looking for a job

Hi... I have a Masters degree in Industrial Engg. with minor in Mfg.
Engineering... Currently I am looking for job related to my field of
study. If anyone has leads please let me know. My resume is appended
below.

Thank you very much ... Bhavesh Shah

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OBJECTIVE
To achieve a full time position that allows using my knowledge, work
ethics, and leadership skills
to contribute towards organizational goals while offering an
opportunity to grow professionally

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
* Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering - September 2003 
Minor - Manufacturing Engineering - GPA: 4.0/4.0
Graduate Research - Data Mining Technologies for Customer Relationship
Management
Cumulative GPA: 3.10/4.0
* Shivaji University, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering - June 2000
Grade: First Class with Distinction
* Professional Associations 
Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Member, Institute of Supply Management

WORK EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant, IMSE Department, Kansas State University
(August 2001-December 2002)
* Design and development of prototype Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) software using Oracle8i as backend, Visual Basic 6.0 as
front-end and ERwin as data modeler
* Designed, developed and implemented the operations part which
included production planning, inventory management system, bill of
materials, employee information maintenance, operations maintenance
* Software involved design of business processes to achieve dramatic
improvements in costs, quality, service and speed
Graduate Research Assistant, IMSE Department, Kansas State University
(August 2002-September 2003)
* Study of Data Mining, Web Mining and Text Mining technologies for
Customer Relationship Management
* Study of different Web Mining and Text Mining technologies for
better Customer Behavior Modeling
* Review of current technologies and upcoming technologies 
Application Developer, Custom Accounting Systems, Inc., St. George, KS
(June 2002-September 2002)
* Developed and implemented customized applications for inventory
management and accounting solutions to help connect any remote PC to
main warehouse and get real-time inventory information. Solutions
developed as an external module supporting Microsoft's Solomon
software
Research Assistant, IMSE Department, Kansas State University (August
2002-December 2002)
* Project on search engine optimization for PlusMOS Technologies,
Inc., California
* Found out potential site designs and setup problems
* Re-wrote dynamic URLs and optimized tags and attributes for easy
search engine crawling
* Future work involves order processing system and data mining
Webmaster, IMSE Department, Kansas State University (March
2003-October 2003)
* Responsible for developing and maintaining new website for IMSE
department at Kansas State University

RELEVANT COURSES TAKEN
Advanced Production Planning and Inventory Control, Manufacturing
Information Systems, CAD/CAM, Statastical Process Control, Industrial
Simulation, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Semiconductor wafers),
Operations Research, Project Management, Operations Management,
Industrial Logistics

COMPUTER SKILLS
Databases       : Oracle8i, MS-Access, MS-SQL Server, MySQL
Simulation      : Arena
GUI Tools       : RSLogix PLC Programming (Allen Bradley PLC), Visual Basic
6.0
Design Tools    : ERwin, Micrografx Flow Charter, Adobe Photoshop,
MS-Visio
Language        : PL/SQL
Environments    : Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Xp, MS-DOS
Utilities       : MS-Office, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, MathCAD, MS-Project,
Minitab

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Industrial Engineering
* Project to design and study logistics system for a fictitious
company as part of Logistics course
* Presented a proposal for product development and implementation
project management cycle for stationary radar system as part of course
work for Kustom Signals, Inc.
* Participated in the workshop on "Prevailing Trends in Supply Chain
Management" conducted by Cap Gemini Ernst and Young at Kansas State
University
Manufacturing Engineering
* Design and implementation of a computer controlled manufacturing
system using interface between PLC, robot, milling machine and
conveyor
* Tour to MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., one of worlds leading
semiconductor wafer manufacturing company for study of silicon wafer
fabrication process as part of the Manufacturing Processes for
Semiconductor Materials and Devices course
Mechanical Engineering
* Project on "Design, Fabrication and Development of Low Temperature
Drying Oven for Agricultural Products" - basically used for artificial
raisin making process and food preservation
* Analysis of temperature control systems

PAPERS AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
* "Photoresists and Photolithography for Semiconductor Device
Fabrication" Presented seminar on importance and use of photoresists
and photolithography in semiconductor device fabrication at Kansas
State University, IMSE Dept., 2001
* "Virtual Prototyping (Rapid Prototyping)" Presented a paper on
virtual prototyping at state level competition at Textile and
Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, India, 2000
* "Plasma Metal Cutting Technology" Presented seminar on different
types of plasma cutting technologies and its comparison with water jet
cutting technology at P. V. P. Institute of Technology, Budhgaon,
India, 2000
* "Artificial Intelligence and Robotics" Presented a seminar on use
and benefits of artificial intelligence and robotics in manufacturing
industry at P. V. P. Institute of Technology, Budhgaon, India, 1999

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
* Captain of soccer team in school and college years
* Member of Indian Students Association at Kansas State University  
* Member of Young Giants affiliated to Giants International
* Director of Osprey Group Association-a social and cultural group    

REFERENCES
Available upon request