Prashant Zanwar
12122 Darwin Drive, Orlando, FL 32826 | (321) 235-6224
| http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~pbz52335/
Objective
Seeking a position utilizing technical, organizational, and research skills. Particular interest in manufacturing or industrial firm
Education
University of Central Florida - Graduated, Aug 2002 Orlando, FL Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Track
Marathwada University - Graduated, June 1997 Aurangabad, India
Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Work Experience
Florida Space Institute Orlando, FL
Research Assistant Dec 2000 - Present
· Two NASA projects carried out – A robotic End-Effector (EE), and a versatile modular Deployable Truss (DepTruss)
§ End-Effector is a precision mechanism for picking sample and sensing environment in an enclosed biomass chamber
§ DepTruss is light but robust deployable, and retractable truss structure for the base frame of various space platforms
§ All the drawings made by using Pro/Engineer software, jobs include but not limited to design, detailed drawings, part survey, system configuration, and force analysis
· Preliminary studies on Foster Miller Maglev track – Performed systems engineering on an optimal system configuration
· Structure team lead of 2002 NASA Design Competition for Mars Deployable Greenhouse – National competition finalist
College of Arts and Science, University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
Teaching Assistant Aug 2000 - Dec 2000
· Instructor and Coordinator of various physics labs
Wipro Consumers Ltd. Aurangabad, India
Production Engineer Jul 1997 - Jun 2000
· Major achievement - Material conversion efficiency raised from 89% to 92.5%
· Leader of a Six Sigma project of elimination of bad solder, project successfully closed with starting DPMO (Defects Per Million Opportunities) 2162 (s - level 4.23) and ending DPMO 540 and (s - level 4.73)
· Projects done – Early Life Failure, Filament-Cut, and Flash-Off
Larsen and Toubro Ltd. Chandrapur, India
Summer Intern Mar 1998 - Jul 1998
· Researched conveyors for the cement transport and machine shop layout
Publications
· R. Johnson, C. Ham, Z. Qu, P. Zanwar, G. Ballmann, "Development of the ALSARM-EE for Biomass Production Chamber at the Kennedy Space Center", IASTED International Conference, Robotics and Applications, Clearwater, FL, pgs. 83 - 88, Nov 2001
· P. Zanwar, A. Elshennawy, C. Ham, R. Johnson, "Design of End-Effector for a Robotic System using Pahl-Beitz Evaluation Methodology”, IEMS International Conference 2002, Cocoa, FL, Mar 2002
Technical Skills
CAD Programs: Proficient in Pro/Engineer (Design of End-Effector and DepTruss)
Software: MS office, Minitab, WinQSB, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and FrontPage
Programming Languages: JavaScript, HTML, C
Proposal Writing: Assisted in project proposal writing
Activities
Organizational Affiliations: Florida Space Institute - Research Assistant, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME – Member