Dhaval Desai

(Permanent Resident of United States)

** ********* ***, ***** *****, CA 92656.

949-***-****.

ap39ys@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Seeking a position in the field of Materials/Process Engineering with emphasis on Metallurgy and/or Manufacturing where I can utilize my education, knowledge, and experience; gain valuable experience in the industry and develop a career in the same field.

Summary of Qualification:

- M.S., Materials Engineering

- Proficient with wide range of Materials/Processes: Metals, Alloys, Ceramics, Composite materials, Semiconductor materials, Biomaterials, Metal hydrides, Nano-materials

- Good understanding of Metallurgy, Materials Processing, Solid state physics, Materials Analysis, Corrosion, Thin Film Deposition Technologies, Engineering concepts

- Academic experience in mechanical testing, material characterization, metallographic examination, microstructure analysis, sample preparation, failure analysis, metal processing, SEM-EDAX analysis

Education:

M.S., Materials Engineering, California State University, Northridge (August 2009)

Specialization: Metallurgy, Metal Science, Advanced Materials, Metal Hydride systems for fuel cell application.

(GPA 3.98/4.00)

Course Work: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Principles of Engineering Materials, Phase Transformation, Corrosion, Failure Analysis, Composite Materials, Advanced Biomaterials, Nanotechnology, Semiconductor (Electronic) Materials, Thin-Film Deposition Technologies.

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Pune, India (June 2006)

Course Work: Chemical Reaction Engineering, Thermodynamics, Chemical Process Control, Process Design, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Unit Operations, Unit Processes, Process Simulation (Chem-cad), and Biochemical Engineering.

Work Experience:

1) Intern Research assistant for Dr. Bavarian, California State University Northridge and Mr. Subra Iyer, QuantumSphere Inc, Santa Ana.(February to June 2009)

- Worked on Project regarding “Designing, Engineering and testing compact hydrogen membrane reformer system (mini channel reactor with packed beds of metal hydrides in the hydrogen collection chamber) for reforming commonly available hydrocarbons like natural gas, gasoline and diesel to high purity hydrogen for use in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs)”

- Performed Hydrogen absorption and desorption analysis of metal hydride alloy in order to determine their application as a reversible hydrogen storage means in fuel cell vehicle with fast start and transient response.

- Studied processes & performed process selection for analysis based on alloy composition.

- Performed experiments, Lab tests, observations, data analysis and interpretation.

2) Intern Process Engineer, ENGlobal Engineering Inc., Beaumont, TX(May to Aug 2008)

Duties performed:

- Revalidation of Relief Devices (Pressure and Vacuum Relief Devices).

- Performing Relief Device analysis for protected equipment using PFD, P&ID, material & energy balance, and equipment specification sheet.

- Identifying Relief Scenarios for various contingencies for protected systems.

- Performing process-engineering calculations using API Standards and ASME codes for Relief Device analysis.

- Calculation of inlet and outlet piping pressure drops for Relief Device to determine its adequacy with API standards.

- Preparing detailed analysis and documentation of Relief Device using Relief++ software.

Academic Projects:

“Metal hydride for hydrogen storage”

Detail described above in work experience as research assistant.

“Design of sustainable snowboard (composite material)”

Studied various snowboard designs in detail and performed design and stress analysis of snowboard made of environmentally friendly composite material (jute).

“Estimation of fracture toughness & effect of heat treatment/aging on 7075-T6 test specimen”

Performed mechanical tests to measure various mechanical properties including strength, hardness, toughness, ductility, and conductivity of high strength aluminum alloy and analyzed the effect of heat treatment at different temperatures on these properties.

“Slow strain rate testing to evaluate susceptibility of metallic materials to environmentally assisted cracking” (ASTM Standard)

“Failure Analysis: Hydrogen induced damage in Aluminum-6061”

Performed mechanical tests of failed aluminum part used in metal processing and determined the cause of failure based on history of material, experimental data, test results and microstructure (SEM-EDAX) analysis.

“Industrial Process Study: Manufacturing of (non-carcinogenic) azo dye”

Academic Presentations:

- “Corrosion in selected environments and prevention”

- “Failure analysis of high strength anchor rods” (Failure analysis case study)”

- “Third Generation Solar Cells (Application of Quantum Dots in Photovoltaic cells)”

- “Enzymatically degradable Hydrogels for Drug Delivery”

- “Selective Area Atomic Layer Deposition (ASALD)”

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