Engineer Mechanical

TEJASWINI ANNE

Dearborn, Michigan- ***** *************@*****.*** +1-313-***-****

OVERVIEW

An Automotive Engineer with 2 years’ combined experience in engineering, design and production release of assembly of engine and transmission components and machine tools. 1 year experience in PPAP, DFMEA, GD&T, BOM’s, DVP&R and Kaizen methodologies. Demonstrated expertise in CATIA/SolidWorks and Hypermesh to design and develop tools and automotive components. Currently undertaking a DFSS Green Belt Certification course. Inquisitive, a people-person and a demonstrated strong passion to work for the automotive industry.

EDUCATION

The University of Michigan – Dearborn Dearborn, MI

Master of Science in Engineering, Automotive Systems Engineering Expected graduation: 04/2019*

Coursework: Application of FEM in Automotive Structure Design, Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH) in Electric Vehicles, Automotive Manufacturing processes, Automotive Integrated Systems, Designing and Manufacturing with Lightweight Automotive Materials, CAD/CAE.

*- Eligible to work full-time beginning August 2018 GPA: 3.2/4

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, India

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - 05/2017 GPA: 3.8/4

SPECIAL SKILLS

Software - CATIA-V5, SolidWorks, Creo, AutoCAD (2014/15), UG-NX basics in SIMULINK and Matlab, Hypermesh - Optistruct, Ansys - Thermal and Structural analysis workbench, Microsoft Office Suite

Quality - DFMEA, DFSS(Green belt), GD&T, DVP&R, Gauge R&R, BOM’s, 5S Methodology, Rapid Prototyping

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - DEARBORN Dearborn, Michigan

Graduate student assistant Sep 2017 – Present

Instruct and guide students in Senior Year Engineering Projects on drilling, milling, welding and rapid prototyping with 3D printing - Fused Deposition Modeling

Also assist students with CAD software like CATIA and Hypermesh for 3D modelling in their projects

Evaluate prototypes to examine surface quality, porosity to assess the viability of design and check for any improvements

HYUNDAI AUTOMOBILES PVT. LTD. Hyderabad, India

Mechanical engineer co-op Sep 2016 – Jan 2017

5S methodology application to shop floor plan reducing lead time by 15%

DMAIC implementation to redesign stock room layout resulting in better control of material and equipment management

Apply GD&T in reviewing engine components assembly drawings and present errors to supervisor

Hands on experience and supervise the automotive technicians in resolving issues with engine assembly and disassembly

Root-cause and resolve engine component failures and validate safety measures

Conduct surveys to incorporate customer safety requirements into failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)

Present design and process improvement ideas to supervisors and also prepare BOM’S

INDIAN RAILWAYS Hyderabad, India

Product Engineer trainee Feb 2016 – June 2016

Collaborate with design engineering team to develop pneumatic air brake testing unit using CATIA-V5. The testing unit saved time, labor costs, reduced required man-power and improved accuracy by 40%

Publish report on alignment of DEMU locomotive with traction alternator

Identify and implement process improvement idea to reduce locomotive brake testing time by 20%

Trained in Six Sigma methodologies - FMEA, DVP&R, Lean manufacturing and Kaizen

FMEA and 5S technique application to identify and present design changes to supervisor

Research types of welding defects, identify welding defects in axle assemblies and wheels and suggest changes for fabrication improvement

BHUDAN ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. Hyderabad, India

Product development engineer co-op May 2015 – Nov 2015

Design and develop 3D solid model of drill-jig to drill an obscure 120 hole in missile rotor using Catia-V5. Fabricate drill-jig through lathe, CNC milling, drilling and grinding

FMEA on drill-jig to identify and document potential high-risk failure modes

Static and fatigue FEA on drill jig to determine service stresses and maintain needed factor of safety (FOS)

Improved product reliability by reducing mean time between failures by 13%

Create Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) for planning, organizing, and facilitating product development process and BOM’s for raw materials

Create audio and video reports to communicate instruction sets to technicians. Proved better than existing document reports

Validate control plans, review engineering designs and examine blueprints.

BAJA, SAE Hyderabad, India

Lead Engineer – Body Systems Feb 2014 – Jan 2015

Design body and chassis systems in CATIA and AutoCAD meeting track conditions and design constraints of SAE Baja

Conduct normal mode analysis (FEA) on the body structure in Hypermesh- Optistruct to keep natural frequency out of resonance frequency range

Engineering to improve structural stiffness by 10% varying the thickness of cross members and reinforcing the structure

Calculate bending and torsional stiffness of space frame and increase them by 20% also improving manufacturability and reducing costs

Identify high risk failure modes and rectify them through DFMEA on transmission and prepare cost reports including overall prototype manufacturing costs

Interface with and visit plants of local manufacturers to explore formability of control arms through stamping

Fault-tree analysis to identify root causes and improve designs that yield/bend/fracture during testing

Lead data acquisition from previous model year and analyse event videos to identify scope for improvement

Brainstorm with team to formulate chassis system performance goals, lead cost and weight budget activities

Lead the team in assembly of transmission system and Achieve more torque, gradability in the transmission system satisfying the economic constraints

Procure materials, supervise and assist the team with fabrication of space frame through welding, grinding, plasma cutting etc

Present and explain design, development, timing and testing phases to judge panel at national and international SAE competitions.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Comprehensive understanding of manufacturing process of a brake rotor and detailed investigation on properties such as grain structure, flow rate, residual stresses etc. of cast iron. Co-author a technical paper on optimizing manufacturing process, recyclability and improvements in brake disc coating and machining.

Optimizing of process parameters of metal deformation in sheet metal spinning with ANOVA on high speed steel(HSS) and response surface methodology resulting in optimizing values of force, surface roughness and strain. Design mandrel and the casting mold for it using CATIA-V5 and conducted mold flow analysis in Solidworks.

Refine math data mesh quality in Hypermesh- optistruct solver to perform stress and modal analysis on aluminum space frame.

Design of muffler IN CATIA and Perform Harmonic Response and Transmission loss analysis using ANSYS 18.2 . Compare ANSYS results with analytical results to observe both Harmonic Response and Transmission loss plots match and transmission loss peaks at frequency of 600Hz.

Benchmark Ford F-150 model year 2018 with competitor vehicles to create a future vehicle. Perform Pugh analysis, QFD chart, DFMEA and root cause analysis. Create business plans, customer characteristics, estimate costs and revenues, sales projections, timings, and gateways for Product Development of 2020 F-150

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