Prabhakar Bala Email & Phone Number

Monterrey, N.L., Mx

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Greater St. Louis Area

My responsibilities include • Oversee the customer products' final quality assurance in the Industrial Products Division of the company.• Create SOP for production personnel and provide training in coordination with the production supervisors• Evaluate and integrate with suppliers to find the best available in terms of quality, pricing, on-time delivery, better customer service and many other factors• Collaborate with material planning, receiving inspection, logistics team of our customers to provide best experience as a supplier of poly urethane injection molded products• Lead quality control initiatives on the production floor to reduce downtime and to eliminate waste and consequently, improved into the lean manufacturing systems. • Maintain the Quality Criteria Database with up to date quality criteria, annotated photos, and work instructions. • Work with customers communicating with supplier quality engineers to resolve quality issues through documented corrective actions with non-conforming product and support RMA.• Supports operations, receiving, materials, and quality with product quality questions and disposition• Robotic Programming: Program Fanuc and Yaskawa Motoman robots with NX100 and DX100 controller paint and pour robots for production molds as required• Develop HMI touch panel user interface programs and integrate with PLC architecture and specialized robotic work cells• Engineer custom Wellness and Smart Step mats in coordination with customer requests using specialized CAD/CAM software and CNC cutting equipment• Engineer YAG laser etched logos in support of the anti-fatigue mat business

Rolla, Mo

Completion of thesis in modeling of surface roughness in abrasive waterjet cutting• Analysed disintegration of abrasives in the cutting head for abrasive waterjet cutting after exploration of various research topics.• Experimentally worked on finding the influence of various undesired variables including abrasive fragmentation and vibration on finish during cutting.• Applied various statistical techniques and tools in analyzing the experimental data with the help of JMP, Minitab and SAS software.• Predicted and validated an empirical model for surface roughness of composites using response surface methodology and Box-Behnken experimental design.Tools applied: Surfcam- CAD/CAM software; OMAX Make

Rolla, Mo

• Prepared solutions for homework assignment problems for Thermodynamics course..• Graded the papers and helped undergraduate students in solving their doubts for the course.

Guntur Area, India

• Learned about internal parts of 4 stroke S.I engine in Motorbikes and its functioning• Explored intricacies involved in the manufacturing and assembly of various engine parts

Masters Degree, Manufacturing Engineering (Ms), 3.62

Activities and Societies: Active member of Waterjet technology association (WJTA-IMCA). Member & volunteer of Indian association.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering, 3.4

Activities and Societies: Involved in National Service Scheme (NSS) organized activities.