Ravi Patel

Experience

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  UF Student Design Competition

  Oct 2017 - May 2020

  • Actively participated in a team that won the ASME E-Fest regionals in March 2018 and internationals in November 2018• Designed a mobile platform testbed for teams to prototype design ideas for the 2019 objective• Worked directly with a team of 20 to design controls and electronics based around assigned objective for the 2018 international competition• Diagnosed and solved an issue with motor failure from rapid direction changes• Programmed microcontrollers and components to allow for controller input and power distribution for movement and main functions on 3 team robots• Designed electrical housing and wiring setup to resist repeated impacts from other robots Show less

  • President

    Dec 2019 - May 2020

  • Vice President

    Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Team Captain - Team 3

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Controls and Electronics Lead

    Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
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  University of Florida

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  • TA for Intro to Numerical Methods. Topics covered were root finding, regression, and Fourier analysis. • Hosted office hours and helped grade for a class of 200 totaling 8-12 hours of work a week• Developed a homework submission format for students to efficiently display their work• Optimized TA grading procedures to cut down the time needed to grade by 10% -My team placed 2nd out of 32 teams for our design.-Worked with a team to go through the design and prototyping process by producing decision matrices and analytical reports in a step based process. -Gained experience in manufacturing and industry tolerances for machining parts and proper design considerations oriented towards production with considerations for time and cost.

  • Teaching Assistant

    Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Team Member - EML2322 Design & Manufacturing

    Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
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  American Society of Mechanical Engineers at UF

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  BEC/MAE Representative

  • Attended budget meetings for the Benton Engineering Council to compile reports for ASME• Organized ASME outreach, general body, and showcase events

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  MYOLYN

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Evaluated new power transmission designs to reach a target efficiency increase in a FES cycling bicycle for paralytic patients

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  GE Appliances, a Haier company

  Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  Filtration Design Engineering Co-op

  • Evaluated root cause of failures in lab tests and drove design changes for parts in production • Developed a standard of tests and practices for the next generation of filter design at GEA• Communicated design changes with multiple suppliers while working with a cross functional team

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  GE Appliances, a Haier company

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Filtration Design Engineering Co-op
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  GE Appliances, a Haier company

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2024

  - Managed communication between GE Appliances and MABE engineering teams on several high dollar cost savings projects - Lead several short notice part shortage projects to help qualify parts and keep production running

  • Dishwasher - Advanced Systems Engineer

    Jul 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Laundry - Material Cost Take Out Engineer

    Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Filtration - Design Engineer

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  • GSP - Program Engineer

    Jul 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Cooking - Cost Take Out Engineer

    Jan 2021 - Jul 2021