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OBJECTIVE:
To work in a creative and challenging environment with hard work, where my curiosity for emerging technology and formal education & technical experience will always be utilized in mission critical applications.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
Post Graduation:
Program: Master of Technology (M.Tech) in "Process Control & Instrumentation"
Institution: National Institute of Technology, Trichy (NITT) (Deemed), Tamilnadu,IN
(Formerly Regional Engineering College, Trichy (RECT))
Department(s): Chemical Engineering and Instrumentation & Control Engineering
University: Bharathidasan University
CGPA/Percentage: 8.28/10 CGPA
Class: First Class & Top 10 Rank Holder
Year Passed: January 2003
Website: http://www.nitt.edu
Under Graduation:
Program: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in "Electronics and Instrumentation"
Institution: SASTRA University (Deemed), Tanjore, Tamilnadu,IN
(Formerly Shanmugha College of Engineering)
Department: Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
University: Bharathidasan University
CGPA/Percentage: 78.35%
Class & Rank: First Class with Distinction & University 2nd Rank
Year Passed: 2001
Website: http://www.sastra.edu
Post Graduation Courses:
Advanced Process Control. Modern Control Theory.
Sensors And Transducers Flowsheeting, Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams.
Chemical Process Systems. Industrial Instrumentation.
Fuzzy Logic & Neural Network Based Control. Safety In Chemical Industries.
PLC & Distributed Control System. PC Based Instrumentation System.
Digital Signal Processing. Distillation Control.
Process Control Laboratory. Sensors & Transducers Laboratory.
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
1) Larsen & Toubro Limited, e-Engineering Solutions, L&T Technology Centre, Baroda, Gujarat, India
Designation: Executive Engineer
Duration: June 2004 - Present
Website: http://www.lntees.com; http://www.larsentoubro.com
Job Duties: Conceptual Design, Modeling, Simulation of various system & devices,
Basic & Detailed Engineering of Electrical, Instrumentation, C&A, and Documentation.
* Experienced in basic engineering of Gas & Oil project for BA Energy- VCI, Canada
* Experienced in engineering services of Food Industry for General Mills, USA.
* Expertise in Basic & detailed engineering activities of electrical, instrumentation & automation.
* Generation of Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&I Ds), Instrument Index, Instrument Specifications, Wiring Diagram, Loop Drawing, Hook-Ups, instruments selection, control scheme, process control philosophy, logic preparation, instrument & electrical cabling, layout, and automation system configuration etc.,
* Expertise in SmartPlant P&ID, INtools, Inventor, HYSYS.
* Expertise in Advanced Process Control & Instrumentation Design.
* Expertise in Finite Element Modeling and Simulation of Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors & actuators using ANSYS/Multiphysics simulation package.
* Design & Modeling of various electrical, mechanical systems and devices using Inventor 3D CAD software.
2) Masibus Process Instruments (P) Ltd., Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Designation: Research & Development Engineer
Duration: Feb 2003- June 2004
Website: http://www.masibus.com
Job Duties: Product Designing, Prototype, Development, Testing, Verification, Validation, Troubleshooting and Documentation.
* New Product Design & Development of MEMS based Instrumentation products.
* Team member for implementing and preparing quality document formats and procedures, records for ISO 9001:2000 certification in R&D Division.
* Design of new products and prototype manufacturing of various measuring instruments which includes Wall & Duct Type Humidity Industrial Transmitters, Humidity Transmitter with Passive Temperature Output, MEMS Capacitive based 4-20mA Velocity (RMS) Transmitter, MEMS based Acceleration (RMS, PK) sensing transmitters using MEMS capacitive Accelerometer using Analog Device's ADXL series.
* Testing, Verification & Validation of new products as per the ISO standards
* Expertise in electronics circuit design and integration with the MEMS devices.
* Experience in circuit testing and analysis using with virtual simulation test.
* Preparation of Instruments specifications, Catalog & User and Production Manuals
* Knowledge in selection of vibration sensing instruments, online condition monitoring system and Data collection in field using Portable Vibrometer.
* Knowledge in DCS, Citect SCADA, Industrial PLC, Advanced Process Control & Field devices, Intelligent Controls using Neural Networks & Fuzzy Logic.
* Knowledge in industrial communication networks & protocols like FF, HART & PROFIBUS (PA/DP), AS-i and its product selection.
Projects Done:
1) General Mills., USA
Company: Deputation to General Mills Inc., Minneapolis and GMI Yoplait Carson Plant, Los Angeles, USA.
Period: 12th Feb 2005 – 8th March 2005
Job Description: Plant Audit - Electrical, Instrumentation & Control, Facilities Central and Post Project Report. DCS, PLC, Advanced Process Control Design & Study. Recommendation of Intelligent Fieldbus Devices.
2) General Mills., USA
Company: Deputation to General Mills Inc (Pillsbury), New Albany IN; Pillsbury, Joplin MO, & Hazelton, PA USA.
Job Description: Plant Audit - Electrical, Instrumentation & Control, Facilities Central.
3) 100 TPD Milk Powder Plant for Mother Dairy, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Company: Deputation to L&T NIRO Limited, Engineering Design Team
Period: 27th Oct 2004 – 5th Feb 2005
Job Description: Basic & Detailed engineering of instrumentation, control & automation system. Assist three Lead engineers in design. Selection of industrial sensor & transmitters. Vendor communication & follow up. Implementation of DCS, Honeywell APC and MIS and Profibus DP/PA devices.
4) Basic Engineering of Oil Sands
Company: BA Energy–Value Creation Inc (VCI), Canada.
Job Description: Basic Engineering includes preparation of Process Flow Process Flow Diagram (PFD), Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&I D), Process Control Philosophy, and Control Schemes development. Process Simulation using HYSYS and Dynamics simulation using third party software.
