Detailed of my work in field of engineering

1. Ravi Patel
Arlington,TX |+1 682-583-5466 | ravipatel64688@gmail.com|www.linkedin.com/in/ravibkpatel
PROFILE
 Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for Measurements course (ME-2381)
 Controls Engineer at 3D printer building startup company Layer Inc.
 Research Assistant at Micro Manufacturing Medical Automation and Robotics Systems (MARS)
Lab, University of Texas at Arlington for developing Human Robot Interaction (HRI)modalities for
prothesis
 SCARA robot (IBM 7535 and Adept iCobra 600), IR sensor, gyroscope, and accelerometer
programming
 Electromechanical system interfacing such as servo motors and encoders using PID controller
 LabVIEW, MATLAB, python, C++ (familiar), NI myRIO, Raspberry PI, MS Office, Latex
 Kalman Filter, Linear Quadratic Regulator, Boundary Value Problem theories for navigation and
control of satellite and autonomous vehicle
 Forward and Inverse Kinematics for robot manipulator design
 Quick Connect Disconnect gripper design for manipulating random object with SCARA robots
 Hands on experience of CAD (AutoCAD, Inventor, SolidWorks, PTC Creo
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Arlington MS Mechanical Engineering 2016-2018
Gujarat Technological University BE Mechanical Engineering 2010-2014
EXPERIENCE
The University of Texas at Arlington www.mars.uta.edu
Designation: - Graduate Researcher June 2017 – Present
 Assisted in development of Bio-mimetic Artificial Hand grasping pattern analysis with different
objects
 Developed a voice control environment in LabVIEW to issue voice commands for certain action
 Sensor and motors integration for developing electromechanical systems using microcontroller
NI myRIO
 Developed toolbox in LabVIEW for speech and Image Recognition using Cloud Services
 Hardware: IBM 7535, Adept iCobra 600, myRIO Mechatronics Kit
 Software: LabVIEW, Python
The University of Texas at Arlington
Designation: - Graduate Teaching Assistant Jan 2018 – June 2018

2.  Helping sophomore students with difficulties in course MAE2381 (Experimental Methods and
Measurement I)
 Developing and upgrading lab experiments for measurements course using NI DAQs
 Performing data analysis in LabVIEW and documentation for developed experiment
 Assist faculty member with classroom instructions, exam proctor, record keeping and lab
experiment development
 Data Acquisition Device: NI DAQ, NI USB-6001, NI PCI 6024E, NI9219, NI9212, NI9202
Layer Inc (3D printer for printing home)
Designation: - Controls Engineer July 2017 – Feb 2018
 Develop dynamics and control for 3D printer operated by moving strings
 Control design for controlling NEMA 34 stepper motor using DM860T stepper motor driver and
PID control system
 Program PID controller and motor drivers in MATLAB for printer head movement
 Physically building printer using machining tools
Arrdekta Institute of Technology www.arrdekta.org
Designation: - Lecturer Feb 2015 – May 2015
 Taught Production Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, and Tool Design to diploma and
undergraduate students
 Taught AUTOCAD and ProE basic introductions
 Managed all student academic information and presented it weekly to Head of Department
 Led students as a project guide for semester projects
 Supervised university exams as Proctor
PROJECTS
MSc. Thesis Project: Human Robot Interaction (HRI) using Voice and Vision System
 Developed a voice control modality to interact with robot by issuing voice commands
 Integrated computer vision and voice control system for object manipulation and grasping
pattern analysis
 Extensive programming in NI LabVIEW software using Vision and Web Protocol toolbox
 Used cloud applications (APIs) in LabVIEW and python to perform speech and image recognition
 Training and modelling ANN model for applications of Machine Learning in voice control robotics
environment

3. Academic Project (Fall 2017): Minimum Time Path Planning for autonomous ground vehicle with
obstacle avoidance
 Developed algorithm for two ground vehicle path planning with obstacle avoidance in MATLAB
 Using Hermite Legendre Gauss Lobato (HLGL), GA, Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) and
Boundary Value Problem (BVP) theories to approach solution to the problem

4. Robotics Project (Summer 2016): Design gripper and program robot for pick and place objective
 Designedgripper and 3D print it to attach it with quick connect disconnect robot arm for grasping
objects
 Developed algorithm for path planning of robot arm to avoid obstacle while transferring object
and complete task in minimum time
 Program IBM 7535 SCARA and adept iCobra 600 for pick and place operations
 Used sensor to automatically detect object arrival on the conveyor for pickup
Graduation Project: Heat ventilation in automobile - heated under sunlight
 Developed an automated Heat Ventilation systemfor cars heated outdoor direct sunlight
 Designed a virtual thermostat in LabVIEW to control fan for maintaining comfortable
temperature before driver arrive
 Programmed in LabVIEW using thermocouple and thermistor for measuring varying temperature
in cabin in NI DAQmx and take appropriate action of cooling using NI USB 6008