Shamitha — Manufacturing Engineer

-Responsible for identifying improvement opportunities through methods of Lean manufacturing, improve the manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow, space requirements andequipment layout. -Applied 5S Lean Manufacturing techniques in various areas of the plant monthly to keep it clean, neat and organized. Followed the cycle of Plan, Do, Check and Act.

-Modelling a specimen in Solidworks with a material composition of directionally solidified nickel super alloy.

-Gave a mechanical paper presentation on Computational Fluid Dynamics, in GRAVITAS'11, an international knowledge carnival held at VIT University.

-Testing the effect of stress triaxiality on tensile behavior of the specimen by performing experiments on smooth as well as notched specimens of different notch root radii on a Universal Testing Machine following NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) techniques.

Using 3D parametric Design (Solidworks): -Design improvement of a cork screw opener by fitting a lever mechanism, which reduces the effort in removing the cork from the glass bottle. -Design a razor scooter by attachng few adds-on like a bottle holder and a light for the convience of the users.

-Applied 5S Lean Manufacturing techniques in various areas of the plant monthly to keep it clean, neat and organized. Followed the cycle of Plan, Do, Check and Act

Experienced in preparing evaluations on design reviews and cost reduction methods.

-Design blank pallets for all the parts that run on Tandem and Transfer press lines and create BOM for all the pallets. -Design a mechanism in a die to show alternate embossments on a Volvo part. -Design WIP racks and create Packaging instructions for all the parts including the tier-2 parts. -Modify the die designs in CATIA to make them suitable for the 3200 ton transfer press. Design check fixtures and stoning fixtures for various Class-A parts in CATIA. -Acquired proficiency in using design tools like, Solidworks and Auto CAD. -Design improvement of a cork screw opener by fitting a lever mechanism, which reduces the effort in removing the cork from the glass bottle. -Design a razor scooter by attachng few adds-on like a bottle holder and a light for the convience of the users. -Designed Orthopedic implants and a prosthetic limb in Solidworks

Coursework: Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

-Testing the effect of stress triaxiality on tensile behavior of the specimen by performing experiments on smooth as well as notched specimens of different notch root radii on a Universal Testing Machine following NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) techniques. -Experimental validation of the results using ANSYS.

-Responsible for identifying improvement opportunities through methods of Lean manufacturing, improve the manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow, space requirements andequipment layout. -Applied 5S Lean Manufacturing techniques in various areas of the plant monthly to keep it clean, neat and organized. Followed the cycle of Plan, Do, Check and Act.

-Well acquainted in Mechanical Engineering Sciences: Strength of materials, Thermodynamics, Fluid mechanics, material science for design, analysis and manufacturing.

-Modelling a specimen in Solidworks with a material composition of directionally solidified nickel super alloy.

Designed Orthopedic implants and a prosthetic limb in Solidworks Acquired proficiency in using design tools like, Solidworks and Auto CAD.

-Fabricate prototype fixtures (3d-printing) to understand actual part condition after an engineering change. Familiar with MakerBot software.

Defense Metallurgical Research Laboratories. -Modelling a specimen in Solidworks with a material composition of directionally solidified nickel super alloy. -Testing the effect of stress triaxiality on tensile behavior of the specimen by performing experiments on smooth as well as notched specimens of different notch root radii on a Universal Testing Machine following NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) techniques. -Experimental validation of the results using ANSYS.

-Troubleshoot by using Root Cause Analysis and establish corrective plans.

Confident in supervising and controlling production systems in a manufacturing plant.

-Responsible for working on CAPTOR data, that shows the overall performance of the press lines and assembly lines with various downtimes. -Worked on analyzing and reviewing the cost specifications for various assembly lines and discussed the same with the financial department for budget estimation.

-Proficient in various mechanical design software like Solid Works, Rapid prototyping (3D printing), AutoCAD, CATIA V5, Hyperworks, ANSYS, ModeFrontier, VisualDoc.

-Design WIP racks and create Packaging instructions for all the parts including the tier-2 parts.

-Designed Orthopedic implants and a prosthetic limb in Solidworks -Acquired proficiency in using design tools like, Solidworks and Auto CAD.