Mechanical Engineer

Jackson Arcade (***)

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San Francisco Bay Area

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OBJECTIVE STATEMENT- Mechanical Engineer seeking to develop, build, design

& remodel mechanical or electronic equipment utilizing leading edge of

technology in finest professional, creative and efficient ways

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

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. Expertise with the integration of mechanical engineering, automation

process, product design and electronics

. Proficiency encompass R & D, robotics, mechatronic systems, design,

programming of automation, numerical and computer controlled systems

. Detail oriented and solid foundation in engineering to fundamentals

and practical applications

. Proven experience with project management, product development and

product marketing related to electronic components

. Hands-on experience working on land rovers, marine robots, quadcopters

and robotic components

EDUCATION

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Master of Science- Mechanical Engineering (Robotics and Mechatronic

systems) Jan 2014 (GPA: 3.4)

Santa Clara University, CA

Bachelor of Science- Mechatronics Engineering

June 2010 (GPA: 3.7)

Sardar Patel University, India

EXPERIENCE

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Product Marketing Engineer, Jameco Electronics

(Sept 2012-Present)

. Spearheaded managing the hobbyist driven website-Club Jameco,

resulting in the creation of more than 100 new products/kits

. Accountable for building and improving the robotic/electronic circuits

designed by hobbyist designers

. Worked on reviewing electronic products and drafted them for feature

articles in the newsletters

. Responsible for adding new products in AS/400 database through

independent research and working with product managers, vendors and

suppliers

. Created New Product Introduction (NPI) and Bill of Materials (BOMs) as

well as gathered and generated reports containing product data

Research Assistant, Santa Clara University

(June 2013-Jan 2014)

. Spearheaded the design and built the experimental test bed which

involved the system setup, electronics configuration and running the

control software

. Organized the kinematic and Jacobian matrices to transform robot

positions and velocities

. Accomplished a sequential position and force control using a multi-

robot system to transport an object through utilization of finite

state machines

. Integrated and tuned the PI force controller with the cluster space

controller

. Conducted troubleshooting of the Ultrawide Band system consisting RFID

tags, Xbees, Ricochet Modems, Force Sensor, RFID position sensors and

other electronics

Teaching Assistant, Santa Clara University

(April 2012-June2012)

. Responsible for grading quizzes and assignments as well as proctoring

exams

. Organized tutoring sessions for undergrad students and assisted the

professor for administrative duties

. Responsible for evaluating students' performance with regular

interaction and feedback

PROJECTS

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Mechatronics

. Engineered a complete mechatronic system that controlled a dynamic

system

. Controlled the position of a mass by controlling the velocity of a DC

motor in a mass-spring system

. Designed a dynamical mechanical setup using plastic and wooden

materials and integrated the electronics that comprised of Arduino UNO

microcontroller, SONAR ping sensors, X-Bee Pro transmitters and

receivers

. Accomplished sensing/control/actuation and hardware/electronics skills

in the end-to-end system

. Achieved non-linearity in the system by inclining the mechanical setup

at a certain angle and implementing a feed-forward controller

Operations and Production System

. Led a team of 6 to develop an operational plan for manufacturing a

product for a given number of years

. Developed and proposed the business' operation strategy, process flow,

production plan, process management, forecast, supply chain management

and break even analysis

Line Follower

. Drafted and manufactured the chassis and the drive mechanism through

3D CAD modeling

. Achieved system control by implementing ATmega8 microcontroller,

reflective object sensors, motor driver ICs

. Improved the sensing ability of the sensor by implementing Gaussian

standard deviation filtering technique

Machining 2

. Led a team of 3 to design metal/plastic components such as gear trains

& mechanical joints in Autodesk Inventor

. Conducted DFM & DFA processes to revise plastic parts for high volume

injection molding

SKILLS

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. Software: MATLAB/Simulink, Repetier-Host, SolidWorks, I-DEAS, AutoCAD,

Autodesk Inventor, MPLAB-IDE, Arduino, BASIC Stamp, PCB Creator, MS

Office, MS Visio

. Machining: CNC, Mill, Lathes, 3D printer, Drill press, Injection

molding, Arc welding

. Programming: C, C++, HTML

. Related Coursework: Mechatronics, Robotics, Hydraulics and Pneumatics,

Control systems, Thermodynamics, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC),

Digital Signal Processing, Design and Manufacturing, Program

Management, Operations and Production System

PUBLICATIONS

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"Phased Object Transport using a Multi-Robot System"- MS Thesis

ACTIVITIES

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Coordinated various events Rocket Modeling workshop, Circuit Skills,

Robotic Skills

Member of the International Society of Automation (ISA)

Presented a paper on "Air Car"

Participated in various Robotic events under the aegis of Institute of

Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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