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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Modeled Aluminium 2024 based forging parts using Solidworks CAD & ANSYS Structural FEA, reducing stress values attained by a 35% margin.
• Investigated a design optimization algorithm using SFTC DEFORM finite element modeling (FEM) that reduced the raw material wastage in the flash generation of a forging process by a 60% margin.
• Developed data transfer scripts in Visual Basic (VBA) to streamline & automate simulation data transfer between Solidworks CAD, MS Excel, & SFTC Deform.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Co-authored a $500,000 design research project for Meta Reality Labs to design & develop a precision polishing system for finish machining of polymer lenses for virtual reality (VR) applications.
• Innovated a novel design concept for polish tooling using Silicone that enhanced the surface finish of polished features by 95%.
• Designed and fabricated tooling & machine fixtures using Solidworks CAD for running machining experiments achieving a result accuracy of 86%.
• Computed the… Show more
• Computed the tool's finite element (FEA) model using MSC Marc FEM & ANSYS Structural to simulate machine tool stress values.
• Devised a coupled fluid structural simulation (FSI) model for the polishing tool using ANSYS Structural and ANSYS Fluent to analyze polishing fluid pressure profiles.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Developed process SIPOCS, defined potential critical to quality (CTQ) metrics from the voice of customer (VOC) feedback for the inventory storage process.
• Performed value stream mapping (VSM) of the inventory storage process to identify and reduce the non-value-added (NVA) activities and business non-value activities (BNVA).
• Optimized the inventory storage system by reordering the inventory pallet placement using Solidworks CAD and supply order database.
• Improved the… Show more
• Improved the inventory accessibility time by 30% and reduced the inventory footprint by 15.6% by utilizing an improved pallet placement model and Lean Six Sigma principles like 5S and Gemba. Show less

Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

• Defined the project SIPOCS, identified the VOCs and CTQ metrics for the raw material storage process.
• Performed the value stream mapping on the raw material handling for the high penetration electrode line.
• Improved the raw material accessibility time by 20%, improved the inventory count time by 50%.

Chennai Area, India

• Designed steering mounts, fixtures, and steering geometry for the 2016 race car.
• Led manufacturing activities involving CNC manufacturing, frame fabrication, rapid prototyping of 2016 car components.
• Managed the recruitment and developed a training plan for 1st-year members during the 2017 hiring phase.

Pune Area, India

In the internship period I was expected to learn and observe boiler manufacturing process and relate the various processes to what I had learnt in my previous theory semesters, later I had to present an exhaustive report on what I concluded and learnt from the entire experience.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Graduated with a Master's in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Design and Manufacturing. I have an active interest in the fields of.

Bachelors Of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: SAE Member. ASME Member. Engineer Member at Engineers without Borders - SRMKTR Chapter