Master's student graduated in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University with a specialization in Design & Manufacturing in July 2020. I am interested in developing and analyzing optimized mechanical structures, mechanisms, and systems by applying the industrial codes and standards in order to innovate a new product or solve an existing anomaly. I am experienced in using Solid Modeling and Analysis software like SolidWorks, PTC Creo, AutoCAD, ANSYS, and Matlab. Obtained Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certification from the state of Texas on 08/19/2020 #70806.
I am passionate about implementing sustainable solutions to cultivate a better tomorrow, by harnessing my role as a Mechanical Engineer in today's world. I have industry experience in designing Static Equipment for Petrochemical refinery, designing optimized and fail-safe components for a hazardous environment. I am looking to join an organization that provides a suitable environment to grow both personally and professionally.
I have worked as a Barista on the university campus, making and serving countless drinks to impatient student customers; managed incoming student orientations by working as an event assistant while handling multiple presentation halls and trouble-shooting problems to uphold the first impression of NC State University that the students and parents take home; worked as a student assistant with the library to ensure smooth learning experiences and development activities of the student community; guiding the engineers of tomorrow by grading for a senior-level course in Mechanical Design. Working part-time on campus while studying has instilled in me qualities like patience, time-management, multi-tasking, customer service, effective communication and efficient leadership traits that I am confident will succor me in my next endeavor.
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Experience
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Graduate Student Researcher May 2019 – July 2020
• Researched and analyzed the feasibility of manufacturing ceramic powders using Electron Beam – Powder Bed Fusion process.
• Experimented the powder on a modified Arcam S12 machine for single-run process tests in a regulated environment.
• Developed and implemented a FEA model in ANSYS to simulate the heat transfer between the heat source and powder as continuum. FEA model results were accurate with a 13% maximum error at the limits of the tested process parameter window.
• Verified the FEA model for various element mesh size, step sizes, heat input, boundary conditions, contact element and solver method.
Reliance Industries Limited, India
Mechanical Engineering Intern Jan 2018 – May 2018
• Implemented ASME reference codes to design Mechanical Equipment for hazardous environment design conditions.
• Verified the FEA simulation to analyze the strength of welded and bolted connections to prevent leaks and failures in service.
• Extensively utilized Modeling and Analysis software to successfully complete project within 80% of the stipulated time.
• Documented the design by creating drawings of the parts and assembly with necessary tolerancing and allowances for manufacturing.
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, India
Project Controls Intern May 2017 – July 2017
• Determined the critical activities using CPM and PERT for MEP engineering in Petrochemical refinery construction project.
• Implemented Project Control and Concurrent Engineering philosophies to propose changes in the activity diagram.
• Discovered patterns in the Piping system construction and P&IDs that acted as bottlenecks across 3 projects in 52 weekly reports.
• Projected a decrease of 7% in total project time by beginning Piping construction before equipment placement in critical activities.
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Projects
Mechanical Design of Machine Tool components
• Designed an all-geared 9:1 speed reduced headstock and a centrifugal clutch for a milling machine. Generated the solid model and drawings in Solidworks, implementing DFM and DFA principles for casting and CNC machining processes.
• Introduced intermediate gears to reduce the total mass of the headstock by 34%. Reduced the frictional thermal losses by modifying the design of the shoe in the centrifugal clutch based on the cutting torque requirements.
Effect of Mesh Size on the convergence and computational time of FEA Static and Modal Simulation
• Performed the FEA simulation in ANSYS of Plane Stress problem formulation and compared with the analytical stress concentration, converging the results to 95% accuracy by varying the element size from 10% to 0.1% of the body dimension.
• Computed the natural frequencies and mode shapes in MATLAB environment for the generated FEA model. Extended the working frequency range of the machine spindle by weight reduction for a loaded spindle life of 5 years from 100 -1440 rpm to 65 – 1900 rpm.
Design of Compliant Mechanism for MEMS Gripper
• Harnessed the elastic property of ABS material to manipulate the mechanical strain energy generated due to deformation for a prototype Geometrical Advantage of 2.78 for an actuator load of 10 N with an overall mechanism advantage of 0.8.
• Optimized the design for a mass reduction by 25% and modeled the design for 3D printing.
Motion Planning for pick-and-place operation of a gripper mobile robot
• Formulated the forward and inverse kinematics and dynamics for the trajectory motion planned to conduct a pick-and-place operation in the CoppeliaSim software and computed the intermediate transformation matrices in Matlab.
Optimizing the chassis design for the SolarPack team at NC State (Spring 2019)
• Performed the simulation of crash testing and rollover scenario of the chassis design by conducting FEA Analysis of the frame in Autodesk Fusion and ANSYS. Proposed a new design with optimized material addition to prevent crash failure.