Pratikkumar D. Navadiya

*** * ******** ******, **** 71, Alhambra, CA - 91801 216-***-**** acznrn@r.postjobfree.com SUMMARY

3+ years of experience in Product Design & Development in India.

An experienced CAD Engineer with 1+ year experience in 3D modeling of sheet metal and plastic parts, able to produce detailed drawings and material schedules which are clear, accurate and cost effective.

Currently looking for a suitable Manufacturing Engineer or Product Development Engineer position with a progressive company, willing to relocate.

SKILLS

Platforms: Windows XP/8/10, Mac OS.

Computer Skill: MS Office Suites, MS Outlook.

CAD Software: AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor 2013 (Certificate), Pro/E, SolidWorks 2012

Finite Element Analysis software: Autodesk Simulation. EDUCATION

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering (August 2016) Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH GPA: 3.5/4 Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering. (August-2013) Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, India CGPA: 7.9/10 EMPLOYMENT

EAGLE TECHNO INDUSTRY, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, INDIA

(Design and Production Company)

Software: SOLIDWORKS, MS Project

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER: (August 2013- May 2014)

Served as technical lead for major development projects or multiple simultaneous projects with ensuring engineering design activities were coordinated as per the development procedure.

Responsible for checked constructed feasibility of parts at quoting level utilizing Thickness Analysis/ Draft Analysis in SOLIDWORKS.

Created report showing areas which were not feasible to shape or require design change recommendation.

Created guidelines for Manufacturing Tool Construction with recommended basic need such as, number of process, drill, cutting tools, lathe operations, grinders, Type of material and cooling required.

Kept track of tooling construction and updated tool building timeline.

Reviewed Current running tool condition reports and replied with recommendations on production jobs released to the Tool Shop.

Development of new and improved processes including production flow, manufacturing methods, and operation of production equipment.

Coordinated the manufacturing launch of new product development (APQP, DFM), including product analysis

& cost structure.

Provided Technical expertise in manufacturing processes including flow, layout, assembly, tooling, etc.

Provided and maintained the process sheet and process changed sheet database.

Worked directly with Process Engineering to perform all engineering process samples and documents on

“tryout” checklist.

Performed BOM validations at production and as required for production review.

Analyzed dimensional layouts and metrology and made decisions on corrective actions.

Provided Design Support for Engineering Department. MECHANICAL DESIGNER: (May 2012- August 2013)

Reviewed customers’ requirements and develop new preliminary design or updated existing design if required.

Performed a wide variety of calculations including tolerance, conducted modeling, simulation and analysis of structural components using CAD and FEA techniques.

Prototyped by using 3D printing or by building prototype molding tool from the concept design.

By using SolidWorks developed designs of various Grinding Machines like tower mill, ribbon blender machine, impact pulverizer, pin mill, wet grinder and screw conveyor material handling device.

Design Robot end arm tool & assemble for different press machines as per the part requirements.

Created a new plant layout and utilized 20% more space of plant with FIFO implementation in new product assembly and finish product dispatch.

GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (Jan 2015–Aug 2016) CERTIFICATION COURSE: Autodesk, Surat, India (Jan 2012-June 2012) Autodesk inventor 2013, SolidWorks 2012

3D part modelling in Autodesk Inventor and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) thermal analysis in Autodesk Simulation.

Designed and performed FMEA (Stress, vibration, fatigue and thermal analysis) on Hydraulic cylinders, Shocks absorber & Suspension Components.

INTERNSHIP: Aero Engineer, Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, India (Jan 2012-April 2012)

“Cost reduction in Manufacturing of the Heat Exchanger and Improve Efficiency of Heat Exchanger”

Investigated, developed and recommend new quality control method that could decrease processing costs.

Prepared detail drawings and developed a 3D model using SolidWorks.

Achieved in-depth knowledge of Heat Exchanger.

Conclusion: Reduced the cost and time of Heat Exchanger Manufacturing. HVAC MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Ethos HVAC systems LTD, Ahmedabad, India (May 2011-Jan 2012)

Performed a heating and a cooling load calculations using Elite Software to meet building requirements.

Selected and laid out HVAC equipment based on heating and cooling load calculations.

Collaborated with architects, engineers, and clients to achieved quality building designs.

Design ductwork system and HVAC piping system.

Generated HVAC and plumbing plans on AutoCAD to meet clients’ requirements. TUBE AND TUBE TYPE OF HEAT EXCHANGER (Working Model) Gandhinagar Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India. (June 2012-May 2013)

Designed and fabricated a tube and tube type of Heat Exchanger for Educational purpose.

Served as a group leader in a team of four and combined ideas to obtain a practical concept for the task.

Designed working model by using AutoCAD and used metal working skills, welding skills and manual lathe machine to make a prototype of Heat Exchanger.

Developed acumen of engineering drawings, principles and the ability to communicate to layman. GRADUATE PROJECTS

Device of Pumping Water (Jan 2016-Aug 2016)

Developed complete design of a water pumping device (which is not working on electricity or fuel input) including all the calculations considering all the parameters.

Calculated thermal efficiency, Heat input and output, Work Done and time consumed for one cycle; worked independently.

Conclusion: Pump is working efficiently without use of any electricity or fuel input, reduce cost of External power input by use of atmospheric heat and pump can work more than once in a day. Software: SolidWorks2013 (Jan 2015-May 2015)

Messing Gear Assembly Design and 3D Printing

Designed messing gear and link using SolidWorks. Assembled parts and produced a 3D model.

Created an assembly drawing and produced a 3D model with the help of a 3D printer.

Conducted overall design analysis including stress analysis and its distribution and modified parts to set FOS in COSMOSXpress.

Software: ANSYS Workbench (Jan 2014-May 2014)

Contributed to solve problems including sub-modeling, sub-structuring, non-linear analysis of pry-bar, non-linear analyses of contact problem and beam optimization problem and determined maximum allowable stress and strength of materials.

Calculated the Nodal solution, element solution and compared it with exact solution to find the error.

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