Engineering Plant

RAMESH ASAPU

**** * ********** **, *** T**, Falls Church, VA 22044

Ph: 409-***-****, E-mail: abisab@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Looking for a suitable position which matches my Chemical

Engineering skills.

OVERVIEW:

. 2+ years research experience in the field of Chemical Engineering.

. R&D lab experience in material synthesis, photocatalysis, pollution

control and alternative energy.

. Adept at material characterization and chemical analysis techniques such

as HPLC, AFM, UV-Vis Spectroscopy.

. Proficient in process simulation tools like Aspen Plus, HYSYS, and Pro-

II.

. Experienced in material and energy balances, PFD, P&ID, MINITAB (Six

Sigma software), and AutoCAD.

EDUCATION:

Master of Engineering Science, Chemical Engineering

GPA-4.0

Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas Aug 2010

Thesis Title: Synthesis of Phosphorus doped Titania Nanotubes and Assembly

of Multilayered Titania Films.

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering GPA-

3.77

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India

June 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Research Assistant, Photocatalysis & Solar Processing Lab, Lamar University

Jan 2008 - Aug 2010

. Synthesized novel titania based nanotubes using wet chemistry methods,

for application in pollution control.

. Planned and performed batch experiments for the removal of pollutants

such as Arsenic and Atrazine from contaminated water using photocatalysts

prepared in the lab.

. Designed lab scale concrete photocatalytic reactors and tested the

activity of commercial photocatalysts, simulating the photochemistry

between vehicular NOx emissions and concrete roads paved with titania.

. Spearheaded research on the synthesis of multilayered titania-polymer

composite thin films on glass substrates for application in air and water

pollution control.

. Collaborated with research team members for a project on fabrication of

oriented titania nanostructures used for photocatalytic applications in

fuel cell and photovoltaic devices.

Intern in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Visakh Refinery, India

Summer 2006

. Industrial exposure to units operations and processes in the refinery.

. Calculation of catalyst circulation rate in the fluidized catalytic

cracking unit.

Intern in Coromandel Fertilizers Limited, Visakhapatnam, India

Summer 2007

. Industrial exposure to process, products and design in complex

fertilizers plant.

. Material and energy balance for Train C in the plant.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

. Daniel Chen, R. Asapu, B. Wang and Z. Guo, "P-Doped Titania Nanotubes for

the Photocatalytic Oxidation of Rhodamine B", 6th Tokyo Conference on

Advanced Catalytic Sci. & Tech., Poster # GP19-099, July 18-23, 2010,

Sapporo, Japan.

. M. Palla, A. Vaddi, R. Asapu, Daniel H. Chen, Robert Yuan,

"Photocatalytic Concrete Slab for Passive NOx /O3 Pollution Control",

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2009 Annual conference, 425a,

Nov 8-13, 2009, Nashville.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

. Development of Photocatalytic Materials for Air/Water Pollution Control,

Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center.

. Photocatalytic Coating on Road Pavements/Structures for NOx Abatement,

USEPA/Houston Advanced Research Center.

. Field Sampling and Identification of Atrazine/Pathogen-Contaminated

Water, USDA.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

. Simulation on production of Ethyl Acetate using ASPEN PLUS: Hydration of

Ethylene to produce Ethanol followed by Reactive Distillation of Ethanol

and Acetic Acid. PFD development, cost analysis, profit optimization and

sensitivity analysis.

. Steady state and Dynamic Simulation of Ethanol plant using HYSYS.

. A report on 2K Factorial Design concepts in Design of Experiments using

MINITAB.

. A report on Ethylene-Propylene and other alpha olefin Copolymers.

. Develop Finite Step Response model of Controllers in a process using the

concepts of MPC.

. A report on Biofuels: Sustainability.

. Undergraduate Final dissertation Project: "Production of Methanol from

Syngas".

o Study of properties and applications of methanol.

o Detailed study of production of Syngas by reforming process followed

by methanol synthesis.

o Material and energy balances for a plant of capacity 15000 tons/year.

o Design of distillation column for the process and a review on market

and economy of the Plant.

SKILLS

Analytical instruments: HPLC, GC, SEM, XRD, AFM, UV-Vis Spectrometer,

particle surface area analyzer, NOx/O3 analyzers; lab-scale reactors and

equipment.

Simulation Software: Aspen Plus, Aspen Dynamics, Honeywell UniSim, HYSYS,

Pro-II, Aspen DMC plus, Control Station, Minitab, AutoCAD, Matlab,

Polymath.

Office Tools: Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, DOS, Mac

KEY COURSES:

Process Simulation Advanced Process Simulation Industrial

Process Control

Polymer Science Design of experiments: Six Sigma Distillation

Fundamentals of Sustainability Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Mass Transfer Operations

Chemical Reaction Engineering Plant Design & Optimization

Material and Energy Balances

ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

. Dean's List, Competitive Academic Scholarship, Lamar University, Jan 2008

- Aug 2010.

. 2nd Prize, Technical Paper Presentation, National Level Student Technical

Symposium, India titled "A Biomaterial based approach for removal of

Arsenic from water using Water Hyacinth"

. Presented a paper titled "A novel method for hydrogen production from

liquid ethanol-water at room temperature" at National Level Student

Technical Paper Contest.

. Topped the class by obtaining cent percent marks in the coursework of

Distillation, Material and Energy Balances, Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics-I.

. Student Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

. Worked with an Associate Professor during undergraduate education on

"Adsorption of Cu, Ni and Pb using Coconut shell powder" at Research and

Development Cell.

. Coordinator, Chemical Engineering Department, MVGR College of

Engineering, India: National Workshop on "Pollution Control Methodology",

in association with state Pollution Control Board; "VijayAromed", a

National workshop on Medical plants.

. Served as Patrol Leader in Bharat Scouts & Guides Assoc. at school.

References: Furnished upon Request

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