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Engineer Quality Control

Location:
Stockton, CA, 95212
Posted:
September 29, 2010

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Chandan Sohi

 

**** ******* *****, ********, ** 95212

Phone 530-***-****

Email cibq8o@r.postjobfree.com

 

OBJECTIVE

Seek employment with an organization where my experience and knowledge in the fields of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering can be used effectively.

SUMMARY

* Ph. D – currently enrolled at University of California at Merced, w/ focus in Computational Fluid Dynamics

* MSME, BSME & BSAE – June 2010 and June 2005

* 2010 UTSR Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship recipient

* Performance Engineering Intern at Calpine Corporation. Gained experience in combined and simple cycle power plant performance analysis using statistical analysis techniques.

* Project Engineer at Hyline International, Valencia, CA. Supervised up to 15 employees while working on projects within the production and quality control departments.

* Core team member of DFMEA and PFMEA teams and helped develop Advance Product Quality Plans at Hyline International.

* Fluent in use of Catia V5 and other Cad tools for product design and analysis.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Engineering Intern Clean Energy Systems, Rancho Cordova CA May 2010-Aug 2010

* Review test results from CES's Kimberlina oxy-fuel gas turbine, gas generator, and reheat combustor development and demonstration testing

* Participate in the design conversion studies of the J79 40 MWe GT and SGT900 150 MWe GT and their application to Zero Emission Power Plants

* Participate in the development of advanced high-temperature Oxy-Fuel Gas Turbines and Reheat Combustors

Performance Engineer Intern Calpine Corp, Folsom CA June 2009- Dec 2009

* Performed analysis of Combined and Simple Cycle gas fired power plants to determine their maximum output and fuel usage. Results were presented to plant managers and senior management for use in the 2010 corporate budget.

* Used advanced statistical techniques and processes to build plant specific Performance Calculator models. These models are used throughout Calpine to estimate plant performance given temperature, humidity, and plant configuration.

Project Engineer Hyline Int., Valencia CA July 2006 - Dec 2007

* Worked as Project engineer for the design and development of the Universal Platform using Catia V5.

* Responsibilities included creating and maintaining test plans for all the products such as Universal Platforms, Weight Distribution Hitches, and 5th wheel components

* Core team member DFMEA, PFMEA, and Control Plans.

* Coordination with other engineering platforms such as Product Eng., Manufacturing and Quality for Advanced Product Quality Plan (APQP) design and development of products.

* In charge of developing production schedules for Weight Distribution and Tow Bar Assembly lines.

* Responsible for studying all material certificates and product prints to ensure all finished products are as per the requirements.

Teaching Assistant CSU Sacramento Sept. 2009 – Dec 2009

Manager Subway, Stockton, CA Nov 2005 - July 2006

Drafter/Surveyor Showerman, Hawn, & Stone Inc. Sep 2005 - Nov 2005

EDUCATION

Ph. D - Currently Enrolled

University of California at Merced

M.S., MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, JUNE 2010

California State University, Sacramento (3.88 GPA)

B.S., MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, JUNE 2005

University of California at Davis

B.S., AERONAUTICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, JUNE 2005

University of California at Davis

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2010 UTSR Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Win 95/98/XP/Vista, UNIX

Programming Languages: Pascal, Visual Basic, C, FORTRAN

Software: Matlab, Catia V5, ANSYS Fluent, AutoCad, MS Office Suite, Statistica, OSI PI

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

* Possesses outstanding oral and written communicational skills as well as organizational and time management skills

* Energetically self-motivated team player who remains enthusiastic during challenging assignments

* Proven track record in trouble-shooting, analyzing and resolving problems

* Extensive team collaboration and leadership experience

* Experience and education in the following basic aeronautical and mechanical engineering fields:

o Thermodynamics

o Heat Transfer

o Fluid Mechanics

o Aerodynamics

o Systems Engineering

o Manufacturing

o Quality Control

o Statistical Analysis

o Project Management

o Product Design

o Product Development

o Process Improvement

o Finite Element Analysis



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