Graduate Research Asst./Metallurgist/Process Engineer/Quality Engineer

Anirban Bhattacharyya

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Career Objective

To contribute to the growth of an o rganization in a position where I will utilize my interpersonal

and professional skills in applying my knowledge and experience in advancing engineering and technology.

Summary of Qualifications

Experience in research and analysis in various fields of metallurgy

Experience in various fields of industrial/production engineering

Hand-on experience in FMEA, PFMEA, RCA, DOE, Kaizen, Kanban, JIT

Hands-on experience in using various analytical instruments for characterization

Experience in using various software programs for analysis and simulation

Extremely versatile, precision-oriented, team player, and a fast learner

Education

M.S., Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT December 2014

Thesis: Dependence of Rates of Breakage on Fines Content in Wet Ball Mill Grinding.

Cumulative GPA: 3.864/4.0

B.Tech., Industrial/Production Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, India June 2011

Project: Design, Development and Control of a Two-Jaw Under-actuated Robotic Gripper.

Cumulative GPA: 3.32/4.0

Coursework in Masters Program

Process Engineering Statistics Process Design & Economics Physical Metallurgy I

Transmission Electron Microscopy Metal Joining (Welding) Physical Metallurgy II

Nuclear Materials

Mineral Processing I Mineral Processing II

Population Balance Modeling

Scanning Electron Microscopy Mechanical Metallurgy

Technical Skills

Analytical Techniques: FMEA, PFMEA, RCA, Fault Tree Analysis, 8D, Six Sigma, Pareto Analysis, ABC Analysis,

Ishikawa Fishbone Analysis, Line Capacity Assessment, Kaizen, Risk Level Detection and Ranking, SQC, DOE

Characterization and Analysis: Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS),

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), XRD analysis, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Inductively Coupled

Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), High Resolution X-Ray Micro-tomography (HRXMT).

Design and Statistical Software: Estimill, MINITAB, C/C++, JKSimMet, BlueJ, Modsim, AutoCAD, Origin, Moly-Cop

Tools, Microsoft office.

Technical Projects

Electrochemical anodization of titanium foil to form TiO2 nanotubes for fabrication of dye-sensitized solar

cells

Heat treatment and carburization of Steel 9310 to mimic microstructure of aircraft landing gear

Material design and failure analysis of a gas turbine blade

Microstructural analysis of weld zone obtained from Friction Stir Welding

Work Experience

Graduate Research Assistant Aug. 2012–Dec.2014

Department of Metallurgical Engineering

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Experimental evaluation of breakage rates of ores of varying hardness in wet grinding systems.

Determination of selection and breakage functions for various ore bodies using Population Balance

Modeling.

Computational modeling of 1st order and 2nd order breakage rates.

Predictive estimation of particle size distributions for various ore bodies using ESTIMILL, and comparing

them with experimentally derived data.

Fracture mechanics study of gold ore using High Pressure Grinding Roll (HPGR).

2D and 3D Laser Mapping of HPGR using point and line laser techniques to estimate the wear rate.

Summer Intern June 2010 - Aug 2010

FIAT India Automobiles Private Limited, Pune India

Title: A Study of Automotive Components and Mechanisms & Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

Studied mechanisms of operation for various automotive parts.

Performed a line capacity assessment and Pareto analysis on the primary assembly line.

Performed ABC analysis on the inventory.

Performed PFMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, and Ishikawa Fishbone analysis to evaluate and rank assembly line

failures.

Performed risk level detection and ranking on these process failures.

Summer Intern June 2009 - July 2009

Tata Ryerson Limited, Jamshedpur, India

Title: Line Capacity Assessment & Pareto Analysis of Manufacturing lines

Predicted the productivity gap by time study of various manufacturing lines.

Analyzed the various causes of delay and deduce the real capacity of a manufacturing line, as compared to its

ideal value.

Increased productivity by suggesting specific measures to eliminate such causes of delay.

Performed a Pareto analysis to analyze these delays.

Narrowed down on these delays with a precision of up to 1 second.

Summer Intern June 2008 - July 2008

Guide: Dr. Suchandan K.Das

Mathematical Modeling & Simulation Department

CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory

Jamshedpur, India

Title: Applications of C++ for Industry Operations - Computer Aided Process Analysis of Metal Forming Operations

Mathematical modeling of flow stress for various ferrous and non-ferrous alloys

Comparison of flow stress models for metal forming processes like hot rolling and cold rolling etc.

Awards

Cooper-Hansen Foundation Fellowship

International Student Ambassador Scholarship

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