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OBJECTIVE: To seek a position that requires research and development or manufacturing experience in chemical industry, pharmaceutical, food processing or alternative fuel industry.
EDUCATION
Aug'02- May'04: University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Master of Science, (Chemical Engineering), Cumulative GPA: 3.625/4.0
Key Courses: Statistical Quality Control and Design of Experiments, Six Sigma Limits, Critical Thinking and Innovation in Chemical Engineering, Adv Topics in Chemical Engineering, Applied Analysis
Sept'97 – May'01: South Gujarat University, India
Bachelors in Chemical Engineering, Cumulative GPA: 3.75/4.0
Major: Petroleum Refining Technology
WORK EXPERIENCE & INTERNSHIP
Sep'02 – Present: Research Assistant, at Chemical Engineering Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
* Involved with research on various aspects of Biodiesel Production from Soybean Oil.
* Designed and optimized biodiesel production process using a Novel Reactor-Separator on laboratory scale, which is up to 30% cost effective compared to the conventional processes.
* Patented the design of the Novel Reactor-Separator.
* Developed methods on analytical equipments such as GC, HPLC, TGA, & DSC for analysis of glycerin, hydrocarbons, gases, fatty acid methyl esters, and biomolecules.
* Developed novel catalysts for Low Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction for producing H2 gas that will allow the modulation of Fuel Cell using novel Narrow-Gap Approach.
* Involved in production of methyl esters and polyols using lipase enzyme.
* Developed a new fundamental theory on Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics that could lead to breakthrough in this technology when applied to modern chemical industry.
* Authored and Co-authored research proposals, patents and technical papers.
Aug'01 – July'02: Process Engineer, at Gujarat Insecticides Ltd, Ankleshwar, India.
* Promoted from Trainee Engineer to Process Engineer in three months.
* Prepared Block Flow Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams, Instrument and piping lay out diagrams for the Quinoline Phosphate Plant.
* Troubleshooting and Maintenance of fluid moving equipments, metering equipments and control valves in the Quinoline Phosphate Plant.
May'01 – July'01: Internship at Gujarat State Fertilizers Corporation, Baroda, India.
* Assist and work with process engineers, in nation's most advanced Caprolactum Expansion Plant.
* Monitor and Control the production process in Caprolactum Expansion Plant using the state of the art Distributed Control System (DCS).
ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS PROFICIENCY
* Two years of hands on experience of GC/MS, HPLC, SEM, IRS, TGA, and DSC.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
i. Process Simulation tools: ASPEN, CHEMCAD
ii. Scientific Software: HP Chemstation, Camile TG 4.1
iii. Math Software: Matlab, Mathematica iv.Programming languages: C, Pascal v.Operating Systems: Unix, DOS, Windows, Windows NT
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
* Secured All India Rank 300 (out of 4546 qualified test takers) in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering –2002 conducted by IIT, Bombay, with 93.09%.
* Secured 2nd rank in a paper presentation on "Crystallization of Polymers" at the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting in 2001.
* Member of American Oil Chemist's Society, Society of Plastic Engineers.
* Presented technical papers at AOCS and SPE annual meetings.
PUBLICATIONS
2004: Shah, P. S & Suppes, G. J., "Fugacity-Based Theory for Soret Diffusion", Journal of Chemical Physics.
2003: Shah, Parag & Suppes, Galen "Experimental Identification of Design Parameters for Novel Reactor-Separator", AIChE Journal.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Biotechnology, Alternative Fuels, Fuel Cell Technology, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Kinetics and Rheology of Polymers, Petroleum Refining.
REFERENCES: Available on request.
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