VARUN KAPOORAddress: 431 Winthrop Dr. 54, Findlay OH 45840 Phone: 404-772-2732 Email: varunvipin@yahoo.co.in

OBJECTIVE Seeking a full time Engineering position in the industry to utilize skills learned and experience gained to contribute to the growth and development of the organization.EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA August 2010 – December 2014 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Georgia Tech Lorraine, Study Abroad Fall 2012EXPERIENCE Kuss Filtration Inc. – Findlay, OHManufacturing Engineer Full Time: Currently working as Mold & Tooling Procurement for the NPI team for air and liquid filtration products February 2015 – February 2016

Responsibilities include investigating and coordinating repairs for breakdowns and failures in molds, creating preventive and corrective actions for maintenance and common failures of molds, setting up time and cost reductions opportunities, and coordinating repairs and tracking jobs for the Kuss Mold Shop

Continuous improvement projects: Sensor upgrades, Laser mounts to add another axis of movement to the laser, automated snap fixture to assemble filters to reduce assembly time and need of an operator, alignment devices to reduce set up time on machines, and worked with quality department and Continental and Bosch to specially modify molds to make their products better

February 2016 – Working on new programs for the company to procure new molds from both US and LCC suppliers Working on procuring tooling for New and Product change projects, responsible for storage management, as well as design

reviews for both mold and toolingSiemens Industry Inc. – Norwood, OH Production Mechanical Engineering Co-op: Worked in the Production Mechanical Engineering department of Siemens Large Drives in Drive Technologies, whose main product was the assembly and manufacturing of large industrial electric motors:May 2014 – August 2014

Updated all motor series foundation soleplates to new API 541 standard, Worked on updating mechanical data of several motor types and organizing and creating a new template for future data collection and analysis. Gained exposure to engineering product management and assembly techniques and processes. Worked with customers such as JCI York to resolve motor coupling weight and inertia data issues.

May 2013 – November 2013 Created new terminal block designs for new auxiliary boxes on every product line, participated in daily customer order

processing work for production involving checking several motor dynamics Worked on several projects to update older CAD drawings of components of electrical motors, created a new fan housing

assembly from ground up. Familiarized with manufacturing and assembly process of various motor types. PROJECTSCapstone Senior Design Fall 2014

Designing unique all-in-one laparoscopic surgery device that has more range of motion and degrees of freedom than any device currently on the market

Implementing intuitive, one-to-one mapping mechanical system to create a low cost device in comparison to current devices Patent pending for unique mechanisms for degrees of freedom for range of motion, provisional patent filed

Ideas-2-Serve GA tech Spring 2014 Team project-based competition involving constructing a sustainable engineering idea to bring sustainable light energy to

people in India Team proposed solution of solar powered lamps at an affordable cost and implementation plan included expanding the solar

lamp network and implementing a smart gridME 2110 Design Competition Spring 2013

Team project for a class involving designing and building a machine from ground up and be able to complete the 5 tasks in 1 minute while competing with 3 other teams in the arena

Individual contribution including designing and building 3 tasks involving a controller box and pneumatics Placed 5th out of 65 teams

SKILLS Proficient in MS office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Windows PC, Mac OS Proficient in AutoCAD, Inventor (3D-CAD), and NX 8.0,8.5,9.0, 9.5, 10.0(CAD & Finite Element Analysis) Proficient in SAP & TeamCenter Programming: MATLAB, LabVIEW Familiar with: Finite Element Analysis in ANSYS, CAD in Solid Edge, Solidworks, ProEngineer Basic Troubleshooting skills, Problem solving skills, proficient self-learner Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi, and Indonesian

HONORS AND AWARDS Dean’s List, Georgia Tech (Fall 2012) GT Leading Edge, Certificate (Spring 2014)

Leadership GT CultureTech, Vice President, (Spring 2012)