Mechanical Engineer

PRAFULLAKUMAR PATEL

**** **** ******, *** ***, Detroit, MI, Pin Code-48201

313-***-****, ******@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/prafullakumar-patel-6a991baa

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s in Mechanical Engineering Wayne State University Current GPA 3.5 Expected: May 2018

• Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering University of Pune, Pune MH, India GPA 3.7

RELEVANT COURSES

•Finite Element Analysis •Engineering Analysis •Manufacturing Processing Techniques •Crashworthiness & Occupant Protection •Automotive manufacturing systems & processes •Mechanics of Composite Materials •Bio-Medical Engineering •Additive Manufacturing Processes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

NYX Incorporated, Livonia, USA Mechanical Engineering Intern September 2017 - Present

Working on GM product development project T1XX doing engineering changes using CATIA V5 and moving through pre-production process like PPAP, APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA.

Evaluated CMM Results for Geometric Dimensions and tolerances (GD&T) and prepared Design Failure Mode Analysis for interior trim garnishes for GMC Denali, GMC High Country and Cadillac ATS.

Performed Gage R&R to approve gages for parts.

Validation of all current & new launch bill of materials.

Analysis of assembly component & purchase component usage.

Cost comparison analysis and verification of base resin & colorant weight, routing information.

Conducting an external audit at different suppliers of NYX, verifying parts Manufacturing and assembly process, BOM and Quality.

Went through the training of Basic to advanced injection moulding process and 8D methodology.

Neilsoft Limited, Pune, India Junior Engineer BIM Department March 2015 - June 2016

Designed HVAC & Fire Fighting Systems for both residential & commercial buildings.

Developed and overseen all aspects of project including clean Room design, computer modeling, selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, testing, and implementation of products and systems.

Analyzed HVAC systems and equipment when necessary to find inefficiencies or malfunctions and create solutions to optimize performance and increase the efficiency of operation.

Designed testing procedures and control equipment to accurately assess products and identify areas that require modification and further testing.

Used REVIT and AutoCAD tool to draft the floor plans of designed air conditioning system.

Co-ordinated the all mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire-fighting systems running through the building.

Worked with clients from USA, UK and Dubai like JB&B, CHAPMAN, NBBJ, HORLEA, ALTERI.

Duracool Air-Conditioning Pvt Ltd, Pune, India Site Engineer Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

Closely monitored 1000 Ton VRV Air conditioning project for commercial building to ensure quality of work follows approved shop drawing and Specification.

Prepared daily progress report from site supervisor to update the project Engineer.

Provided the procedure and safe installation guideline to workers while installing the mechanical equipment.

Designed and modified the air conditioning system to best suit for building and as per requirement of client.

Prepared relevant documents to conduct inspection for completed installation activities and raised RFI to Quality Control Inspector.

Checked for the quality of work done assuring NBA & safety standards met by installation.

Performed test run on installed VRV system and taken all the necessary action to improve quality and performance.

GKN Sinter Metals Pvt Ltd, Pune, India Project Intern March 2014 - August 2014

Worked on project titled “Manufacturing and Warpage Analysis of compressor valve plate”. The objective of the project is to reduce the warpage of compressor valve plate.

Determined how the process performs by mapping out the current process & looked for probable cause of problem.

Verified the cause of problem & developed the map of processes based on two different solutions.

1st solution was to introduce ‘plating operation’ which helped to reduce the warpage of plate from 21% to 11.2%.

2nd solution was to modify the sintering furnace, dividing it into 3 blocks which will help to have different belt speed over each block.

Used tools: Brinell hardness tester, Warpage detector, FMEA & lean Six Sigma Process improvement.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

Vehicle Frontal, Roof & Fuel Spillage Barrier crash analysis Wayne State University, MI Winter 2017

•Performed frontal FMVSS 100% & 40% offset & IIHS 25% offset, Roof FMVSS 216 & FMVSS 301 Fuel Spillage barrier collision impact analysis of Econ Van.

•Designed CAD models of vehicle seat, seat belt and steering using CATIA V5.

•Prepared models for crash test by positioning Steering, Dummy & seat with and without seatbelt in LS-Pre-Post for occupant safety simulation to be executed using LS-DYNA.

•Analyzed performance of crash model following FMVSS 208, FMVSS 214 & FMVSS 216(a), FMVSS 301 occupant safety standard and optimized design to reduce the forces experienced by adding composite materials to strengthen the A, B & C Pillar of the car.

Analyse the bracket for stress performance Wayne State University, MI Fall 2016

•FE model was generated for bracket using provided dimension using CATIA V5.

•Pre-Processing- Imported 3D model in HYPERMESH, Created & assigned material & it’s properties. Did fine meshing where high stress concentration was expected. Then assigned & applied boundary conditions& loads respectively.

•Post-Processing - Generated plots, in Hyper-View, of Plane stress, Plane strain, Von-Mises stress & prepared query table for required parameters such as Temperature at specified Node or Element.

•Analyzed the results for Stress, Strain & Temperature distribution by comparing with analytical and theoretical values.

•Redesigned the bracket & successfully reduced the stress by 21.3%.

Creep Fatigue Analysis of flip-chip package Wayne State University, MI Winter 2017

•Flip-Chip package was generated in HYPERMESH using provided dimensions.

•Pre-processed the package & fine meshing was done around solder balls as max stress concentration was expected there.

•Exported the file in .inp format and post-processed in ABAQUS.

•In temperature profile determined the fatigue life of solder balls with & without fillets.

•To study the influence of temperature cycles, determined the maximum stress range over 2, 5 & 8 cycles.

•Considering the creep effects, in temperature profile determined the maximum stress range at different time intervals.

Biomechanics & head injury analysis of effects of boxer’s punch to head Wayne State University, MI Winter 2018

•Geometry of boxer’s punch was created using CATIA V5, obtained the necessary parameters like CG, Mass, Density and average dimension from reference research paper.

•Assembly of the model is created using LS-DYNA to conduct the test at 3 different cases of varying impact velocity.

•Obtained the results for Peak Translational Acceleration, HIC, Intracranial Pressure Response and Peak Shear Stress.

•Analysing the results, Calculated the possibility of injury to the head for each case for various parts of head and brain.

•With this analysis actual impacts to the head and effective plastic strain analysis and correlation is done to determine the threshold of accumulated strain in the brain that would lead to a strain-induced DAI at high velocity impacts.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

CAD Tools: Auto-CAD 2014/15, REVIT 2014/15, SolidWorks, CATIA V5 (Certified course)

Pre-Processor: Hypermesh, LS-PrePost. • Post-Processor: LS-Dyna, Optistruct, ABAQUS.

Computer Skills: MS Word, MS Excel (VlookUp, Pivot table, Macros, Solver), Ms Power Point, C++, C

Methodology: Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement, KanBan, DFMEA, APQP, GD&T, JIT, PPAP, Gauge R&R, SPC, 8D Methodology, Quality Control, Project Management.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Active volunteer at Pratham NGO for 3 years, where we encouraged almost 3000 people to help orphan students through donation of supplies & educational assistance by organizing a campaign called “Give A Coin” collaboration with IIT Bombay (India).

Organized an event at college titled “Srujan”, to make people aware of mother nature by discussing both religious & scientific aspects of the concept.

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