Project Engineering

Pallavi Saha

****, * **** *****, *** # ***, Chicago, IL, 60616.

***********@*****.*** 312-***-****

SUMMARY: Focused and result oriented professional with one and

half years of academic & research experience. Proven ability

of prioritizing and multitasking actions according to agreed

objectives.

EXPERIENCE:

Nestle India

Nov 06 - M ay 07 Research and Development Intern

Bangalore, India

National Center for Food Safety and

Technology Chicago, USA

June 09- Present Graduate Research

Assistant, Research and Development

-Mathematical Modeling of Heat transfer in

cooling systems

. Identifying and optimizing methods for reproducibility, process

and productivity improvement

. Documenting protocols technical reports and records.

Aug 07 - Dec 08 MVJ College of Engineering

Bangalore, India

Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology

. Designed and optimized an entire project on Biofuel Production.

. Supervised and guided the project on Bioreactor design of

Immobilized Column.

. Authored a book on- Unit Operations.

. Subjects Taught:

-Bioprocess Equipment Design & Drawing, Unit Operations,

Momentum Transfer, Thermodynamics, Food & Agricultural

Biotechnology.

. Labs Conducted:

-Unit Operations Lab, Enzyme Technology Lab, Bioprocess Control

& Automation Lab.

Apr 08 - Dec 08 Indian Institute of Science

Bangalore, India

. Designed and executed a project on Glioblastoma Multiforme

Modeling.

. Mass Transfer Characteristics, Clinical Evidence and surgical

incision factors were modeled successfully.

EXPERTISE: -Microbiology Experiments, Heat& Mass transfer

experiments, Process control and automation, Chromatography,

Centrifugation, Membrane filtration, Enzyme assays, UV-

Spectroscopy, Immobilization, HACCP, GLP, GMP.

EDUCATION: ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Chicago, USA

Master of Science - Food Process Engineering, Sept 09, GPA

3.67/4.

MVJ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Bangalore, India

Bachelor of Engineering - Biotechnology,

May 07, GPA 3.89/4.0

. Awarded the Certificate for Academic Excellence.

. Won multiple Awards for Public Speaking & Writing

Competitions.

ACHIEVEMENTS Rank Holder in 10th Standard for Mathematics.

. Team Leader of the projects on GLM modeling and Biofuel

Production.

. Awarded- Best Teacher Award in the Dept of Biotechnology in

the year 2008.

. Successfully supervised the college cultural group at VTU

Fest 2008

. Publicity chair of South Asian Student Association (SASA) at

IIT, Chicago.

COMPUTER SKILLS: Utility Software: COMSOL Multiphysics, Rasmol.

Packages: MS-Office, Adobe

OS: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Vista 7

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