Shah — Detail-oriented Mechanical Engineer

Sept '16 - May 18 Research Engineer Oregon State University (Research project for PCC Structurals) - Worked on design of aSolidWorksCADtoolto easily modify design of investment casting parts (owing to casting shrinkage) - Developed a set of functions through SolidWorks API arranged in Add-In form to manage the shrinkage factors. - DevelopedadatabasestorageandsearchmethodinC#forpastdesignedpartswhichthe casting engineerscanretrieve. - ImplementedaWPFdevelopmenttooltosearchforcastingpartsthroughtheirdesignparameters

March '16 - Dec 16 Graduate Teaching Assistant Oregon State University - Teaching Assistant for ME 383: Mechanical Component Design class for Spring and Fall 2016 - Supervised a lab of 25 students in the reverse engineering, evaluation & analysis of mechanical products like bicycle mechanism, sewing machine, transfer case, reciprocating saw, apple peeler, hand winch, scissor jack and more. - Mentored and assessed the application of appropriate static and dynamic (fatigue) failure theory to a machine component by students in the lab. - Analyzed the competitive analysis done by students on risk and reliability of the components

May '14 - Jul 15 Robotics Engineer Zenn Systems, India | Industrial automation and robotics industry - Workedon6DOFlightweightmediumduty robotautonomous manipulatorusedtopickandplaceobjects. - 3-D modeling of base frame, arm & end effector with their electromechanical parts (motors, bearings, gears, camera mount) - Employed tolerance analysis in assembly of the parts to reduce manufacturing errors and cost. - FEA structural analysis of the robot end effector by subjecting it to loads and testing its force gripping capacity. - Design, thermal analysis and testing of heat sink for PCB boards w.r.t air flow and ambient temperature. - ImplementedPIDcontrolforsmooth,accurateandreliablepositioningofthe servo-controlled robotendeffector. - Robot arm testing of its mechanical components in the manufacturing lab under appropriate loads and stresses

Aug'13 - May'14 Mechanical Design Engineer Ganpat University (Research project for ABU Robocon), India - Led the team to win the Best Rookie award in the Asiatic level competition. - Worked on a 4 wheeled motor and pneumatic robot and a motor controlled 3 DOF (RRR) autonomous robot. - Designed & optimized a light weight double acting pneumatic slider system for rapid push and pull of the gripper. - Vendor management for DC and servo motors, gearbox assembly, pneumatic cylinder and valves & PCB boards - Improved robot grasping by calc. acting dynamic forces & achieving more contact of grasp by testing & evaluation. - Created part and assembly 2- d drawings of the components using GD&T standards

Detail-oriented Mechanical Engineer with 3+ years of experience skilledin design, integration and testing of electromechanical roboticsystems - Experienced professional in FEA analysis (Structural, Thermal, Stress, Deflection) for electro-mechanical components - Award-winning team leader in international robotics competition - Tenacious working professional with excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills as well as good verbal and written communication skills including technical documentation and report writing. - Strategic, resourceful, self-motivated, progressive learner and challenge-driven engineer, able to work both independently and as a team member with great listening skills

Kinematic Analysis & Synthesis of an Extended 6 bar labeling mechanism - Performed kinematic analysis of the output link to modify the design for better labeling angle. - Analyzed highest angular acceleration points om the path of the link for identifying potential jerk areas. - Employedforce,torque, stress& displacementanalysisforthemechanisminSolidWorks Simulation &MotionStudytooltoidentifyhigherstress concentrationareasandtest thefatiguestrengthof the mechanism. - Designed & optimized adoubleactionmechanismusingasinglemotorinput and reduced highest stress by a factor of 5. - Doubled the no. of boxes labelled without muchincreaseinstress,whileprovidinggoodmotortorquecompensation. Duration: 4 months