Engineer Manufacturing

Karthikeyan Sundaram

**** * ****** ******, #***, Chicago, Illinois 60607•Phone: 312-***-****• ***************@*****.*** SUMMARY

Experience in Design & Manufacturing of Automobiles, and DFMEA through the Manufacturing Industries in India.

Certified in Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Manufacturing Green Belt, Engineer in Training and AUTOCAD certified (CATIA, SolidWorks) along with 2+ years project experience of ANSYS, Fluent.

Analytical and Problem Solving skills in Quality Control methods, strong competency in Production Planning and Manufacturing Technology.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering May, 2016 University of Illinois at Chicago, IL

GPA: 3.5/4.0

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering May, 2013 Anna University, India

GPA: 8.32/10

Coursework: Quality Control & Reliability, Data Mining for Machine Health, Time Series Analysis & System Applications, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Production Planning and Inventory Control, Computational Fluid dynamics, Heat transfer, Finite Element Analysis, Design of Machine elements. Software: MATLAB, Minitab, SAS, XL-Miner, R, Pro/E, SolidWorks, ANSYS, Fluent, AutoCAD, MS Office Certification: Lean Manufacturing Green Belt, Six-Sigma Green Belt, CATIA5 and ANSYS. Tools/Technique: SPC, Root Cause Analysis, DMAIC, FMEA, Optimization, 8D, 5 Whys, 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Pareto Chart, Control Charts, PDSA Cycle, Cause and Effect analysis, GD&T, HVAC, CNC. EXPERIENCE

Junior Strategic Sourcing Engineer, Jul 2013 - Jun 2014 Shukasree Marketing, Tamil Nadu, India

Executed cost reductive strategies through sourcing without impacting the product quality, improved the outbound supplies.

Managed the cross functional teams in outsourcing of goods and commodity management.

Interfaced with vendors for effective procurement, lead and co-ordinated purchasing activities.

Assisted suppliers in product evaluation which improved the company’s competitiveness. Quality Improvement Intern Dec 2012 – Apr 2013

Sakthi Auto Component Limited, India

Implemented ISO control measures and developed quality, including analysing, reporting and problem solving using FMEA technique.

APQP framework was utilized for the product development as per the specification requirements.

Deployed Continuous Improvement techniques to validate and detect any flaws in the product.

Followed SPC measures in collaboration with the Quality Management team to rectify the defective parts.

Student Intern Aug 2011 – Sep 2011

Bosch India Limited, Bangalore, India

Obtained hands-on training program in Diesel and Gasoline Injection Systems.

Inferred the importance of standard manufacturing practices like Injection Moulding, Die Casting, and Electric Discharge Machining (EDM).

Student Intern May 2011 – Jul 2011

Hyundai Motor India Limited, Chennai, India

Collaborated with multi-disciplinary team of design engineers, electrical engineers, & manufacturing engineers and proposed an efficient layout for the engine assembly plant.

Implemented Statistical Process Control technique throughout the assembly line in order to track the process flow and check for any variations in the assembly of engines. Student Intern May 2010 – Jun 2010

Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited, Chennai, India

Obtained a diverse training on Manufacturing of Electronic Steering system for automobiles.

Hands on experience in the Rack and Pinion mechanism assembly for a Steering System. PROJECT LEAD EXPERIENCE

Enhancement of Coefficient of Performance of a Vapour Compression Refrigerator System using the Alumina Composite Nano-fluids Spring 2013

Designed and Fabricated a Refrigerator model in which, the normal Air Cooled Condenser was replaced by Medium Cooled Condenser.

Alumina Nano-fluid was prepared from Ball Milling and Ultrasonic Agitation methods, and used as the cooling medium in the Condenser.

Design and Fabrication of Open Model Sports Car, Team Scuderia Racing, SUPRA SAE Fall 2012

Designed, modelled, analysed and fabricated the sports car as per the rules formulated by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) SUPRA.

Won the best Innovation award for implementing Solenoid actuated transmission system operated through wireless device mounted on the steering wheel. PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Time Series Forecasting for Industrial Production Index Fall 2015

Predicted the Industrial Production rate by determining the best fit for the Time Series data using ARMA Modelling technique.

Simulated a live model using MATLAB considering various parameters of trend and seasonality, thus reducing the error percent.

Layout optimization of an Automobile Assembly Warehouse. Spring 2015

Co-ordinated, prepared and aligned application support with plant users to effect on-time delivery of products.

Assisted the internal audit teams, departments and external clients.

Improvised and implemented new systems to the logistics department. Demand forecasting for multiple Products in a Souvenir Company. Fall 2014

Organised the data to classify the demand attributes for the highly demanding products.

Developed operational forecasts at multiple level of aggregation through various time horizons.

Minimised the error percent to 7.8% by employing ARIMA forecasting method. Performance Evaluation of Cross Flow Model Heat Exchanger Pipe Fall 2011

Designed an open type Cross Flow model Heat Exchanger Pipe and coated with different Ceramic Composite materials.

Ceramic composite material of Copper-Brass combination improved the effectiveness of the system with excellent heat transfer rate.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

College Student Secretary for the academic year 2012-2013.

Won National Innovation award for Solenoid Actuated Transmission System.(2012)

President, Indian Society for Technical Education(College Chapter)

Certified in CPR/AED technique.

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