Pushkraj M Chaudhari Cell No # 337-***-****

***** ***** ****** *****, *** # 2049, Houston, Texas-77042 646-***-****

Email: ab829l@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

December 2012 Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA. GPA: 3.9

May 2008 Bachelors in Chemical Engineering

University of Pune, Pune, India. Equivalent GPA: 3.7

Experience:

Research Assistant, Biomedical and Biomaterials Research Laboratory,

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA: (Jan.2011 – Dec 2012)

Project Assistant-II, Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division,

National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India: (Mar. 2009 – Nov. 2010)

Thesis and Dissertation:

Master’s Thesis: ‘Osteoblast Functions in Surface Modified Biomaterials’ (Dec 2012)

Research Assistant: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Jan.2011 – Dec 2012)

• Developing lab manufacturing processes for pharmaceutical excipients, polymer bio-composites for

medical application and implant technology

• Developing process to synthesize polymer nano-composites like Nylon 6,6-Graphne oxide and Nylon

6,6-Carbon Nano horns

• Researching protein adsorption and biological response on various polymer composites and metals.

Research Publications:

1. ‘Interplay between protein-modified surface and functional response of osteoblasts’

2. ‘Cellular interactions and stimulated biological functions mediated by nanostructured carbon for

tissue reconstruction and tracheal tubes and sutures’

3. ‘Osteoblasts response to nylon 6,6 blended with single-walled carbon nanohorn’

Laboratory equipment set up and Functionalizing:

• Installation of laboratory equipments, their functioning and troubleshooting.

• Preparation of Standard Operating Procedures and for instruments.

Maintenance and troubleshooting of analytical instruments (GC, GCMS, HPLC, FTIR)

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• Lab maintenance, lab safety, documentation, incubator, pH meter, centrifugation, sterilization.

• Design of Experiments and maintaining and processing experimental data with Microsoft office excel

Material testing and analysis (Team leader):

• Material composition and identification testing by chemical analysis

• Corrosion testing, wet corrosion and dry corrosion. Coating testing for avoiding corrosions

• Microscopic characterizing testing like scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron

microscopy, fluorescence microscopy

• Testing of crystallography techniques like X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) for polymers, metals and

powders and microscopic analysis with scanning electron microscope and light microscope

• Mechanical testing like Tensile and hardness testing of polymers

• DSC analysis of bio-polymers for calculation of glass transition temperature

Process Development Studies:

• Studying detailed process, catalysts and unit operations

Analytical Testing (GC, GCMS, HPLC, FTIR) and documentation

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• Studying material balance and energy balance ant optimization studies

• Developing process flow diagram (PFD) through ASPEN HYSYS 2006

• Studying economics of the process

• Studying unit operations like evaporations, distillations, heat exchange, refrigeration

• Process control and programming (PLC, DCS programming)

Laboratory Safety:

• Preparing HAZOP study report for the cooling water chlorination system

• Studying Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) report by using What-If analysis

Project Assistant-II: National Chemical Laboratory, India (Mar. 2009 – Nov. 2010)

Process Development of Lactic Acid Synthesis and Down Stream Processing:

• Fermentation of sugar cane juice with new strain of microorganism

• Developing cost effective commercially viable process for manufacturing of highly pure lactic acid

for pharmaceutical formulations and preparation of PLA

• Scale-up & demonstration of lactic acid synthesis process

Process Development of Guaifenesin:

• Selecting green and zero effluent route

• Developing process efficiency and scale-up with demonstration

Responsibilities and Role:

• Process engineering calculations- mass balance and heat balance

• Process control and programming (PLC, DCS programming)

• Analysis of experimental results for kinetics work, using theoretical approach and by process

simulation software DynoCHEM®

• Process Development and Scale up analysis

• Handled various processes including Fermentation, Transesterification, Hydrogenation, Micro

Filtration, etc.

• Downstream Process Development and Pilot Plant Designing

• Handled various unit operations including evaporations, reactive distillations, fractional distillations,

vacuum distillations, azeotropic distillations, extractive distillations, extractions, leaching etc.

• Developed Piping and Instrumentation drawings (P&ID) using AUTO CAD P&ID

• Communicate and ensure compliance with all policies and procedures including cGMP, Process

Hazard Analysis (PHA), Process Safety Management (PSM) and OSHA

• Manufacturing process monitoring and process equipment selection

• Pilot Plant Developed and implemented Lean manufacturing strategy to improve process flow and

reduced cost using Value Stream Map and Spaghetti Diagrams

• Process flow diagrams (PFD) development using ASPEN HYSYS 2006

• Developed quality plans including incoming, in process and final inspection

• Supported continuous improvement activities

• Analytical Testing Experience (GC, GCMS, HPLC)

• Micro-reactor Designing

• Define, prepare and analyse production distribution reports

• Process validation of manufacturing process

Computer & Technical Skills:

DynoChem®, ASPEN HYSIS 2006, Microsoft project professional, Chemsketch, Chemdraw, Unisim

R-370, POLYMATH, AUTO-CAD, Minitab statistical programming, Microsoft Office Suite and QI

macros excel statistical analysis.

Process engineering fundamentals, Project Management, process hazard analysis (PHA), basic Six

Sigma methodology, lean manufacturing, process flow diagram (PFD), piping and instrumentation

diagram (P&ID), process equipment design and knowledge about ASME, ANSI, ASHRAE, TEMA,

API codes in process design.

Activities:

Research Projects:

• Stability of Oil and Water Emulsions. (Fall 2011)

• Protein expression studies of osteoblasts cells, seeded on stainless steel surface [Spring 2012].

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