Work:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston
Research Assistant, PhD Candidate
Shell Oil Company - Houston, TX
Intern
Honeywell Technology Solutions - Bangalore, Karnataka
Senior Engineer- Automation & Control Solutions (ACS)
Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, ND
Research Assistant, Graduate Student
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd - Mumbai, Maharashtra
Engineer-Production, Operations Department, Mumbai Refinery
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd - Vadidara, India
Summer Intern, Process Operations, Gujarat Refinery
Education:
University of Houston - Houston, TX
PhD in Chemical Engineering
University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, ND
Masters in Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IIT-R) - Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Bachelors in Chemical Engineering
Skills:
- Experimental: Proficient with design of experiments, experience with designing and operating lab-scale and bench-scale experimental set-up, well-versed with general lab safety and lab management<br/>- Polymer synthesis and characterization: Synthesized poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) colloidal particles, and characterized with Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and zeta potential analyzer<br/>- Rheology: Studied viscoelastic properties of complex fluids using bulk rheological measurements and microrheology <br/>- Microfluidics: Fabricated microfluidic devices, performed microfluidic experiments and analyzed microfluidic flows<br/>- Imaging and data analysis: Used brightfield, phase-contrast, Fluorescence and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) for imaging. Experimental image-data analysis done by using particle-tracking and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) algorithms using MATLAB<br/>- Computer skills: Data analysis using MATLAB and Image J, COMSOL for predicting flow profiles of non-Newtonian fluids in micro-scale geometries, and process design using Aspen HYSYS and LABVIEW<br/>- Communications skills: Everyday interaction with customers, marketing, sales, and product deployment while working at Honeywell; made numerous presentations at international conferences<br/>- Project management: At Honeywell- project budgeting, project time-line scheduling, resource management, product testing, product quality assessment, and product deployment