Engineering Design

SHAFQAT FAROOQ

Cell No: 713-***-****, Email: *******.********@*****.***, www.linkedin.com/in/shafqat-381 SUMMARY: Graduate student experienced in Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Mechanics (FENICS), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Six Sigma Green Belt (DMAIC, FMEA, 5S, Value Stream Mapping), Kaizen, JIT, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), Product Designing, Engineering Design and Drafting, Model Validations, Quality Assurance, Data Analytics, AutoPIPE, AutoPIPE Vessel, ASME Codes, P&ID and Process Flow Diagrams. Seeking for a full-time position where I can utilize my technical and managerial skills. EDUCATION

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Dec-2018

University of Houston- Main Campus, CGPA 4.0

Relevant Key Courses: Data Analysis, Engineering Design & Prototyping, Modelling & Optimization, Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD), Computational Mechanics, Computational Modelling (LAMMPS) B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering July-2014

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), CGPA 3.7 Relevant Key Courses: Numerical Analysis, Mechanics of Materials, Design of Machine, Manufacturing Processes, Control Systems, Instrumentation & Measurement, Computer Aided Design, Planning Engineering/Project Management, Engineering Economics, Production Tooling & Automation

CERTIFICATION

Management and Strategy Institute Nov-2018

Six Sigma Green Belt, ID # 17754952

TECHNICAL SKILLS Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM), CNC, G&M coding, Staad Pro, WRC 107 & 297, Solidworks, Auto CAD, MATLAB, ANSYS, Fluent, ICEMCFD, COMSOLE, CATIA, REVIT, ASTM, API & ANSI standards, Python, MATLAB, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Latex

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS Team leader, Creative, Innovative, Changing Agent and Motivational skills that inspires to do work passionately enhancing personal development and operation productivity WORK EXPERIENCE

University of Houston, USA Sept 2018 to Dec 2018

Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Technology

• Introduction to Material and Processes: Developed course content and helped students in developing understanding of Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Processes

• Manufacturing Systems Control: Developed course content and helped students in developing skills of Total Productive Maintenance, 5S, High Performance Team, Lean Principle in Oil & Gas and Ergonomics University of Houston, USA Feb 2018 to Aug 2018

Engineering Computing Center Assistant

• Troubleshoot lab equipment’s and found root cause problems

• Organized workshops related to academic and administrative training Bentley Systems June 2015 to July 2017

Product Design and Quality Engineer

• Drafted layouts and drawings of plant machines and equipment using AutoCAD, AutoPIPE and AutoPLANT

• Validated Design section of AutoPIPE product using ASME B31.1 Power Piping code as a benchmark

• Designed, Modeled and Validated Pipe Stress Analysis, using AutoPIPE, for on-ground and under-ground pipelines as per ASME Codes (B31.1, B31.3, B31.4) and Japanese code (JSME)

• Designed and Analyzed Heat Exchanger shells as per TEMA and ASME Section VIII standards in AutoPIPE Vessel

• Employed Agile product development methodology for iterative product delivery and collaborative decision making

• Performed Quality testing as per Quality Assurance Policy and Procedure Manuals (QAPPM) and ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance-1 on Bentley’s products

• Carried out AutoPIPE product’s quality verification and validation for ASME and JSME Codes

• Collaborated with multi-national R&D teams for product design and development

• Performed Why-Why (5 Whys) analysis for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of Bentley problems

• Resolved program related issues faced by users and assisted in developing understanding of new features

• Carried out Numerical Verification & Validation for Bentley Products Attock Oil Refinery Limited June 2013 to July 2013 Maintenance Intern

• Maintained process plant machinery including centrifugal pumps, reciprocating pumps, Mechanical seals, shaft alignment, MRT and vibration analysis of centrifugal pump

• Managed maintenance of shell and tube heat exchangers, bundles retubing, repair and maintenance

• Executed shut down jobs and major turnaround jobs of Heavy Crude Plant and Howe Baker’s oil refining plants British American Tobacco July 2012 to Aug 2012

Manufacturing Intern

• Monitored and maintained automated machinery in Primary Manufacturing Department (PMD) and cutting & packaging machinery in Secondary Manufacturing Department (SMD)

• Directed a team of 5 members for verification of engineering items in inventory store utilizing SAP software

• Executed Finished Product Inspection (Product Quality Index) using Quality Testing Modules and prepared compliance report of more than 10,000 accepted and rejected cigarettes

• Improved Manufacturing Quality Index by 2 % by training machine operators with Statistical Process Control

• Worked in creating bill of Materials (BOM) in Supply Chain Department for PMD and SMD equipment ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Masters Research Project: Design and Analysis of Self-Sustaining Turbulent Process in wall-bounded shear flows

• Designed Waleffe Model (flow between two cylinders with sinusoidal body shear force) for parametric study of self- sustaining turbulent process

• Performed Direct Numerical Simulations based on highly-parallel finite difference scheme on High Performance Clusters

• Utilized ParaView, VisIt, Python and Linux for post processing of turbulent velocity and pressure fields

• Identified the optimum value of rotation maximizing the mixing and transport of fluids by 10 % Design and Analysis of Air Pressure Plug

• Designed Air Pressure Plug using Design for Manufacturing & Assembly Analysis (DFMA) and Process Planning using Geometric Dimensioning &Tolerancing (GD&T),

• Maximized design efficiency by 3 %, reducing 25 % Manufacturing index and improving 100 % process planning of part features using Nam P Suh Method

Senior Design Project: Design, Analysis and Fabrication of Hybrid Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (HVAWT)

• Designed 2D and 3D HVAWT in Solid Works

• Analyzed turbine performance through Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis, using sliding meshing technique, in ANSYS

(Fluent) and optimized the HVAWT turbine using one way bearing clutch increasing efficiency by 2 % Design, Modelling and Analysis of Split Solenoid Electromagnet

• Designed Split Solenoid Electromagnet in Multiphysics COMSOL utilizing electromagnetic, thermal and structural analysis and optimized the magnet field using Monte Carlo simulation on magnet parameters Design and Analysis of Cantilever Beam using Finite Element Method in FENICS

• Utilized Elastostatics and Elastodynamics governing equations to derive weak forms using Finite Element methods

• Programmed and Analyzed the stiffness matrix for Cantilever Beam in FENICS and validated with Euler-Bernoulli Equation Design of Face Recognition Program in MATLAB

• Developed Face Recognition Program using Data analytics tools: Machine Learning, Singular Value Decomposition, Principal Component & Linear Discrimination Analysis and Compressed Sensing HONORS AND AWARDS

• Currently stand in top 1/5th of entire engineering class at University of Houston

• Honored with the membership of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society for academic excellence

• Recipient of Instate tuition waiver at University of Houston

• Won 3rd place in Preston Entrepreneur Challenge

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