Swapnil Kumar Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, CA, US

Boulder, Colorado, US

- Leading design and integration of complex controlled environment agriculture systems and cross-functional teams with exposure to air-handling, air and water treatment, lighting, irrigation, structure, controls, processing equipment and building automation systems. - Drive system level analysis considering trade-offs between function, capital investment.

Boulder, Colorado, US

• MCEN 2026 - Statics and structuresMCEN 4026 - Manufacturing processes and systemsENVS 3100 - Permaculture Design
• Mentored student teams with their projects, trained them on good design and manufacturing practices.
• Acted as a resource for group activities, design reviews & conducted brainstorming workshops to facilitate creative solutions.

Boulder, Colorado, US

• Worked primarily for low-income communities for water and energy conservation.
• Explored a wide range of sustainable lifestyle behaviors emphasizing the relationship between water, energy use, and social justice while engaging in cooperative learning and training.
• Held intercultural discussions about diverse sustainable traditions, providing sustainability information and counseling residents in making sustainable, equitable shifts in their daily habits.
• Technical aspects of the program included installing free energy and water saving devices for local households.

Lucknow, Uttarpradesh, IN

• Managed a team of engineers and interns to design and develop precision agriculture machinery addressing issues with large-scale social impact.
• Engineered, implemented, and verified the mechanical design of components & assembly in Solidworks of a powered fertilizer applicator that sowed Fertilizer briquettes at a uniform distance into the ground.
• Developed mechanisms and tested the structural performance of mechanical systems using ANSYS and Solidworks FEA.
• Created BOMs and detailed component/assembly drawings to support fabrication of machine components.
• Used rapid prototyping tools for: - Development of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for urban rooftops for low wind speeds. - Research and Development of modular Biogas and solar-powered cold storage systems.

New Delhi, Delhi, IN

• Led a campaign in National Capital Region, India for the conservation of water resources and replenishing groundwater table of worst affected areas by Rainwater harvesting and Grey-water recycling techniques.
• Designed and Installed RWH systems, which currently harvest about 500 Million Litres of water annually from rooftops of apartment buildings, serving approximately 10,000 families in Delhi, IN.
• Organized outreach programs for hundreds of school kids through interactive workshops for generating literacy on water issues and finding solutions to water sustainability.

Cambridge, MA, US

• Used creative approaches like design thinking to understand needs of women in low-income communities. Designed solutions to improve lives at scale.
• Created a cooperative for local village women to sell homemade soap.
• Worked in a FabLab utilizing 3D printing and automation tools to make process improvements for soap- making thereby reducing cycle time for maximizing output.

New Delhi, Delhi, IN

• Observed and learned assembly line process optimization techniques such as Kaizen on the Engine Assembly line.
• Successfully completed a project on “Operator Cycle Time Study and Optimization” in Engine Department.
• Analyzed and suggested improvements and measures enabling reduction of Engine Assembly time by about 38s.

• Studied in detail different modules of Jet Engine IAE V2500 that powers Airbus 320 family.
• Learned and carried out various NDTs such as FPI, Ultrasonic Inspection, X-Ray inspection, MFPI, Eddy Current Testing for testing high-grade nuts & bolts to airplane wings.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

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

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