PRATIKSHA RAKHE

Mechanical Design Engineer

Chesterfield, MO

+1-906-***-****

ac30l0@r.postjobfree.com

SOFTWARE SKILLS

AutoCAD

AutoCAD LT

ProE/ CREO

Solidworks

Siemens UG NX

MATLAB

Mathematica

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Project

Visio

TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

3D Printing

Cura Slicer

Netfabb

Product Design

Design for Manufacturing

Sheet Metal Design

Enclosure Design

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

X-ray Diffraction

SUMMARY

Material science engineer with experience in CAD, 3D printing and product designing. Seeking to leverage my analytical skills in the field of Design Engineering to provide cost effective solutions.

2015 - 2017 MS Material Science and Engineering

Michigan Technological University

2010 - 2014 BS Mechanical Engineering

University of Mumbai

EDUCATION

2016 - 2017 Teaching Assistant

Michigan Technological University

Worked as a Teaching Assistant in undergraduate physics lab Maintainedstudent grade reports and attendance through Microsoft Excel

Explained the application of concept in Physics through Microsoft Powerpoint

Conducted laboratory experiments

2015 - 2017 Student Proctor

Michigan Technological University

Qualified as a Pearson VUE certified proctor and conducted F.E exams

Supervised on-campus and distance education exams

Maintained student schedules and appropriate records Documented exam filing and delivery records daily in Microsoft Word

2013 - 2014 Project Trainee

SIEMENS Ltd.,

Re-designed a fixture used for calibrating electrical relays Used Pro-E and AutoCAD software for design and documentation Applied Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) for efficient designing and accurate calibration results Improved the fixture structure by CNC machining, drilling, welding and grinding during tool room processes.

Ensured appropriate material selection of fixture components for increased efficiency and cost effective manufacturing Documented process planning and bill of material(BOM) WORK EXPERIENCE

01/2016 -

05/2016

Energy Payback time of a solar photovoltaic powered waste plastic recyclebot system.

Michigan Technological University

A collaborative study that quantified the embodied energy of a vertical DC solar PV powered recyclebot based on life cycle energy analysis

Embodied energy calculation of all the materials inside recyclebot and the power source solar PV using MS Excel

Collated the data between embodied energies of horizontal AC recyclebot, vertical DC recyclebot, conventional recycling and production of a virgin 3D printer filament

Analyzed the changes observed in embodied energy with different filament extrusion like PLA, ABS from waste plastic and virgin plastic by collecting data from recyclebot through lab testing in different environment

Analyzed the changes in embodied energy with AC /DC recyclebot power sources and solar PV power system

Submitted a paper about this project which was

accepted/published by mdpi journal

08/2016 -

12/2016

Additive manufacturing and its application to

understand GD&T

Michigan Technological University

Designed a mechanical product using UG NX with ASME standards and converted it to Stereolithography (STL) version STL were used to create G-codes and utilized for 3D printing Compared the printed part and the mechanical part with respect to geometry, tolerancing and printing material to identify the differences

The observation was presented to explain GD&T and applications of additive manufacturing

PROJECTS

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