RAMA KISHORE ANNAVARAPU

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OBJECTIVE To secure a challenging, permanent full-time position in the field of Mechanical Engineering to apply and broaden my knowledge and gain meaningful work experience. EDUCATION

August 2016 -

Present

The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

• Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2018

• Grade Point Average: 3.8/4.0

EXPERIENCE

August 2017 -

Present

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

• Worked in Polymers & Liquids Interfacial Engineering Laboratory

• Worked as a teaching assistant for undergraduate coursework February 2011 –

August 2016

Sr. Engineer

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Hyderabad, India

• Conducted steam turbine performance tests at customer sites (power plants)

- Lead an instrumentation team for installing the temperature and pressure sensors across the steam cycle as per the safety and test guidelines

- Handled critical projects and situations by taking spontaneous decisions and working with the cross functional teams

- Worked with the high-level officials from the customer side for planning and conducting the steam turbine performance tests.

• Participated in contract-closing meetings with the customers to resolve technical and financial related queries.

• Impress Projects: Prepared spares catalogues for several steam turbine models

• Documented the related bill of materials (BOM) for customer workorders using SAP end user software and followed up with the downstream departments for meeting the customer deadlines.

INTERNSHIPS

June 2007 – July

2007

RINL Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam, India

Performance Improvement

• Visited the shop floors in the steel plant, interacted with the officials, and learned about the manufacturing processes as a part of Industrial Training.

• Suggested new method for manufacturing the hammers to improve the life time of dolomite (ore) crushing hammers.

May 2008 – July

2008

HMT Machine Tools Limited, Hyderabad, India

Design Evaluation

• Evaluated the design of a jib-crane.

• Studied the engineering drawings of the jib-crane and carried out the deflection analysis using the principles of solid-mechanics.

KEY SKILLS

• CAD software: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, 3D Modeling

• Additional Software: MATLAB, COMSOL, NX-Siemens, SAP, Minitab, Microsoft Office: Word, Power point, Excel

• Experience using CNCs, mills, lathes, saws, TIG and welds, and basic power tools

CERTIFICATIONS • Six-Sigma (Analyse, Improve, Control)

• Lean Production

HONORS &

AWARDS

UT Academic Honor

• Scholarly Achievement Award at Masters level

• Received academic honor from the golden key chapter at The University of Toledo

• Member of the Golden Key International Honor Society PUBLICATIONS

&

CONFERENCES

• First-author of the paper “Explaining Evaporation-Triggered Wetting Transition Using Local Force Balance Model and Contact Line-Fraction” Nature Scientific Reports 2018 (in print).

• Co-author of the paper “Stable Wettability Control of Nanoporous Microstructures by iCVD coating of Carbon Nanotube Forests” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017 (published).

• Co-author of the paper “Effect of Superamphiphobic Macrotextures on Dynamics of Viscous Liquid Droplets” Nature Scientific Reports 2018

(published).

• Co-author of the paper “Tuning the Properties of Polymer Surfaces for Industrial Applications via Physical, Chemical, and Optical Routes” Advanced Material Interfaces 2018 (published).

• First-author of the paper “Elastocapillary Behavior of High-Aspect-Ratio Nanoporous Microstructure Arrays” Langmuir 2018 (in preparation).

• Presented research work in the 92

nd

ACS conference at Penn State University,

Pennsylvania.

REFERENCES • Available upon request

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