Engineer Mechanical

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OBJECTIVE

A full time position in the Mechanical Engineering field where my problem

solving and communication skills, along with the knowledge of

manufacturing, product development and design processes will be utilized.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

MS Mechanical Engineering, University Of Southern California, CA GPA: 3.9/4.0

(May 2010)

BE Mechanical Engineering, Thapar University, India (June 2007)

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

Finite Element Analysis Applied Elasticity Computational Fluid Dynamics

(linear)

Finite Element Manufacturing Processes Compressible Gas Dynamics

Analysis(nonlinear)

Stability of Structures GD&T Incompressible flow

SKILLS/TOOLS

Modeling Softwares : Pro Engineer, AutoDesk Inverntor, Solid Works,

AutoCad

Analysis Softwares : ANSYS 9.0, ABAQUS, Pro Mechanica, FEMLab

Thermal Design Software : Thermica

Programming Languages : MatLab, C++

Operating Systems : Windows, Unix

Manufacturing Concepts : 5S, 3G, Kaizen, CNC Programming & MasterCam, GD&T

: MS Office, Visio, Mindjet manager

Other Softwares

WORK EXPERIENCE

Mechanical Engineer, Schlumberger, Houston, TX Apr 2012-Present

Design, modeling and drawings of various downhole tools using API

standards Mechanical Engineer, Pressure Products Company, Charleston Jan 2011-

Creation of across the board Modeling & Drawing standards Present

FMEA & FEA on various NPD and existing downhole tools

Application of GD&T & DFM on various downhole tools

Process drawings and models for manufacturing

Work instructions & Service manuals various tools

Jan 2011- Apr 2012

Mechanical Engineer, Pressure Products Company, Charleston

. Design and Stress Analysis of various Sight Glass units using Finite

Element Analysis & ASME Codes

. CNC programming for various CNC Lathes & Milling Machines using

Mastercam

. Fluid Dynamics Study of Glass Lapping Process

. Internal Layout Design and Development of Concentration Measurement

Machines

. Design of Pressure Vessel for various Universities and Research Labs

working in fields like Defense, Aviation, Automobile etc

. Vendor Development

Intern, University of Texas, Austin Fall

2010

. Study of Isogeometric analysis of 3D models, a new method that focuses

on integration of CAD and FEA. Integration is achieved by replacing

piece-wise interpolation functions used in FEA with NURBS basis

functions

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Assistant Engineer, Suzuki Motor Corporation, India June 2007-Aug

2008

. Duties involved quality assurance & certification of used cars after

physical inspection of components

. Handling of warranty issues & ensuring achievement of sales target for

all the dealerships

. Organizing marketing and promotion activities like used car sales

carnivals, newspaper ads

. 10% reduction in Warranty cost & 5% increase in Sales were achieved

. Study of practices involved in quality assurance

. Observed & recommended suggestions in supply chain management & vendor

handling

. Worked in Lean Manufacturing Environment involving High Volume

Intern, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India Jan 2006- July

2006

. Finite Element analysis of Helical gear box employed in power

generation plant was done

. Pro Engineer was used for modeling & ANSYS 9.0 was used for analysis

. Static analysis of individual components based on Gear Tooth Profile

was done

. Modal analysis of drive and driven shaft was done based on various

modes of vibration

. Dynamic analysis of full assembly was done

. Results obtained were stable & converging and demonstrated the failure

PROJECTS

Study of Lubrication theory in Glass Lapping Process

Fall 2011-Spring 2012

. Study of Lubrication theory was done to understand and improve the

Glass Lapping process

. Experimental observations were recorded to establish relations between

various physical quantities like viscosity, flow gap, lapping time,

material removal rate etc

Design of Pressure Vessel for University of Cincinnati

Summer/Fall 2011

. Purpose of the vessel was to study the behavior of Atomized Aviation

fuel gel

. Vessel was designed to house supercharged nozzles to atomize the fuel

gel and several sight glass units to observe the process

. Design Parameter included High Pressure and high quality visibility

from the sight glass ports

. The designed was conformed to ASME codes and the Finite Element

Analysis was done using FEMLab and Autodesk Inventor Simulation

. CNC programming was done for manufacturing of various Sight glass

units and other components using MasterCam

Design of Spray Chamber for University of Wisconsin/Delphi Spring

Purpose of Chamber was to study the Flow of Spray inside an Automobile 2011

engine

Chamber was designed to house a fuel injector and several Sight glass

units to observe the evolution of spray inside the chamber

Design parameters included both High Pressure & High Temperature

The design of the Spray Chamber was conformed to ASME Codes and the Finite

Element Analysis was done using FEMLab & AutoDesk Inventor Design

Simulation

CNC programming was done for manufacturing of the chamber & sight glass

units using Mastercam

The Results of Hydrostatic Test conformed to the FEA

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Nonlinear FEA using FE Code Spring

2010

. Finite element analysis of a plate subjected to point & pressure loads

was done

. Abaqus was used for mesh generation

. Both geometric and material nonlinearity were taken into account

separately and together

. Results obtained showed growth of plastic region and critical

locations like notches

CFD analysis of flow over a cavity Fall

2009

. Analysis of steady flow of incompressible fluid over a two-dimensional

cavity was done

. Code was written in Matlab to solve the Navier-Stokes equations with

viscous boundary conditions

. Streamline plots showed generation of vorticity inside the cavity

Thermal Design Engineer on CubeSat Spring/Summer 2009

. CubeSat is a satellite under construction at USC

. Temperature management required based on optimum working temperature

ranges of components

. SolidWorks model were used in THERMICA to calculate thermal fluxes and

temperatures of various parts

. Tested for various cases e.g. multiple orbits, cold case (eclipsed

orbit), hot case (sun sync orbit)

. Design succeeded in achieving the desired temperature ranges by

putting Multi-Layered coatings.

Linear FEA using FE Code Fall

2008

. Finite element analysis of a wall subjected to point & pressure loads

was done

. Abaqus was used for mesh generation

. Code was written in Matlab to calculate displacement and stresses

. Results were confirmed by Abaqus

Reduction of Cycle Time of Robotic Welding Line Summer 2007

. Welding line of automobile manufacturing plant at Suzuki was analyzed

and time analysis was done

. Reduction of 1 sec in Cycle time was achieved by re-allocation of

welding spots

Mechanical Design of a Gokart Fall

2006

. Components designed included disk brakes, frame and chained drive

train.

. Pro Engineer was used for modeling and Pro Mechanica was used for

analysis.

. Disk Brakes were designed based on desired retardation requirements.

. Chained drive was designed based on Brake Horse Power requirement.

. Static analysis of frame was done as simply supported beam.

. Dynamic analysis of all parts was done taking cornering effects into

account.

. A stable prototype with all the structural details was developed.

AWARDS

. Member of the winning team of "International Space Settlement Design

Competition", held at The Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, U.S.A., 2004.

. Got an appreciation award for getting two dealerships ISO 9000:2001

certified and was awarded as Best Trainee based on projects &

suggestions made in various departments while working at Suzuki Motor

Corporation

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