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Manama, Bahrain
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June 02, 2015

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Amit Swamy Post-Doctoral research, PhD in Engineering, M. Research, B. Mechanical Engg, Diploma Engineering.

Block no 340 • Road no – 4210 • Juffair • Kingdom of Bahrain • +973-******** acp0ki@r.postjobfree.com

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR WITH RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL FACET

Over 12 years of research, lecturing and industry leadership roles, leveraging strategic partnerships in

developing high impact programs for building tomorrow.

International experience in research, teaching, learning, curriculum development and managing with

innovative product development in engineering and industry sector.

Managed and supervised research, oil and gas and desalination p rojects in nonprofit and private sectors.

Research focus in medical implant and innovative product development for indigenous business growth.

Proposed start date – 2 months’ notice period – In September’15

Core Competencies

Characterization of biomaterials using Dynamic mechanical analyzer testing Project management

Modelling, Simulation and Analysis Additive Manufacturing and Investment casting

Research and Analysis leading to innovative product development Strategic research planning

Teaching and Learning Life estimation and Validation

Education

Certificate of Tertiary Teaching and Learning – Bahrain Polytechnic, Ministry of Education, Bahrain Jan’ 15.

Leadership and succession planning – Dubai Institute of Business Management, UAE Oct’ 11.

PhD in Medical Engineering – Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hull, UK. Dec ’07.

Introduction to teaching and learning in Higher Education – University of Hull, England. Nov ’06.

Post-graduate research certificate in Medical Engineering – University of Hull, UK Nov ’04.

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering – Nagpur University, India. Apr’03.

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering– Mumbai (Bombay) Technical Board, India. June ’00.

Mar ’97.

Secondary School Certificate, India.

Professional Experience

Aug’14 to Present. “Bahrain Polytechnic”, Under Civil Service - Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Bahrain.

“Tutor in Problem based learning – Work effective model for department of Mechanical Engineering.”

Course coordinator for problem based learning schedule assessments for courses like Industrial measurement

and control systems (Project 9), Computer aided Engineering (Project 2), Material Engineering (Project 3),

Advanced Manufacturing processes (Project 10), Solid Mechanics (Pro ject 4), Computer aided manufacturing

(Project 1), Statistical process engineering (Project 5) and Engineering Mathematics.

Manage problem based Learning approach with industry related based problems that lead to work effective

model.

Adapt and develop appropriate B. Eng and M. Eng curriculum for the program.

Research committee coordinator to enhance skills by introducing personality development and ethical courses.

Re-model curriculum and set-up laboratories as per industrial requirements.

Promote management vision for personnel and intuitional success.

Contribute and participate in research proposals and industrial projects.

Oct’13 to June’14. “Ethiopia institute of Technology” Under United Nations Development Project, Mekelle, Ethiopia.

“Associate Professor and Master of Science, Coordinator for Mechanical and Industrial Engineering .”

Chair for teaching learning program in various modules like Computer aided Engineering, Manufacturing

processes, Hydraulic and Pneumatic, Reliability Maintainability Sa fety and Risk Management, Solid

Mechanics, Noise and Vibrations and some research based subjects like Design engineering and Finite

analysis related to postgraduate research in mechanical and aeronautical engineering.

Developing experiment (laboratory) based teaching for Product development, Finite element analysis, CAD,

Material engineering, Static and Dynamics.

Undertake mentoring and coaching of both staff and students as directed by the UND programme.

Research for Mu-MIT Ethiopian Renaissance Chemica l Rocket Development

Synopsis: Conducting research for developing a small liquid fuel bipropellant rocket engine.

Aligning and setting up various laboratories as per study curriculum and industrial standard.

Facilitating workshops for entrepreneurial development for students.

Working for local students as mentor in raising aspirations for undergraduate and post -graduate student

projects.

Curriculum coordinator for Masters and PhD programme for Ethiopian institute of Technology.

July’12 to Oct’ 13. “Sharda University”, India (Joint with All India Institute of Medical Science, India)

“Associate Professor for Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering.”

Coordinating with faculties and students for various programmes like Finite element engineeri ng,

Manufacturing processes, Reliability engineering, Computer aided manufacturing, Hydraulic and Pneumatics,

Noise and Vibrations, Statistical process engineering, Mechanics, material engineering etc. related to

mechanical engineering in School of Engineering and Technology (SET).

