Abi Panikulangara

Mechanical Engineer II - Automation & Hardware Engineering at Fluence Automation
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Credentials

  • Iron 101 Castings
    The C.A. Lawton Co. - Foundry & Machining
  • OSHA 10Hr Safety Training
    BP

Experience

  • Fluence Automation, a BlueCrest Company
    • United States
    • Automation Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Mechanical Engineer II - Automation & Hardware Engineering
      • May 2018 - Present

      Design & Development of Automation equipment for Amazon, QVC, and other retailers. Design & Development of Automation equipment for Amazon, QVC, and other retailers.

  • DeZURIK
    • United States
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Design Engineer
      • Aug 2016 - May 2018

      -Maintained and completed a backlog of special order entry (SOE) projects -Created Parts, Bill of Materials, installation layouts, machining & balloon drawings, and solidworks design models- for project submittals and for in house manufacturing and assembly -Worked on cost reduction projects- eliminated unnecessary inventory, consolidated sizes, and decreased lead time for parts -Performed FEA to verify the structural integrity of new castings and machined parts- made design changes to minimize the stress concentrations and displacements -Provided manufacturing and quality control support- with assembly, drawing updates, inventory, tolerance stack up, clearance issues etc -Worked with purchasing team- to buy patterns, castings, raw parts, and purchase complete parts -Worked with variety of materials- Ductile Iron, Cast Iron, 316SS, 304SS, Nickel Aluminum Bronze, Brass, etc -Other parts worked with and/or designed include; shafts, collars, cylinders, brackets, discs, disc seats etc. -Guided drafters with solid modeling, drawings, dimensioning, tolerance verification, etc -Worked with ASTM, ASME, AWWA, and International Valve standards Show less

  • Culligan International
    • United States
    • Consumer Goods
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Engineer
      • 2014 - 2016

      -Responsible for engineering and completing multiple projects under strict deadlines, which ranged from $10,000 to $2.5mil in value -Designed a variety of skids and trailers with filter, softener, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, and deionization systems, which integrated interconnecting piping, complex instruments, pumps, chemical feed assemblies, and controls -Created P&IDs, General Arrangement Drawings, BOMs, Sequence of Operation, Instrument Lists, Valve Lists, Cut Sheets, and ISA Data Sheets -Responsible for overseeing the projects from conception to manufacturing within the Culligan facility while coordinating with the clients, vendors, subcontractors, project managers, drafters, purchasing agents, electrical engineers, and manufacturing personnel to complete projects Show less

  • Superior Engineering, LLC
    • United States
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Mechanical Engineer - Oil Refinery
      • Jun 2012 - May 2014

      -Worked on designing various projects for the BP Oil Refinery located in Hammond Indiana. These projects usually required 70% design work and 30% field work -Designed piping runs, valves, tanks, nozzles, tie-in points etc using CAESAR 3D software. Finite Element Analysis was used to check for high stress concentrations, displacements, etc. Evaluated also for seismic and wind loads with CAESAR software -Coordinated with other mechanical engineers, BP operations personnel, and subcontractors to complete projects Show less

  • Sargent & Lundy
    • United States
    • Professional Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Mechanical Engineer - Nuclear Division
      • Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

      -Designed nuclear piping systems, modeled supports, valves, flanges, and system equipment using AutoDesk Inventor/ AutoPIPE 3D software, while coordinating with other mechanical engineers and structural engineers. -Performed FEA analysis to check for high stress and high displacement areas on the designed systems using the 3D AutoPipe software to make sure it passed ASME code criteria and customer specifications. -Created reports for each system explaining the data, requirements, findings, etc. Show less

Education

  • University of Illinois at Chicago
    Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering
  • Western Michigan University
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

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