Project Manager Engineer

PRASAD KASAR

Contact: 409-***-**** **** University Drive Apt# 5

Email: *******@*****.*** Beaumont TX-77705

Objective: Seeking an opportunity to utilize my potentials as a Chemical/Process Engineer.

Summary:

• 5+ years of Professional experience in field of Chemical Engineering

• Skillful with DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM, ASPEN PLUS, HYSYS, PRO/II, MS OFFICE

• Capable of reviewing PFD and PID, performing process calculations

• Capable of sizing equipment such as Heat Exchangers, Pumps, Towers and Distillation column

• Able to perform material and energy balance, utility balance, pipe size and relief load calculation

• Experience in leading the peers, co-ordination with colleagues and training to the workmen.

Education:

• Masters of Engineering in Chemical Engineering,

Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas GPA – 3.92/4.0

• Bachelors of Engineering in Chemical Engineering,

University of Pune, Nasik, India GPA – 3.1/4.0

Research Assistant Lamar University Chemical Engineering Dept. (January 08 – December 09)

• Furnaces with different control strategies and their comparison on Distributed Control System

• Designed a 4 pass refinery furnace & built graphics of furnace control strategies using Honeywell HMI Web

• Developed PFD of Feed-forward, Cascade, Ratio, Split range control strategies for furnace using Hysys

• Built Controller tags & there monitoring using Honeywell Configuration Studio

Professional Work Experience

Sandeep Chemicals Pvt. Ltd, India (February 2005 to December 2007)

• Assisted project manager in Preparing Basic and detailed engineering package of Multipurpose Pilot plant.

• Completed basic engineering Procurement, Installation, Commissioning activities of Bulk drug unit.

• Produced PFD’s and Coordinated installation,commissioning of 2kl hydrogenator with multi-utility supply.

• Assisted in Process studies and Heat & Material Balance calculation of various plant equipments.

• Performed sizing calculation for vessels, distillation column, heat exchanger, pumps.

• Developed PFD’S, P&ID’S, Equipment Layout & Specification sheets of equipments under supervision.

• Increased production capacity of bulk drug plant by 33 % with the help of simplified process, and few

equipment addition

• Participated as a team member in OHSAS18001 and EMS 14001 certifications of an organization.

Project Engineer, Chemplant Project Consultants, India (November 2002 to January 2005)

• Performed Pipe sizing and Pressure drop calculations of various utilities for M/s. General Motors pvt .Ltd.

• Helped Project head in Procurement and vendor coordination.

• Planned and Coordinated equipment erection and commissioning of M/s. Conmix, Dry mortar Plant.

• Assisted in doing stress analysis calculation of HTM lines using caepipe for M/s. Trank (I) Pvt. Ltd.

• Prepared Equipment specification sheet, equipment layout, PFD’s, P&ID’S, Equipment list for utility block of

Frito-lays snack food plant.

• Prepared Technical Bid Specifications for various equipment procurements as required

Projects and Presentation:

• Simulation of Distillate Hydrotreater Unit using HYSYS

Used sample Industrial Data from Kaes Enterprises Inc. used most of the Hysys tools such as Set, Adjust & Balance

operations, Created Black Box Reactor, Spreadsheet and Sub flowsheet

• Steady State Simulation of Atmospheric Crude Tower using PRO/II

• ASPEN Simulation of Production Process of Phthalic Anhydride from o-xylene

Performed Sensitivity Analysis, optimization and design specification on various plant equipments

• Paper presentation on Environmental Impact & Assessment in Petrochemical Industries

Activities & Honors

• Recipient of Dean’s Academic Graduate Scholarship, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

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