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Feature Student
Pratik Matkar, a Master’s of Engineering Management student. He currently is living in Plymouth, MN, originally from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
A unique fact is that he loves to travel and eat. "I love to experiment with food and try new cuisines, especially authentic food, whenever I travel to a new place."
"I wish to extend my gratitude to Dr. Baliga and Dr. Shah for guiding me throughout this journey and extensively mentor me during my graduate school career."
The MEM program helped Pratik in building his career in the field of data. "The coursework has not only allowed me to expand my technical knowledge but also helped me to evolve as a professional. I had an opportunity to strengthen my interpersonal skills through curricular and co-curricular activities."
Pratik is an Engineer at Pfizer. His primary responsibility includes performing ETL operations on big data and loading the data in the Data Warehouse, which can be further used for data analysis purposes. He is utilizing the concepts acquired from Big Data Analytics, Quality Engineering, Project Management, and Lean Six Sigma coursework. "The MEM coursework has strengthened my foundation for my current role and helped me acquire my desired job."
A favorite project or collective memory from your study tenure.
For me, every project has its own experience, but I specifically enjoyed a project which was performed at Chart Industries. I was honored to lead a group of students working on the Stocking Level Project under the mentorship of Dr. Hiral Shah. With the help of highly knowledgeable engineers at Chart Industries and Dr. Shah’s guidance, we provided them a new design for inventory management that helped the company reduce its inventory by a significant amount. As our supervisor at Chart quoted our success, “With this new system, on these parts alone, Chart reduces its inventory number by $3,126.39.”
When asked about the process of transitioning to graduate school he said "With the help of professors, the administrative staff at Plymouth campus, and my seniors, transitioning to a graduate school turned out to be smooth for me."
Professional networking involvement was critical to Pratik. He was elected as a President of ASEM (American Society for Engineering Management) student chapter 2020.
Regarding the Plymouth campus, "I worked as a Facility Assistant at SCSU Plymouth. I loved that job because it helped me interact with all the Instructors and students visiting the campus and build connections. Apart from that, my supervisor, Patrice Holter, has positively influenced my life, and I have enjoyed working with her and under her supervision."
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