Providing consultation to colleagues in orthopedic department in School of Medical Sciences and Research;

for optimizing implants selection and operative health, related problems.

Coordinator and mentor for ABET (Accreditation bo ard for engineering and technology, United States) and

NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation council).

Technical writing for requesting research grants to internal and external funding agencies viz. DST and ICMR.

Jan’10 to July 2012. Bhatia Brothers and Group companies, Middle East. With Joint venture with Rollys-Royce, UK

“Head of Projects Estimation”

Procurement planning, timely execution and re -negotiating terms for maximizing profits from major

principles and suppliers.

Manpower planning and MTO estimating in major tenders and live enquiries for projects.

“Head of Business analysist”

Establishing a business analysis model, to measure the gap between the management vision and actual

business coverage.

Performance measurement and rating of teams in Bhatia Brothers and Group companies.

“General Manager Oman Division.”

Providing solutions to industrial projects in oil and gas, power and infrastructure segments.

Maintaining business i.e. pursuit of happiness factor which includes market c overage, Trade receivables,

Inventory rate and bank facilities for a healthy business operations.

Coordinating with banks for better credit terms and facilities for business growth.

May’ 09 to Nov’09. University of Nagpur, KDK College of Engineering, India.

“Associate Professor in Department of Mechanical engineering”

Classroom teaching for subjects of Mechanical engineering subjects like, Engineering Mechanics,

Material engineering, Manufacturing processes, Engineering Drawing and Entrepreneurial de velopment

skills.

Providing assistance to Department of Mechanical Engineering for accreditation.

Assisting proposal write-up for internal and external funding agencies viz. AICTE (All India Council of

Technical Education) and Commonwealth programme, UK for improvisation in research and

infrastructure.

Mentoring M. Tech, B. Tech and PhD projects for students in industrial research and medical implants

subject areas.

Establishing a consultancy for providing business analysis model, to measure the gap between the

management vision and actual business coverage.

Feb’ 2008 to April’09. University of Bristol and Rollys-Royce, UK

“Research Assistant in Mechanical engineering for SuperGEN – II”

Computer modeling of residual stresses using Finite Element analysis.

Designing a suitcase kit for high temperature (600 to 1200 oC) strain and stress measurement technique

using ceramic type and weld -able strain gauges to be used for high temperature and low pressure turbine

blades, Pipelines, Turbine casing, boiler tubes and rotors.

Maintenance and life assessment for Thermal and Nuclear power plants i.e. high temperature and low

pressure pipe-lines, valves, nozzles and turbine blades (fixed and movable) by using modern instruments

for condition monitoring and also researching on innovative techniques to calculate stresses and strains for

physical samples and Finite element models under static and dynamic load

Calculating residual stresses for power plant samples supplied by companies like N-power, RWE, Rolls-

Royce, Alston and E-on by using Deep hole drilling, Raman-spec., strain gauging and some other

techniques

Providing mechanical assistance to Nuclear power station customers for selecting the appropriate cost

effective and economical tools.

Coordinating research for UG, PG and PhD level for life assessment of high temperature pipe -lines and

Low pressure steam turbine blades used for power industry.

2004 to Dec’07. University of Hull, East Yorkshire, UK

“Research Assistant (Post – Doctoral Assistant)”

Research to improve lower back problems, by developing a patient specific model with artificial muscles and

ligaments and analyzing the triangular force – resultant using Ansys – 7.1 simulations.

Providing consultation for health related problems with (CAD related) innovative solution for implants and

Denture impression’s; to be used by surgeons.

Assisting to evaluate the evolution science of humans from Nethandral man to today’s man i.e. analyzing

properties of Nethandral man.

“Assistant Prof. for Department of Mechanical Engineering”

Classroom teaching for Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biosensors, Product development, CAD, FE, Static and

Dynamics.

Laboratory supervision for FE, Static dynamics and hardware VHDL progg (C

Helping prospective local and international students and guidance mentor, raising aspirations for young and

prospective students for undergraduate and post -graduate student projects.

Aug’03 to Dec’04 Design Enterprise Centre, Smith and Nephew. England.

