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Jiten Patel
[email protected] · 404.731.5816 · Atlanta, GA
Education:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
o PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Expected May 2012
o Academic Advisor: Prof. Seung-Kyum Choi
o Dissertation: Design of Reliable Mesostructures using Prob. Neural Networks
o Research Focus: Reliability, Additive Manufacturing and Data Mining
o Graduate GPA: 3.7/4
• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
December 2009
o Thesis: Optimal Design of Mesostructured Materials under Uncertainty
o Six Sigma Green Belt
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
Chennai, India
• Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering
July 2007
o Undergraduate GPA: 7.91/10
o All-India Rank 684 among 175,000 (0.4%) candidates in IIT-JEE 2003
Honors:
TI:GER Fellowship Program
(Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results)
2010 – Present
• NSF IGERT Fellowship: Half Tuition + $25,000
• Selected as one out of six PhDs for the study of entrepreneurship.
• Led a team of 2 MBA and 2 JD students for conceptualizing product ideas from my
PhD research and studying the product’s path to market.
Sam Nunn Security Fellowship Program
2011 – Present
• MacArthur Foundation Fellowship: $5,000
• Award for the outstanding study of science and technology policy that influences
Government’s decision on national security issues.
Experience:
Systems Realization Laboratory, Georgia Tech
Graduate Research Assistant
Atlanta, GA
2007 – Present
• Developed a novel data mining technique for efficient design of light-weight
structures. This work resulted in 4 publications and 2 invention disclosures.
• Investigated the usage of 3D printing for manufacturing various reliable light weight
consumer products. This work resulted in 4 publications.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)
Pro-Bono Consultant
Atlanta, GA
January – May 2011
• With a team of 5 MBA students, defined present state and expected outcome for
improving health monitoring.
• Conducted market research for suitable vendor and recommended products. Results
ensured 80% availability of equipment at client locations.
Ripple Management
Atlanta, GA
Consultant
December 2010
• Conducted surveys/interviews, market sizing and developed product positioning
plan along with a team of 2 MBA students.
• Analyzed market entry strategy for a new product in the healthcare industry.
About Me:
Activities: Vice President, Delta Epsilon Iota and Senator, Student Government
Interests: Toastmasters Club, Field Hockey, Yoga, Swimming and Motorcycles
Past: Captain of Water polo, Swimming and Triathlon teams at IIT Madras
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Jiten Patel
[email protected] · 404.731.5816 · Atlanta, GA
Internships:
XEROX CORPORATION
Xerox Innovation Group, Summer Intern
Rochester, NY
May – August 2008
• Examined service costs data and recommended improvements in customer
segmentation models.
• Created data mining systems for reliability assessment of new product lines.
• Determined the optimum warranty time for a new product from reliability test data.
JNCASR Fellowship - Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Undergraduate Research Fellow
Bangalore, India
May – August 2006
• Awarded to 100 students in science and technology from all over India.
• Developed a novel foldable stadium roof mechanism.
• Trained fellow interns and lab-members of the proper use of CNC and EDM
machines and prepared training manual for future use.
• This work was recognized with the 1st prize in 2006 ASME Mechanism Competition
and resulted in 3 publications and 1 invention disclosure.
Patents:
Provisional Applications:
Patel, J. and Choi, S., (2011) Semi-Supervised Learning for Improving the Efficiency
of Reliability based Topology Optimization. GTRC Code 5615
Choi, S., Patel, J. and Kumar, A., (2009) Meso-Structures based Hydrogen Tank for
Automotives. GTRC Code 5104
Ananthasuresh, G. K. and Patel, J., (2007) Circumferentially Actuated Single Degree
of Freedom Foldable Mechanism
Publications:
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:
Patel, J. and Choi,S. (2011) Semi-Supervised Learning with Probabilistic Neural
Networks for Reliability Assessment. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (Under
Review)
Patel, J. and Choi,S. (2011) Classification Approach for Reliability-based Topology
Optimization using Probabilistic Neural Networks. Structural and Multidisciplinary
Optimization (Under Review)
Choi,S. and Patel, J. (2010) Optimal Design of Cellular Structures under Random
Fields. Journal of Engineering Design, 0954-4828
Ruderman, A., Choi, S., Patel, J., Kumar, A. and Allen, J. (2010) Simulation-Based
Robust Design of Multiscale Products. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
132(10): 101003:101015
Patel, J. and Ananthasuresh, G.K. (2007) A Kinematic Theory for Radially Foldable
Planar Linkages. Journal of Solids and Structures 44(18-19):6279-6298
International Conference Publications:
Full list of 6 conference papers available at: http://www.srl.gatech.edu/Members/jpatel
Recognitions:
Riemann Challenge Award, Georgia Tech (2009)
NSF-ASME Student Best Paper Award at 2006 ASME-IDETC Conference
Placed 1st at 2006 ASME Student Mechanism Design Competition, Philadelphia, PA
Placed 1st at 2006 IIT Bombay Business Plan Competition
Full tuition supported by Merit-cum-Means scholarship at IIT Madras
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