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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Categorized errors by severity and conducted root cause analysis to isolate causes of errors to select improvements • Implementation of serial number formats and visual aids/instructions resulted in reduction of errors by 60%• Completed the project by implementing categorized instructions and reaction plans for out-of-control processes

Houghton

Teaching Assistant for Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer at Michigan Technological University. Helped with creating, modifying and evaluating projects and homework for students.

Pilani, Rajasthan, India

• Created a motherboard PCB based on an Asus Z170 chipset with i7 7700K CPU with TDP of 90 Watts in Flotherm• Designed a novel heat sink design based on open cell aluminium porous metal (20 PPI) and copper base in Solidworks• Porous Material air flow was studied to understand pressure drop using a VOF model with a modified HRIC scheme • Established boundary conditions and simulated heat sink designs that resulted in a convective coefficient of 200

Alwar Area, India

Investigate Pre-Deployment Inspection Faults of White Smoke Emissions and Crank Noise in Vehicle Quality Section• Created Process Maps and used Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA) to isolate piston ring and lubrication as causes• Modified PPAP documents to update crank pin and piston ring characteristics based on identified defects in supply• Statistical Process Control (SPC) was used to establish control plans and floor instructions were updated for lubrication• Kanban boards were installed to visualize the assembly and random sampling for lubrication testing was established• Data Collection post implementing improvements revealed a reduction of 70% in the incidence of targeted defects

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Contribution of Outer Body in Front Impact Crashworthiness of a Sedan Car • Prevented hourglassing and shear locking by employing.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ASME Executive Committee Andhra Samithi Core MemberThermal Regulation of Residential Areas using Borehole.