Sulabh Gupta

Responsible for designing robust mechanisms as per design requirements, CAD detailing, creating BOMs and using MRP software (Profit Key) to manage and order parts required for the project. Working in tandem within a large multidisciplinary team of Mechanical, Controls and Electrical engineers throughout the product life cycle. Communicating with manufacturing for ease of manufacturability, testing, and debugging machinery before being placed into a production environment.

• Designed and developed new standard designs for curved conveyors and lane divider mechanisms.
Results: Drastically reduced design release time by 60% and made the design flexible to be used on a wide range of applications requiring varying sizes.
• Part of a two-member team to design and develop standard designs for product family of magazines for wrap around cases. Results: Used fewer parts and easier to assemble. Reduced design release time by 60% and provided flexibility of use on different machines with varying size requirements.
• Part of a two-member team that designed and developed the LH and RH product accumulator for the new product line of Vertical Case Packers. Results: Part of the company’s latest product offering and attracting new business.
• Worked alongside welders to design custom welding jig for machine frames. Results: The new style frames used a lot of sheet metal and large metal plates due to which welding was a challenge. The welding jig helped the welders overcome those challenges and reduced scrap saving time and money.
• Designed quick slide change part mechanism for horizontal push mechanisms. Results: Reduced manufactured parts and time needed to change parts required for moving products of various sizes.

Responsible for developing a novel eye gaze system to enable ALS patients to communicate by typing out words in a computer screen using the movement of their eyes.
• Worked as a Graduate Research Assistant (Dec 2013-Aug 2014) for Socially Relevant Computing at University at Buffalo. The assistant ship was converted into an Internship with the partnering company Applied Sciences Group, Inc. which took over the funding for the project.
• Designed a 3D printable plastic unit and a mounting system to package required lenses and OLED screen and then mounted them on a pair of spectacles. Results: The entire unit was 20% lighter, 30% compact and 80% cheaper to manufacture compared to its predecessor.

1. Graph Grammar based approach to 3D print and assemble furniture- Created a novel approach to enable users to segment large 3D CAD models into smaller components and 3D print these components in the limited print volume of commercially available 3D printers. Then used graph grammar techniques to generate rules to create assembly instructions to assemble the segmented parts. Results: Broke the stereotype of 3D printing use to print small sized objects for trivial use and making it useful for large scale and more useful products.
2. Developed and Designed a Novel 3D printer- Created a detailed design for an open source hobby level 3D printer. The highlights of this design were the use of a sarrus linkage based mechanism for z-axis movement to move the print bed and a 5 bar linkage mechanism for X-Y planar movement which mounted the extruder. Results: A larger print volume for a small printer foot print and maximum parts were 3D printed hence the printer was inexpensive and easy to manufacture.

• Worked as the main programmer to develop the webpage for Dovetail module for Enterprise Learning Management. Results: Easy access for company associates to use the ELM web portal for taking courses to keep them at par with the current technologies of their interest and work requirements.
• Worked on Global Service Desk pertaining to customer technical issue regarding the ELM portal.
Results: Developed good customer relation techniques.
• Mentored three new employees in their transition from academia into the corporate atmosphere .Provided technical training allowing them to be responsible in handling issues at the Global Service Desk.