N itesh Sankalia
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SUMMARY
Recent Graduate in Chemical Engineering with a strong background in ASPEN and polymers. Also has
experience working in a pre-pilot plant.
EDUCATION
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY (GPA: 3 .7 /4.0 )
Major: Chemical Engineering
Awards
Dean’s List for Fall 2009 – Fall 2012
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude
• EXPERIENCE
Solvay Advanced Polymers - Summer Internship in RD&E (June-Aug 2012)
Identified unknown contaminants in scrubber
Developed Hydrodynamic Model of CSTR/Heat Exchanger loop
Developed polymer salt viscosity measurement system
Investigated onsite filtration of waste water streams
Solvay Advanced Polymers - Summer Internship in RD&E (June-Aug 2011)
Researched removing methanol from NMP with molecular sieves
Ran Unit-ops for several parts of the pre-pilot plant
Conducted material balance over reactor and polymer extraction
Undergraduate Research : March 2010-Present
Image analysis of micro arrays
Development of Langmuir Isotherms for polypeptides
Aspen Simulation of CO 2 extraction from Flu Gas
MEMBERSHIPS
President RPI Chess C lub - Fall 2012
Organized Weekly meetings of 8-10 people
Organized Tournaments
Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AICHE)
Public Relations for RPI Chapter of (AICHE) for 2010
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
Analytic Tools
Trained on HPLC and GC analytical techniques
Knowledgeable with IR and NMR techniques
Software
Proficient with Microsoft Office
Proficient with Aspen
Familiar with Minitab
Programming
Knowledgeable in C++ and C# .NET