Engineer Design

Bhavik Kharod

480-***-**** *******@***.*** **** Silver Lane,Minneapolis MN

Profile

Mechanical Engineer with experience in design of mechanical components,mechanism analysis, prototyping and statistical analysis seeking opportunities to provide solutions to challenging engineering problems.

Education

Arizona State University, Tempe,AZ MS, Mechanical Engineering, 3.7 May 2014 Gujarat Technological University,Gujarat,India BS, Mechanical Engineering, 8.84 Jun 2012 Experience

Product Design Engineer, Cummins Inc., Minneapolis,MN Jun 2014-Present

• Conceptualize and design electro mechanical components,actuators and mechanisms in Pro Engineer for Automatic Transfer Switches in the Product Preceding Technology ( R&D) group.

• Perform kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms using MATLAB.

• Design enclosures according to UL requirements in Creo Sheetmetal and create part and assembly drawings.Utilize Product Lifecycle and Data Management tools to support design changes.

• Utilize Six Sigma tools of Design of Experiments and Regression analysis to optimize design solutions.

• Conduct prototype fabrication and testing according to UL requirements for temperature rise and mechanical endurance to validate design concepts.

Project Design Intern, Brewer Enterprises Inc., Phoenix, AZ Jun-Aug 2013

• Designed plumbing and HVAC systems using AutoCAD.

• Processed Engineering change orders and supported ongoing design changes.Increased efficiency and quality of field installations by implementing AutoCAD designs to reduce drawing errors. Product Design Engineer Intern, Innovative Tires and Tubes, Vadodara, India Jun-Aug 2011

• Designed and fabricated a prototype of an integrated tire manufacturing station and proposed a solution to reduce quality defects.Conducted Root cause analysis and performed operations research. Academic Projects

Modeling mechanical deformation of Ball Grid Array Package during SMT Process

• Modeled the warpage and solder joint stresses in a BGA package caused due to Coefficient of Thermal Expansion mismatch during the Surface Mount Technique reflow process using ANSYS Numerical Modeling of lid driven flow in 2D cavity

• Simulated a 2D lid driven flow in MATLAB.Correlated analytical model with ANSYS Fluent Optimization of front silver grid for screen printing of solar cells

• Designed an experiment to optimize the series resistance and aspect ratio of solar cells by running a 3 factor experiment at ASU Solar Power Laboratory

Cogeneration plant for an ethanol production facility

• Prepared conceptual and preliminary design for a cogeneration plant,conducted thermodynamic analysis and performed component selection and sizing based on lowest cost of electricity Skills

• Design Pro Engineer/ Creo 2.0, AutoCAD, ANSYS, SolidWorks, PDMLink, MatrixOne PLM

• Analytical Tools MATLAB,JMP, Minitab, GD&T, Finite Element Analysis,CFD,Six Sigma,FMEA Honors

• Recognized as an engineering scholar by Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

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