State University Engineer

UTKARSH RANJAN

Email: **********@*****.*** Ph.: 316-***-****

SUMMARY: Highly motivated Industrial engineer with 3+ years of experience. Certified Six-sigma green Belt with proven success in Problem solving and Root cause analysis, Continuous improvement, Project Management, Lean, Six sigma applications, Quality Assurance, 5S, 8D, DMAIC, DFMEA, KAIZEN, Pareto Analysis and Risk analysis.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Industrial Engineering, Wichita State University, KS, USA CGPA: 3.51/4

Bachelor of Tech. Mechanical Engineering, G.B.P.U.A.T, Pantnagar, U.K, India CGPA: 3.32/4

CERTIFICATIONS

Six-Sigma Green belt, American Society of Quality Eng., June 2016

Lean Systems, Wichita State University, May 2016

Foundations of Six Sigma and Quality Improvement, Wichita State University, May 2016

COMPETENCIES:

CAD & Modeling- AutoCAD, Creo FEA- ANSYS and Autodesk Inventor

Data analysis: SPSS, DesignExpert, MINITAB, MS EXCEL

ERP & Supply chain - SAP, Bill of Materials, Product Specification, Process procedures, IBM LOGICNET

Operations Research & process optimization- TOMLAB (MATLAB), AMPL, CPLEX

Machine learning: MATLAB, EEGLAB, Bayesian Network, Fuzzy Logic

Others- Microsoft office, Visio, C++ & C

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Industrial Trainee- BOSCH Ltd.

India: May 2011- August 2011

Conducting time studies for different products and determining work standardization, developing and documenting Sequence of Events (SOEs) or standard procedures.

Implementing 5S on workstations of machining and assembly work station for waste elimination.

Industrial Engineer- Honda Motor Co. Pvt. Ltd.

India: June 2012-Aug 2014

Challenged with PDCA based process improvement by reducing defective part flow to engine assembly area.

Implemented DMAIC with Ishikawa chart, Pareto Analysis and process mapping to achieve a 50% improvement in reduction of engine failure rate within the first year of implementation of process improvement techniques.

Performed work standardization, waste elimination, minimized material mishandling based on inventory classification, educating workers on inventory classification.

Designed Poke-yokes and implementing Lean and 5S methodologies to improve the material handling.

Increased productivity and efficiency of the line by reducing reworking cost and time (Overtime).

Utilized various Industrial Engineering techniques such as- Six Sigma, Process improvement, Control Charts (X-R), Process capability studies, Material Handling, Lean & Kaizen events, Quality Assurance, facilities planning.

GRA-Product Development- Vigo Technologies - HAIL, WSU

Wichita, KS: Sept. 2014-June 2015

Conferred design specifications as an industrial liaison with OEMs project sponsors and meeting all the customer requirements in the New Product development process of a wearable device called Vigo.

Designed experiments, performed data analysis, data collection in focused groups to assess customer needs.

GA-Projects Team Leader, C-Space, Wichita State University

Wichita, KS: June 2015-June 2016

Challenged with Process improvement for PLA and ABS plastic based additive manufacturing process.

Developing, Managing and Maintaining Process Cards/Work Instructions for existing and new parts/projects.

Conferred 3D CAD design reviews for Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerances (GD&T) for rapid prototyping.

Quality Assurance and inventory management, optimization of job delivery time with part Quality.

Utilized improvement techniques such as Control Charts, poka yoke to achieve 20% reduction in total defect rate.

GRANTS & PROJECTS

Team Leader-NeuroDirect: Grant amount: $6500, awarded by Valeo France

Oct. 2013-Aug. 2014,Selected in Top 20 Teams in the world in Valeo innovation challenge 2014, Valeo, Paris, France.

Team Leader-EcoNexus: Grant amount: $5500, awarded by Valeo France Oct. 2014-Aug. 2015,Selected in Top 20 Teams in the world in Valeo innovation challenge 2015, Valeo, Paris, France.

Team Vice Captain-SAE BAJA Jan. 2012- Aug. 2012

Formulated 2D drafting, projection views, section views & 3D CAD models for automotive Roll cage and Chassis designs using AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor to gratify Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerances.

RELEVANT LINKS-

Wichita State University- Featured on WSU’s homepage

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/stories/story.asp?si=2846

Science Daily- Featured in sciencedaily.com for the development of Vigo headset. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151*********.htm

Wikipedia –Featured in Wikipedia under the category ‘Driver Drowsiness Detection Systems’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_drowsiness_detection

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