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Automation and Control, System IntegrationDesigning, commissioning and troubleshooting PLC based control systems (Allen Bradley, Siemens, AutomationDirect, Mitsubishi, Modicon, Unitronics, SCADA 3000)Control Panel design and fabricationSCADA (Wonderware, FactoryTalk View, Ifix)

Designed and fabricated a PLC controlled robotic pick and place assembly line.Developed three remote diagnosis platforms with increasing levels of capabilities for remote (web-based) troubleshooting a discrete automated assembly system.

Teaching the lab for the course on Industrial Automation, which includes programming the Allen Bradley (Control Logix 5550) PLC, interfacing sensors, HMI, PowerFlex drives and maintaining automation lab equipment.

Assembly and fabrication of a 10 ton (G-force) Vibration Test System (shaker).Project coordinator (ordering, material procurement and outsourcing) for a 2 ton shaker.Installation and maintenance at customer locations for environment test chambers and centrifuges.

Programming PLCs- Allen Bradley, Siemens, Modicon, SCADA (Wonderware Intouch).Received training on Delta-V DCS system, Altivar drives and typical field instruments.

Conceptualized and designed an automated car parking system with the objective of tripling the parking space in a team of four.Fabricated a proof of concept using chain conveyors and an elevator capable of parking the car on either side of a central elevator.Design involved principles of mechanical design, material selection, sensor, actuator and programmable logic controller selection.