Mechanical Engineering Design

PRATEEK GUPTA

914-***-**** *** Claremont Ave #818, NY, 10027 ******@********.***

EDUCATION

Columbia University New York, NY

Expected: Dec ’14

Master of Science, Operations Research, GPA: 3.92 / 4.00

Coursework: Applied Data Mining, Statistical Machine Learning (O), Deterministic Modeling, Simulation(O), Stochastic

Modeling, Corporate Economics, Quantitative Finance(O) (O: Ongoing)

Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi, India

May ’13

Bachelor of Technology, Production and Industrial Engineering, GPA: 8.69 / 10.00

Ranked 2 in the department

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Awarded Merit Scholarship & Roll of Honor for academic achievement, leadership and community service

Coursework: Probability and Statistics, Numerical Methods in Optimization, Investment Planning, Accounting

Coursera Certifications: Machine Learning (Stanford University), Competitive Strategy (Ludwig-Maximilians University)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Delve News New York, NY

Jan’14 – Present

Data Scientist Intern

Researched practices in feature extraction from text articles and extracted feature from news articles in the database

Developing learning algorithm using Python to build an article recommendation system for the startup

Tata Consultancy Services-Tata Research Design and Development Center (TCS-TRDDC) Pune, India

May ’12 – Aug ’12

Research Trainee in Process Engineering Division

Developed reliability and robustness models for gear design and optimized them using DSIDES, a new software at TCS

Designed and presented to company partners a design methodology eliminating use of empirical factors developed 50 years ago

Work presented by supervisor at ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Portland, OR, 2013

New Delhi, India

Undergraduate Thesis: Optimization of Quality Parameters in Spectrum Management

Aug ’12 - May ’13

Student Researcher

Formulated quality of service attribute and simulated the behavior of network users, coded using CPLEX and C language

Presented a proposed decision support protocol to help network provider choose good values of parameters

Annual International CanSat Competition (organized in collaboration with NASA) Abilene, TX

Jan ’12 – Jun ’12

Alternate Project Coordinator & Mechanical Team Head

Collaborated with 4 other teams to successfully manage a budget of $8000, logistics of a 10 member team and device integration

Designed, fabricated and tested the aero-braking system, egg protection system and structure of the device

Presented the results to the panel securing 3 position out of 40 international teams, in the debut entry from IIT Delhi

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Optimization of Free Form Surface Machining New Delhi, India

Jan ’12 – May ’12

Academic Project Researcher

Established models of surface roughness and productivity in Minitab using the approach of fractional experiments

Presented Pareto charts to display trade-off between parameters optimized using MATLAB

Published in Issue 3(3) of International Organization of Scientific Research, Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Technical Skills: Python, R, C, SQL, Microsoft Excel, UNIX(Intermediate), MATLAB, Octave, Minitab, XML

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Indian Institute of Technology, Board for Sports Activities New Delhi, India

Jul ’12 – May ’13

Deputy General Secretary

Supervised the team of 20 captains and 13 secretaries to manage intramural sports championships

Consulted and convinced the sports authority about the necessity of digital means to work efficiently and reduce paper work

Proposed and managed the implementation of electronic sports attendance system & official sports website (http://bsa.iitd.ac.in)

Organized summer camp in 15 sports to improve player fitness and technique with professional guidance

Awarded ‘Significant Contribution to Sports Activities of IIT Delhi’ for the dedicated service and pioneering work

Table Tennis (Captain & Vice Captain of IIT Delhi Team)

Won a Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze medals while representing team at various inter college and intermural championships

Groomed new talents and collaborated with national players to enhance skills and competency of the team

Advocated the introduction of Robotic Ping Pong practice technique and improved facilities for players

Interests: Graphic Design, Table Tennis, Music, MOOCs, Yoga, Cubing, Running

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