“Technical Assistant. (Part-time)”

Assisting with FE solutions on innovative models; for analyzing the maximum and minimum stress points for

optimized design.

Assistance in CAD drawings in 2D and 3D using Solid works and Pro -Engineer.

Provided advice on developing medical devices i.e. Negative pressure wound therapy.

Additional skills and training

Computer aided manufacturing – CNC programming, Rapid prototyping i.e. Quick -Slice programming,

Additive Manufacturing, Investment casting (low wax casting) – vacuum casting, counter gravity casting.

Finite element analysis for complicated geometry and non linear problems.

Consultancy for industrial statistics, Quality management and profit recording tools (Management

Information system).

Materials, metallurgical performance, biomaterials and nano -materials laboratory development.

Development (Modeling and Manufacturing) of patient specific implants.

Computing: Experienced user of CAD software (Solid Works, Pro -Engineer, Rhino, Auto -Cad), FEA and

CFD software (Abaqus, Ansys, Cosmos, Catia V2), Interface programming software (C++, Matlab),

Imaging software (Amira), Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage), VHDL

(Altera control progg) and front end backend progg (VB and oracle (pl/sql type)).

Professional membership

Certified member for “Leadership and succession planning programmes” for ‘Dubai Institute of Business

Management’, UAE.

Certified leadership and management professional by Royal Navy, UK.

Awarded International Student Bursary 2003-04, for studying Research in Engineering, University of

Hull, UK.

Certified user to develop rapid prototypes of complicated bodies and geometries from FDM and Vacuum

casting Machines, in Design Enterprise Centre, Smith and Nephew, Hull, UK.

ASME - Graduate research member (100*******)

BiomehL – Life time membership as reviewer.

University of Hull – Life time membership and Alumina.

University of Bristol – Life time membership.

University college London – Reading membership.

Imechӗ – Graduate research membership.

Orthopedic research council, UK – Membership.

Awards and research grants

Certificate of excellence and a gold medal for Bachelors in Mechanical engineering, India (2003)

International student bursary, for Postgraduate research certificate course in University of Hull, UK.

(2003)

Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Postgraduate research assistantship for research in UK. (2004)

Certificate of excellence for Best teacher in Kingswood Higher Secondary school, UK. (2005)

SuperGEN – II, sponsored by Rollys Royce (Ministry of Defense) and University of Bristol, UK for Life

extension of Necular power plants. (2008)

In Negotiations, Department of Science and Technology, India for manufacturing patient specific implants for

hip fracture. (2015 under process)

Selected publications and conferences

Swamy A (2014), Development of artificial laboratory spine using advanced manufacturing. International

Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Research. Volume 4 Issue 2 – 2014. Paper id: 24749. ISSN: 2249 -

0019@ RIP.

Swamy A (2014), Material selection and FE modeling for intervertebral disc. International Journal of

Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Volume 5, Issue 4 April (2014). ISSN: 0976 -5340 @ IAEME.

Swamy A (2014), Material selection for intervertebral disc. International Journal of Scient ific Engineering and

Research. Volume 2 Issue 4, April – 2014. Paper id: J2013240. ISSN: 2347 - 3878.

Swamy A (2014), Advanced manufacturing technology. Ethiopian ICT annual international conference 2014.

ICT centre of Excellence – April’14; Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Swamy A (2013), Development of laboratory lumbar spine with Flexinol muscles. International Journal of

Mechanical engineering research and applications. Vol. 1 (03) Aug – 2013.

Yaghi A, Pavier M, Swamy A and Smith DJ (2008), Case study: Creep damage modeling in P91 header

hanger. SuperGEN – II, Conventional Power Plant lifetime extension consortium. MOD (Ministry of Defense,

Code: 0042), Alstom and Rollys-Royce, England.

Swamy A (2007), Case study: Alternative solution for analyzing spinal problems – Is lumbar spine

accountable for humans being bipeds? University of Hull, Engineering Journal supplement, 2007 -3 page 2-4.

Swamy A (2007), Development of laboratory spine with artificial muscles, PhD thesis, September 2007,

Spinal implants, hull: 780. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:780

Swamy A and Fagan MJ (2006), Artificial muscles using shape memory alloys. Hull York medical

Conference, Hull.

Swamy A and Fagan MJ (2005), Development of an active artificial laboratory lumbar spine. Clinical

Bioscience Postgraduate Conference, Hull. (Retrieved on 2 nd March 2006.)

