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Design automated equipment for precision assembly & reliability testing, machine vision based tooling for inspection, automated material handling system.Determining machine qualification requirements including calibration, correlation, capability, repeatability and reproducibility.Mechatronic lead for controls, data acquisition tools, IIOT ,software integration and machine learning employed sub-surface and surface inspection technologies.Engage & provides direction and guidance to third party machine/automation suppliers/System Integrators & serve as a technical resource to other R&D teams for tooling/inspection.

Design of parts and mechanisms using CAD systemPerform engineering analysis, calculation, modeling of mechanical structures, transmission and fluidics systemsDesign and integrate complex test and measurement devices in support of scientific research. Devices include electromechanical control, firmware, sensors and data acquisition tools.Planning and execution of engineering characterization experiments to identify best engineering solutions.Test for reliability and robustness.Analyze experimental data using advanced statistical tools.

•Design and prototype plastic and sheet metal parts for All-in-One inkjet printers.•Use CAD, 3D printing, External Partner Prototyping to represent designs.•Develop a method to calibrate individual printer paper advance to improve print quality.•Designing prototyping and testing contact and non-contact sensors for the print mechanism.

•Drafting, 3D modelling of new proposed buildings and existing buildings of USC.•Managing ongoing remodeling projects by coordinating with contractors and subcontractor firms.•Developing a 3D Revit model directly from a point cloud generated by a laser scanner for a building.

•Mechanical designing plastic modules, designing electrical circuits, programming controllers, prototyping using 3D printing and machine tools, testing the prototype for all possible modes of failure and coordinating manufacturing for bulk production of Aeroponic farming systems and Hydroponic farming nutrient & dosing controllers.•Developed an Aeroponic farming module that grows plants without soil as a growing media, using 90% less water, 60% less plant food, and strictly no fertilizers or pesticides.•Managed a successful crowd funding project on Indigogo.com raising 58,370$.

Designed a line follower robot that would make regular stops along the line when given a signal would make a stop at the required stop, prototyped an automated public transportation system.