HRISHIKESH KULKARNI

11355 Richmond Avenue Apt #1817 Phone: (425) 210-1270

Houston, TX, 77082 Email: hrishikeshcoep@yahoo.com
Objective
Seeking a full-time position in the field of Mechanical Engineering where my ski
lls and knowledge in design, FEA analysis, and CAD can help in the progress of t
he organization
Summary
A performance driven and result oriented Mechanical Engineer with industry and r
esearch experience as Design Engineer, Mechanical Engineer and Graduate Research
Assistant, Experience in design, manufacturing, automotive systems, reliability
engineering, Proficient in Finite Element Analysis (FEA), AutoCAD, Pro/E, GD&T,
Recognized for keen ability to improve component designs, increase efficiency a
nd decrease the need for re-engineering, good communication and management skill
s, self-starter, effective management of work priorities, meeting critical progr
am schedules and technical objectives and experience of writing reports, good te
am player
Education
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering GPA 3.89
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Graduation Date: December 2009
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering GPA 3.5
Government College of Engineering, (COEP) Pune, India Graduation Date: August 20
06
Work Experience
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas
Graduate Research Assistant January 2008 - December 2009
* Researched and validated methodology of Weibull failure theory for fatigue lim
its of steels
* Executed ANSYS FEA analysis and wrote MATLAB programs for equivalent stress ca
lculations
* Developed algorithm to predict probability of failure of component loaded in s
tatic and fatigue
Infosys Technologies Limited Mysore, India
Mechanical Engineer July 2006 - December 2006
* Performed project work in product design and development
* Performed project work in C, C++ programming and Mainframe Systems
TATA Motors Limited Pune, India
Mechanical Design Engineer July 2005 - May 2006
G 600 Gear Box Power Take Off Drilling, Milling, and Reaming on Special Purpose
Machine
* Designed and fabricated a special purpose machine (SPM) to perform operations
of drilling, face milling, reaming, and counter sinking on power take off unit o
f G600 gearbox casing
* Designed drilling and reaming spindles, gearboxes, hydraulic circuit, selected
pulleys, belts, motors
* Modelled the designed parts in AutoCAD, Pro-E and CATIA and adapted GD&T and A
SME code
* Advanced design of SPM increased production capacity from 90 to 120 units per
day
* Achieved saving in cost, energy, and cycle time by using Lean Manufacturing
* Documented bill of materials (BOM) and material requisitions
* Project was appreciated by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in nationa
l project competition
Hematic Motors Limited Karad, India
Intern Summer 2004
* Acquired training in design of hermetic motors and compressors
* Accomplished project work in rotor die casting, tensile testing of winding, st
amping of winding sheets, heat treatment of lamination, and assembly
Research Publication
* Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Hrishikesh Kulkarni, R. John, J. M. Larsen, "A Weakest-L
ink Approach for Fatigue Limit of Steels", 2009 ASME International Mechanical En
gineering Congress and Exposition
* Research paper in preparation to be published in Journal of Engineering Materi
als and Technology
Computer Skills
CAD & FEA: AutoCAD, Pro/E, CATIA, GD&T, ANSYS
Other: C, C++, MATLAB, NESSUS, Java, Microsoft Office
Honors and Activities
* National Talent Search Scholarship, India, 2000
* Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
* Graduate School and Mechanical Engineering Department Scholarship, Texas Tech
University
* Led a team of 20 students in organizing Robotics competition in undergraduate
technical festival
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hrishikeshvishwanathkulkarni