Ashish Shah

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Education:

Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ Graduation: May 2015

• Masters of Science in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

• Specialization in Pharmaceutical Science and Engineering

Drew University – Madison, NJ Graduation: May 2013

• Bachelors of Arts with Honors in Physics; Minor: Mathematics and Chemistry

• Bachelors Thesis: Fundamentals of Raman Spectroscopy and its affect on Disperse Red 1

Related Coursework

• Pharmaceutical Process Design, Pharmaceutical Unit operations, Statistical Analysis and Design of Pharmaceutical

Operations, Materials Engineering, Pharmaceutical Development, Administration and Absorption, Kinetics and

Reactor Design, Transport Phenomena I & II, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Design of Separation

Methods, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Organic Chemistry (Medicinal Chemistry),

Thermodynamics, Operational Analysis, Lean Six Sigma

Skills:

• Laboratory Procedure, Experimental Design and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Design of Experiments (DOE)

• Unit Operations (Distillation, Filtration, Crystallization, Drying), Analytical methods (Chromatography, Raman, NIR, FTIR,

NMR. GC-MS, HPLC)

• Graphical Analysis, Labview, Minitab and Matlab, Thermosolver, Simulink

Experience:

Merck (Rahway, NJ) Jul 2014 - Present

Associate Engineer

• Perform research goals related to process development, technology development, and production of active

pharmaceutical ingredients (API)

• Perform hands-on process development and scale-up work considering scales ranging from laboratory to commercial

• Perform material balance for various separation processes to determine the yield after each step in the process scheme

• Hands on development work on Crystallization (Cooling, Anti-solvent, seed point studies, solubility studies), Filtration

(vacuum filtration, membrane filtration, wash protocols), Separation (Distillation, re-crystallization, flashing)

Firmenich (Plainsboro, NJ) Feb 2014 –

Jul 2014

Analytical Innovation Team, R&D Internship

• Performed GC-MS analysis on various compounds for quality control analysis and generate an algorithm for stability

• Developed methods for current and new molecules generated by the organic synthesis group

• Created a database for compound management group, integrated information from scientific databases (Scifinder, in-

house-software) with the compound management system

Lehigh University Physics Department – Nanomaterials (Bethlehem, PA) May 2012 – Aug 2012

REU Intern - Dr. Vyacheslav V. Rotkin and Group

• Quantitative and qualitative analysis of carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in a solution using absorption and photoluminescence

spectroscopy

• Generate a PL/PLE map to identify the different types of Carbon nanotubes in a mixture for dielectrophoresis

• Design a fluorescence spectroscopy set up for rare earth elements on a lab bench.

Drew Summer Science Institute (Madison, NJ) Sep 2010 – May 2011

Research Assistant

• Understanding the reaction mechanism of bridging two transitions metal (Osmium) clusters with a conjugated ligand -

Research with Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall

Performed hands on development work with reaction, separation methods (column chromatography, Preparative TLC,

vacuum filtration) and drying

Used Spectroscopy (FTIR, NMR) and Chromatography methods (TLC) to monitor the reaction

• Understanding the fundamentals of vibrational spectroscopy (Raman spectroscopy) setup to study the vibrations of the

Disperse Red 1 (organic) molecules - Research with Dr. Robert Murawski.

Performed calibration and concentration studies to evaluate the performance of the set-up

Used multiple spectrometers (Oceanoptics, ARC Acton) for sensitivity analysis and optimization studies

Research Experience:

Research at Rutgers University, NSF and ERC-SOPS (New Brunswick, NJ) Sep 2014 – May 2015

• Integration of real-time optimization and advanced MPC-PID based hybrid system of a continuous downstream API

separation and Purification process. The objective of this project is to maximize the profit of the continuous plant

irrespective of the fluctuating market demand.

Research at Rutgers University, NSF (New Brunswick, NJ) Oct 2013 – Dec 2013

• Study the effects of various surfactants on the morphology of the Janus particles for drug delivery purposes. - Research

with Dr. Silvina Tomassone and Jennifer Winkler (Ph.D. candidate)

Project Work:

Logistic Network Design for Duram Pharmachem Pvt. Ltd., 2014

• Use of integer programming models to improve the supply chain of Pharmaceutical industry.

• Analyze the distribution network of the company, identify the issue in the supply chain, create an improved supply chain

model and provide suggestion.

Application of Statistical Analysis in Sensory Testing, Rutgers University, 2013

• Implementation of fractional factorial design and blocking design to study the application of statistical design in sensory

testing

• Analyze the quantitative responses obtained on a subjective scale by means of ANOVA and Response Surface design

• Performed cost analysis and process robustness study

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