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Apprentice Engineer Resume

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Moline, IL

Summary

  • A quick learning, confident & research oriented engineering graduate with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • A qualitative experience of 8 months in an Air Compressor Industry as an Apprentice Engineer
  • MATLAB & AutoCAD teaching experience & technically expertise in Design, Analysis & Simulation software such as Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Pro-E & NEi Nastran
  • Exposure to Enterprise Resource Planning system (MFG. PRO)
  • Good understanding of Lean & Six Sigma Principles and Customer & Vendor Relationship Management.
  • Good written & communication skills & looking forward to work in a team environment to utilize my technical, organizational & problem solving skills

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential, India May ’09 – Dec ’09
Apprentice Engineer

  • Details analysis of client specifications and accordingly prepared technical proposal to fulfill client’s requirement in totality as per specification within budget
  • Sizing and selection of various components as per specification provided by customer and preparation of Bill of Materials for the Compressed Air Stations with help of Mfg. Pro
  • Designed room layout for the Compressor Installation using AutoCAD
  • Developed Project Detailed Schedule Track Sheet which reduced 95% of product flow discrepancy
  • Implemented Poka Yoke technique by preparing Standard Operating Procedure(SOP) manual and eliminated all associated Human Mistake/Error in the Process
  • With the coordination of Supply Chain Management, Operations, Logistics, Planning and Sales; resolved 80-85% customer’s complaint
  • Ensure quotation and commented on the deviation to finalize the purchase order
  • Enhanced Safety on the floor by Personal Protection Equipment(PPE) policy
  • Generated daily and weekly reports on the current ongoing projects using Mfg. Pro

Confidential, Kingsville May ’10 – May ‘11
Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Mentored Undergraduate students in Maymester, GirlsinEngineering,ManufacturingandScience (GEMS) & Engineering & Science Frontiers (ESF) for various technical projects such as programming a robot to dance, kick & exercise
  • Instructed Classes & Labs for Undergraduate students in MATLAB & Simulation in Fall 2010
  • Instructed Labs in AutoCAD for Undergraduate students in Spring 2011
  • Examine students by conducting exams & frequent laboratory practical tests

ACADEMICS

  • Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Relevant Coursework: Robotics & Advanced Automation, Adaptive Controls, Control system synthesis, Engineering Analysis in Applied Mechanics, Control System Engineering ,Continuum Mechanics, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Advanced Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

  • Bachelor of Technology in Mechatronics Engineering

Relevant Coursework: Hydraulics & Pneumatics Systems, Mechatronics System Integration & Networking, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Aided Design, Digital Image Processing & Machine Vision, Microcontrollers, Microprocessor & Advanced Controllers

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Feasibility of Wind turbine for Residential Usage Aug ’11 – Dec ‘11

  • Considering various factors for the Wind turbine such as availability of the wind speed in Texas, impact of the turbine on the ecology and human life & comparing the wind energy cost & conventional energy source explained the feasibility of the Wind turbine
  • Presented the project explaining a strategy to control the power output of different power systems connected in a smart grid such that they satisfy the load demand giving higher priority to renewable energy sources
  • Designed a Fuzzy-Logic Controller in SIMULINK for controlling the inputs to the renewable energy sources
  • After Simulations, obtained a demand curve which was almost following the actual demand curve

Stress Analysis by Hexagonal & Quadrilateral Discretization Jan ‘11 – May ‘11

  • Using MATLAB, nodes and elements were placed for a design domain in hexagonal and quadrilateral discretization form & stress analysis was done
  • To check the accuracy and confirm the results obtained, performed stress analysis on the domain using NEi Nastran

Controller Design for Heating Duct & Water Tank Jun ‘10 – Jul ‘10

  • Designed a PID, PI & PD controller with the help of MATLAB Simulation
  • Heating Duct resembled an AC & Water tank resembled an Oil Well
  • With the help of the designed controller & simulation, the heating duct obtains the desired temperature & Water tank maintains the desired level of Water in the tank

4 x 4 Autonomous Rover Jun ‘10 – Jul ‘10

  • Mechanically placed the sensors on the robot & programmed & interfaced it using the Atom Pro IDE Software
  • Similar sensors and devices can be used to do anything from vacuum dirt on our floor to navigating on unknown terrain

SKILLS

TYPE: SOFTWARE
Modeling & Designing Software: AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Pro-E, SolidWorks
Analysis Software: NEi Nastran
Mathematical Software: MATLAB, Simulink
Programming Language: C, C++, PLC - Allen Bradley
ERP Software: Mfg. Pro
Utility Software: Microsoft Office 2007, MS Project

AWARDS & EXTRA-CURRICULARS

  • Received a Dean’s Scholarship in Texas A&M University-Kingsville
  • 1st prize in CAD CONQUERERS (a design competition) conducted at Convergence – 2009, Technical Festival at U.V. Patel College of Engineering
  • Organized & Hosted Robotics Workshop Event including scheduling of presentation, lectures and resources
  • Awarded with a State Scholarship from Sports Authority of India (SAI) for being the state champion in Swimming

REFERENCES

  • Available upon request

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