Engineer Mechanical Engineering
Resume:
ARPIT BIRANI
*** ********** ***** ***. *** Rochester Hills, Michigan
***********@*****.***
Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering graduate with experience in
computer aided design (CAD), vibration analysis, advanced manufacturing
practices, finite element modelling (FEM/FEA), metrology, and application
of advanced receptance coupling techniques. [pic]
Technical Skills
. Matlab 2012b
. Data acquisition
. ANSYS (Workbench)
. Labview (core I & II)
. GD&T
. SolidWork
. AutoCAD
. Pro/Engineer (Pro/E)
. Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project.
. Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP/7/8, Linux
Professional Experience
Experience gained as part of graduate coursework:
. Performed experimental modal analysis on crankshaft to find bending
modes.
. One dimensional modelling of an internal combustion engine.
. Modelled a single transducer Gage block Comparator with a floating
calliper design, in SolidWorks.
. Conducted environmental & dynamic test, table bending check, angular &
straightness measurement, squareness measurement and 6 degree of
freedom measurements using API laser, for Monarch VMC-45 CNC machine.
. Familiar with CMM's and ASME Y14.5, Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
Research Assistant, UNCC May
2012 - Dec 2013
. Vibration analysis using ANSYS and MATLAB. Data acquisition by impact
testing.
. Performed frequency analysis on different tool-holders combinations
mounted on a spindle simulator.
. Constructed a mathematical model in Matlab based on Timoshenko beam
theory for predicting the equivalent diameter for the fluted section
of the solid-body endmills.
. Modelled solid-body carbide endmills in SolidWorks.
. Employed Receptance Coupling Substructure Analysis (RCSA) for the
prediction of tool point frequency response functions.
Teaching Assistant, UNCC - Course: Manufacturing Systems
January 2012 - April 2012
. Grade tests, exams, quizzes and lab notebooks.
Trainee Engineer, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), Bhilai- India
May 2009- May 2009
. Understand the process flow executed at SAIL.
. Familiar with sustainability model implemented at SAIL.
. Familiar with DFMEA reports.
Education
Masters in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.67/4.0)
Graduation: Dec 2013
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical (GPA 3.5/4.0)
Graduation: Jan 2011
RishiRaj Institute of Technology, India
Graduate Master's Thesis: Determining the Equivalent diameter for fluted-
solid body Endmills.
. Modelled 288 solid carbide endmills for different physical parameters
using SolidWorks.
. Developed a look-up table for predicting equivalent diameters models
for fluted solid-body carbide endmills.
. Developed a Matlab code to predict equivalent diameters from collected
data.
. Performed modal, harmonic and static structural analysis using ANSYS
Workbench 14.5.
. Performed a series of impact tests using the MetalMAXTM data
acquisition kit to measure the FRF's of aluminium test model endmills
and carbide endmills.
Related Coursework : Structural Dynamics of Production Machines, Machine
Tool Metrology, Advanced Coordinate Metrology, Design of Precision Machine
& Instruments, Special Topics- Waves & optics, Advanced Applied Mathematics-
I, Convective Heat Transfer and Advanced Fluid Mechanics.
Academic Projects
. Error compensation for a 5-axis Moore Nanotech 350FG Diamond Turning
Machine.
a) Developed a manual to provide procedure to understand, evaluate and
compensate for errors arising in 5-axes of the Moore machine.
b) Derived a vector model based on the principle of rigid body kinematics
and Homogenous Transformation Matrices (HTM).
c) Developed different procedures to measure error motions using laser
interferometer, straight edge, electronic level and cylindrical
square. The setups were modelled in SolidWorks.
. Design a Gage Block Comparator and its user's manual.
a) Modelled a Gage Block Comparator (GBC) with a floating calliper design
comprising of a single transducer, in SolidWorks.
b) Built a user's guide that includes procedure to calibrate the GBC and
linear variable transducer (LVDT) in Microsoft Word.
c) Performed structural analysis on the frame/casing of the GBC in ANSYS
Workbench 14.5.
d) Performed uncertainty analysis.
. Stability of aircraft wing subjected to aerodynamic forces.
a) Used Euler integration approach to develop a time-domain
simulation of simplified approximation of aircraft wing flutter.
b) Solved the differential equations of motion using Matlab 2012b.
c) Optimized model to compute equilibrium force for the aircraft
wing.
References
Dr. Tony Schmitz
****.*******@****.***
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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