R AKESH V PANDIT

**** *******

Bend

Cir

Apt

*23

Arlington

Texas

76006

Ph:

(817)

361-

3771

Email:

abz4b2@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshvp

Snapshot

Diversely

skilled

mechanical/aerospace

engineer

with

multi-

disciplinary

design

experience

•

Experience

in

design

to

manufacture

and

process

planning

•

Experienced

Catia

V5,

Ansys

user

with

knowledge

of

fluid

dynamics

•

Knowledge

of

FAA

Safety

and

Certification

and

Indian

DGCA

CARs

•

Proven

ability

to

multi-

task

and

prioritize

and

great

at

communicating

ideas

•

Technology

demonstration

and

sales

experience

•

Experience

Technology/Marketing Intern – GRA 09/2011 -

Office of Technology Management, UT Arlington 05/2013

Independent Evaluation of IP Disclosures for Patentability and Marketability

•

Market Overviews, Non-confidential Summaries, recognizing and making initial

•

contact with potential licensees

Certified in Technology Driven Market Intelligence and Tech Scouting from

•

MEP University

Design Engineer Trainee 05/2007 -

Thaejus Aerodyne Research Labs, Bangalore 06/2010

Design and prototyping of LTA projects- made to order – Structures and

•

Fabrication, Systems selection and Integration, Process Planning, safety and

certification

Technology Demonstration and Blimp Pilot

•

Education

2010

-

Master of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering – GPA 3.545/4.0

05/2013

University of Texas at Arlington, Texas

Activities/Societies: AIAA Student Chapter

2004

-

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering – First Class

2009

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India

Activities/Societies: Founder Member of College Cultural Club, Master of Ceremonies, SAE

2007

-

Diploma in Airline Operations and Flight Dispatch – O (Outstanding)

2008

Trade Wings Institute of Management, Bangalore, India

Tools and Skillsets

Aerospace

Vehicle

Design:

Conceptual

Design,

Multi-

Disciplinary

Analysis,

Design

Trade

•

Studies,

Data/Knowledge

Based

Design,

Safety

and

Certification

Flight

Operations/Dispatch:

Navigation,

Flight

planning,

aircraft

weight

and

balance

(load

&

•

trim),

meteorology,

Civil

Aviation

Regulations

(Indian

version

of

14

CFR),

Radio

Telephony

(as

per

FRTOL/a)

Solid

background

in

mechanics

of

materials

and

dynamics.

Experienced

in

3D

modeling

and

•

component

analysis,

assembly

CAD/CAM:

Auto

CAD,

Solid

Works,

CATIA

V5,

Pro-

E,

Solid

Works,

CNC

Part

Programming

•

FEA:

ANSYS

–

Classic,

Workbench,

APDL,

Icepak

•

Proficient

in

interpreting

engineering

drawings,

technical

documents

•

Strong

programming

skills

in

Matlab,

Simulink,

QBasic,

C,

C++,

VB,

Java

Script

•

Proficient

in

General

Utility

Softwares

like

Office

Suite,

Sound

and

Image

Editing

•

OS

Proficiency:

MS

Windows

3.11

through

Win

8,

Mac

OS

X,

Linux

•

R AKESH V PANDIT

2718

Trinity

Bend

Cir

Apt

823

Arlington

Texas

76006

Ph:

(817)

361-

3771

Email:

abz4b2@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshvp

Academic and Research Projects

Engineers

Toolbox:

Analysis

of

a

Composite

Beam,

UTA,

2013

•

Thermal

Management

techniques

for

ATX

cabinets:

Liquid

Submersion

Cooling,

UTA,

2013

•

Optimizing

Truss

Rod

Offset

in

an

Electric

Guitar,

UTA ,2012

•

Pragmatic

Approach

to

Data/Knowledge

Capture

in

Hypersonic

Vehicle

Design–NASP,

UTA,

•

2012

Non

Linear

Path

Following

Method,

UTA,

2011

•

Redesign

of

the

Space

Ship

Two,

UTA,

2011

•

Optimizing

of

Cutting

Tool

Rake

Angles

–

An

Experimental

Study,

VTU,

2009

•

Design

of

An

Autonomous

Aerial

Platform,

Thaejus

Aerodyne,

2007

–

30

best

Innovative

•

designs,

Lockheed

Martin

India

Innovation

Growth

Program,

2007

R elevant Coursework

Graduate

Coursework

•

o Finite

Element

Methods

(AE5330)

o Advanced

Finite

Element

Methods

(ME6310)

o Design

Optimization

(ME5390-

5)

o High

Speed

Vehicles

and

Space

Access

Vehicle

Design

(AE5367)

o Structural

Dynamics

(AE5311)

Undergraduate

Coursework

•

o Composite

Materials

o Design

of

Machine

Elements

I ,

II

o Mechanical

Vibrations

o Manufacturing

Processes

I ,

II

o Metrology

&

Measurements

o Basic

&

Advanced

Thermodynamics

o Operations

Research

&

Operations

Management

o Total

Quality

Management

Hobbies

Flight Simulator Fanatic – hope to learn how to fly one day

•

Motor-biking, reading, electric guitar

•

For

complete

list

of

coursework

and

more

details,

please

visit

my

LinkedIn

profile

•

References

available

upon

request

•

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