5) A Novel MEMS Electrothermal Actuators And Arrays
Publication: Proceedings of INAE Conference on Nanotechnology 2003. Organized by Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO) & Semiconductor Complex Limited, Pg No: 621-29.
Other: MEMS based Piezoresistive Pressure sensor, Microchannel cooling system, Micro-heat exchanger, Micromixer, Thermal Switch, Accelerometer.
6) 4-20mA Loop Powered Acceleration and Velocity Vibration Transmitter
7) 4-20mA Loop Powered Humidity and Temperature Transmitter
8) Humidity Transmitter with Passive Temperature Output
9) Implementation of Control & Automation application Using SIXNET IPm Controller.
10) Advanced Process Control & Dynamics Simulation
11) Remote Monitoring and Billing of consumed Power
12) Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic Simulator for Process Control application using, C, C++, and MATLAB
13) Efficient Algorithm for Single & Multi-Input Eigen Value allocation Problem Using State Feedback (MATLAB)
14) Design, Modeling & Simulation of MEMS Electrothermal Actuators & Pressure Sensors Using ANSYS
Recent published and presented paper:
1) 'Novel MEMS Electrothermal Actuators and Arrays', at INAE (INDIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING), Conference on Nanotechnology (ICON 2003), Semiconductor Complex Limited (SCL), Chandigarh. Proceedings Pg No: 621-29, Dec 22-23, 2003, IN.
2) "Industrial Vibration sensing Transmitter Using Capacitive MEMS Accelerometers" at International Conference on Sensor Technology (ICST-2005), New Zealand, Nov 21-23. (Accepted)
3) "Modeling & Simulation of Three Arm MEMS Actuators" at International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES'05), India. (Accepted)
Presented Paper:
1) 'Measurement of Strain in RCC' at Builders' Association of India & Periyar Centenary Girls' Polytechnic (BEYOND 2000-Men, Material & Means in Construction), Tanjore, TN, September 9th, 1999.
2) 'Embryo Labelling By Electro-Thermal Branding (Surface Micromachining Technique)' at Erode Sengunthar Engineering College (TECHNOQUEST - 99), Erode, (Tamilnadu, India) March 3 & 4th, 1999.
3) 'An Approach to Unit Commitment by Fuzzy Logic' at Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), (APOGEE 2000-XVIII ALL INDIA ACADEMIC WEEK), Pilani, (Rajasthan, India) March 15th 2000.
4) 'New Generation Protocol - Fieldbus Control Systems' at Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), (APOGEE 2000-XVIII ALL INDIA ACADEMIC WEEK), Pilani, (Rajasthan, India) March 15th 2000.
5) 'Role of Foundation Fieldbus on the Chemical Industries' at Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), (INTECHO-2K), Chennai, (TN, India) February 20-24th, 2000.
6) 'Foundation Fieldbus for Chemical Process Industries' at Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, (ELIN 2000), (TN, IN) Feb 16th, 2000.
7) 'Fieldbus Implementation in a Wastewater Treatment Plant' at Shanmugha College Of Engineering, (BRAINWAVE '99), Tanjore (TN, India) Sept 24 & 25th, 1999.
Other Qualification/Achievements:
* Member of IEEE organization.
* Actively participated in many MEMS & Nanotechnologies Conference and Symposium.
* Presented more than seven papers at national/state symposium and one paper at conference level on the various advanced topics which include a paper on MEMS actuators & arrays.
* Attended 'Level-I Vibration Machinery Course' from India's authorized person of Vibration Institute, US. And & co-ordination in demonstration of "Vibration Sensing System with an assembly of MEMS based capacitive accelerometers" at IPCL.
* Secured 'GRADE A in SEVEN advanced courses' in post graduation degree which includes Sensors & Transducers, Advanced Process Control, Chemical Process Systems, Distillation Column, Safety in Chemical Industries, Fuzzy Logic & Neural Network Based Control and PC Based Instrumentation systems also and secured Grade B (topper) in Digital Signal Processing.
* Stood first and second prize in under graduation degree which includes like Process Control & System Components, Fiber Optics & Laser Instrumentation, Digital Electronics and Circuit Theory.
* Team member for implementing and preparing quality document formats and procedures, records for ISO 9001:2000 certification in R&D Division.
* Second rank holder in under graduation at University level
* Overall Topper in III semester in under graduation.
* Standing among top 10 in post graduation at University Level.
* School first rank holder in higher secondary course.
* SASTRA University's 'Management Scholarship Award' for the academic years '98-'00.
* Won second prize in Pencil Sketching in Under Graduation Annual Year Competition.
SOFTWARE SKILLS:
MEMS software: CoventorWare, ANSYS/Multiphysics, SUGAR (MATLAB based)
Analysis & Simulation Packages: MATLAB & SIMULINK (Tools: DSP, NN, FL, etc,), PSPICE, HYSYS
Modeling Package: Inventor, AutoCAD,
Languages: FORTRAN, C
OS / Platforms: Sun Solaris, Windows 2000 & NT.
Other Tools /Packages: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project 2000.
Instrumentation/Automation: Citect-SCADA, AB-PLC, Honeywell-APC, LabVIEW, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant INSTRUMENTATION (INtools).
NON TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Good logical and analytical skills
Behavioral and emotional intelligence
Good skills in new concept development and implementation
Efficient Team player & leader
Participation in various conference & meetings.
EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES:
Swimming, Dancing,
Modern painting and pencil sketching.
Traveling different countries
Photography
Interested in cultural activities
Organizing different tour programs.
PERSONAL PARTICULARS:
Language proficiency: English, Tamil, Hindi
Current Salary: INR 4.0 LPA
Salary Expected: Industry standard.
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