Mechanical Engineer, process engineer, manufacturing, material Science

Abhishek Nandan Bakshi

*** **** ***** ******, *-*01 ● Auburn, AL 36832 ● *******@******.*** ● 334-***-**** SUMMARY:

• Graduate researcher in the braided composites field

• Guided senior design competition teams to success as a teaching assistant & technical advisor

• Six sigma green belt certified

• Conducted data analysis and optimization across various projects and internships EDUCATION:

Auburn University; Auburn; AL Expected May 2017

Master in Mechanical engineering

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering; Bangalore; India August 2011-May 2015 Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.25/4.00

ENGINEERING EXPERINCE:

Auburn University; Auburn; AL

Graduate Researcher August 2015 – Present

• Research focused on optimization of strength capabilities of braided carbon fiber composite structures.

• Designing, manufacturing and testing of hybrid carbon fiber yarns which are used to make the structures. Braiding the yarns to make structures and testing them. Comparative analysis of results.

• Applications involve truss structures, wheels, AR-15 handguards, rocket nozzles. Auburn University; Auburn; AL

Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2015- May 2016

• Worked as a teaching assistant for the Senior design projects facilitating student teams with the material testing, modeling, FEA (finite element analysis), manufacturing of composite parts.

• Led & maintained the senior design room with all the machines including Welding tables, lathes, grizzlies, milling machines.

• Authorized by the department to make all the purchases for Senior Design project teams. This involves canvassing for the right equipment needed for the application at a reasonable price and keeping track of the spending to ensure the teams stay within their allotted budgets, and also purchasing consumables & tool parts for the senior design room.

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi; Himachal Pradesh; India Research Intern January 2015

• FEA analysis of PIN-PMN-PT ferroelectric single crystals to understand the effect of stress on energy conversion and storage characteristics

• Composition dependence of field induced transformation in PIN-PMN-PT ferroelectric single crystals.

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi; Himachal Pradesh; India Research Intern August 2014

• Detailed study of the performance characteristics of lead free piezoelectric material KNN

in comparison to lead based piezoelectric material PZT.

• Design and finite element analysis of Bimorph piezoelectric beam National Thermal Power Corporation Tamil Nadu; Chennai; India Engineering Intern August 2013

• System designing and maintenance for coal handling and power generation.

• Implemented lean techniques in gas turbine power generation unit successfully. PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS:

• Awarded the BEST STUDENT OF THE YEAR-2014 award by Indian Society of Technical Education (I.S.T.E)

• Technical Paper titled ‘Effect of stress on energy conversion & storage characteristics of (1-x-y)PIN-xPMN-yPT crystals” accepted by IEEE journal of Ferroelectric letter sections.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285774061_Effect_of_Stress_on_Energy_C onversion_and_S torage_Characteristics_of_1-x-yPIN-xPMN-yPT_Single_Crystals

• Technical Paper titled ‘Finite Element Analysis of Bimorph Piezoelectric Beam’ presented at IEMSA-2014 (National Conference)

• Six Sigma green belt Certified

• Certifications in Pro-E & Hypermesh.

• GRE SCORE- 305 (157Q; 148V); TOEFL- 109

PROJECTS:

Open architecture composite structures September 2015- Present

Research focused on optimizing the compressive strength capability of braided carbon fiber composite structures.

Designing, manufacturing and testing of hybrid carbon fiber yarns which are used to make the structures. Braiding the yarns to make structures and testing them. Comparative analysis of results.

Additive Manufacturing-material extrusion (Senior design) August 2014-May 2015

Designed & fabricated a fused deposition modelling 3-D printer with high accuracy and low cost.

The project was successfully completed with a final market cost of $400.

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