EDUCATION

. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

May 2014

Master of Science in Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

GPA= 3.43/4

. Visvesvaraya Technological University, Dharwad, India.

August 2012

Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

GPA=9.53/10

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

. "Synthesis, Characterization and Application of nanometal oxide-

polymer composites"

. Studied the rheological properties of polymer nanocomposites.

. Marginally improved mechanical properties of polymers by infusing them

with nanoparticles

. Effectively employed these polymers nanocomposites to study the

removal of chromium from water.

. Sponsored by KSCST (Karnataka State Council for Science and

Technology) May 2012

SKILLS:

. Programming Languages: C, MATLAB

. Adept at Microsoft Office

. Design packages: Solid Edge, Comsol

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (PASBDC): Philadelphia, PA

Student Intern April 2013-May

2014

. Helped compile a comprehensive "First Step" course to be offered by

the Pennsylvania SBDC

. Successfully developed a basic small business disruption/recovery

planning section for the website (http://pasbdc.org/business-

disruption)

. Developed a sustainable method to evaluate and better understand the

database, website and email marketing analytics, and capital

acquisition methods of clients

. Creatively handled the social media accounts to promote the

organization and its events

. Ensured that the website was up-to-date and regularly worked using the

CMS software

INDUSTRY VISITS & IN-PLANT TRAINING:

. Underwent a 15-day in-plant training programme at Mangalore Refineries

and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL), Mangalore in the month of June 2011.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES & CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

. General Secretary of the Chemical Engineering Association (Conducted and

organized events and activities for the Chemical Engineering Department)

. Student Council Member for 2011-2012 at SDMCET

. Chief Student Editor of "Reflections" the annual magazine of SDMCET for

2011-2013 (Successfully oversaw the publishing and printing of 2000

copies of the magazine)

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