Vivekananda Reddy Bollam

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Inquisitive, Creative, Methodical and Outgoing.

Manufacturing Engineering graduate with engineering work experience in high-tech manufacturing environment. Extensive hands-on project work involving efficiency, work design and measurement, industrial costs and quality controls. Experienced in implementing lean manufacturing methods in Medical Device manufacturing, Sewing, Automotive assembly, Super alloy metal manufacturing, Plastics and Cement Industries. Industrial Experience

Process Engineer Intern January 2017 – Present

MARPAC Inc. Albuquerque, NM

Conducting time and motion study on the manufacturing process to evaluate the bottlenecks and improve the product cycle time.

Analyzing a NC machine to identify and eliminate bottlenecks and wastes using lean tools, to automate the current assembly process.

Assessing the current process and plant layout using Extendsim software. Process Improvement project October ‘16 – December ‘16 MHQ of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM

Worked at an Automotive assembly plant as a Lean consulting team consisting of 3 members, as a part of the coursework.

Conducted motion study and created spaghetti diagram to track people and product flow in the Parts Inventory Area. Suggested efficient storing and sorting technique to eliminate the identified wastes in the current layout.

Performed root cause analysis and identified problems, developed plans to address the potential failures by conducting PFMEA.

Performed value stream mapping and used process flow maps to analyze the bottlenecks in the assembly line and identify lean wastes in the process.

Suggested KAIZEN methods to reduce product cycle time by 30%, increase efficiency and reduce wastage during the assembly process.

Suggested methods to improve work force utilization and eliminate causes that reduced cycle time.

Suggested 5S methodology and improved parts storage method in the assembly shop floor to reduce transportation wastes and reduce clutter near the workstations. Graduate Apprentice Trainee December 2014 – July 2015 MIDHANI, Ministry of Defence Hyderabad, India

Used ERP system to create routers defining raw materials, workstations, processes & quality requirements for manufacturing metal and super alloy products. Made bill of materials (BOM) utilizing ERP system.

Monitored Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), performed Root Cause Analysis, Time/Capability studies to establish standard production rates, equipment down times for machining metal and super alloy products.

Assisted production manager in scheduling preventive maintenance plan and helped handle unscheduled activities to minimize production downtime.

Exposed to and learnt melting processes such as air induction melting, vacuum induction melting and electric arc furnace and to manufacturing processes such as forging, hot rolling & precision cold rolling, bar & wire drawing.

Student Intern June 2013 – August 2013

Ratna Plastics Pvt. Ltd. Rajahmundry, India

Underwent training on Waste Management, 5S and environmental and safety compliance programs.

Conducted site assessments with the project engineer to identify wastes and bottlenecks in the production line.

Assisted in analysis of the plant layout and reconfigured existing plant layout, which improved worker efficiency, reduced material waste by 10% monthly and improved the space utilization on the floor.

Reduced transportation wastes with the new layout, hence reducing the cycle time by 25%. Manufacturing Engineer Intern May 2012 – August 2012 Bharathi Cements Limited Kadapa, India

Explored the details of quality control throughout the cement manufacturing process.

Assimilated and experienced the process of Quality Control through X-ray (QCX).

Monitored production lines and improved the sampling plan.

Tested and compared the strength of different grades of cement made. Education

University of New Mexico Class of 2017

Master of Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering GPA: 3.96 Albuquerque, NM

Coursework: Design for Manufacturability, Manufacturing Systems Management, Industrial Statistics, Lean Principles and Applications, Project Management, Managerial Economics, Computer Networks. SRM University Class of 2014

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (ABET Accredited) Chennai, India

Coursework: Total Quality Management and Reliability Engineering, Operations Research, Non-Traditional machining techniques, Statistics & Probability, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Principles of Management. Academic Projects

Statistics Project: Predictive model on market pricing of used cars.

Conducted predictive modelling on the market price of used cars, determined KPI variables and collected and cleansed data sets from various sellers.

Performed descriptive statistics, regression modeling analysis using excel on the pricing of used cars in Albuquerque and communicated the results though the generation of summary reports of findings. DFMA Project: Analysis of Solar Cooker design using principles of DFMA

Performed B&D analysis on the given design of solar cooker using Boothroyd-Dewhurst DFMA as the DFA tool.

Conducted Design FMEA on the product design.

Redesigned the solar cooker assembly using principles of DFMA and DFR, reduced the assembly timing by 50%. Undergrad Project: Design, development and analysis of efficient solar air dryer for agricultural products.

Worked with team members to fabricate and evaluate efficiency of current solar food dehydrator models using Solid works and Ansys-Fluent software.

Conducted Design of Experiments(DOE) to compare alternatives and fabricated the construction of solar air collector using baffles to constrain flow of air.

Made a working model of solar air dryer that is efficient and useful in agricultural and textile industries.

Successfully augmented its efficiency by 10% in low temperature drying. Earned an “A” grade on team project.

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