PREM K. SUNDARAGANTHAN
**** *.****** ***, *** #17, Kingsville, TX-78363
Email: ******@*****.***
Phone: 361-***-****
Objective:
Conceive, believe and achieve in the field of Industrial Engineering and Management. My objective is to use innovatively my unique set of multidisciplinary technical, software skills and experience for the success of both myself and my organization.
Education:
M.S (Industrial Engineering) GPA-3.727 Texas A&M university 2002-Now
M.B.A (Production & Systems) GPA-3.752 Madras University 1999-2001
B.S (Mechanical Engineering) GPA-3.877 Madras University 1995-1999
*Advanced Diploma in System Management and Software Technology from National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT), Salem, India.
Projects:
M.S. Research Project:Ergonomic database inventory design for Black Hawk helicopter. Support features for customized searching, querying, report generation, all these are done by Visual Basic 5.0, MS-Access and Oracle. Project for US Department of Defense.
Research Projects: Green Supply Chain Management implemented in Delphi-Auto Ltd, Mexico.Lower back pain and biomechanical measurements for VDT users.Ergonomically designed Wal-Mart Tire and Lube station express in Kingsville.Workstation ergonomics and its health effects.Safety and analyzed lawn mowing operations in Texas A&M University.Accident Scene Investigation in a TV packing industry.Analyzed the traps and problems in ERP implementation.
Experience:
Graduate / Research Assistant: Aug’03- till now
Worked with designing software like Pro-Engineer, AutoCAD for designing workstation ergonomics and modeling lower back pain compression force and biomechanical measurements for stress. Also involved with simulation software like Awesim and with engineering problem solving software like MATLAB, C language, VB.net.
Graduate / Teaching Assistant: Oct’03- till now
Handled class & lab sessions involving Pro-E wildfire2.0, AutoCAD 2004, Ergonomics, Biomechanics, heat and thermodynamics. Teaching subjects of dynamics, fluid mechanics, vector kinematics.
Web programmer and Web master: Sep’02-till now
Worked on web programming and designing for physics, geosciences, and mathematics department website under Dr. Daniel Suson. Worked on optics projects with web programming tools for Dr. Henry Leckenby. Freelanced web site for Rotaract club, Astronomy club, and Career service center in Texas A&M University.
Design Engineer: May’01-June’02
Administered human machine interaction development tools with AutoCAD and Pro-E for M/s Vel software solutions, India. In the Materials Tools Division, analyzed safety procedures of handling tools and machines, making it an accident free zone.
Project Coordinator: Jan ’00- Apr ‘01
Administered and appraised a team size of 7 for doing application software projects like production planning, inventory scheduling and designing of machines by AutoCAD and Pro-E for M/s Zephyr Network and Software Solutions, India.
Production planning engineer: Sep ’99-Dec ‘99
M/s SRP Tools Limited, India was responsible for computerization of Production Planning and Control System. Lead teams on cost reduction, scheduling time and efficiency improvement.
Computer Proficiency:
*Knowledge in
Operating Systems : Linux, Windows 98/XP/NT
Languages : C & Java
Designing & Modeling : Pro-E wildfire 2.0, AutoCAD 2004
Design Graphics : Macromedia Flash MX
Web tools : Blackboard 5.0, Visual Basic 5.0, Web CT
Web page Builder : HTML, MS-FrontPage, Macromedia Dream weaver MX
Packages : MATLAB 6.5, Awesim, Visual SLAM
Database : Oracle 8, MS-Access, SQL server
Statistical : SAS 8.01
*Amateur in: Designing software’s like AutoCAD 2004, Pro-E. Simulation packages like Awesim. ERP concepts with SAP. Coding server side scripts with ASP (Active Server Pages). Presentation Graphics tool like Harvard Graphics, MS-PowerPoint, Freelance Graphics and Lotus AmiPro. Design Graphics like Macromedia Flash 4.0.
Fields of Interest:
*Fields of Interest : Designing, Ergonomics, occupational biomechanics, robotics, virtual reality, ERP
*Hobbies : surfing net, playing cricket, music, Interactive games
Strengths:
Problem solving skills, quick learner, hard worker, group leader.
Extra-Curricular:Won title as "Top 8 Best Managers" in ManaQuest’2000 conducted at Chennai, IndiaInternational Service Director for Rotaract club (Rotary International group), Texas A&M UniversityStudent-in- charge, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Texas A&M UniversityMember in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)Member in Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME)Placement Secretary for Govt. College of Engineering, IndiaProject Secretary for Rotaract Club, Govt. Engineering college, India
Reference: Provided on request