Assistant Engineer

Achyuta Teella **** N. Pleasant St, Apt # ** A

*******@***.*****.*** 413-***-**** Amherst, MA 01002

SUMMARY

• Chemical engineer with 5 years of process development experience in membrane separation

processes

• Demonstrated technical and analytical skills in reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, gas

separations and membrane transport.

• Led and coordinated team activities to meet goals while utilizing managerial, interpersonal

and communication skills

• Familiar with membrane design, modification and characterization.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering; University of Massachusetts, Amherst Sep 2005 - present

Dissertation Topic: “Separation of acids from aqueous fraction of fast pyrolysis bio-oils using NF/RO

membranes”

Advisor: Prof. David M Ford

M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering; Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India June 2003 - July

2005 Thesis Title: “Segregation of particles in shear flow”

Advisor: Prof. Devang V Khakhar

B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering; Andhra University, India Aug 1998 - May

2002

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts Amherst Sep 2005 - present

• Investigated the feasibility of separation of organic acids from aqueous fraction of bio-oils

using commercially available nanofiltration/reverse osmosis membranes.

• Conducted microfiltration/ultrafiltration experiments to remove char particles from fast

pyrolysis bio-oils to improve their stability.

• Validated mechanistic and irreversible thermodynamic transport models by comparing

experimental results with theory.

• Synthesized surface-functionalized composite membranes by decorating commercially

available mesoporous membranes with linear alkylytrichlrosilanes or hyper-branched

triazine based dendrimers for solubility based gas separations.

• Fabricated alumina-ordered mesoporous silica hybrid membranes using a variation of the

evaporative-induced self-assembly process by coating of a 200 nm ceramic membrane with

solution containing Brij surfactant and a silica source for size based gas separations.

Guest Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory July 2006 - Aug 2006

• Conducted experiments using Molecular Beam Mass spectrometry to study combustion

kinetics of oxygenated fuels.

Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Dec 2003 - Jun 2005

• Studied the segregation and flow of granular particles in a rotating quasi-2D cylinder.

• Image analysis and particle tacking techniques were used to find velocity and concentration

profiles.

Achyuta Teella 1001 N. Pleasant St, Apt # 30 A

*******@***.*****.*** 413-***-**** Amherst, MA 01002

Teaching Assistant:

University of Massachusetts Amherst Sep 2006 - May 2010

• Teaching assistant for the undergraduate courses Thermodynamics I and Chemical

Engineering Lab II.

• Duties involved mentoring, grading assignments, conducting help sessions and proctoring

exams.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Feb 2004 - May 2005

• Teaching assistant for the undergraduate course Advanced Transport Phenomena.

PUBLICATIONS

• Achyuta Teella, Asad Javaid and David M Ford, “Organic-inorganic nanocomposite anodisc

membranes for solubility based gas separations” (in preparation)

• Achyuta Teella and David M Ford, “Separation of acids from aqueous fraction of fast

pyrolysis bio-oils using nanofiltration/reverse osmosis” (in preparation)

• Achyuta Teella and David M Ford, “Chemical compatibility of NF/RO membranes against

phenolic compounds” (in preparation)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Achyuta Teella, Randy J Belisle and David M Ford, “ Separation of acids from aqueous

fraction of fast pyrolysis bio-oils using NF/RO ” Poster presentation at NAMS/ICIM 2010

meeting, Washington, D.C., July 2010.

• Achyuta Teella, Dan Jeannotte and David M Ford, “Separation of acids from aqueous

fraction of fast pyrolysis bio-oils using nanofiltration membranes” Oral presentation at AIChE

annual meeting, Nashville, Nov 2009.

• Achyuta Teella and David M Ford “Organic-inorganic composite membranes for gas

separations” Oral presentation at AIChE Annual meeting, Nashville, Nov 2009.

• Achyuta Teella, David M Ford, Sukjoon Yoo, Seunguk Yeu and Daniel F Shantz, “Surface

functionalized composite membranes for solubility based separations ” Oral presentation at

AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Nov 2008.

• Sukjoon Yoo, Seunguk Yeu, Achyuta Teella, Daniel F Shantz and David M Ford, “Organic-

mesoporous inorganic composite membranes for challenging separations” Oral presentation at

AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Nov 2007.

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• Technical – Permeation measurements, Surface functionalization, Membrane

characterization, Gas chromatography, High performance liquid chromatography, Gel

permeation chromatography, Scanning electron microscope, Atomic force microscopy,

Physisorption.

• Computer - Linux, Matlab, C, C++.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Mentored undergraduates on research projects

• Volunteered at CHEMCON 1998 and 2004, an annual conference of Indian Institute of

Chemical Engineers, India.

Achyuta Teella 1001 N. Pleasant St, Apt # 30 A

*******@***.*****.*** 413-***-**** Amherst, MA 01002

• Member, Volunteers in Service to Education in India (VSEI), a non-profit organization

working to help education projects in India.

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