dynamic Systems Modeling.
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