UTKARSH KOPULWAR **** Fannin St, Apt ****, Houston, TX 77054

acavlb@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 409-***-****

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a full time opportunity in a company that offers growth and learning.

PROFILE

• Upto 2 years of experience in Chemical and Environmental industry.

• Chemical Engineer with excellent academic background and work experience in process

industry.

• Work experience and knowledge of Process Control and Instrumentation.

• Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Pune University, India

• Professional, good communication skills and a team player.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Effective analytical and problem solving skills

WORK EXPERIENCE

Chemical Engineer, Genesis Membrane Sepratech Pvt Ltd, Mumbai Aug 2010- Dec-2011

• Evaluated, and applied innovative techniques and procedures for the treatment of water

• Worked on generating PFD’s and P&ID’s for the process

• Conducted material balance and operated PLC/ SCADA for continuous operation of the Plant.

• Applied principles of mass, momentum and heat transfer to process and equipment design,

including conceptual, scheme and detail design

• Designed and carried out unit operations such as Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Mixed Bed

Resin including CIP procedure for the operations

• Represented the company during meetings and interacted with clients to understand and meet their

requirements

• Determined the specific process to be applied by testing it on a Pilot Plant.

• Conducted and organized water sampling and analysis in specialized laboratories

• Managed overall operations to ensure timely accomplishment of project targets within budgeted

parameters

• Gained expertise in Process Design, Team Work, and Communication.

Research Assistant, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX Aug 2012 – July 2013

• Assisted in general departmental administrative duties, such as advising or administration of

programs, conferences, workshops

• Developed technical and analytical reports for various grants and projects.

• Assisted faculty in grading and framing of courses.

• Collected and Analyzed research data for various projects.

SKILLS

• Process Water Treatment

• Ability to execute processes, monitor performance and analyze results

• Project and Site management

• Knowledge of GMP

• Capable of working and contributing in team work

• Operation of Column Chromatography

• Six Sigma knowledge

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SOFTWARES

• Aspen Plus

• Aspen HYSYS

• Invensys Pro-II

• Control Station

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• MATLAB

• AutoCAD

• Microsoft Project

ACADEMICS

• Master’s in Chemical Engineering, Jan 2012 – Aug 2013 (3.7/4 GPA)

Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

Courses

- Industrial Process Control - Process Simulation - Advance Process Simulation

- Advanced Process Control - Sustainability - Intermolecular Forces

- Advanced Engg Mathematics - Electrochemistry & Corrosion

• Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering, July 2006 – June 2010 (3.2/4 GPA)

Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune

Courses

- Mass transfer I&II - Heat Transfer - Process Calculations

- Transport Phenomena - Process Control - Process Equipment Design

- Chemical Process Technology - Process and Equipment Cost Analysis

- Chemical Reaction Engineering - Fluid Flow Operations

PROJECTS

Manufacturing of Alkyd Resins Aug 2009 – June 2010

•Designed reactor for production of Alkyd resin by transesterification reaction.

•Conducted material balance and energy balance for complete process.

•Completed cost analysis for the project to determine economics.

•Studied various unit operations involved in the production process.

Ketene Plant Simulation using Aspen-Plus Feb 2012 – May

2012

•Maximized profit of Ketene manufacturing Plant through process simulation

•Simulated a range of distillation columns by modifying process parameters to increase %profit

•Determined overall economics by studying cost of utilities and trying to minimize them to an optimum

level.

•Basic understanding of process parameters and its effect on particular chemical processes or unit

operations

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Model Identification using Aspen HYSYS Sept 2012 – Dec 2012

•The objective of this project was to carry a step test plan, identify a MPC model, calculate LP cost and

tune move suppression values.

•The controllers were tuned for a good controller performance and a control scheme was prepared

•Pre testing was conducted to find maximum allowable step change and step testing was carried out

•Model Identification was performed using generated data to build control models

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Committee Member of Education Research Conference 2013, Lamar University

• Runner up in technical paper presentation competition ‘ CHENIGMA’

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