Rathin Rao

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SKILLS

Design Software: AutoCAD, CATIA V5, SolidWorks, ANSYS Workbench, Revit, MS Office Programming Software: MathWorks MATLAB

Lean Manufacturing skills: Kanban, Kaizen, 5s, JIT, SPC EXPERIENCE

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA – Research development Mechanical Engineer September to December 2019

● Implemented lean manufacturing techniques to optimize the manufacturing of Novel Porous Ceramic (lightweight aggregate) from waste coal bottom ash

● Evaluated the effectiveness of different manufacturing methods for shifting up the manufacturing of Novel Porous Ceramic from lab scale to pilot scale

● Carried out various lab tests for evaluating the engineering properties of Novel Porous Ceramic such as water absorbtion test, Buoyancy test, compression test, TGA testing

● Researched on various mechanical testing for Novel Porous Ceramic like single compression test, tensile test, monolayer loading test

● Developed skills on different software’s like TA universal analysis, Grapher Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Manesar, India – Mechanical Engineer Intern Jan 2018 to May 2018

● Examined previous WIS to make improvements for quality control

● Communicated with different workers and recorded the various process that were carried out on the workstations to draft WIS for quality improvement

● Employed Kanban Technique to assist assembly shop floor workers to assemble vehicle parts effectively by using PIKA - PIKA system

● Merged scientific and analytical skills to independently carry out a time study to prevent undisguised employment

● Carried out Root-cause analysis on fitment of nuts in vehicle assembly with the help of Cordless Limit Wrench JC Bamford Excavators Ltd., Ballabgarh, India – Mechanical Engineer Intern June 2017 to July 2017

● Observed and visualized the assembling of hydraulic pumps

● Communicated with the supervisors and the workers for investigating the defect in assembling of various parts of hydraulic pumps

● Resolved the problem of assembling adaptors by making different SOP'S

● Performed Statistical Process Control for reducing the wastage of different oils by forming fishbone diagrams Piltover Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur, India – Mechanical Engineer Intern Jan 2016 to March 2016

• Observed and screened the working of 3D printers

• Developed the composition of artificial tooth using the knowledge of material science RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA – Research Assistant Jan 2019 to Feb 2020

● Production of Novel Porous Ceramic

● Analyzed properties of different types of coal bottom ash to produce different aggregates for enhancing the properties of the concretes

● Executed various procedures like optimization of ash particle size, pelletization of different ashes, lab scale temperature synthesis for preparing novel porous ceramic materials. PUBLICATIONS

● Co-authored an article "Balapour M., Zhao W., Garboczi E.J., Oo N.Y., Spatari S., Hsuan Y.G., Billen P., Farnam Y.,

(2020), “Potential use of lightweight aggregate (LWA) produced from bottom coal ash for internal curing of concrete systems”. Cement and Concrete Composites.

● Co-authored an article with Mohammad Balapour and Yaghoob Farnam named “Thermochemical Principles of the production of lightweight aggregates from waste coal bottom ash” EDUCATION

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA – Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering June 2020

GPA – 3.74

Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, India – Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering June 2018

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