NIKUNJ KUMBHANI

San Jose, CA

ac4iit@r.postjobfree.com

669-***-****

SUMMARY:

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student with great technical, analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills with a strong background in Mechatronics. Adept in robotics and embedded system design, servo control, mathematical modeling. Vast project experience of Mechanical Design Process with CAD Modeling/Simulation skills.

EDUCATION:

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.50), San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Courses: Mechatronics System Design, Applied Nonlinear Control, Advance Control System Design, Automatic Control Engineering, Sensor Technology, Computer Aided Mechanical Design, Finite Element Methods, Product Design & Product Development

B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.60), Charotar Uni. of Sci. & Tech., INDIA

Courses: Automobile Engineering, Internal Combustion Engines, Control Engineering, Manufacturing Process I & II, Design Concepts & Machine Drawing, Dynamics of Machines, Communication Skill I & II, Industrial Management

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

Development of a Control System Model for Autonomous Driving using Feedback Linearization and Supervisory Motion Control

• Derived nonlinear bicycle model using kinematics and dynamics analysis of the vehicle.

• Designed autonomous vehicle control system for successful longitudinal and lateral motion of the vehicle

• Trajectory planning algorithms have been generated which are used to track desire path autonomously

• Motion Planning, Behavior Planning and Simulation model have been developing for autonomous vehicle in highly dynamic scenarios

Autonomous Luggage Cart [Aug ’17 – Dec ‘17]

• Performed Customer Need Analysis, Concept Generation, Function Modeling and House of Quality as a part of Product Development Process

• Developed mathematical model of Autonomous Luggage Cart and designed PID controller with schematic diagram to control maneuvering of the robot which follows a person.

• Built small experimental prototype of the product by using L298N H-bridge, GPS, DC & Servo Motors, Arduino and Simulink Interface.

Control System Design and Tuning for Hard Disk Drives Micro-Actuator Servo System

• Obtained Frequency Response Data (FRD) Model of all plants implementing data-driven system method

• Reduced the vibrations of the system and suppressed the resonance modes from the signal by designing digital PI servo controller with notch filters.

• Succeed in achieving five out of six controller design objectives by hand tuning of notch filters’ parameters

• Improved stability, robustness and performance of the system. Evaluated the system in z-domain as well as in time- domain & plotted sinusoidal trajectory tracking result

Design and Analysis of a Quadcopter

• Designed 3-D CAD models of all components and prepared Assembly. Performed thermal analysis, drop test analysis to analyze the product & run motion analysis of can crusher assembly as required project task

• The Frame of a quadcopter had been analyzed in ANSYS by applying structural analysis with proper meshing and correct boundary conditions. Applied design optimization technique considering three design parameters

• Achieved 30% mass reduction by modifying the design with the help of shape optimization method EXPERIENCE:

Instructional Student Assistant (ISA) at SJSU

• Provide technical support to the students during the lab work of Mechatronics System Design class.

• Responsible for designing and grading homework regarding Electro-Mechanical Systems, MATLAB Coding, Sensor Fusion & Calibration, Digital Filters and Robotics Motion Control

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software: MATLAB, Simulink, Solidworks, PTC Creo, ANSYS, MS Office Programming Languages: Python, C, C++ programming

Certification: Control of Mobile Robot

Machining (Hands-on): Mills and Lathes, Turning, Soldering, 3D Printing

MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• Time Management (Consistently meeting project reports deadlines)

• Teamwork

• Leadership

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