Control Management

Tapan Parikh

Ph: 202-***-****

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Objective:

Seeking a challenging position to utilize extensive knowledge and experience in the field of

Instrumentation

& Control (BSIC) and Electrical Engineering.

Pursue for a career in advanced technologies learned- Wireless / PV-Solar deployed in the

manufacturing

Industries-oil & gas /chemical /power/petrochemicals/instrumentation system integrators.

Educational Profile:

Masters in Electrical Engineering (M.S.EE) May 2011

New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Major: Renewable Energy system (solar cell and wind energy)

Automation and control

Real time Computer control system

Minor: Computer Networks

Database Management System

Project Management

Wireless networks and communications

Bachelors in Instrumentation and Control Engineering (B.S.I&C) June 2009

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, India

Major: Programmable Logic Controllers

Data Acquisition System (DAS)

Distributed Control System (DCS)

Supervisory Control Advisory Data Acquisition System (SCADA)

Minor: Analog and Digital Instrumentation

Power system, transmission and control

Advanced Control theory

Job Experience:

Adjunct Faculty, Instrumentation and Control Department June 2009 to Dec

20 09

Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar, India

• Responsible for teaching Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) using PLC Simulator

(PSIM) software and Advanced Electronics

• Conducted practical tests for Ladder logic in PLC, circuit making with analog/digital

components

and Microcontroller programming with KEIL C51

• Carried out extensive research on Highway Addressable Remote Transmitter (HART)

Communication Protocol

• Designed and developed HART card circuit and HART card, an interfacing medium for

computers and Plant field devices that is compatible with LABVIEW software

I&C Engineer, Instrumentation and Control Department Jan 2008 to Dec

2008

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), Baroda, India

• Responsible for Preparation of Instrumentation & Control Specifications mainly

focusing on following:

• Loop & Logic diagrams, System diagrams, and Safety Charts

• P & ID interpreting for creation of DCS graphics-HMI, field instruments, interlocks etc.

Instrument Indexes, Schedules, and Layout Plans

• Observed working of following:

Data Acquisition System (DAS) through HART protocol

Control ValveElectronicValves, SOVs, Actuators-calibration and petrochemical

Pneumatic & s, Safety Instrumentation deployed in Hazardous maintenance

plants

Power conversion circuits and protection

circuits used in Sensors and Transmitters & Voltage Transformers

Current

Foundation-fieldbus and Profibus

• Carried out Programming on PLCs from Allen Bradley and Siemens.

• Conducted Pressure, Level, Flow, Temperature, and Vibration Transmitter calibration.

• Participated in Selection and Installation process of different DCS systems from

Honeywell, Yokogawa, Siemens, Bailey,GE Mark-V,ABB.

• Calibration, Installation & Commissioning assistance to Project Team for

Instrumentation system.

Projects:

• Database management system:

Designed/developed Menu driven application for the Video Store database that includes

Inventory Management, Rental Management, Member Management and Reporting

functionalities using Java and SQL Server.

Carried out Conceptual Modeling (the Entity-Relationship model and the

Enhanced Entity-Relationship model)

Carried out Relational Modeling (Concepts, Integrity Constraints, Update Operations,

Relational Algebra, Relational Calculus)

Mapped ER Model to the Relational model

Prepared/executed SQL commands for creating database tables/columns and

developing relationships and constraints (primary keys, composite keys and foreign

keys) using normalization techniques.

• Real Time Control of Monolithic Piezoelectric Nano posi tioning system

Improvised Monolithic Piezoelectric Nano Positioning system response using different

controlling methods including PID tuning based of the concepts of Zeigler Nicholas

Method

in MATLAB.

• HART communication network card

Designed and developed hardware that converts HART Devices signals into the standard digital

signals. Analyzed signals received through PC RS-232 and utilized LabView software to monitor/store

process variable signals.

• Research Paper - New generation of solar cell

Researched Solar cell working, their performance improvement with cooling, Cadmium

Telluride Thin film (CdTe) and their advantages in comparison with conventional solar cell

and their future scope.

• Wireless communication in process industry

Researched/Presented importance of Wireless Communication technology and Standards (mainly

IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee) for process control industries, and highlighted their merits in comparision

with the Conventional Wired Network. Presented simulation of wireless transmitter with the aid of

MatLab Simulink.

• W ireless Temperature Indicator

Designed & assembled circuit that measures temperature through AD 592. Used RF

circuit to

convert the temperature signals into wireless.

W ater level indicator

•

Designed Wheatstone bridge circuit to measure level in water tank.

Skills:

• Proficiency with software languages in cluding C, C++, MATLAB, Labview, SQL, java, MS-

Project,

AutoCAD.

• Microsof t W indows XP / Vista, Microsoft Office 2003 / 2007 (W ord, Excel, PowerPoint,

Access).

• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills .

Ability to work at all levels in the organization.

•

• Ability to adapt approach to accommodate differing cultural and/or national requir ements.

Achievements:

• Elected and served as International Society of Automation (ISA) Student Section President

of SVIT-Vasad.

• Achieved State level recognition for Research Project ‘Hardware and Software of

HART Communication Network’ and an opportunity to present paper at state level.

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