Industrial Engineer - Manufacturing area

Kannan Sripathy
221, North Duncan, Apt #3,
Stillwater, OK -74075
(405)762-6000
kannan_osu.RemoveThis@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE
Seeking a career position as an industrial engineer specializing in the
field of Manufacturing Systems offering one year of experience as a
process engineer in the conveyor belt industry.

EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA Expected May 2005
GPA - 3.5

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
University of Madras, Chennai, India May 2002
GPA - 3.8

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Assistant-CEAT Computer Labs
Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, OK
January 2004- Present

· Explain and assist students with specific software needs.
· Maintain hardware in the computer labs and trouble shoot software
problems.

Manufacturing Engineer, Lakhotia Enterprises Inc.
Division of Software Technology Parks of India.
October 2002 - July 2003

· Designed and developed a conveyor belt selection system using
AutoCAD and Visual Basic.
· Used Gantt chart and MS-Project for time scheduling of jobs under
project management.
· Observed the manufacturing process as part of a team and carried
out process improvement activities reducing lead time by over 15%.

RELATED PROJECTS:
· Created a simulation model using Arena 7.0 to optimize the number
of milling machines.
· Studied the impact and application of Quick Response Manufacturing
on the Plastic, Furniture and Precision metal industries.
· Analyzed the grinding process using a SIMULINK model in MATLAB and
compared it with experimental results from a surface grinder.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
System Simulation
Supply Chain Strategy
Project Planning and Control
Advanced Production Control
Cellular Manufacturing Systems
Engineering Economic Analysis
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Advanced Facility Location and Layout
Integrated Manufacturing Control Systems
Work Experience in the conveyor belt industry

COMPUTER SKILLS:
C, PASCAL, Visual Basic, Arena, MS-Project and VB.NET
HTML, Macromedia Dream Weaver MX, and MS FrontPage.
AutoCAD 2000, PRO/Engineer, MSC-NASTRAN.

MEMBERSHIPS/ AFFILIATIONS:
Active Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers
Member of Alpha Pi Mu - Industrial Engineering Honor Society

LANGUAGES: Fluent in spoken and written English.
WORK AUTHORIZATION: F1 Student Visa.