OBJECTIVE: A full time position in the field of product development, testing and mechanical design.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

·          Currently pursuing M. S/PhD. in Mechanical Engineering – University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD, USA  

                                                                                                                                                                                                             Current  GPA 3.78/4.0

Relevant Courses Completed :  Elasticity, Finite Element Analysis, Vibrations, Experimental Mechanics, Wave Propagation, Plasticity,

Continuum Mechanics, Metal Forming, Composite Materials, Optimization in Engineering Design and Fracture Mechanics

·          B. S. in Mechanical Engineering – Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.                                                                            GPA 3.00/4.0

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

·      PROFESSIONAL

·       Graduate Research Assistant @ Materials Testing Laboratory, UMBC,  (January 02 – present)

o   Constitutive modeling of the plastic deformation of Titanium alloys (Ti6Al-4V) using MATLAB with constraint optimization procedure and least square method under the Army Research Grant.

o      Multiaxial experimentation and modeling of Ti-6Al-4V Titanium alloys over wide strains and strain rates

o      Multiaxial experimentation and modeling of TPFE Teflon over wide range of strain and strain rates

o      Manufacture and experimentation of nano Titanium over wide range of strains

·       Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Dept of Mechanical Engineering, UMBC,  (January 02 – present)

o      Lead TA for mechanics of materials and solid mechanics lab course

o      Evaluated student coursework and graded them

o      Provided training to students to operate various material properties evaluating systems including MTS.

·        Consultancy Project, Anderson Materials Evaluation, Inc (May ‘03 – July ‘03) 

o      Performed  tensile test on Titanium alloy  according to ASTM testing standard (E-8) using material testing system (MTS)

o     Performed tensile-relaxation test by ASTM testing standard (E-328) and monitored the temperature effect on the alloy using thermocouples  mounted directly on the specimen

o      Measured strains during the test using strain gages and also used extensometer to check for consistency

o      Analyzed the data obtained  from the MTS and converted to true stress and true strain

·        Utkal Alumina International Limited, New Delhi, India. (Dec ‘00 – July ‘01) 

o     Utkal was a joint venture of three multinational companies, namely, ALCAN, Canada,  Hydro Aluminum, Norway and INDAL, India.

o    Specific tasks included design and development of the project map of the site of a new aluminum plant to be setup in Orissa, India.

o    Used AutoCAD 2000 to design the maps used for the plant.   

·        Bechtel  India (Pvt.) Ltd. , Gurgaon, India  (May ‘98 – Jul ‘98) 

   o    Worked as a summer intern as a part of the undergraduate curriculum.

   o    Worked in the Project Controls Department of the company to understand the intricacies involved in planning and scheduling

   o    Used Primavera (P3) software for planning and scheduling purposes. 

·      ACADEMIC PROJECTS

·       Design of a shelving plate unit using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and modeling using I-DEAS 5.0

·       Analysis of the Mini Baja vehicle frame to optimize for the weight and cost using FEA in IDEAS 5.0

·       Developed Fortran code to solve a structural design problem using 4-noded and 8-noded plain strain  

               elements

·       An analysis of cone-derived waverider by hypersonic small disturbance theory

·       Optimization of Fuel Weight of Aircraft for a Specific Mission Profile- skills involved included problem formulation, objective

      function and constraint handling, SUMT method searches, MFD and GRG searches and usage of Design and Optimization Toolbox

      (DOT).

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

·         Kazmi, R., Khan. A. S., “ Quasi Static and Dynamic Response of Stainless Steel 303: Experiments and Modeling” presented at "Plasticity 2003"  symposium held in Quebec City, 

        Canada

·          Khan, A. S., Kazmi, R., and Suh, Y. S., “Quasi-static and dynamic loading responses and constitutive modeling of titanium alloys”, International Journal of Plasticity,

         Volume 20, Issue 12, December 2004, Pages 2233-2248

·         Kazmi, R.,  Khan A. S., “Microstructure, Response and  Constitutive Modeling of Several Ti-6Al-4V Economical Alloys Over a Wide Range of Strain

         Rates and Temperatures”, ; in print, International Journal of Plasticity.

·         Kazmi, R., Lopez-Pamies, O. & Khan, A. S.,  “Time dependent large deformation response and modeling of Adiprene-L100 at different strain rates and temperatures” presented at     

        "Plasticity 2005"  symposium held in Kauai, Hawaii, USA

·         Kazmi, R.,  Khan, A. S.,  “Response and modeling of PTFE (Teflon) using a new visco-elastic-plastic model” ,Dislocations, Plasticity, Damage and Metal Forming:

         Material Response and Multiscale Modeling, eds. Akhtar S. Khan, A.R. Khoei, Neat Press, Fulton Maryland (2005)

·         Kazmi, R., Lopez-Pamies, O. & Khan, A. S.,  “Time dependent large deformation response modeling of Adiprene L-100 at different strain rates and temperatures”; in print,  

         International Journal of Plasticity.

COMPUTER COMPETENCIES

DENDRO,  I-DEAS 5.0, MATLAB, MathCAD, AutoCAD 2002, Pro E 2001, Fortran77, BASIC, Windows NT/2K/XP/9.X, Unix, MS Office

STRENGTHS and POSITIVE POINTS

o      Hands on experience using modern material evaluating systems namely, MTS, Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar

o    Experience in microstructure determination using metallurgical microscope.

o      Professional experience in experimental stress analysis using strain gages, strain indicators and oscilloscopes

o      Self motivated, able to set effective priorities to achieve immediate and long term goals and meet operational deadlines

o      Excellent communication and writing skills

o      Strong team member and contributor

RERERENCES

Available upon request

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