Mechanical Engineering Engineer

Smeet Patel

acy6v2@r.postjobfree.com, *** W Mitchell Cir Apt 1427A Arlington TX-76013, +1-682-***-**** Summary – Highly disciplined mechanical engineer with a strong desire to develop and apply my skills in the field of engineering. I am regarded as a problem solver and team player with technical and managerial skills who shows initiative and meets deadlines. Proficiencies- Robotics, HyperMesh, SolidWorks, 3D Printing, IcePak, Six Sigma and Process Improvement. Education – University of Texas at Arlington (M.S Mechanical Engineering Fall 2016) Sardar Patel College of Engineering (B.S Mechanical Engineering Summer 2014) Software – Solid Modeling – SolidWorks (3 years), Catia V5.0 (1 year), AutoCAD, ProE. Analysis- Altair HyperMesh

(Optistruct)(2years), Ansys ICEPAK (2years), Matlab (2years), LabVIEW (1year). Work Experience

Student Caller, University of Texas at Arlington (Jan 2015 - Dec 2016)

• Managed alumni records and gained alumni commitments in supporting UTA’s fundraising efforts.

• Raised $54,000/year single handedly in scholarship support for current and future students. Intern, Maruti Book Manufacturing Private Limited (Dec 2013 – Jun 2014)

• Captured market quality requirements on multiple products sold such as product quality, dimensions, delivery tardiness.

• Executed Six Sigma project to counter defects on multiple products leading reduced Defects Per Million Opportunity.

• Assisted in setting up new quality department for multiple products.

• Improved sigma levels and product quality from 2.3 Sigma to 3.25 Sigma.

• Reduced material travel time from 3.104 sec to 1.76 sec.

• Designed and 3D printed bracket to reduce mechanical vibration on a mission critical system saving $3800 a day. Graduate Projects

Generation of smooth results using Level Set method to improve geometries in topology optimization.

• Developed and refined airplane hinge model with topology optimization.

• Applied SIMP and Level Set methods of topology optimization in HyperMesh for improved geometry.

• Designed 2D and 3D optimized model with 4% weight reduction and achieved refined geometry on SolidThinking Evolve and SolidWorks.

• Developed tool box input button to run level set optimization within HyperMesh interphase to save time. Integration of Adept SCARA I600 conveyor robot for pick and place operations.

• Developed and simulated inverse kinematic code for rapid prototyping on LabVIEW and SolidWorks.

• Developed 2D and 3D pneumatic gripper models on SolidWorks which was mounted on robot, 3D printed gripper assembly.

• Programed and set-up robot using Adept ACE to perform pick place and product orientation operations on an in house conveyer belt.

Cooling Power Optimization, Dell PowerEdge 730 Using Ansys IcePak.

• Designed 3 ducting assemblies using IcePak and obtained best geometry.

• Modified design to work with 4 fans from 6. Achieved power reduction by 33% and temperature reduction by 2.8 C Application of Six Sigma in Manufacturing Industry at Maruti Book Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd.

• Applied Define Measure Analyze Improve Control methodology to a small to a medium sized notebook process plant for process streamlining and process improvement.

• Identified robust solutions to combat production defects and increased sigma levels from 2.3 Sigma to 3.25 Sigma.

• Established key performance indicators, process capabilities, metrics for quality and voice of customer using statistical analysis for production control & logistics.

• Reduced material travel time by 43% using Layout optimization resulting in 8¢/product saving. Volunteering

Provided remedial help to dyslexic students to maintain student motivation and gain legal accommodation to cope with disability in engineering school’s.

Professional Society – ASME.

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