Engineering Engineer

Akash Kalyankar

*** * ****** ******, *** D, Louisville, KY 40202 ***************@*****.*** Ph: +1-513-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/akashkalyankar

SUMMARY

Process Engineer, Mechanical graduate with experience in product design, research, development and manufacturing. Proven skills include engineering design, new product launch, process development, fabrication and quality control.

EDUCATION

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. August 2015 – August 2017

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

CVR College of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering May 2015

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

Design tools: AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, CATIA V5, Creo Parametric.

Analysis & programming: Mastercam, SprutCAM, Espirit, ANSYS, MS Office, C, C++, MATLAB, Python, MySQL, Excel VBA.

Machining: Milling, Turning, Grinding, Drilling, Sheet metal forming processes and various welding types.

Others: Six Sigma, Green Belt trained, Lean Manufacturing, DMAIC, PFMEA, Vehicle Dynamics.

EXPERIENCE

Stanley Black&Decker April 2017 – Present

Process Engineer, Shelbyville, Kentucky.

Launched a new area from scratch and improvised the area leading to 200K in productivity savings.

Designed tools and machine members to facilitate, improve daily production and troubleshooting problems.

Lead and supported synergy projects, machine runoffs, installations and facilitated new product launches.

Worked with operations and maintenance teams to improve day to day production, lean methodology on floor.

Lead Kaizen events and utilized DMAIC methodology to improve process capability of the process areas.

Automated MRO sheets and tool crib utilizing Excel VBA leading to zero downtime in the areas.

Devised methods to increase efficiency by 30% and solve production issues leading to 100k in yearly plant savings.

OPW Engineered Systems. July 2016 – November 2016

Mechanical Engineering Co-op, Lebanon, Ohio.

Utilized SolidWorks and AutoCAD to make detailed drawings including GD&T for manufactured components.

Estimating cost of labor and materials, creating a bill of material, and interpreting the needs of the customers.

Fashioned ways to solve problems dealing with the fabrication, and modification of existing systems.

Developed system for weld traceability through the manufacturing process using barcodes.

Writing work instructions to improve process and standardization in the work environment in dozuki.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. February 2014 – May 2014

Mechanical Engineering Intern, Hyderabad, India.

Designed/optimized the manufacturing process of a steam turbine blade utilizing Lean Manufacturing techniques.

Simulated the above process using Mastercam and developed NC code for a 5-axis CNC machine.

Coordinated with engineering department to optimize performance using PLC programming.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Modeling and simulation analysis of SMA-actuated stent. Aug 2015 – Dec 2015

Analyzed the major design considerations for stent material composition with respect to Atherosclerosis.

Modelled SMA Stent using SolidWorks and performed thermal analysis for steady and transient states using ANSYS.

CVR College of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.

Manufacturing of Pneumatic Wrench Based Compressed Air Vehicle Jan 2015 - May 2015

Designed, optimized vehicle chassis and conducted structural and dynamic analysis for various loads.

Fabricated working prototype of the vehicle utilizing lean manufacturing techniques.

PUBLICATIONS

K. Akash, CH. Aditya, and K. Chandrashekhar. “Design and Fabrication of spoke-less bicycle”, International

conference on Recent Innovations in Electrical, Electronics, Computer and Mechanical Engineering. Chennai, India,

2014. (IDLN-070*****-****).

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