Kumar Vardhan
Metallurgical Engineer
Gurgaon
Summary
An organized and meticulous metallurgical process engineer with experience in ferrous and non-ferrous alloys with complete industrial shop floor and metallurgical lab settings. Good communicator and planner with critical thinking abilities, and a combination of technical and managerial skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Metallurgist
Robotics Core School
01.2024 - 02.2025
- Recommended material types for drone making along with the relevant design to be used for multi applications drone.
- Tested the drone hardness, tensile,fatigue,fracture toughness and used simulation softwares like LAMMPS to gather molecular dynamics data for real world drone behavior.
Plant Metallurgist
HEF TS USA
03.2023 - 01.2024
- Worked as a plant metallurgist in a surface treatment firm using the method of high temperature liquid nitriding techniques.
- Worked with quality tools like E2, PPAP, APQP and developed job routing for different automobile and firearms products.
- Performed laboratory analysis of wide range of ferrous alloys like hardness testing, compound layer and diffusion layer thickness image analysis.
- Linked up customer requirments to operations by directly reviewing the parts drawings and its production onthe shop floor.
Process Engineer
Birla Accucast Limited
06.2016 - 01.2018
- Worked as a Process Engineer in a precision cast iron industry for making automobile products.
- Assisted in process mapping for manufacturing of cast iron products with complete industrial settings.
- Performed metallographic analysis like tensile testing, fatigue testing, polishing and minute defect analysis.
Intern
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
05.2015 - 07.2015
- Studied steel manufacturing process, heat treatment of steel, metallography of chrome and stainless steel.
- Performed metallography of steel wire and bar products using SEM for image anaylysis and ultimately catch surface defects.
Intern
TATA MOTORS
05.2014 - 06.2014
- Studied bore wall thickness variation in 6 Bore Turbo (BT) Cummins engine block.
- Gathered huge data including resin bond strength, pattern making temperature fluctuations.
- Recommended the possible fix by using data samples on hundreds of engine blocks.
Education
Master of Science - Material Science and Engineering
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH12-2022
Bachelor of Technology - Metallurgical Engineering
National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology
Ranchi, India05-2016
Skills
- Technical: Scanning Electron Microscope, Transmission Electron Microscope, Optical Microscope, X-ray Fluorescence, Hardness Testing Machine, Failure Analysis, ABJ- 900 furnaces, Forging Process, Heat Treatment Process, Foundry Process, Physical Metallurgy, Metallography sample preparation, Mechanical metallurgy
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Awarded 80% scholarship for master’s program in Material Science and Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. 2018, Plays semiprofessional football, participated in various tournaments and was invited for 1 month training at IFX Germany.
Timeline
Metallurgist
Robotics Core School
01.2024 - 02.2025
Plant Metallurgist
HEF TS USA
03.2023 - 01.2024
Process Engineer
Birla Accucast Limited
06.2016 - 01.2018
Intern
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
05.2015 - 07.2015
Intern
TATA MOTORS
05.2014 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Technology - Metallurgical Engineering
National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology
Master of Science - Material Science and Engineering
University of Cincinnati