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/people/rp/tttconf/papers/SessionAM/SwamyApaper_1.pdf

Swamy A and Fagan MJ (2004), Development Laboratory spine with intervertebrall disc. Hull York medical

School Conference, Yorkshire.

Swamy A and Deshmukh M (2001), Seminar paper presented for Indian Institute of Technology, about

recent pollution control measure. (Published in the Local Delhi College Journal, 2001)

Synopsis: Study of ash filtering systems (Bag filter technology)

Swamy A, Dixit R (2000), Best Project - 00, from Maharashtra State Electricity Board Science contest for

young engineers, Khaperkheda, India, New Scientist Bulletin, India edition, 2000.

Synopsis: Designing a low medium speed water turbine.

Projects – industrial and academics

o Industrial

Mesfin Industrial Engineering, Mekelle – Ethiopia (Feb- 2014), Project for motivating employee for quality

optimization and CAE tools.

Messebo cement industry, Mekelle Ethiopia,(Dec- 2013), Fault tree analysis with optimization and die design

for housing a bearing.

Bhatia brothers Group (Oil fields supply) JV Rollys Royce for Petroleum development Oman, Haya A Seeb

STP project, EPC – Hyundai JV Korea, (Feb – 2012), Estimation and MTO agreement with contractor.

Bhatia brothers Group (Oil fields supply) JV Rollys Royce for Petroleum development Qarn Al - Alam Steam

Project, Oman, EPC – Dodsal, (Nov – 2010), Consultation for selecting specific grade transportation lines.

University of Bristol and Rollys Royce for SuperGEN – II project, (2009), Developing laboratory model for

high temperature strain measurement.

MOD (Ministry of Defense), UK, (2008), Creep modeling of P91 tubes.

Smith and Nephew, Hull, UK, (2004) Development of Dental implant s.

o Academic - Phd Students

Kulashri A, (2013 – present), Thesis title “Working on nano-fibers for bone remodeling” Sharda University,

India.

Sabir A, (2013 – present), Thesis title “Patient specific hip replacements”, Sharda University, India.

o Academic - M.Tech. Students

Araya T, (2013 – 2014), Thesis title “Design of integrated inline seed -sowing machine”. Ethiopia institute of

technology – Mekelle University.

Zelen T, (2013 – 2014), Thesis title “Optimization of elevator buckets for Messebo coments”. Ethiopia

institute of technology – Mekelle University.

Tariku A, (2012 – 2014), Thesis title “Wind turbine blade design optimization using genetic algorithm”.

Ethiopia institute of technology – Mekelle University.

Mohammedsalih A, (2012 – 2014), Thesis title “Design and simulation of pedal operated plain loom”. Ethiopia

institute of technology – Mekelle University.

Elias Berhe, (2012 – 2014), Thesis title “Optimization for quality of wrinkling in tube bending machine”.

Ethiopia institute of technology – Mekelle University

Zebenay, (2012 – 2014), Thesis title “Impact load distribution on asphalt of air -strip”. Ethiopia institute of

technology – Mekelle University

Moges S, (2012 – 2014), Thesis title “Mosquito killer machine using noise simulation”. Ethiopia i nstitute of

technology – Mekelle University

Andinet T, (2012 – 2014), Thesis title “Optimization of cutting tool parameters using fuzzy logic”. Ethiopia

institute of technology – Mekelle University

Vikas S, Rajat J, Vinay KS (2011 – 2013), Thesis title “Automated fire fighting – Robot” Sharda University,

India.

Shubham S, Azam R, Rahul K (2011 – 2013), Thesis title “Automated Fire fighting – Heat detection”, Sharda

University, India.

Sandeep K (2011 – 2013), Thesis title “Improving process time in carriage and Wagon Workshop – Indian

railways Alambagh Lucknow”, Sharda University, India.

Yaghi A (2007- 2008), Thesis title “Creep damage modeling in P91 header hanger”, University of Bristol, UK.

Lin A (2007- 2008), Thesis title “High temperature stress and strain measurement”, University of Bristol, UK.

Yash A (2006 – 2007), Thesis title “Modeling of Neanderthal teeth and eating behaviour”, University of Hull,

UK.



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