Karthik Babu Rangamuthuswamy
OBJECTIVE:
Graduate Student in mechanical engineering with strong background in product design and development, keen to work in a professional environment to use my technical skills and problem solving abilities to achieve personal EDUCATION: as well as organizational goals. Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Masters in Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 3.7/ 4.0
Anna University, Chennai, India December 2015
Bachelor of Engineering (B. E), Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.80/ 4.0
TECHNICAL SKILLS: May 2012
Analysis & Automation Tools: ANSYS, ABAQUS, COSMOSworks, LabVIEW 8.0, MATLAB, Simulink Design Tools: SolidWorks 2014, Solid Edge, Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0, CATIA V5, AutoCAD2013, Unigraphics, Autodesk Inventor
Programming Languages: C, C++
Project Management Tools: MS Office Project 2013, Concerto PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Teaching Assistant- Auburn University, Auburn, AL Aug 2014 – December 2015
• Prepared teaching materials and instructed students in various topics of Finite Element in ANSYS including eigenvalue buckling, Static Nonlinear and Modal analysis.
• Tutored a group of 20 students holding weekly office hours for Grading assignments and team projects on canvas and assisted students with queries regarding the course. Design Engineer, Lakshmi Machine Works, India Aug 2012 - Aug 2013
• Designed and developed new components of CNC in Turning Center and also modified existing design to meet customer specification.
• Investigated and resolved design related problems as early as possible and released detailed machine drawings in Pro-E as per Design Change Note requests.
• Reduced 20% cost by implementing "sheet metal" control panel mounting bracket in turning center and also solved customer complaints adhering to service level agreements.
• Solved quality related issues in the design raised in Defective Enhancement Management System
(DEMS) and implemented it within a period of five days.
• Achieved Design optimization by implementing Reverse engineering techniques and created accurate drawings and models.
• Analyzed non-conformity reports and generated new item requirement list to assembly to avoid any delay in production.
• Provided complete support to sales order change requests.
• Ensured the use of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance in drawing quality & maintain all data as ACADEMIC per ISO PROJECTS: 9001-2008 documentation for perusal and records. Vibration Based Structural health monitoring system of October 2015 – December 2015 a Welding Robot Base, Auburn University
• Conducted a vibration based structural health monitoring analysis on Base of a welding robot made of cast iron to enhance its fatigue life.
• Created a 3 Dimensional Geometric model in ANSYS, performed Modal analysis of robotic base and extracted different frequency modes and evaluated structural adequacy of selected concept. ***********.**@*****.*** 149 Cox street, Apt # 210
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