This document summarizes the skills, experience, and qualifications of Pratik Kale. It outlines his 5+ years of experience in automotive engineering, CAD/FEA tools, and corrosion analysis. Some key experiences include working as a design engineer at Tata Motors in India where he designed plastic automotive components using CATIA V5 and conducted research on corrosion of steel and aluminum in seawater for his master's thesis. Pratik has a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and bachelor's degree from the University of Mumbai. He is proficient with CAD tools like CATIA V5, SolidWorks, and FEA tools ANSYS and NX Nastran.

1. Pratik Kale
Farmington Hills, MI - 48336 | (682) 331-3123| prat.kale32@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalepratik
SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES
 5+ years of academic experience in Automobile engineering, plastic moulding, FEA & CAD TOOLS, Corrosion.
 Worked as Design Engineer at TATA Motors India.
 Mould design and correspondingProductdesign changes of complex automotive and engineering components using CAD Tool CATIA V5
(Solid and surfacemodelling,Sketch, Assembly, Drafting).
 Hands-on experience with FEA & CAD tools, DFM & DFA, Manufacturingprocesses,Root causeanalysis,FMEA with strong understanding
of Geometric Dimensioningand Tolerance (GD&T) principles.
 Ability to perform multi-disciplinary systemdesign optimization.
 Self-motivated individual with excellentcommunication, problem solving,troubleshooting, and organizational skills.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Design and Analytical Tools: CATIA V5 R17, SolidWorks, MS Word, MS Excel
 Analysis Tool: NX Nastran, ANSYS (Workbench, Icepack)
 Simulation Tool: MATLAB, Simulink
WORK EXPERIENCE
Tata Motors -MH, India | Product Design Engineer July’12 to July’14
 Designed and developed drawings and specifications necessary to supportthe development of new products and modification of existing
products.
 Conducted research and created design proposals for interior plastic products,mainly FrontBumper clip and door trim usingCATIA V5.
 Successfully handled Information,Prototype and Production Releaseof design data for interiors for various carlines.
 Ensured the design, that was developed was of high quality and executed it to meet all packagingand functional requirements.
 Analyzed development process,determined root causeand suggested corrective actions.
 Developed understandingof Plastic injection moulds,plasticmaterialsproperties and application,material processing,and theory of
plastic design.
 Ability to read, develop and understand engineering documentation (i.e. Assembly Drawings,Billsof Material,Blueprints,Dimensioning,
DVP&R, FMEA, Product Releases, ProductSpecifications,Stack-ups/GD&T,Test Reports and Test Specifications).
EDUCATION
Masters in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.7 Aug’14 to May’ 16
University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX
Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.5 Aug’08 to May’ 12
University of Mumbai Mumbai, MH – India
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Master Thesis- Mechanical Engineering Jan’15 to May’16
 Thesis Topic: “A Study of Electrical Double Layer Structure over a Corroding Steel and Aluminium Surface in Sea Water”.
 Investigate the interfacial structureof an electrical doublelayer (EDL) and provide mechanistic understanding of the formation of an EDL
at a steel surface in seawater environment.
 The Steel structure model is developed in CATIA V5 and performed structural analysis using NX Nastran.
 Simulation of electric double layer structure to study the charge transfer phenomenon when metal is in contact with electroly te.
 Parametric study of changes in chemical composition carried out by taking flux, voltage and temperature as the parameters.
 Observed and analyzed the crack propagation rate and failure analysis modes at the flat surfaces, elbows and welded joint.
Automobile Engineering Project Jan’15 to May’15
 Modelled V6 car engines Crankshaft component in CATIA V5 and FEA (Static Structural).
 The aim of this project is to Model, analyse and compare which metal would be more practical for use in crankshaft by analysi ng Total
Deformation and Equivalent stresses.
 It is inferred from the experiment that the better material suited for designingof the crankshaftis Aluminium Alloy over Structural Steel .
Robotics Project Jun’15 to Aug ‘15
 Developed unique three jaw gripper.
 Designed the gripper model in CATIA V5 and performed stress analysisusing NX Nastran to find critical areaswhich may fail thegripper.
RESEARCH PUBLICATION
Published research paper on Electricity Generation from Speed Breakers in The International Journal of Engineeringand Scienc e (IJES),
volume2, issue11,pages 25-27, 2013