Vinod Kumar Ranganatha

Detroit, MI 313-***-**** e-mail: acy4y9@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/vinodkum

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a Manufacturing Engineer position in an Automotive or Manufacturing industry with strong knowledge in Continuous improvement process, Computer Aided Design (CAD), manufacturing processes, product design & development, strong analytical, problem solving and various other skills in deadline-driven situations. Available to start immediately.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Kennametal India Limited, Bengaluru, India July 2014 to January 2015

Key Role: Intern for “Process Control in Manufacturing”

Monitored powder metallurgical process variation overtime, determining common cause and special cause variations, access effectiveness of changes and communicate process performance.

Distinguished between CEZ (Cobalt Enriched Zone) &non-CEZ grades.

Measured their efficiencies at various temperature and zone levels during sintering process.

Recorded the values of Coercive force (Hc) and Magnetic Saturation (MS) of experimented Carbide (fine)-6%Co carbide samples.

Selected an appropriate control chart based on the recorded data and plotting the graph using MINITAB software.

Implemented JIT Strategy to optimize throughput and lower warehouse cost.

Enforced that 5S and Kaizen Standards met and upheld and continually improved upon.

Prepared quality reports and metrics charts by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

“Materials Requirements Planning: Decision Support System” WSU: April 2016

Simulated to attain an extreme profit in inventory control with economic order quantity and Manufacturing resources planning.

Implemented just-in-time, basic factory dynamics, push-pull production system and supply chain management.

Tools: BOM and Forecasted MS Excel by VLOOKUP.

“Laptop with an Integrated Printer” WSU: Dec’ 2015

Developed a prototype of laptop with mobile printing technology based on current product platform available in the market.

Implemented customer driven product design, concept generation & innovation, product architecture, Design structure matrix (DSM), Design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA).

Tools: House of Quality (HOQ), AutoCAD.

“Robot Arm Energy Monitoring Device” WSU: Dec’ 2015

Took measures for the reduction of robot arm energy consumption by installing an energy monitoring device for monitoring and concluding different situations of movement that consumes least energy.

Processed with lifecycle assessment, multi criteria decision making, sustainability metrics & manufacturing.

Tools: EKM dash software, Omni meter and Real time chart.

“Development of a Kit to Extract Water from Atmospheric Air” NMIT: May 2015

Extracted water from humid air where fresh hot humid air is cooled over evaporator coils.

Determined the water yield due to air dehumidification on finned evaporator coils using a developed model that relates the surface efficiency of cooled moist air.

Tools: Vapor compression refrigeration, Cooling Condensation, Enthalpy change.

“Mini-project in CAD” NMIT: Dec’ 2013

Designed and arranged the 3D parts of a Plummer Block, Screw jack and Machine vise.

Assembled the parts based on the axis of symmetry.

Drafted the assembled Plummer Block, Screw jack and Machine vise in to a 2D sketch and observed the front, top and the side views.

Tools: Solidworks.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Area of Expertise: Materials Resource Planning (MRP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Advanced product quality planning (APQP), Design Structure Matrix (DSM), Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T), Lean Manufacturing, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Quality function deployment (QFD), Statistical Process Control (SPC) and DMAIC approach.

Machines Operated: Lathes, Grinders, Shapers, Drilling Machines and Mills.

Modeling Tools: AutoCAD, CATIA V4/V5, Solid Edge, NX9 and Solid Works.

Simulation Tools: ANSYS 15.0, (Robotics Programming) Fanuc and Edgecam, HyperMesh.

Computation Tools / others: MINITAB, Microsoft office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher).

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering GPA: 3.50

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan December 2016

Courses: Applied Statistics, Product Development, Quality Management Systems, Production Systems, Six Sigma, Project Management, Risk Analysis and Sustainable Manufacturing.

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 8.20

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India May 2015

Courses: Thermodynamics, Metrology, Mechanics of Materials, Manufacturing Technology, Computer Aided Machine Drawing, Material Sciences, Theory of Machines, Fluid Dynamics, Design of Machine Elements, FEM/FEA, Mechatronics, Robotics, Operations Research, Control Engineering, Design for Manufacture and Composite Materials.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Six Sigma GREEN BELT, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2016 Manufacturing Engineer Intern, Certificate of Completion, Kennametal India Limited 2013

ACHIEVEMENTS:

“Development of a Kit to Extract Water from Atmospheric Air” project was presented under my captaincy at “NMIT-MSME incubation center” under Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India. MSME representatives recognized our project and awarded at ceremony hosted at New Delhi.

Volunteered for the industrial oriented events on/off campus.

Awarded as the “Student Assistant of the Month – January 2016” from the Wayne State Housing.

Contact this candidate